CV 1/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD. Dr. Naznin SULTANA

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1 CV 1/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD AFFILIATION Dr. Naznin SULTANA Senior Lecturer, Department of Biomechanics and Biomedical Materials, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Health Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia CONTACT ADDRESS P-23, Room 305, FKBSK, UTM Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia; Tel: ; e- EDUCATION PhD (2010), Biomedical Engineering, University of HongKong (HKU), Hong Kong. MSc Eng. (2001), Katholieke Universiti Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium. BSc Eng. (1998), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh. TEACHING Undergraduate (Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering) courses, Postgraduate (Research Methodology) Thesis examiner of postgraduate students RESEARCH TRACK RECORD AND MEMBERSHIP Seven ISI indexed papers, three Scopus indexed papers, 1 book chapter, Scopus h- index=3 Link Leading three Malaysian government funded research projects on biodegradable polymers. Reviewer for Journals, conferences. Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate research students. Member of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining IOM3 (UK), Australasian society of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering ASBTE, Australian Wound and Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS). MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS N.Sultana, M.Wang, Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds using the Emulsion Freezing / Freeze-drying Eechnique and Characteristics of the Scaffolds, in: Integrated Biomaterials for Medical Applications, Edited by Murugan Ramalingam, et al., Wiley, ISBN Link N. Sultana, In vitro Degradation of PHBV scaffolds and nha/phbv composite Scaffolds containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012 (2012), doi: /2012/ (ISI IF 1.657) Link N. Sultana, M. Wang, PHBV/ PLLA Based scaffolds using emulsion freezing/freezedrying technique: surface modification and in vitro biological evaluation, Biofabrication, , 2012, (ISI IF 1.857). Link N. Sultana, M. Wang, Fabrication of HA/PHBV Composite Scaffolds through the Emulsion Freezing / Freeze-drying Process and Characterisation of the Scaffolds, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19 (2008), (ISI I.F. 2.35) Link

2 CV 2/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD D r. N a z n i n S U L T A N A Full name: Naznin Sultana Working address: Medical Implant Technology Group (MEDITEG), Dept. of Biomechanics and Biomedical Eng., Faculty of Health Science and Biomedical Eng., Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, P23, UTM, Skudai, 81310, Johor, Malaysia Telephone/Fax: (office), (gsm), (fax) naznin@.utm.my, naznin@biomedical.utm.my 1. Academic Qualifications: Degree Institution Duration (From To) Laboratory of Medical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong PhD Thesis title: Fabrication of PHBV and PHBVbased Composite Tissue Engineering Scaffolds through the Emulsion Freezing / Freeze-drying Process and Evaluation of the Scaffolds. Sep 2005-Feb 2010 MSc. Engg. BSc. in Chemical Engg. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Sep 1999 Sep 2001 Leuven, Belgium Bangladesh University of Engg. and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh Sep 1993 Dec 1998

3 CV 3/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD 2. Professional Experience 2010-present Department of Biomechanics and Biomedical Materials, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Senior Lecturer Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Reviewer of international conference papers, journals. Thesis examiner of postgraduate students. Committee member of Health Engineering Symposium, UTM. Set-up tissue engineering lab UODA, Bangladesh, Senior Lecturer (on study leave from ). 3. Professional Membership: Name of the Professional Body The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM 3 ), ProfGradIMMMM Australasian Society for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering (ASBTE) Australasian Wound and Tissue Repair Society Registration number / Designation ASBTE 112 AWTRS Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEE). Senior member The University of Hong Kong Engineering Alumni Association. Life member. Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) M-17227, MIEB

4 CV 4/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD 4. Academic Awards Awarded Studentship for the PhD study in HKU Awarded VLIR Scholarship for studying MSc Engineering in KULeuven, Belgium Awarded Board Scholarship for studying the Bachelor of Chemical Engineering in BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh 5. Student Paper Award: Name of Award Best paper Silver award Event Title of paper Date ACCM-5 The fifth Asian- Australasian Conference on composite Materials Fabrication and Characterization of polymer and composite scaffolds based on polyhydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate-covalerate Nov 27-30, Research Publications: Book Chapter: N.Sultana, M.Wang, Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds using the Emulsion Freezing / Freeze-drying Eechnique and Characteristics of the Scaffolds, in: Integrated Biomaterials for Medical Applications, Edited by Murugan Ramalingam, et al., Wiley, ISBN Journals as first author: 1. N. Sultana, In vitro Degradation of PHBV scaffolds and nha/phbv composite Scaffolds containing hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012 (2012), doi: /2012/190950, (ISI IF 1.657) 2. N. Sultana, Polycaprolactone Scaffolds and Hydroxyapatite/Polycaprolactone Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue

5 CV 5/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD Engineering, Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, 2012 (accepted), (ISI IF 1.402) 3. N. Sultana et. al., Composite Scaffolds based on Poly(caprolactone) and Chitosan for Bone Tissue Regeneration, Advanced Science Letters (accepted), ISI IF N. Sultana, Protein Adsorption Characteristics of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Produced by Emulsion Freezing/ Freezedrying Technique,, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (submitted), ISI IF N. Sultana, M. Wang, PHBV/ PLLA Based scaffolds using emulsion freezing/freeze- drying technique: surface modification and in vitro biological evaluation, Biofabrication, , 2012, (ISI IF 1.857). 6. N. Sultana, R. Abd Kadir, Study of in vitro degradation of tissue engineering scaffolds based on biodegradable polymers, African Journal of Biotechnology, 2011, 10(81), , (ISI IF ) 7. N. Sultana, M. Wang, Fabrication of HA/PHBV Composite Scaffolds through the Emulsion Freezing / Freeze-drying Process and Characterisation of the Scaffolds, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 19 (2008), (ISI I.F. 2.35) 8. N. Sultana, M. Wang, PHBV/PLLA-based Composite Scaffolds Containing Nano-sized Calcium Phosphate Particles for Bone Tissue Engineering, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, 3 (2008), ( ISI I. F. 1) 9. N. Sultana, M. Wang, Fabrication and Characterisation of Polymer and Composite Scaffolds Based on Polyhydroxybutyrate and Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate, Key Engineering Materials, (2007), (Scopus) 10. N. Sultana, M. Wang, In vitro Degradation and Protein Adsorption Characteristics of PHBV/PLLA Blends and PHBV/PLLA-based Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Advanced Materials Research, Vol (2008), (Scopus) Conference Proceedings as first author:

6 CV 6/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD 1. Naznin Sultana, Production and Characterization of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds based on Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate polymers, 2012 International conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICOBE 2012), IEEE. 2. Naznin Sultana, Mohammed Rafiq bin abdul Kadir, Fadzilah Adibah Abd Aziz, NorSamsiah binti Muhamad Wahab, 2011, In vitro degradation of Thin films and Tissue engineering scaffolds based on biodegradable polymers, 2nd international conerence on Biotechnology Engineering ICBioE'11, ISBN: pp Naznin Sultana and Min Wang, 2011, Water uptake and diffusion in PHBV Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and Non-Porous Thin Films, 2011 international conference on Biomedical Engineering and technology, IPCBEE vol.11, IACSIT press, Singapore, p Naznin Sultana and Min Wang, 2011, PHBV tissue engineering scaffolds fabricated via emulsion freezing/ freeze-drying: effects of processing parameters, 2011 international conference on Biomedical Engineering and technology, IPCBEE vol.11, IACSIT press, Singapore, p PHB- and PHBV-based Osteoconductive Composite Scaffolds Produced through an Emulsion Freeze-drying Process, Proceedings of the 10 th Annual Conference on Ceramics, Cells and Tissues, Faenza, Italy, 2006, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of PHBV and HA/PHBV Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering, Proceedings of the 5 th Asian International Symposium on Biomaterials, Xiamen, China, 2006, Nano-hydroxyapatite/Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering, Transactions of the Society For Biomaterials 2007 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 2007, PHBV/PLLA-based Composite Scaffolds Containing Nano-sized Calcium Phosphate Particles for Bone Tissue Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2007 (ICMAT 2007), Singapore, 2007, B-25

7 CV 7/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD 9. New Composite Scaffolds Based on PHBV/PLLA Polymer Blends for Bone Tissue Engineering, Proceedings of the 8 th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2008, Paper # An Investigation into Water Uptake of Composite Scaffolds and Films Based on PHBV/PLLA Polymer Blends, Proceedings of the 8 th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2008, Paper # In vitro Degradation of HA-containing and PHBV/PLLA-based Composite Scaffolds, Proceedings of the 8 th World Biomaterials Congress, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2008, Paper # Hydrolytic Degradation and Protein Adsorption of PHBV/PLLA-based Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2009, Hong Kong, 2009, Paper#T Coating PHBV- and PHBV/PLLA-based Scaffolds with Collagen and Characteristics of Collagen-coated Scaffolds, WACBE World Congress on Bioengineering 2009, Hong Kong, 2009.T Hydroxyapatite / Polyhydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Conference BME2006, Hong Kong, 2006, Fabrication and Evaluation of Polyhydroxybutyrate and Hydroxyapatite/Polyhydroxybutyrate Composite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Conference BME2008, Hong Kong, Other Academic Experiences Duties Project Field Date Supervising and co-supervingpost-graduate students (PhD) at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Supervise final year project students in their research projects, Laboratory of Biomedical Engg., HKU, HK Biomedical Engineering Fabrication of scaffolds by emulsion freezing/freeze-drying technique Demonstration duties for B. Engg., Yr 1 students, Laboratory of Biomedical Engg., HKU, HK Thermodynamics Oct current date Sep 05 - June08 Sep 05 Sep 09

8 CV 8/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD 9. Other Academic Qualifications: Name of Diploma/ Certificate Certificate Symposium on Health Technology and Informatics Symposium on Advanced Technology for Health Care and Hygiene Control 47th Convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh Industrial Training Diploma Ionizing Radiation and X- Ray Protection Organizer HK Polytechnic University, HK The Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE) Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) Eastern Refinery, Bangladesh HKU Safety Office, HKU, HK Duration Oct 20, 2007 Oct 27, 2006 Jan 5-7, 2003 Jun 97 Jul 97 Sep 04 Mar Current Research Interests Fabrication of membranes using electrospinning technique for drug delivery and tissue engineering application; In vitro and in vivo evaluation of biomaterials; Materials and systems for controlled release of biomolecules/drugs; Surface engineering; Processing, structural characterisation and mechanical testing of biomedical materials (ceramic, metals, polymers, and composites). Medicinal plants: extraction and purification. 11. Research grants No Title of the grant Status 1 Absorption and Diffusion Characteistics of Project Leader, May biomedical polymer based porous three 2012-April 2014 dimensinal tissue substrates (FRGS, MOHE) 2 Development of electrospun nanofibrous membranes based on biodegradable polymers for the application of tissue engineering and controlled release drug delivery (GUP Tier 1, MOHE) Project August 2014 Leader, 2012-July 3 Surface modification and protein adsorption of tissue engineering scaffolds based on biodegradable polymers (GUP Tier 2, MOHE) Project Leader

9 CV 9/9 NAZNIN SULTANA, PhD Fabrication and Characterization of tissue engineering scaffolds based on biodegradable polymers Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable poly(polyolsebacate)/nanohydroxyapatite nanocomposites for potential used in biomedical applications (ERGS, MOHE) Novel metal-polymer system for biodegradable implants (GUP Tier 1, MOHE) Project Leader Project Member Project Member 7 Development of novel top-down manufacturing methods for textile based bio(medical) micro/nano devices (FRGS, MOHE) Project Member