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Dr. Ashfaque E Alam (Anup)
Ashfaque E Alam is the Research Coordinator and Director of Bengaliness Research Initiative (BRI). He is also a Member Activist of International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF). He works as a Lecturer in Semiconductor Education at King's College London and Faculty (on leave) at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). A Physicist by profession, specialised in energy technology. Interested in public understanding of science, policy thinking and multidisciplinary research engagements.
Ashfaque has completed his Doctoral research in Sheffield Hallam University, UK on Applied physics and application of technology in society. He has previous post-graduate research experience at Universiy of Seffield and Emerging Technology Research Centre (EMTERC), De Montfort University, Leicester. He has been working in Academia for the last 10 years in different positions such as a researcher, teaching associate and member of faculty. He is a lifelong devotee and a long time activist in justice activism. He has been heavily involved with community blogging since 2007. He is keen to delve into further research involving multidisciplinary collaboration and coordination. Critical thinking and public understanding of academia are particularly his fields of interests when it comes to non-STEM collaborative ventures.
Current and previous academic affiliations
Research coordinator and Director, Bengaliness Research Initiative
Lecturer in Semiconductor Education, King's College London
Member Activist, International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF)
Teaching Fellow, University of Sheffield
Consultant Physicist, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Lecturer, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Notable Works
Interviews taken:
আশফাক আনুপ, আলতাফ পারভেজ, আশফাক রনি ও শফিকুল আলম, "আঞ্চলিক নিরাপত্তার স্বার্থেই চীন ও ভারতের উচিত রোহিঙ্গাদের সাহায্য করা । সাক্ষাৎকার: নুরুল ইসলাম", দৈনিক সমকাল, ৩০ মার্চ ২০২২
আশফাক রণি, আলতাফ পারভেজ, আশফাক আনুপ ও শফিকুল আলম, "মিয়ানমারের ছায়া সরকারের পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীঃ জনগণের এবারের প্রতিক্রিয়া সেনাবাহিনীর হিসাব পাল্টে দিয়েছে", দৈনিক প্রথম আলো, ০৫ জুলাই ২০২২
Presentations:
আশফাক আনুপ, "বাঙালি পরিচয়ের রাজনীতিঃ জালিমের নাকি মজলুমের?", ১ম প্রায় বিদ্যায়তনিক সভা ২০২২, বাঙালিত্ব গবেষণা উদ্যোগ।
Opinion pieces:
আশফাক আনুপ, "ভিকটিমহুডের খেলায় কি হেরে যাচ্ছে বাঙালি?", মতামত, বিডিনিউজ২৪, ২০১৯
আশফাক আনুপ, "হিন্দুস্তান-পাকিস্তান: দাঙ্গার আঁধারে লুকোনো সাম্রাজ্যবাদ ", মতামত, বিডিনিউজ২৪, ২০২০
Scholarly articles:
I. M. Dharmadasa, Y. Rahaq, and A. E. Alam, “Perovskite solar cells: short lifetime and hysteresis behaviour of current–voltage characteristics”, DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-01759-2
A. E. Alam, W. B. Cranton, and I. M. Dharmadasa, ‘’Electrodeposition of CdS thin-films grown from Cadmium acetate and Ammonium thiosulfate precursor”, DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-00750-1
A. E. Alam, A. A. Ojo, J. B. Jasinski and I. M. Dharmadasa, “Magnesium incorporation in n-CdTe to produce wide bandgap p-type CdTe:Mg window layers”, DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering2040059
A. E. Alam, R. Islam, and I. J. Faria, “Development and validation of a low-cost visible light Spectrophotometer,” DOI: 10.1109/ICAEE.2017.8255437
Projects
Next generation graded band-gap thin-film solar cell, Funded by University alliance (UA) UK.
Off the shelf instrumentation development for nano-research, Funded by KB Bio-med Bangladesh Inc.
Development of VDP four-probe resistivity measurement system using low-cost local materials.
Development of Visible light Sprectrophotometer for basic student research.