Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Advanced Industrial Science
• Kumamoto University, Japan
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Physical Chemistry
• Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry
• Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Research Interests

• Catalysis
• Electrochemistry
• Nanomaterials
• Sensors
• Photochemistry
• Three-way catalysts
• Composite catalysts

Journal Publications

• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Ai Kuraoka, Sota Sakamoto, Yasuhito Wasada, Masayuki Tsushida, Keisuke Awaya, Junya Ohyama, Masato Machida, Optimization of platinum group metal–nickel composites as thermally stable low-temperature light-off three-way catalysts, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2025, 708, 120563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120563  
• Keisuke Awaya, Shiho Hyodo, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Masayuki Tsushida, Shintaro Ida, Junya Ohyama, Masato Machida, Monolayer perovskite nanosheets as a support of platinum for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with H₂, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025, 8, 44, 21590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c04119  
• Mostafizur Rahaman, Md Fahamidul Islam, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Md Mosaraf Hossain, Md Nurnobi Islam, Mahmudul Hasan, Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Nahida Akter Tanjila, Mohammad A Hasnat, Electrokinetics of CO₂ reduction in imidazole medium using RuO₂·SnO₂-immobilized glassy carbon electrode, Molecules, 2025, 30, 3, 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30030575
• Mohammad Imran Hossain, Syed Abdul Monim, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Neamul H Khansur, Iqbal Mahmud, Mostafizur Rahaman, Ali Aldalbahi, Shakhawat H Firoz, Mohammad A Hasnat, Synthesis of La₂NiMnO₆ double perovskite as a highly selective electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide in electrochemical energy conversion, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2025, 8, 2, 949–963. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.4c02469
• Md Nurnobi Islam, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Md Rakibul Islam, Mohammad Imran Hossain, Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Mostafizur Rahaman, Ali Aldalbahi, Md Tamez Uddin, Nayan Ranjan Singha, Mohammad A Hasnat, Activation of stannic oxide by the incorporation of ruthenium oxide nanoparticles for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction, Electrochimica Acta, 2024, 507, 145114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.145114  
• Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Ze Cai, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Ryuta Tagawa, Yoshiharu Hidaka, Chiyu Nakano, Md Saidul Islam, Yoshihiro Sekine, Yuta Nishina, Shintaro Ida, Shinya Hayami, Engineering zeolitic-imidazolate-framework-derived Mo-doped cobalt phosphide for efficient OER catalysts, ACS Omega, 2024, 9, 34, 36114. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c00403
• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Marina Takeuchi, Masayuki Tsushida, Keisuke Awaya, Hiroshi Yoshida, Junya Ohyama, Masato Machida, Thermal deactivation of Pd/Al₂O₃–Cu/Al₂O₃-combined three-way catalysts via Cu migration and alloying, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2024, 14, 20, 5874. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CY00854E
• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kaori Tokusada, Ai Kuraoka, Sota Sakamoto, Masayuki Tsushida, Masato Machida, The activity of thermostable NiO/CeO₂ heterointerface structure toward low-temperature catalytic CO–NO reaction, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2024, 97, 7, uoae081. https://doi.org/10.1093/bulcsj/uoae081
• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Haruka Oyama, Hiroshi Yoshida, Masato Machida, Phase changes in the Cu/Al₂O₃ catalyst during rapid and slow cooling after thermal aging at 900° C under air, Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan, 2024, 132, 7, 453. https://doi.org/10.2109/jcersj2.24022
• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Mohammad Jobaer Hassan, Mohebul Ahsan, Md Mahmudul Hasan, Md Nizam Uddin, Yuki Nagao, Mohammad A Hasnat, Photocatalytic degradation of chlorazol yellow dye under sunlight irradiation using Ce, Bi, and N co-doped TiO₂ photocatalyst in neutral medium, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30, 12, 35153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24220-0  
• Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Mohammed M Rahman, Hadi M Marwani, Mohammad A Hasnat, Electro-kinetics of conversion of NO₃⁻ into NO₂⁻ and sensing of nitrate ions via reduction reactions at copper immobilized platinum surface in the neutral medium, Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 346, 135994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.135994
• Mohammad A Hasnat, Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Mohammed M Rahman, Electrocatalytic reduction of hydroxylamine on copper immobilized platinum surface: heterogeneous kinetics and sensing performance, Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 318, 486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.06.058  

Teaching

• Lecturer (02.05.2026 ~ Present)
• Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
• Assistant Professor (01.04.2025 ~ 31.03.2026)
• Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology (Engineering), Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo, Kumamoto 860-8555 Japan

Awards & Recognition

• 10^th Kumamoto University Female Researcher Award 2025
• for remarkable research achievements as a promising female researcher
• Awarding Body: Kumamoto University, Japan
• Academic Excellence Award (The President’s Prize) 2025
• for outstanding academic and research performance during doctoral course
• Awarding Body: Kumamoto University, Japan
• AICE Award 2024
• For pioneering research on the low-temperature activity of three-way catalysts using base metal/noble metal composite catalysts
• Awarding Body: Automotive Internal Combustion Engine Technology Research Association (AICE), Japan
• Selected Paper at Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 97, Issue 7 (July 2024)
• The Activity of Thermostable NiO/CeO₂ Heterointerface Structure Toward Low-temperature Catalytic CO–NO Reaction, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2024, 97, 7, uoae081 Zannatul Mumtarin Moushumy, Hiroshi Yoshida, Kaori Tokusada, Ai Kuraoka, Sota Sakamoto, Masayuki Tsushida, Masato Machida
• Excellent Presentation Award at 61^st Symposium on Basic Science of Ceramics 2023.
• Awarding Body: American Ceramic Society of Japan
• Terada Torahiko Fellowship (2023-2025)
• for thedevelopment of 3d transition metal based three-way catalysts
• Awarding body: Terada Torahiko Fellowship Program, Kumamoto University, Japan
• Value: JPY 40,00,000
• Kumamoto University Doctoral Fellowship (KDS) (2022)
• for academic excellence
• Awarding Body: Kumamoto University, Japan
• Value: JPY 5,00,000
• Runner-Up, International Poster Presentation Competition (IPPC-2020) Awarding Body: National Young Academy Bangladesh, Indian National Young Academy of Science, Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists and Thai Young Scientists Academy
• The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Fellowship (2017-2018)
• forthe development of composite materials for electrocatalysis.
• Awarding Body: The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• Value: USD 3,000
• National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship (2017–2018)
• for the development of Pt-Cu bimetallic electrode for nitrate reduction.
• Awarding Body: Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Bangladesh.
• Value: BDT 54,000
• Honors Scholarship 2015
• Awarding Body: Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• Merit Grant 2015
• for outstanding academic excellence (securing 1^st position) during bachelor course
• Awarding Body: Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Bangladesh