Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Development of Point-of-Care Assays for Zika Virus Diagnostic

Ph.D. Dissertation Supervisor: Waseem Asghar, Ph.D.

1. Rakib Ahmed Chowdhury, Daniel E Meeroff, Sumaiya Sharmin, Md Alamgir Kabir, Sara Hollenbeck, Valerie Dalencourt, Thu Nguyen, Zack Farmer, Frederick Bloetscher, Waseem Asghar, Stacey Volnick " Effectiveness of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as an Early Warning Tool to Detect SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) " Health (2024) [Link]

2. Robert Harper, Benedikt Ley, Md Alamgir Kabir, Graham Matulis, Lorenz von Seidlein, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Bipin Adhikari, Bernard A Okech, Alan L Williams, Ric N Price, Michael E von Fricken "The PreQuine Platform: A novel diagnostic tool for measuring glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity and hemoglobin concentration " Plos one (2024) [Link]

3. Sandhya Sharma, Md Alamgir Kabir and Waseem Asghar " Selection of healthy sperm based on positive rheotaxis using a microfluidic device" Analyst (2022) [Link]

4. Ataei, Afrouz, Md Alamgir Kabir, Andy WC Lau, and Waseem Asghar. "Rheotaxis-based microfluidic device for selecting sperm from samples infected with a virus." F&S Science (2021) [Link].

5. Md Alamgir Kabir*, Hussein Zilouchian *, Awais Younas, Waseem Asghar "Dengue Detection: Advances in Diagnostic Tools from Conventional Technology to Point of Care." Biosensors (2021) [* Equal contribution]

6. Md Alamgir Kabir, Rajib Ahmed, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury, Sheikh MA Iqbal, Ramasamy Paulmurugan, Utkan Demirci, Waseem Asghar " Management of COVID-19: Current Status and Future Prospects “ Microbes and Infection, (2021).(Link).

7. Md Alamgir Kabir,  Rajib Ahmed, Sheikh Muhammad Asher Iqbal, Rasheduzzaman Chowdhury, Ramasamy Paulmurugan, Utkan Demirci, and Waseem Asghar. "Diagnosis For COVID-19: Current Status and Future Prospects." Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics (2021).(Link). 

8. Md Alamgir Kabir, Ruben Soto-Acosta, Shelton Bradrick, Mariano, Garcia-Blanco, Massimo Caputi, Waseem Asghar “An antibody panel for highly specific detection and differentiation of Zika virus” Scientific Reports 10, 11906 (2020). (Link).

9. Sandhya Sharma, Md Alamgir Kabir, Waseem Asghar  " Lab on a Chip Zika Detection with RT-LAMP based Assay for Point-of-Care Settings" Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (2020) (Link)

10. Md Alamgir Kabir, Hussein Zilouchian, Massimo Caputi, Waseem Asghar "Advances in HIV Diagnosis and Monitoring" Critical Reviews in Biotechnology (2020): 1-16 (Link)

11. Md Alamgir Kabir, Hussein Zilouchian, Mazhar Sher, Waseem Asghar “Development of an inexpensive flow-free automated lab-on-chip colorimetric detection assay for Zika NS1” Diagnostics (2020) (PDF).

12. Herrada C, Kabir M, Altamirano R, Asghar W. Advances in Diagnostic Methods for Zika Virus Infection. ASME. J. Med. Devices. (2018) (PDF)

13. Benjamin Coleman, Chad Coarsey,  Md Alamgir Kabir, Waseem Asghar “Point-of-care Colorimetric Analysis through Smartphone Video.”  Sensors and Actuators B Chemical (2018). (Link)

14. Chad Coarsey, Benjamin Coleman, Md Alamgir Kabir, Mazhar Sher, Waseem Asghar “Development of a Flow-Free Magnetic Actuation Platform for an Automated Microfluidic ELISA” RSC Advances (2019) (Link)

15. M Rana, Md A Kabir, Md Rafi, M MRazib, S Jarin, A G Khan (2016)  Design and fabrication of a CFL Igniter using TRIAC assisted high voltage DC source IET 52:  4.  308-310 February 2016. (PDF)(IEEE Xplore) (IET)

16. SK A Shezan, Noman H Khan, Md T Anowar, Md H Delwar, Md D Islam, Md H Reduanul, Md M Hasan, Md A Kabir (2016)  Fuzzy Logic Implementation with MATLAB for Solar-Wind-Battery-Diesel Hybrid Energy System Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (2016) (PDF)

17. SK A Shezan, Md H Delwar, Md T Anowar,  Md D Islam, Md A Kabir, Md H Reduanul, Md M Hasan (2016)  Technological Analysis of a Solar-Wind-Battery-Diesel Hybrid Energy System with Fuzzy Logic Controller International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science (IJRES) (2016) (PDF)

18.  M N H Khan, M H Delwar, Md A Kabir, M S Zahan, K J Ahmad, M M Alam, M T Anower (2016) Proposed PV Transformer-less Inverter Topology Technique for Leakage Current Reduction International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems (20160 (PDF)

Invited Talk 

1. Md Alamgir Kabir (Dec 03, 2018) " Selection of highly specific antibodies for Zika virus detection on flexible impedance sensor" IEEE Int. Conf. on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED 2018), Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, USA.

Poster Presentation 

1. Md Alamgir Kabir, Hussein Zilouchian, Waseem Asghar (Nov 2019) " Development of a Flow-Free Automated Microfluidic ELISA for Detecting ZIKA Virus NS1 Antigen at Point of Care" 2019 IEEE Healthcare Innovations and Point of Care Technologies Conference, to be held in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 

2. Md Alamgir Kabir, Massimo Caputi, Waseem Asghar (June 2018) " Zika Virus Sero-cross-reactivity With Other Flaviviruses Using Envelope Protein Antibodies" 28th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Miami, Florida, USA.

3. Md Alamgir Kabir, Mazhar Sher, Massimo Caputi, Waseem Asghar (2017) " Development of a diagnostic assay for rapid detection and quantification of Zika virus " Zika Research Symposium, Florida Department of Health, FAU (10/09/2017)

Workshop ( Attended)

1.  "Micro Device Fabrication and Material Analysis" workshop held at Florida International University, Miami on February 3-4, 2017.