Md. Basiruz Zaman, Ph.D
Science Counsellor, Plasma Plus+
Qualifications:

PhD in Nuclear Chemistry, University of Liverpool, U.K. (1969)

MSc in Physical-Inorganic Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1963)

BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (1962)
Professional Experience:

Teaching Nuclear Chemistry to Third Year B.Sc.(Hons.) students at the Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka since January 01, 2005.

Executive Director: Underprivileged Childrens Educational Programs (UCEP); Dhaka 11/1999 to 09/2002

Chief Scientific Officer & Head, RIRU, National Council for Scientific Research (NCSR); Lusaka, Zambia 1983 to 1997

Principal Scientific Officer : Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission; Dhaka 1978 to 1980

Member of the Technical Committee for evaluating design features of Bangladeshs First Nuclear Research Reactor.

Worked on the Development of Tc-99m generators in the Radioisotopes Production Division of Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), Islamabad until laid off, being a national of newly emerged Bangladesh.

Lecturer, Dhaka University; Dhaka 1963 to 1965
Publications:

About 40 research publications most of them in peer reviewed national and international journals. A selected few are mentioned below:

1. Analysis of total zinc in soil by external beam PIXE. Anal.Chim.Acta, 118(1980),175.

2. Trace element composition of blood in adult population of Bangladesh J. Radioanal.Chem,. 57(1980),157.

3. The adsorption behaviour of some metal ions their oxinates on Zeocarb 226.Fresenius'Z.AnalChem, 303(1980),157.

4. Determination of Ra to U ratio in ores by high resolution gamma spectroscopy. Int.J.Appl Radiat.Isot., 35(1984),767.

5. A strategy for working on a low grade sandstone type uranium ore deposit. Paper No: TI-TC-453.5-10,TechnicalCommittee Meeting on Development of Projects for the Production of Uranium Concentrates,25-29. IAEA,Vienna.

6. Determination of the optimum irradiation dose for shelf- life extension of peas and cherry tomatoes. Zambia J.Sci.β Tech. 9(1991),No.2.

7. Gamma spectroscopic measurements of natural radio-activity in Zambian phosphate ores and product. Int. J. BioChemi Phys.2 (1993),143.

8. Natural radioactivity in Zambian building materials collected from Lusaka. J. Radioanal.Nucl.Chem.Lett.199 (1229).

9. Natural radioactivity of Zambian coal and coal ash.

10. Determination of iodine in fortified table salt (NaCl) using Am-241 excited EDXRF. Int.J.BioChemiPhys.4(1995), 2.