Education

• Ph.D. in Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan. Ph.D Thesis: Electrodeposition of Cadmium and Selenium in 1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide Ionic Liquid
• Masters of Science (M.S.) (Physical Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. M.S. Thesis: Electrodeposition of Cobalt with Tunable Morphology from Aqueous Solution, Reverse Micelles and Hydrophilic Ionic Liquids
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. B.S. Project: Cyclic Voltammetric Studies on Electrodeposition of Cobalt from Aqueous and Reverse Micellar Solutions of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide

Research Interests

• Electrochemistry
• Electrodeposition
• Energy Storage
• Corrosion

Journal Publications

• S. Sultana, A. H. Reaz, M. N. Rashed, S. Ali, S. Belowar, D. Nasrin, I. Jahan, A. N. Chowdhury, S. Saha, C. K. Roy, Corrosion protection of carbon steel using hydrophobic 1-butyl-3-methyli midazolium hexafluorophosphate in acidic media, Surf. Interfaces, vol. 87, p. 108852 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2026.108852
• Y. A. Tarek, S. Saha, S. Saha, A. H. Reaz, A. Sharmin, C. K. Roy, H. R. Barai, · S. H. Firoz, Facile synthesis of self-doped carbon derived from waste tires as an efficient supercapacitor electrode material, Carbon Lett., vol. 36, p. 407–421 (2026) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-025-00994-4
• P. Saha, S. Saha, M. B. Alom, and M. Mahiuddin, Electrochemical studies of starch-mediated reduced graphene oxide, Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, vol. 34, p.467-477 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1080/1536383X.2025.2567362
• R. Chanda, T. Jahid, S. Islam, M. Dhali, M. F. H. Khan, M․ S. Islam, S. Saha, and B. K. Biswas, Synergistic BiVO4 /N, S co-doped municipal sludge-derived biochar composite for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants, J. Hazard. Mater. Adv., vol. 20, p. 100897 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100897
• M. Ismail, A. H. Reaz, C. K. Roy, A. N. Chowdhury, and S. Saha, Electrodeposition of Corrosion Protective Zinc Films from Reverse Micellar Solutions, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 172, p. 012501 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ada373
• N. Tabassum, S. Saha, M. M. Islam, and M. A. B. H. Susan; Electrodeposition of iron from 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate and reverse microemulsions of Triton X-100, R. Soc. Open Sci., vol. 11, pp. 1-10, Article ID: 230632 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230632
• A. H. Reaz, S. Saha, C. K. Roy, M. A. Wahab, G. Will, M. A. Amin, Y. Yamauchi, S. Liu, Y. V. Kaneti, M. S. Hossain, and S. H. Firoz, Boosting capacitive performance of manganese oxide nanorods by decorating with three‑dimensional crushed grapheme, Nano Convergence, vol. 9, pp. 1-12, Article number: 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-022-00300-2
• A. H. Reaz, S. Saha, C. K. Roy, M. M. Hosen, T. S. Shuvo, M. M. Islam, and S. H. Firoz, Performance Improvement of Supercapacitor Materials with Crushed 3D Structured Graphene, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 169, p. 010521 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac4930
• A. H. Reaz, H. R. Barai, S. Saha, K. Chowdhury, M. N. Mojumder, S. H. Firoz, A. N. Chowdhury, S. W. Joo, and C. K. Roy, Self-Doped Activated Carbons from Car Exhaust as High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrode Materials for Sustainable Energy Storage System, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 168, p. 080535 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac1dd0
• H. R. Barai, A. H. Reaz, Y. A. Tarek, S. Saha, M. N. Mojumder, K. Chowdhury, S. H. Firoz, S. W. Joo and C. K. Roy, Self-Doped Mesoporous Activated Carbon Prepared from Car Exhaust Exhibited Long Cycle Life and High Specific Capacitance for Supercapacitor Applications, ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., vol. 10, p. 071014 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1149/2162-8777/ac1480
• C. K. Roy, S. Saha, and M. A. B. H. Susan, Control Over Diffusion of Ionic Ferrocene Species on Aqueous Solution Using Surfactant Based Organized Media, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 167, p. 116512 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/aba400
• S. Saha, N. Tachikawa, K. Yoshii, N. Serizawa, and Y. Katayama, Electrodeposition of Cadmium from Lewis Basic Hydrophobic Room-temperature Ionic Liquid, Electrochemistry, vol. 86, pp. 229-234 (2018). https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.18-00011
• H. Sato, S. Saha, N. Tachikawa, K. Yoshii, N. Serizawa, and Y. Katayama, Electrochemical
• Formation of Selenium Nanoparticle in an Amide-type Ionic Liquid, Electrochemistry, vol. 86, pp. 57-60 (2018). https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.17-00076
• S. Saha, N. Tachikawa, K. Yoshii, and Y. Katayama, Electrodeposition of Selenium in a Hydrophobic Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 163, pp. D259-D264 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1241606jes
• S. Saha, T. Taguchi, N. Tachikawa, K. Yoshii, and Y. Katayama, Electrochemical Behavior of Cadmium in 1-Butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid, Electrochim. Acta, vol. 183, pp. 42-48 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.018
• S. Saha, S. Sultana, M. M. Islam, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, and M. A. B. H. Susan, Electrodeposition of Cobalt with Tunable Morphology from Reverse Micellar Solution, Ionics, vol. 20, pp. 1175-1181 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-014-1069-4
• S. Sultana, S. Saha, M. M. Islam, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, and M. A. B. H. Susan, Electrodeposition of Nickel from Reverse Micellar Solutions of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide, J. Electrochem. Soc., vol. 160, pp. D524-D529 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1149/2.039311jes
• M. A. B. H. Susan, S. Saha, S. Ahmed, F. Begum, M. M. Rahman, and M. Y. A. Mollah; Electrodeposition of Cobalt from a Hydrophilic Ionic Liquid at Ambient Condition, Mater. Res. Innov., vol. 16, pp. 345-349 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1179/1433075X11Y.0000000070

Teaching

• 03.07.2024–Present : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
• 16.11.2022–03.07.2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
• 13.01.2018–15.11.2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
• 01.10.2016–27.12.2017: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan.
• 01.06.2015–15.09.2016: Research Staff, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Japan.
• 01.11.2012–31.07.2013: Research Fellow, Bose Centre for Advanced Study and Research in Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Awards & Recognition

• Special Allocation Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2024-2025 (Principal Investigator)
• Special Allocation Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2023-2024 (Principal Investigator)
• Research Grant, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh, 2022-2025 (Co-Investigator)
• R&D Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2021-2022 (Principal Investigator)
• Research Grant, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh, 2021-2022 (Principal Investigator)
• Research Grant, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh, 2018-2019 (Principal Investigator)
• United Group Paper Award, Bangladesh, 2016
• Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science & Technology Research Grant for Ph.D Program, Keio University, Japan, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship for doctoral program, 2013-2016
• National Science & Technology (NST) Fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2011-2012