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Biography
Azam Ali is a Bangladeshi scientist known to developea wound dressing, which earned him the Bayer Innovators Award in 2010.
Education
Ali obtained his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from Jahangirnagar University in 1988 and 1991 respectively. In 2000, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in polymer science and engineering and nanotechnology from the Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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 the 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 nano photoresist 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). He worked as a Senior Scientist and Biomaterials Research Leader at AgResearch during July 2003 – April 2013. In 2013, he joined as a senior lecturer at the University of Otago, Dunedin Campus.
Membership
- American Chemical Society
- Materials Research Society