Muhammad Alauddin is a Bangladeshi chemist and university professor. He was the 10th vice-chancellor of the

Islamic University, Bangladesh Islamic University, Bangladesh ( bn, ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ, ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بنغلاديش), commonly referred to as Islamic University, Kushtia shortly IU, ...

, from March 2009 to December 2012. He is a life Member (MRSC) of the

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in UK.

Career

Alauddin obtained a Bachelor and

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in Chemistry from the University of Rajshahi, and a

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degree from the

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. He was a professor of

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and

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(ACCE) department at Islamic University, Bangladesh. He was the founding chairman of this department in 1995, and was also founding chairman of the Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering department in 1998. He served in the latter department as a chairman for more than a year.

Vice-chancellorship

On March 9, 2009, Alauddin was appointed vice-chancellor of the Islamic University in Bangladesh, where he worked in the M. A. Wazed Miah Science Building, Sheikh Hasina Hall, and Central Shaheed Minar. At the time, the political situation of the university was tenuous; the Islamic University Teachers Association (IUTA) accused Alauddin and pro-vice-chancellor Kamal Uddin of corruption, and

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. As a result, he and Pro VC Kamal Uddin was removed from the administrative charge of the

Research

* Volumetric Properties of Secondary Butanol and Tertiary Butanol in Water and Aqueous Micellar Systems of Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate - ''Section B: Chemical and Biological Sciences.''

References

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