16 Nov 2020 to current.

Technical Assistant, Analytical Research Lab, Southern Cross University [webpage] [screenshot].

Job responsibilities

• Support the agreed delivery of technical services in the designated area . We identify and authenticate herbal medicinal samples for their charecteristic bioactive constituents, possible adulturations, admixtures and cross contamination of of bioactives. 

• Implement and practice Good manufacturing  practices (GMP), Workplace Health and Safety (WHS), compliance, and risk management guidelines.

• Manage lab equipment and resources, ensure compliance, oversee common resources, and liaise with staff and suppliers.

• Act as Floor Evacuation Warden, First Aider, Workplace Health and Safety Coordinator (WHSC), and support the institute as a  Controlled Substances, and Radiation Safety Officer.

• Participate in the Workplace Health and Safety committee, maintain Risk Assessment database, conduct safety inspections, provide safety inductions, and assist with staff training.

• Train and support staff with compliance documentation, coordinate office infrastructure, oversee allocation of resources, and maintain databases.

• Manage lab support budgets, infrastructure, assets, and act as the central contact point between research staff and senior management.

• Solving common maintenance and troubleshooting like changing and cleaning of columns and guard columns, solvent systems, checking nitrogen levels, detection of niddlie contamination etc.

• Provide research support for biomedical researchers and post graduate students using high-end HPLC/MS systems in their research. This includes sample preparation, analysis using appropriate instruments and associated data analysis software.

• Provide effective training of research staff & students on platform equipment.

• Undertake maintenance and upkeep of facilities and equipment, and troubleshoot issues with scientific/technical equipment

• Apply and/or instruct others on the application of advanced or specialist or technical research skills or processes

• Contribute to the safe and efficient operation of research equipment, infrastructure, methodologies and protocols

• Ensure the appropriate storage, handling and disposal of chemicals, equipment, stores and/or samples/specimens

• Undertake literature searches and reviews, and assists with drafting research documentation, including ethics and funding applications

• Assists with routine team administration and preparing reports, graphs, figures and presentations on research outcomes at different stages of the research cycle outcomes

• Communicate with collaborators within an NIH-funded project

8 July 2019 to 29 October 2021. Casual Academic (Teaching), School of Environment, Science and

Engineering, Southern Cross University [screenshot]. 

22 Feb 2016 to 17 Dec 2020. Doctor of Philosophy. Southern Cross Plant Science,

 Southern Cross University.

01 June 2015 to 31 May 2016. Visiting Researcher, Southern Cross Plant Science, 

Southern Cross University.

01 May 2011 to current Assistant Professor, 

Department of Pharmacy, Northern University Bangladesh

(non-pay leave from 28 Mar 2015) [Webpage] [screenshot]

01 Feb 2009 to 30 Apr 2011. Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, 

Northern University Bangladesh

03 Feb 2007 to 31 Jan 2009. Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, 

Northern University Bangladesh

01 Oct 2008 to 29 Jul 2010 Adjunct Faculty for Chemistry, 

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, 

Northern University Bangladesh

28 May 2006 to 03 Feb 2007 Production Officer for International Market Export, 

General Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Bangladesh.