Dr. Takian Fakhrul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2022, where her research focused on magnetic thin films, spintronics, magneto-optical materials, and integrated photonic devices.

Her doctoral research contributed to two landmark advances in spintronics and integrated photonics: the demonstration of record current-driven magnetic domain wall velocities exceeding 4 km/s in ferrimagnetic materials and the realization of the first fully TE broadband on-chip magneto-optical isolator integrated on silicon. Her research has been published in leading journals, including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Optica, Advanced Optical Materials, and other leading journals in materials science, magnetism, and photonics.

Dr. Fakhrul’s research interests lie in complex oxide materials, magnetic materials, spintronics, magneto-optics, thin-film technologies, energy-storage materials, solar-energy materials, and biomedical magnetic materials. She is particularly interested in understanding and engineering the relationships between crystal structure, defects, microstructure, and functional properties in magnetic and multifunctional oxide systems.

At BUET, she leads research on magnetic and multifunctional oxide materials for memory, photonic, energy, and biomedical applications. Her current research activities include defect-engineered complex oxides for memory and electrochemical energy storage, thin-film materials and device architectures for second-generation solar cells, and magnetic hyperthermia for cancer therapy. Her group integrates materials synthesis, thin-film deposition, advanced characterization, and structure–property–performance analysis to design materials with enhanced functionality.

A central goal of her research program is to train students in rigorous scientific research, critical thinking, and effective scientific communication. Her group emphasizes fundamental understanding, research integrity, and high-quality scholarship while preparing students to become independent researchers and future leaders in academia and industry.

Dr. Fakhrul received the Prime Minister Gold Medal (2012) for securing first position in the Faculty of Engineering at BUET and the Dr. Rashid Sarkar Gold Medal (2014) for graduating first among all Master’s students across the university. She was also awarded the IEEE Magnetics Society Graduate Study Fellowship and received international recognition through research awards and competitions in the field of magnetic materials. Her Ph.D. research was also featured by MIT News.

Her long-term research vision is to establish a world-class thin-film research laboratory in Bangladesh focused on magnetic and multifunctional oxide materials for spintronic, photonic, memory, energy, and biomedical applications. Through this effort, she aims to advance both fundamental understanding and technological innovation in complex oxide materials while training the next generation of materials scientists and engineers.

2022 - Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

2014 - M.Sc. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

2012 - B.Sc. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Contact : takianf@mme.buet.ac.bd