Office address:                                                                      

Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy

University of Maryland, School of Medicine                     

725, West Lombard Street                                                               

Baltimore, MD 21201                                                                             

E-mail: jamal@cfs.umbi.umd.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. in Chemistry, April 1996 - March 1999, Osaka University, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan

Research Topic: A study on the quenching of photoexcited  Ruthenium(II) by Cobalt(III) complexes using laser kinetic spectroscopy

Research Student, October 1994 – March 1996, Osaka University, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan

Master of Science( M.Sc.) in  Chemistry, April 1990 – October 1992, Dhaka University, Department of Chemistry, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Topic: Determination of macro and micro nutrients in soils with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Bachelor of Science( B.Sc.) with honors in Chemistry, April 1985 – April 1990, Dhaka University, Department of Chemistry, Dhaka, Bangladesh

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-Present      Visiting Scientist, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, University

                             of Maryland, School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &

                             Molecular Biology, Baltimore, MD 21201

2005 - Present      Assistant Professor, Coppin State University, Department of

                              Natural Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland

2003 – Present     Senior Adjunct Faculty, Community College of Baltimore County

                             (CCBC Essex and Catonsville), Math and Science Division,

                              Baltimore, Maryland

2004 – 2005          Adjunct Faculty, Towson University, Department of

                              Chemistry, Towson, Maryland

2002 – 2003          Research Associate, Univ. of Maryland, Department of

                              Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baltimore, Maryland

1999 - 2002           Postdoctoral Fellow, Wayne State University, Department of 

                              Chemistry, Detroit, Michigan, US

1992 - 1994          Quality Control Officer, Paradise dyeing and knitting industry, 

                              Dhaka, Bangladesh

 ACADEMIC AWARDS:

Postdoctoral fellowship funded by US Department of Energy (D.O.E), 1999- 2002,

Wayne State University, Department of Chemistry, Detroit, MI, USA

Japan Government MONBUSHO Scholarship program, 1994 - 1999, Osaka University, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan

Teaching Assistantship (TA), 1996 - 1998 (Fall Semester), Osaka University, Department of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan

Current Research Interests:

Nanotechnology, Quantum dots, Cardiac Biomarkers, Single molecule imaging spectroscopy, Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Metal enhance fluorescence, Surface plasmon coupled emission, Plasmon-controlled fluorescence, Radiative decay engineering, Fluorescence spectroscopy

FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Glucose Sensing: The development of synthetic chemosensors and sensors for the recognition and analysis of sugar.

Synthesis and excited state properties of Polymetallic Complexes used in photoinduced charge separation and photoinduced chemical fuel production.

Photochemistry: synthesis organic and inorganic molecules, following photoinduced reaction over the electronic band by spectroscopic and flash photolysis methods.

Electrochemistry: preparing and analyzing the electrocatalysts, study the lifetime of the catalysts.

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIENCE 

Determination of macronutrients such as, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, and potassium in the soil samples by using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.

Analysis of metal pollutants such as, Lead, Chromium, Cadmium, and Copper by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer.

EQUIPMENT SKILLS 

Laser Spectroscopy (Nano and Pico second system for the measurement of emission lifetime and transient absorption)

FT-IR (Perkin Elmer) and UV-visible Spectroscopy (Shimadzu- Cary 2200)

Cyclic Voltametry and Differential Pulse Polarography

Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer

Fluorescence Spectroscopy (Spex Fluorolog Model 1902)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

Member of American Chemical Society

Member of New York Academy of Sciences

Member of Japan Chemical Society

Member of Bangladesh Chemical Society

INVITED SEMINARS:

Invited speaker, Department of Chemistry, Dhaka University, Dhaka, March 1997

“A weak  temperature dependence of quenching rate of excited metal-to-ligand-transfer in ionic crystal consisting  Ru(II) and Co(III) compounds with an opposite charge”

Invited speaker, Atomic Energy Center, Chemistry Division, Dhaka, January 1998

“Electron transfer in solution and crystal by using Laser Spectroscopy”

Invited speaker, Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,  September 1999

“Quenching mechanism of photoexcited Ru(II) by Co(III) complexes using laser kinetic spectroscopy”

PUBLICATIONS:

The characterization of the high-frequency vibronic contributions to the 77K emission spectra of Ruthenium-Ammine-Polypyridyl complexes: Their attenuation with decreasing energy gaps and the implications of strongel ectronic coupling for inverted–region electron-transfer; Puhui Xie, Yuan J. Chen, Md. Jamal Uddin,   and John F. Endicott, J. Phys. Chem. A, 109, 4671-4689, (2005)

The Metal -to- Ligand Charge –Transfer Luminescence of Ruthenium(II)-Polypyridine-Tetraam(m)ine Complexes. Support for the Inter-Convertibility of Optical and Thermal (Kinetic) Franck-Condon Parameters; Puhui Xie, Yuan J. Chen, John F. Endicott, Md. Jamal Uddin, Dhehinie Seneviratne and Patric G. McNamara , Inorg. Chem. (communication). 42,  5040 – 5042, (2003)

Fluorescence spectral properties of Indocyanine Green on a roughened platinum elctrode; Chris D. Geddes, Alexandr Parfenov, David Roll, Md. Jamal Uddin and Joseph R. Lakowicz , Journal of Fluorescence, 13, 453-457, (2003)

Characteristics and Properties of Metal-to-Ligand-Charge-Transfer excited States in 2,3-bis(2-Pyridyl)Pyrazineand 2,2’-Bipyridine Ruthenium Complexes.

Perturbation Theory-Based Correlations of Optical Absorption and Emission Parameters with Electrochemistry and Thermal Kinetics, and Related Ab-initio Calculations; Dhehinie S. Seneviratne, Md. Jamal Uddin, V. Swayambunathan, H. Bernhard Schlegel and John F. Endicott, Inorg. Chem. 41, 1502-1517, (2002)

MLCT Excited States and Charge Delocalization in Some Ruthenium-Ammine-Polypyridyl Complexes; John F. Endicott, H. Bernhard Schlegel,  Md. Jamal Uddin and Dhehinie S. Seneviratne, Coord. Chem. Rev. 229, 95-106, (2002)

Some Spectroscopic Aspects of Electron Transfer in Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes; John F. Endicott, Md. Jamal Uddin  and H. Bernhard Schlegel,  Research on Chemical intermediates, 28(7-9), 761-778, (2002)

Correlations of Optical and Thermal Charge Transfer; John F. Endicott and Md. Jamal Uddin, Coord. Chem. Rev. 219-221, 687-712, (2001)

Low Quantum Yields of Electron-Transfer Reaction of Photoexcited Ru(bpydc)₃^4- with Co(tpy)₂³⁺ and Methylviologen²⁺ (bpydc:2,2’-Bipyridine-4,4’-dicarboxylate and tpy:2,2’:6’,2”-Terpyridine) ; Akio Yoshimura, Md. Jamal Uddin, Nobuaki Amasaki, and T. Ohno , J. Phys. Chem. A , 105, 10846-10853, (2001)

Emission quenching of double complex salt crystals of [RuL₃]₃[Co(bpydc)₃]₂.nH₂O (L: 2,2’-bipyridine, 2,2’-bipyrazine, or 4, 4’-dimethyl-2,2’-bipyridine, and bpydc: 2,2’-bipyridine- 4, 4’-dicarboxylate);  Md. Jamal Uddin, A. Yoshimura and T. Ohno, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 72, 1-9 (1999)

Determination of Zinc and Copper in soils with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry; D. A. Hadi, S. Akhter, A. M. Shafiqul Alam and Md. Jamal Uddin, Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 32(2), 178-181, (1997)

A study of the contribution of Electron transfer reactions in the quenching of photo-excited Ru (2,2’-bipyridine- 4, 4’-dicarboxylate)₃^4- with CoL₃³⁺ (L: 2,2’-bipyridine, 1-10-phenanthroline, 2, 2’: 6,2”-terpyridine or ethylenediamine) ; Md. Jamal  Uddin, A. Yoshimura, and  T. Ohno  (resubmitted to J. of Luminescence)

Photoinduced electron transfer quenching and sugar effects on the elctrostatic interaction between an anionic Ru(II) complex and cationic bipyridinium derivatives funtionalized with boronic acids; Nicolas DiCesare, Md. Jamal Uddin and Joseph R. Lakowicz (manuscript in preparation)

Photoinduced electron transfer reaction in the pure crystals of Ru(II); A. Yoshimura,  Md. Jamal  Uddin, and T. Ohno (manuscript in preparation)

Photoinduced electron transfer reaction in the double salt crystals of Ru(II) and Co(III); Md. Jamal Uddin, A.Yoshimura, and T. Ohno (manuscript in preparation)

ABSTRACT PUBLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM:

Transition Metal MLCT Excited State Lifetimes: The Role of High-Frequency Vibrational  Modes; John F. Endicott, Puhui Xie, Md. Jamal Uddin, Yuan J. Chen, Dhehinie Seneviratne and Patric G. McNamara

Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 8-12, 2003, Tahoe City, California, USA

Relationship Between MLCT Excited State Distortions and Charge Delocalized in Ru-Polypyridyl Complexes; Md. Jamal Uddin,  Yabin Lei  and John F. Endicott

The 222^th national meeting of American Chemical Society, August 26-30, 2001, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Electronic Coupling, Electron Delocalization and the Electron-Transfer Properties of Polypyridyl-Ruthenium MLCT Excited States; John F. Endicott, Md. Jamal Uddin, Dhehinie Seniveratne, Patric G. McNamara, Manawadevi Y. Udugala-Ganehenege, H. B. Schlegel and V. Swayambunathan

Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth DOE Solar Photochemistry Research Conference, June 3-7, 2001, Tahoe City, California, USA

Electronic Coupling, Electron Delocalization and the Properties of Polypyridyl-Ruthenium MLCT Excited States: Dipyridyl-Pyrazine Complexes;

John F. Endicott, Md. Jamal Uddin, Dhehinie Seniveratne, H. B. Schlegel and V. Swayambunathan

14^th international symposium on the photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds (ISPPCC), June 2001, Hungary

Experimental probes of Electron-Transfer / Metal-to-Ligand-Charge-Transfer comparisons: observations on ruthenium polypyridyl systems; Md. Jamal Uddin,  Dhehinie S. Seneviratne, V. Swayambunathan, H. Bernhard Schlegal and John F. Endicott

The 220^th national meeting of American Chemical Society, August 20-24, 2000, Washington D.C., USA

Quenching Mechanism of  photoexcited Ru(II) by Co(III) complexes in aqueous solution; Md. Jamal Uddin, A. Yoshimura and Takeshi Ohno

13^th international symposium on the photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds (ISPPCC), June 1999, Isle of Lipari, Italy, page-243

Temperature dependence of quenching rate of ³MLCT (Ru²⁺) in ionic crystal consisting of Ru(II) and Co(III) compounds with an opposite charge; A. Yoshimura, Md. Jamal  Uddin, A. Islam, N. Ikeda and T. Ohno

12^th international symposium on the photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds (ISPPCC), June 1997, Vermont, USA, page-99

Status of Zinc and Copper in soil samples of Greater Dhaka Zone with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry; A. M. Shafiqul Alam, Md. Jamal Uddin, D. A. Hadi and S. Akhtar

Inter-congress conference of commission IV, December 1-3, 1992, Dhaka, Bangladesh, page-24

Determination of Zinc, Lead, Cadmium, Copper and Chromium and Exchangeable Cations in soil samples with Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry; A. M. Shafiqul Alam, D.A. Hadi, Sohela Akhtar and Md. Jamal Uddin

Proceedings of  fourth Asian Chemical Congress, August 26-30, 1991, Beijing, China, page-335

Presented papers at various Symposiums in Japan:

Electron Transfer within Ru(II)-Co(III) complexes accompanying change in bond length; A.Yoshimura,  Md. Jamal  Uddin, and T.Ohno

Symposium on photochemistry, October 10-12, 1995, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Page-21

Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Ionic Crystal of [RuL₃]²⁺ and [CoL’₃]^3-; Md. Jamal  Uddin, A.Yoshimura, and T.Ohno

The 9^th symposium on photochemistry of coordination compounds, July 29-31, 1996, Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan, page-5-6

Weak temperature dependence of photoinduced Electron Transfer within Ionic Crystals of [RuL₃]²⁺ and [CoL’₃]^3-; Md. Jamal  Uddin, A. Yoshimura, and T. Ohno

Symposium on photochemistry, October 3-5, 1996, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Page-188

Photoinduced Electron Transfer reaction in the Crystals of Ru(II) and Co(III); Md. Jamal  Uddin, A. Yoshimura, and T. Ohno

Symposium on photochemistry, September 17-19, 1997, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Page-184

Crystal structure of  [Ru(bpy)₃]₂[Fe(CN)₆]Cl.8H₂O; H.Tamura, Md. Jamal Uddin, A. Yoshimura, T. Ohno, and G-E. Matsubayashi

The 72^nd annual  meeting of Japan Chemical Society, Kyoto, March 27-30, 1998, IPA-038

Quenching Mechanism of  Excited Polypyridine Ru(II) by Co(III) Complexes in Aqueous Solution; Md. Jamal Uddin, A. Yoshimura and Takeshi Ohno

The 11^th symposium on photochemistry of coordination compounds, July 29-31, 1998, Hirosaki University, Aomori, Japan, page-24-25