Comilla University | Khondaker Afrina Hoque (on study leave)

Khondaker Afrina Hoque (on study leave)

Assistant Professor

Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

k.afrina.jasy@gmail.com, khafrina@cou.ac.bd

+8801858032514

Biography
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Publication
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Education Qualification
Job Experience

M.Sc. with Thesis	Comilla University	Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry	2017
B.Sc.	Comilla University	Chemistry	2016

Comilla University, Bangladesh Lecturer July 2022 - January 2025
Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh Lecturer January 2022 - July 2022
Comilla University, Bangladesh Assistant Professor January 2025 - 2025

1. Kumer, A., Hoque, K.A., Chakma, U., Dhara, B., Alqahtani, T., Shmrany, H.A., Alqahtani, A., Mundu, M.M., Uti, D.E., . First-principles investigations on the conducting photocatalytic behaviour in SrZr_xGe_1−xO₃ (x = 1, 0.96, 0.92 and 0.88). Scientific report 15, 9336 (2025) IF: 3.8 (Q2). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93572-7

2. Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Sharmin Ara Sathi, Farjana Akter, Tania Aktera, Tahsin Ahmed, Wahid Ullah, Kazi Arafin, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Hossain M. Shahadat, Abu Bin Imran, and Al-Nakib Chowdhury, Recent Advances on Photocatalytic CO2 reduction using CeO2-based Photocatalysts: A Review, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, IF: 7.8 (Q1), Cite score: 11.4, July 2024.

Recent advances on photocatalytic CO2 reduction using CeO2-based photocatalysts: A review - ScienceDirect

3. Md Aminul Islam, Mazen K. Nazal, Michael J. Angove, David W. Morton, Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Akter Hossain Reaz, Mohammad Tajul Islam, S.M. Abdul Karim, Al-Nakib Chowdhury, (2023) “Emerging iron-based mesoporous materials for adsorptive removal of pollutants: Mechanism, optimization, challenges, and future perspective, Chemosphere, 140846, IF: 8.8 (Q1), cite score: 13.3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140846

4. Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Ajoy Kumer, Al-Nakib Chowdhury, (2021). Facile Synthesis of Computationally Designed MgAl2O4/CeO2/Cu2O and MgAl2O4/CeO2/Ag2O Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Aqueous Organic Pollutants Degradation; The Electrochemical Society (ECS) transactions, IF-0.63 (Q2), 2022, 107 (1), 13785. Facile Synthesis of Computationally Designed MgAl2O4/CeO2/Cu2o and MgAl2O4/CeO2/Ag2o Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Aqueous Organic Pollutants Degradation - IOPscience

5. Md. Anas Mahmud, Ajoy Kumer, Unesco Chakma, Debashis Howlader, Khondaker Afrina Hoque, and Al-Nakib Chowdhury, (2021). Fabrication of Computationally Designed Cathode Material for aHighPerformance Na-Ion Battery. The Electrochemical Society (ECS) transactions, IF-0.63 (Q2), 2022, 107(1), 15681. Fabrication of Computationally Designed Cathode Material for a High-Performance Na-Ion Battery - IOPscience

6. Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Mohammad Khademul Islam, RashedulIslam Ripon, Md. Shalauddin, Rassel Moni, Sharmin Akter Rupa, (2020). Computational Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Insulin-mimetic Peroxovanadate (V) Complexes of Isomeric Ligands Ind-3-COOH and H2BIC. Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society, 32(1 & 2), 13–20.

7. Sharmin Akter Sathi, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Nabila Islam, Sayed Koushik Ahamed, (2019). Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Purpose in Comilla University Area, Bangladesh. The Comilla University Journal of Science (CoUJS), 5, 79-91.

8. Sharmin Akter Sathi, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Nabila Islam, Sayed Koushik Ahamed, (2019). Assessment of Groundwater Quality for Drinking Purpose in Comilla University Area, Bangladesh. The Comilla University Journal of Science (CoUJS), 5, 79-91.

Published Conference Abstracts

Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Ajoy Kumer, Al Nakib Chowdhury, (2022). Developing Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/CuO₂ and MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/Ag₂O for Aqueous Organic Pollutant Degradation: A First Principle Approach, 1^st International Conference on Frontier in Sciences (ICFS-2022). BUET, Dhaka, 11^th -12^th November 2022.
Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Ajoy Kumer, Al Nakib Chowdhury, (2021). Facile Synthesis of Computationally Designed MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/Cu₂O and MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/Ag₂O Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Aqueous Organic Pollutants Degradation. SPAST Abstracts, 1(01). Retrieved from https://spast.org/techrep/article/view/1411
Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Asma Ul Husna and Khondaker Afrina Haque (2022). Design of Experiment and Reaction Optimization in the Development of New Synthetic Methodology: A Chemometric Study of Modeling of Synthesis Parameters of n-Salicylidine-4-Chloroaniline, 1^st International Conference on Frontier in Sciences (ICFS-2022). BUET, Dhaka, 11^th -12^th November 2022.
Khondaker Afrina Hoque, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Mohammad Khademul Islam, and Sayed Koushik Ahamed, (2020). Synthesis of Peroxovanadate(V) Complexes of Isomeric Nitrogen and Oxygen Donor Ligands Through DFT Study of Computational Mode. International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (ICRAC). Jagannath University, Dhaka, 7th-8th February 2020.
Farjana Akter, Mohammad Sayadur Rahaman, Md. Rasel Moni and Khondaker Afrina Haque (2022). Effect of Industrial Effluent from EPZ area and Denunciation on Environmental Sustainability: A Case Study on Cumilla EPZ Area, International Conference on Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development. Dhaka University, Dhaka, 2^nd-4^th, September 2022.

Conference Presentations

Oral presentation:

International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (ICRAC)-2020

Title: Synthesis of Peroxovanadate(V) Complexes of Isomeric Nitrogen and Oxygen Donor Ligands through DFTStudy of Computational Mode

1^st International Conference on Frontier in Sciences (ICFS-2022)

Title: Developing Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/CuO₂ and MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/Ag₂O for Aqueous Organic Pollutant Degradation: A First Principle Approach

International Conclave on Materials, Energy & Climate (ICMEC-2022)

Title: CeO₂-based Smart Heterojunction Photocatalyst for CO₂ capture.

Poster presentation

First International Conference on Technologies for Smart Green Connected Society-2021

Title: Facile Synthesis of Computationally Designed MgAl₂O4/CeO₂/Cu₂O and MgAl₂O₄/CeO₂/Ag₂O Smart Heterojunction Photocatalysts for Aqueous Organic Pollutants Degradation.

ICTSGS-1 Certificate Hoque Khondaker Afrina

Other Remarks

71^st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting-2022: Participated as a young scientist in the highly prestigious 71^st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry held in Lindau, Germany from 26^th June to 1^st July 2022 where 40 Nobel Laureates and approximately 600 other highly talented young scientists from all around the world also joined.
Max Planck Post-event: Participated in the Max-Planck post-event hosted by the most renowned scientific research organization the Max Planck Society, Germany. Only 18 out of 600 young scientists have been selected to attend this prestigious Max Planck post-event.

Photocatalysts, CO2 Capture, Nanochemistry, Computational Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Inorganic Synthesis