Chemical Engineer Water Treatment

CURRICULUM VITAE

MD Mokter Hossain

Plasma application lab, University of Idaho,

Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering,

EP Room No. 404,

*** ********* **, ******, ** 83844

Mobile No: +1-208-***-****

*******@******.***, *******@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE

As a dedicated and results-driven professional, I aim to leverage my skills and experience to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization. I seek opportunities to enhance my expertise, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and embrace challenges that foster both personal and professional growth. My goal is to drive innovation, deliver high-quality research solutions, and create meaningful impact through continuous learning and a passion for excellence.

CURRENT POSITION

2022 - Present: Postdoc Researcher, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Idaho, ID, USA.

EDUCATION

2014 – 2019: Ph.D., Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University Thesis: Robust hydrophobic coating and deposition of carbon thin layer for the electrode of energy storage devices by using atmospheric pressure plasma. 2012 – 2014: M.Sc., Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University Thesis: Double Spectral Processing with Wideband Non-Linear FM Signal. CGPA: 4.03 out of 4.50

2005 – 2010: B.Sc., Dept. of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Eastern University CGPA: 3.47 out of 4.00

JOB EXPERIENCE

2010 – 2011: Worked as a system engineer at Ring Tech Communication Ltd, Bangladesh. Job responsibility: GSM BTS updated for 2G to 3G network, Bangladesh. PEER REVIEW EXPERIENCE

Until now, Dr. Hossain has reviewed 60 peer review international journals. EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Dr. Hossain is currently serving as a guest editor for the Catalysts journal RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2014 – 2022: Researcher, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Jeju National University, South Korea.

2022 – Present: Researcher, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Idaho, USA.

Topics investigated:

(i) Decomposition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)/Air quilty control, odor, and soot

(ii) Generation of cold plasma for skin treatment

(iii) Generation of NOx using Gliding arc plasma

(iv) CH4 & CO2 reforming/Syngas production

(v) Formation of robust thin films using nonthermal plasma (NTP)

(vi) Deposition of nana-particle using NTP

(vii) Formation of nano-particle

(viii) Plasma etching

(ix) Food processing

(x) Wastewater and seawater treatment

Synthetic part:

(i) Synthesis of catalyst for the removal of VOC, odor, soot, and NOx

(ii) Synthesis of the honeycomb catalyst

(iii) Synthesis of robust superhydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces

(iv) Synthesis of nana-particle for energy storage devices Application part:

(i) Fabrication of robust hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces for various purposes

(ii) Fabrication of thin films to separate oil-water

(iii) Fabrication of the plasma reactor with the honeycomb catalyst for practical use to remove VOCs, odor, soot and air quality control

(iv) CH4 & CO2 reforming/Syngas production, H2 production

(v) Fabrication of hybrid supercapacitors

(vi) PFAS, wastewater, and seawater treatment

FIELD OF INTEREST

(i) NTP plasma reactor design, decomposition of VOCs/Air quality control, odor, soot, and NOx using NTP and other technics

(ii) Preparation of catalyst to increase catalytic activities

(iii) Fabrication of robust thin films using NTP, ALD, and CVD for various practical uses

(iv) Formation of nano-particle for energy storage devices

(v) CH4 & CO2 reforming/Syngas production

(vi) Food processing

(vii) Wastewater, PFAS, and seawater treatment

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programing Language: MATLAB, C/C++.

Software: SOLIDWORKS, Origin, Case XPS, etc.

Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Others: All Internet applications and Microsoft Office applications INSTRUMENTS & ANALYTICAL SKILLS

Dr. Hossain has good experience in handling the following instruments and as well as analyzing data obtained from these

(i) Field Emission-Scanning electron microscopy – (FE-SEM, JSM-6700F, JEOL Ltd)

(ii) FESEM- Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (TESCAN, MEDR)

(iii) Atomic force microscopy- AFM (AFM, Nano Xpert II, EM4SYS, USA)

(iv) X-ray Diffraction System -D/MAX 2200H, Bede 200, Rigaku Instruments – Cu-Kα radiation

(v) Raman Spectrometer – LabRam HR Evolution – (Horiba Jobin-Yvon, France)

(vi) Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer – Thermo scientific, Nicolet 6700 FT-IR spectrometer, Lambda FT7600

(vii) Gas Chromatography (GC - Bruker 450C and Micro GC – Varian 4200 – CP)

(viii) UV/Visible spectroscopy – Perkin Elmer

(ix) 3D nano-profiling system (3D Optical Surface Profiler, NV-2400, Nanosystem, Korea) Surface area analyzer (Autosorb–Quantachrome)

(x) Optical emission spectroscopy

(xi) Gonio (Phonix 300, Surface & Electro Optics Co., Ltd., Korea) Water contact angle measurement

(xii) Laser Particle Size Analyzer- CILAS 1064L, Malvern Zeta seizer (ZS-90) & Master seizer hydro 2000s

(xiii) Electrochemical workstation (AutoLab- PGSTAT204N, Metrohm) LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Mother Tongue: Bengali

Other Language: English (Excellent oral and written command) Korean (Communicative)

Hindi (Communicative)

HOBBIES & INTEREST

Reading, Traveling, & Listening to music

SCHOLARSHIPS

Fully-funded scholarship for the Ph.D. program from Jeju National University (JEJUNU) South Korea (2014 - 2019)

Fully-funded scholarship for the master program from Chung-Ang University (CAU) South Korea (2012 - 2014)

Academic scholarship, Eastern University (EU)

Bangladesh (2005 - 2010)

AWARDS AND HONOURS

November 8-3, 2017 – Excellent Paper Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)

May 3-5, 2018 – Excellent Paper Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)

November 1-4, 2018 – Excellent Paper Presentation Award, The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC)

PUBLICATIONS

(1) MM Hossain et al. “Evaluating a dielectric barrier discharge plasma process for removal of cobalt from water and simultaneous synthesis of cobalt oxide catalyst.” Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Just accepted. IF: 5.3

(2) MM Hossain et al. “Mineralization of Rhodamine B dye in water using dielectric barrier plasma jet with process optimization.” Results in Engineering, 26(2025): 104790. IF: 6.0

(3) Dinithi Mohotti, MM Hossain et al. “Impact of discharge gas on a novel continuous flow in-liquid plasma discharge process for cobalt remediation and recovery from wastewater.” Journal of Environmental Managementand 384(2025): 125570. IF: 8.0

(4) MM Hossain et al. “Investigating iron removal from wastewater and simultaneous iron oxide catalyst synthesis by dielectric barrier discharge.” Journal of Water Process Engineering, 65(2024): 105893. IF: 6.3

(5) Dinithi Mohotti, MM Hossain et al. “Evaluating a green liquid phase plasma discharge process and working mechanism for remediating cobalt contamination in water.” Separation and Purification Technology 354(2025): 128940. IF: 8.1

(6) RJN Aka, MM Hossain et al. “Enhanced nutrient recovery from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater through struvite precipitation by organic acid pre-treatment and seeding in a bubble column electrolytic reactor.” Water Research 252(2024): 121239. IF: 11.4

(7) MM Hossain and Sarah Wu. “Investigation of silver nanoparticle synthesis with various nonthermal plasma reactor configurations.” Arabian Journal of Chemistry 16(2023): 105174. IF: 6.00

(8) MM Hossain and Young Sun Mok. “Effect of metal on corona discharge plasma in a honeycomb catalyst and optimization of the critical parameters for ethylene removal.” Applied Catalysis A: General 647(2022): 118911. IF: 5.723

(9) MM Hossain and Young Sun Mok. “Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic surfaces prepared by one-step plasma polymerization for oil-water separation and self-cleaning function.” Surfaces and Interfaces, Just accepted. IF: 6.137

(10) MM Hossain and Young Sun Mok. “Non-thermal plasma in honeycomb catalyst for the high-throughput removal of dilute styrene from air.” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9(2021): 105780. IF: 7.968

(11) MM Hossain, Young Sun Mok, Duc Ba Nguyen, and Jeong Heo. “Plasma-catalytic oxidation of volatile organic compounds with honeycomb catalyst for industrial application.” Chemical Engineering Research and Design 177(2022): 406-417. IF: 4.119

(12) MM Hossain, Young Sun Mok, Duc Ba Nguyen, and Jeong Heo. “Nonthermal plasma in practical-scale honeycomb catalysts for the removal of toluene.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 404(2020): 123958. IF: 14.224,

(13) MM Hossain, Duc Ba Nguyen, Jeong Heo, and Young Sun Mok. “Effective removal of toluene at near room temperature using cyclic adsorption-oxidation operation in alternative fixed-bed plasma-catalytic reactor.” Chemical Engineering Research and Design 164(2020): 299-310. IF: 4.119

(14) MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, M. S. P. Sudhakaran, Lamia Sultana, and Young Sun Mok. "Improvement of mechanical strength of hydrophobic coating on glass surfaces by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet." Surface and Coatings Technology 357(2019): 12- 22. IF: 4.865

(15) MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Duc Ba Nguyen, M. S. P. Sudhakaran, and Young Sun Mok. "Robust hydrophobic coating on glass surface by an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet for plasma-polymerisation of hexamethyldisiloxane conjugated with (3-aminopropyl) triethoxysilane." Surface Engineering 35:5(2019): 466-475. IF: 3.169

(16) MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Duc Ba Nguyen, M. S. P. Sudhakaran, and Young Sun Mok. "Formation of plasma-polymerized superhydrophobic coating using an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet." Thin Solid Films 675(2019): 34-42. IF: 2.358

(17) MM Hossain et al. “Non-thermal plasma-catalytic processes for CO2 conversion toward circular economy: fundamentals, current status, and future challenges.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Accepted: 15 August 2024. IF: 6.23

(18) Sosiawati Teke, MM Hossain, Roshan Mangal Bhattarai, Shirjana Saud, Avik Denra, Mai Cao Hoang Phuong Lan Nguyen, Adnan Ali, Van Toan Nguyen, Young Sun Mok. " A simple microplasma reactor paired with indirect ultrasonication for aqueous phase synthesis of cobalt oxide nanoparticles." Nanoscale Advances 5(2023): 3964-3975. IF: 4.70

(19) Van Toan Nguyen, Duy Khoe Dinh, Nguyen MCHP Lan, Quang Hung Trinh, MM Hossain, Van-Duong Dao, Young Sun Mok. " Critical role of reactive species in the degradation of VOC in a plasma honeycomb catalyst reactor." Chemical Engineering Science 276(2023): 118830. IF: 4.70

(20) Robinson Junior Ndeddy Aka, MM Hossain, Yuan Yuan, Ekow Agyekum-Oduro, Yuanhang Zhan, Jun Zhu, Sarah Wu. "Nutrient recovery through struvite precipitation from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater in an air-lift electrolytic reactor: Process modeling and cost analysis." Chemical Engineering Journal 465(2023): 142825. IF: 15.10

(21) Van Toan Nguyen, Kyeong Hwan Yoon, Young Sun Mok, MM Hossain. “High- throughput volatile organic compounds removal in a sandwich-type honeycomb catalyst system combined with plasma”."Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 310(2022): 121328. IF: 24.319

(22) Van Toan Nguyen, Kyeong Hwan Yoon, Young Sun Mok, MM Hossain. “Practical-scale honeycomb catalytic reactor coupled with non-thermal plasma for high-throughput removal of isopropanol”." Chemical Engineering Journal 430(2022): 132905. IF: 15.10

(23) Nguyen, Duc Ba, Saud Shirjana, MM Hossain, Iljeong Heo, and Young Sun Mok.

"Effective generation of atmospheric pressure plasma in a sandwich-type honeycomb monolith reactor by humidity control." Chemical Engineering Journal 401(2020): 125970. IF: 15.10

(24) Van Toan Nguyen, Duc Ba Nguyen, Young Sun Mok, MM Hossain, Shirjana Saud, Kyeong Hwan Yoon, Duy Khoe Dinh, Seungmin Ryu, Hyeongwon Jeon, and Seong Bong Kim “Removal of ethylacetate in air by using different types of corona discharges generated in a honeycomb monolith structure coated with Pd/γ-alumina.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 416(2021): 126162. IF: 14.224,

(25) Sudhakaran, M. S. P., Lamia Sultana, MM Hossain, Joanna Pawlat, Jaroslaw Diatczyk, Volker Brüser, Stephan Reuter, and Young Sun Mok. "Iron–ceria spinel (FeCe2O4) catalyst for dry reforming of propane to inhibit carbon formation." Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry 61(2018): 142-151. IF: 6.760

(26) MSP, Sudhakaran, Gnanaselvan Gnanasekaran, Parthiban Pazhamalai, Surjit Sahoo, MM Hossain, Roshan Mangal Bhattarai, Sang-Jae Kim, and Young Sun Mok. "Hierarchically Porous Nanostructured Nickel Phosphide with Carbon Particles Embedded by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Deposition as a Binder-Free Electrode for Hybrid Supercapacitors." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7:17(2019): 14805- 14814. IF: 8.198

(27) Trinh, Quang Hung, Duc Ba Nguyen, MM Hossain, and Young Sun Mok. "Deposition of superhydrophobic coatings on glass substrates from hexamethyldisiloxane using a kHz-powered plasma jet." Surface and Coatings Technology 361(2019): 377-385. IF: 4.865

(28) Trinh, Quang Hung, MM Hossain, Seong H. Kim, and Young Sun Mok. "Tailoring the wettability of glass using a double-dielectric barrier discharge reactor." Heliyon 4:1(2018): e00522. IF: 3.776

(29) Nguyen, Duc Ba, Quang Hung Trinh, MM Hossain, Won Gyu Lee, and Young Sun Mok.

"Improvement of electrical measurement of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma jet." IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 47:5(2019): 2004-2010. IF: 1.222

(30) Sultana, Lamia, Md Shahinur Rahman, M. S. P. Sudhakaran, MM Hossain, and Young Sun Mok. "Dry reforming of Propane to Syngas over Ni-CeO2/γ-Al2O3 Catalysts in a Packed-bed Plasma Reactor." Clean Technology 25:1(2019): 81-90. IF: N/A

(31) MSP, Sudhakaran, MM Hossain, Gnanaselvan Gnanasekaran, and Young Sun Mok.

"Dry reforming of propane over γ-Al2O3 and nickel foam supported novel SrNiO3 perovskite catalyst." Catalysts 9:1(2019): 68. IF: 4.501

(32) Nguyen, Duc Ba, Quang Hung Trinh, MM Hossain, Won Gyu Lee, and Young Sun Mok.

"Enhancement of plasma-assisted catalytic CO2 reforming of CH4 to syngas by avoiding outside air discharges from ground electrode." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45(2020). IF: 7.139

(33) Sudhakaran, M. S. P., Hung Quang Trinh, J. Karuppiah, MM Hossain, and Young Sun Mok. "Plasma catalytic removal of p-xylene from air stream using γ-Al2O3 supported manganese catalyst." Topics in Catalysis 60:12-14(2017): 944-954. IF: 2.781 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Yuan Yuan, Haiqing Sheng, Shaobo Deng, MM Hossain, Dinithi Mohotti, Sarah Wu

"Nonthermal milk processing and quality preservation by continuous liquid plasma discharge process." 2023 ASABE Annual International Meeting. IF: XX 2. E Agyekum-Oduro, MM Hossain, Sarah Wu "Plasma-Assisted Reforming of Methane with Water into Liquid Fuels Using a Liquid Phase Plasma Process." 2024 ASABE Annual International Meeting. IF: XX

3. Taylor Booker, Yuan Yuan, MM Hossain, Sarah Wu "Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on Wheat Seed Germination and Early Growth Characteristics." 2024 ASABE Annual International Meeting. IF: XX

4. Robinson Junior Ndeddy Aka, MM Hossain, Sarah Wu "Effect of Acid-mediated Pre- treatment and Seeding for Struvite Precipitation from Anaerobic Digested Poultry Manure Using an Electrolytic Reactor." 2024 ASABE Annual International Meeting. IF: XX CONFERENCES

1. MM Hossain et al., “Investigation of Various Nonthermal Plasma Reactor Configurations for Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis” (April 24-26, 2023) Materials 2023, Houston, TX, USA.

2. MM Hossain et al., “Investigation of Various Nonthermal Plasma Reactor Configurations for Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis” (June 10-13, 2024) Materials 2024, San Francisco, CA, USA.

3. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Sudhakaran M.S.P., Lamia Sultana,Young Sun Mok, “Improving of Mechanical Strength of Hydrophobic Coating by Using Plasma Torch at Atmospheric Pressure” (November 8-10, 2017) KSIEC 2017, Busan, Republic of Korea (ORAL -Excellent Presentation Award). 4. MM Hossain, Duc Ba Nguyen, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Young Sun Mok, “Atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization to investigate robust hydrophobic coating on glass surface by using Tetramethylsilane conjugated with 3- Aminopropyl(diethoxy)methylsilane” (May 3-5, 2018) KSIEC 2018, Daegu, Republic of Korea (ORAL -Excellent Presentation Award). 5. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Duc Ba Nguyen, M.S.P. Sudhakaran, Young Sun Mok, “Investigation of robust superhydrophobic surface using atmospheric pressure plasma jet” (November 1-4, 2018) KSIEC 2017, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea (ORAL

-Excellent Presentation Award).

6. MM Hossain, Duc Ba Nguyena, M.S.P. Sudhakarana, Bhattarai Roshan Mangala, and Young Sun Mok, “A study of seawater sterilization by ozone treatment for aquaculture” (November 1-4, 2018) KSIEC 2017, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea

(POSTER ).

7. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Duc Ba Nguyen, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Mok, Y.S.,

“Atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization to investigate robust hydrophobic coating on glass surface by using Tetramethylsilane conjugated with 3- Aminopropyl(diethoxy)methylsilane” (July 24-28, 2018) ICMAP 2018, Incheon, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

8. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Duc Ba Nguyen, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Young Sun Mok, “Investigation of robust hydrophobic coating on glass surface by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet for plasma-polymerization of Hexamethydisiloxane conjugated with (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane” (March 28-30, 2018) SurfCoat Korea 2018, Incheon, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

9. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Lamia Sultana, Young Sun Mok “Improving of mechanical strength of hydrophobic coating on glass surface by using plasma torch at atmospheric pressure” (September 11-15, 2017) AEPSE 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea (ORAL).

10. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Lamia Sultana, Y.S. Mok,

“Improving of Mechanical Strength of Hydrophobic coating by using dielectric barrier discharge at atmospheric pressure” (May 10-12, 2017) KSIEC 2017, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

11. MM Hossain, Duc Ba Nguyen, M.S.P. Shdhakaran,Young Sun Mok, “Highly stable robust superhydrophobic coating deposited on glass substrate using atmospheric pressure plasma jet” (September 12-14, 2018) KSCT 2018, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

12. MM Hossain, Quang Hung Trinh, M.S.P. Shdhakaran, Lamia Sultana,Young Sun Mok, “Investigation of robust hydrophobic coating on glass surface by an atmospheric pressure plasma jet for plasma-polymerization of Hexamethyldisiloxane conjugated with (3-Aminopropyl) triethoxysilane” (November 24, 2017) BK21+ 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

13. Sudhakaran M.S.P, MM Hossain, Sultana Lamia, Young Sun Mok, “SrNiO3 perovskite catalyst for dry reforming of propane with heterogeneous support to produce syngas” (July 19-21, 2017) ANM 2017, Portugal (POSTER). 14. Sudhakaran M.S.P, MM Hossain, Sultana Lamia, Young Sun Mok, “FeCe2O4 catalyst for dry reforming of propane to inhibition of carbon formation” (May 10-12, 2017) KSIEC 2017, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

15. Sudhakaran M.S.P, MM Hossain, Sultana Lamia, Young Sun Mok, “FeCe2O4 catalyst for dry reforming of propane to inhibition of carbon formation” (May 10-12, 2017) KSIEC 2017, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

16. Sultana Lamia, Sudhakaran M.S.P, Md Shahinur Rahman, MM Hossain, Y.S. Mok,

“Syngas production via dry reforming of propane over Ni supported on γ-Al2O3 modified with CeO2 catalysts” (May 10-12, 2017) KSIEC 2017, Gwangju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

17. Sudhakaran M.S.P, Duc Ba Nguyen, MM Hossain, Sultana Lamia, Young Sun Mok,

“SrNiO3 perovskite catalyst for dry reforming of propane with heterogeneous support to produce syngas and physical-chemistry study” (November 24, 2017) BK21+ 2017, Jeju, Republic of Korea (POSTER).

LINKS

ORCID: 0000-0002-7851-0604 (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7851-0604) GOOGLE SCHOLAR LINK:

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Biography

Name Md Mokter Hossain

Sex Male

Place & Date of Birth 27th November 1986, Dhaka

Nationality Bangladeshi (by birth)

Father’s Name Mr. Md. Abul Hashem

Mother’s Name Mrs. Monowara Begam

Marital Status Married

Height 5`7``

Blood Group A+

MD Mokter Hossain

References

Assistant Prof. Sarah Wu, Ph.D.

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

University of Idaho (U of I),

875 Perimeter Drive, MS 0904, Moscow, Idaho 83844-0904 Tel: +1-208-***-****

E-mail: ***@******.***;

Prof. Young Sun Mok, Ph.D.

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jeju National University (JEJUNU),

102, Jeju daehak-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea. Tel: +82-64-745-****

E-mail: ******@******.**.**;

Associate Prof. Hasan Jamil, Ph.D.

Computer Science Department,

University of Idaho (U of I),

875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1010, Moscow, ID 83844-1010. Tel: 208-***-****

E-Mail:*****@******.***;

Assistant Prof. Afsana Ahamed, Ph.D.

Department of Electrical Engineering,

Arkansas Tech University,

USA Corley Building, Room 257 1811 N Boulder Avenue Tel: 479-***-****

E-Mail: *******@***.***;

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