Azam Ali (scientist)
Azam Ali is a Bangladeshi scientist known for having developed a wound dressing, which earned him the Bayer Innovators Award in 2010.[1]
Education
Azam Ali obtained his B.Sc (1988) and M.Sc (1991) in chemistry from Jahangirnagar University. Ali obtained a PhD degree (2000) in polymer science & engineering and nanotechnology from the Universiti Sains Malaysia.[2]
Career
Ali joined Materials Science and Engineering department of Pohang University of Science and Technology as a post-doctoral research fellow in 2000. He joined the Chemistry department of University of North Carolina at Charlotte on October 2000 and worked till July 2003 as a post-doctoral research fellow. There he conducted research on nanophotoresist synthesis, photolithography, polymeric/biopolymeric biomaterials development, tissue engineering, materials and biomaterial characterisation. He spent years working in various institutes in Malaysia (Malaysian Palm Oil Board), Japan (JAERI), South Korea (POSTECH). Since July 2003 till April 2013, he worked as a Senior Scientist and Biomaterials Research Leader at AgResearch.[2] Since 2013, Azam has been a senior lecturer at the University of Otago, Dunedin Campus.[3]
Patents
At present he holds 18 international patents and patents specifications, including: Wound Care Medical Products Containing Keratin, US patent No. 7732574; European patent No. EP1694370 andBiocomposite biomaterials containing biopolymer Keratin”, US patent No. 7767756[2]
Membership
- American Chemical Society
- Materials Research Society
References
- ↑ "Wool protein wound dressings win AgResearch scientist prestigious award". AgResearch. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Staff Profile: Ali, Dr Azam". AgResearch. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013.
- ↑ "Dr Azam Ali". University of Otago.
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