Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar (July 2025 – current)

Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Graduate Research Assistant (2019-2025)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Teaching Fellow (2023)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Engineering Trainee (2018)

Renata Pharmaceuticals Limited 

Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2019 – 2025)

PhD in Mechanical Science and Engineering

Dissertation: Emergent functionalities in van der Waals ferroelectrics: photovoltaics, electromechanical coupling, and domain wall conductivity

Supervisor: Prof. Arend van der Zande and Prof. SungWoo Nam

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2014 – 2018)

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: Atomistic Investigation of Multiple Cracks and Voids Interaction in Silicene Nanosheet 

Supervisor: Prof. Abdul Motalab

Dhaka College, Dhaka (2011-2013)

Higher Secondary Certificate, Science [12th grade]

Ideal School and College, Motijheel, Dhaka (2002-2011)

Secondary School Certificate, Science [10th grade]