Alamgir Kabir

CURRICULUM VITAE

Associate Professor

Department of Physics

University of Dhaka

Dhaka 1000

E-mail: alamgir.kabir@du.ac.bd

Phone: +88 01711978225

Date of Birth: June 04, 1978 (Sherpur, Bangladesh)

EDUCATION:

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

• Associate Professor (May 2016 to present): Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Assistant Professor (May 2015 to May 2016): Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Lecturer (October 2006 to May 2015): Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (Study leave, from August 2008 to April 2015)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (August 2008 to August 2009): University of Central Florida, USA
• Lecturer (October 2004 to October 2006): Department of Arts and Science, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka Bangladesh.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Training name: Preparing for Future Faculty, Fall 2011

Training duration: 3 months

Training type: Instruction and demonstration

Training porous: Learn how to teach effectively in a class

Diploma awarded: yes

Place of training: Faculty Center, University of Central Florida, USA

RESEARCH INTEREST:

I use computer simulation of nano-materials to find the new materials for technological and biomedical applications. In my research, I apply Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT) approaches to study the electronic and magnetic properties of transition metal nanosystems of different sizes and compositions. In particular, in order to take into account dynamical electron correlation effects (time-resolved local charge interactions), we have adopted the DFT+DMFT formalism and made it suitable for application to nanostructures. We have developed our own nano-DFT+DMFT code and applied it to examine the magnetization of iron nano-particles containing 10-147 atoms.  We have also developed DFT+DMFT code which is suitable to study systems with mixed geometry which are periodic (infinitely extended), in two directions, and finite in the third. Up on application of this code on Fe₂O₃ film we found remarkable improvement of results as compared to data available in DFT and DFT+U approach. In parallel, we have carried out a systematic study of magnetic anisotropy in bimetallic L1₀ FePt nanoparticles (20-484 atoms) by using two DFT-based approaches: direct and the torque method. We find that the magneto crystalline anisotropy (MCA) of FePt clusters is larger than that of the pure Fe and Pt ones. We find that particles whose (large) central layer consists of Pt atoms, rather than Fe, have larger MCA due to stronger hybridization effects. Such ‘protected’ MCA, which does not require protective cladding, can be used in modern magnetic technologies such as magnetic hard disk for computer uses and in cancer treatment by hyperthermia technique. All these work require lots of code development and computational uses. We are using super computers for this purpose.

Currently I am supervising six research students. The students are working on their M.S. thesis.

I am also working in collaboration with Professor Talat Rahman, at University of Central Florida, USA.

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

1. A. Kabir, J. Hu, V. Turkowski, R. Wu, R. Camley and T. S. Rahman, “Effect of structure on the magnetic anisotropy of L10 FePt nanoparticles”, Phys. Rev. B. 92 054424 (2015)
2. A. Kabir, V. Turkowski and T. S. Rahman, “A DFT+Nonhomogeneous DMFT approach for Finite Systems”, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27 (2015) 125601
3. V. Turkowsk, A. Kabir, N. Nayyar and T.S. Rahman, “A DFT + DMFT approach for nanosystems”’ J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 462202(2010)
4. V. Turkowsk, A. Kabir, N. Nayyar and T.S. Rahman, “Dynamical Mean Field Theory for Molecules and Nanostructures”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 114108 (2012)
5. A. Kabir, A. Huda, and M. Ahamed, “The Magnetic Moment, Fermi Energy and Binding Energy of Binary Random alloys of Cu and Ni”, The Dhaka University Journal of Science, Dec 2005
6. S. I. Shah, A. Kabir, P. Jelenek and T. S. Rahman, “Electronic structure and simulation of STM images of single layer MoS2 with and without vacancy: The role of different types of tip in the image formation” (Submitted)
7. A. Kabir, V. Turkowski and T. S. Rahman, “Structural and magnetic properties of Fe2O3 (100) surface termination by means of Dynamical Mean Field Theory” (Submitted)

Ongoing Projects:

1.  Magnetic anisotropy energy of FePd and CoPt nanoparticles

2.  Electron electron correlation effects on Ceria Ce₂O₃, bulk and (100) surface termination

3. Calculation of Curie temperature of magnetic nanoparticles

CONTRIBUTED TALKS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

• American Physical Society March meeting 2015, San Antanio, Texas, March 2-5 “Spectral and magnetic properties of hematite Fe2O3 (001) surface: results from DFT+DMFT”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
• American Physical Society March meeting 2014, Denver, CO, March 3-7 “magnetic moments and magnetic anisotropic energy of L10 FePt nanoparticles”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
• American Physical Society March meeting 2013, Baltimore, MD, March 18-22 “Magnetic properties of Fe and Fe-Pt nanoparticles: application of nano-DFT+DMFT”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
• AVS 59th International Symposium and Exhibition 2012, Tampa, Fl, October 28- November 2 “Magnetic Properties of Fe clusters: A DFT+U vs nano DFT+DMFT analysis”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
• American Physical Society March meeting 2012, Boston, MA, February 27March 2 “Magnetic properties of Fe nanoparticles: application of the DFTinhomogeneous-DMFT approach”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
• APS March meeting 2011, Dallas, Texas, March 21 - 25 “Electron-electron correlations and magnetic properties of small FePt clusters”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman,
• Third Annual nano-Science Technology Symposium 2010, UCF, September 24 “Dynamical electron-electron correlation effects and magnetism of FePt clusters”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman,
• APS March Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 1519, 2010 “Magnetic properties of small iron clusters: Nanoscale Dynamical Mean-Field Theory analysis”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman

CONTRIBUTED POSTER PRESENTATION AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:

5. Graduate Research Forum, University of Central Florida, April 1, 2014, “Magnetic anisotropic energy of L10 FePt nanoparticles”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski and Talat S. Rahman
5. Graduate Research Forum, University of Central Florida, April 2, 2013, “Magnetic properties of Fe and Fe-Pt nanoparticles: Application of the DFT-Inhomogeneous-DMFT approach”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski and Talat S. Rahman
5. Florida chapter of the American Vacuum Society, UCF, March 4-5, 2013, “Magnetic properties of Fe and Fe-Pt nanoparticles: Application of the DFT-Inhomogeneous-DMFT approach”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski and Talat S. Rahman
5. ES12: The 24th Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Theory, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 58, 2012 “Magnetic Properties of Transition metal nanoparticles: A DFTInhomogeneous-DMFT analysis”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski and Talat S. Rahman
6. Graduate Research Forum, University of Central Florida, April 3, 2012 “Magnetic Properties of Transition metal nanoparticles: A DFT-InhomogeneousDMFT analysis” Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski and Talat S. Rahman
5. Florida Society for Materials Simulation, UCF, August 1-2 ,2011 “Magnetic Properties of Fe27 clusters: A DFT+ U vs DMFT analysis”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman,
5. Student Research Week, UCF, March 28- April 1, 2011 “Electron-electron correlations and magnetic properties of small FePt clusters”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman,
5. Florida chapter of the American Vacuum Society, UCF, March 6-8, 2011 “Magnetic Properties of Small Fe-Pt Clusters, A DFT+U vs DMFT Study”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
5. Florida Society for Materials Simulation, UCF, August 2-3 ,2010 “Electron-electron correlations and magnetic properties of small FePt clusters”, Alamgir Kabir, Neha Nayyar, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman,
5. 13th International Conference on Vibrations at Surfaces, UCF March 1013, 2010 “Jahn-Teller instability and magnetic properties of Iron clusters: DFET+U vs DMFT solution”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman
5. Second Annual nano-Science Technology Symposium, UCF, September 2009. “Dynamical Mean-Field Theory study of electron correlation effects in small iron clusters”, Alamgir Kabir, Volodymyr Turkowski, and Talat S Rahman.

AWARDS AND SSCHOLARSHIPS:

• Graduate research excellence fellow for the year 2013-2015 at University of Central Florida
• Grand Prize in poster presentation in Computational and Experimental Materials Science category, Florida Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, and Florida Society for Microscopy, 2013
• 2nd best poster award in simulation and modeling category in Nano-Florida conference 2009
• Dhaka University Scholarship for the outstanding result in B.Sc. (Hons), in 2003
• Bangladesh Government Junior School Scholarship in 8th Grade, in 1988
• Bangladesh Government Primary School Scholarship in 5th Grade, in 1985

Professional Societies: Life Member, Bangladesh physical Society.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Fall 2012 Summer School on Band structure meets Many Body Theory Vienna University of Technology, Austria

KEY SKILLS:

REFERENCES:

1. Prof. Talat . Rahman

Distinguish professor,

UCF Pagassus Professor Department of Physics,

University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd Orlando, Fl. 32816

E-mail: talat@physics.ucf.edu

2. Prof. Volodymyr Turkowski

Department of Physics, University of Central Florida 4000 Central Florida Blvd

Email: vturkowski@mail.ucf.edu

3. Prof. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed

Department of Physics University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Phone: 01711521466