Education

•  PhD, Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
• M.Sc and B.Sc, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  

Research Interests

• Soft and smart materials
• Nanocomposite
• Sensor development
• Photochemistry
• Computational chemistry

Journal Publications

• Islam, Hasanul Banna Muhammad Zukaul and Susan, Md Abu Bin Hasan and Imran, Abu Bin, Effects of Plasticizers and Clays on the Physical, Chemical, Mechanical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties of Potato Starch-Based Nanocomposite Films, ACS omega, ACS Publications, 5, :17543–17552, 2020
• Rahman, Aminur and Foyez, Tahmina and Susan, Md Abu Bin Hasan and Imran, Abu BinSelf-Healable and Conductive Double-Network Hydrogels with Bioactive Properties Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Wiley Online Library, 221, :2000207, 2020
• Gotoh, Hiroaki and Liu, Chang and Imran, Abu Bin and Hara, Mitsuo and Seki, Takahiro and Mayumi, Koichi and Ito, Kohzo and Takeoka, YukikazuOptically transparent, high-toughness elastomer using a polyrotaxane cross-linker as a molecular pulley Science advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 4, :eaat7629, 2018
• Yasumoto, Atsushi and Gotoh, Hiroaki and Gotoh, Yoshie and Imran, Abu Bin and Hara, Mitsuo and Seki, Takahiro and Sakai, Yasuhiro and Ito, Kohzo and Takeoka, YukikazuHighly responsive hydrogel prepared using poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)-grafted polyrotaxane as a building block designed by reversible deactivation radical polymerization and click chemistry Macromolecules, ACS Publications, 50, :364–374, 201
• Imran, Abu Bin and Esaki, Kenta and Gotoh, Hiroaki and Seki, Takahiro and Ito, Kohzo and Sakai, Yasuhiro and Takeoka, YukikazuExtremely stretchable thermosensitive hydrogels by introducing slide-ring polyrotaxane cross-linkers and ionic groups into the polymer network Nature communications, Nature Publishing Group, 5, :1–8, 2014
• Harun-Ur-Rashid, Mohammad and Bin Imran, Abu and Seki, Takahiro and Ishii, Masahiko and Nakamura, Hiroshi and Takeoka, YukikazuAngle-independent structural color in colloidal amorphous arrays ChemPhysChem, 11, :579, 2010
• Imran, Abu Bin and Seki, Takahiro and Takeoka, YukikazuRecent advances in hydrogels in terms of fast stimuli responsiveness and superior mechanical performance Polymer journal, Nature Publishing Group, 42, :839–851, 2010
• Imran, Abu Bin and Seki, Takahiro and Ito, Kohzo and Takeoka, YukikazuPoly (N-isopropylacrylamide) gel prepared using a hydrophilic polyrotaxane-based movable cross-linker Macromolecules, ACS Publications, 43, :1975–1980, 2010
• Murayama, Harumi and Imran, Abu Bin and Nagano, Shusaku and Seki, Takahiro and Kidowaki, Masatoshi and Ito, Kohzo and Takeoka, YukikazuChromic slide-ring gel based on reflection from photonic bandgap Macromolecules, ACS Publications, 41, :1808–1814, 2008
• Imran, Abu Bin and Seki, Takahiro and Kataoka, Toshiyuki and Kidowaki, Masatoshi and Ito, Kohzo and Takeoka, YukikazuFabrication of mechanically improved hydrogels using a movable cross-linker based on vinyl modified polyrotaxane Chemical communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, :5227–5229, 2008

Teaching

• Visiting Professor, Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya,464-8603,Japan
• Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Design and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya,464-8603,Japan

Awards & Recognition

• Bayer Science and Education Foundation Fellowship, 63rd Nobel laureate Meeting in Chemistry, Bayer group, Germany. June 2013.
• Selected as a Young Researcher Participants by The Council for The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to attend 63rd Nobel laureate Meeting in Chemistry, Lindau, Germany, June 30, 2013-July 6, 2013
• Awarded Foreign Visiting Research Fellow for the purpose of conducting research on “Nano-process technology for highly functional materials and devices” in Venture Business Limited, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya,464-8603,Japan, May 24, 2013 to June 24, 2013
• Awarded Visiting Professorship of “New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)” at Nagoya University, Japan, December 23, 2011- January 13, 2012
• Certificate of commendation for the award of MBT Center Research Encouragement, Research Center for Materials Backcasting Technology, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. March 10, 2010
• Awarded post doctoral fellowship of “New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)” at Nagoya University, Japan, April 2009- October 2011
• Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) for conducting Ph.D studies, October 2005 ~March 2009
• UGC scholarship (University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Dhaka-1207.) for results in B.Sc (Honours), 2005
• Awarded Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. March 1, 2021- September 30, 2021
• Bangladesh Academy of Sciences nomination for TWAS REGIONAL AWARDS 2020 in the subject area “Public Understanding and Popularization of Science”, 2021
• Awarded Postdoctoral Research Associate fellowship at Department of Chemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA October 1, 2021-September 30,2022
• Elected Associate Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, induction took place on 30/08/2025 (Year 2024)