
Dr. Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder Professor, Department of Physics
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Bachelor of Science in Physics (JU): 1993-94 to 1995-96
Master of Science in Physics (JU): 1996-1997 (Geophysics)
Master of Science in Physics (USA): 2010-2011 (Biophysics and soft condensed matter)
Doctor of Philosophy (Unimelb): 2014-2019 (Medical Bionics)
RESEARCH INTEREST
Biophysics: Soft condensed matter (plasma membrane and lipid rafts), Molecular modeling and simulations and their medical applications (using Gaussian software package based on Density Functional Theory).
Medical Physics and Neuroscience: Radiation and dosimetry, Diagnosis of neural disorders.
Physics and Science Education: Contextualization of education, Teaching and learning methods.
JOURNAL PAPER
Aoly Ur Rahman, D. M. Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Early Detection of Lung Cancer with Pd‑doped GaAs Nanocluster: A DFT Study, BioNanoScience (2025) 15:482, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-025-02091-2
Aoly Ur Rahman, Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Mst. Tania Khatun, Mimi Saha Katha, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Plausibility of V-doped aluminium nitride nanotubes for breast cancer detection: A DFT investigation, Nano Trends 11 (2025) 100134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwnano.2025.100134
Md. Ahsan Habib, Mst. Tania Khatun, Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Mimi Saha Katha, Noor Ahammad, Aoly Ur Rahman and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Potentiality of gold‑doped small tin clusters as lung cancer detectors: a DFT investigation, J Nanopart Res (2025) 27:208, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-025-06403-1
Noor Ahammad, Aoly Ur Rahman, Md. Alamgir Kabir and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, A Computational Investigation on the Structural, Thermodynamic, Electrical, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of Transition Metal (Cr & Mo)-Doped Aluminum Nitride Nanotubes Using Density Functional Theory, NANO: Brief Reports and Reviews (2025) 2550073, World Scientific, DOI: 10.1142/S1793292025500730
Mimi Saha Katha, Aoly Ur Rahman, Md. Ahsan Habib, Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Bonganur Khan, Mst. Tania Khatun and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Feasibility of transition metal doped boron nitride fullerene as a nanocarrier of anticancer drugs: An insight from DFT, Next Nanotechnology 7 (2025) 100189, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxnano.2025.100189
Bonganur Khan, Aoly Ur Rahman, Md Masud Alam, Noor Ahammad, Md. Alamgir Kabir and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Impact of transition metal dopants (V, Nb, and Ta) on armchair and chiral structured gallium nitride (Ga30N30) nanotubes: A comprehensive DFT study, Next Nanotechnology 8 (2025) 100155, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxnano.2025.100155
Aoly Ur Rahman, D.M. Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md Kabir Uddin Sikder; Influences of homogenous and heterogenous dopants on structural, electric, and thermodynamic properties of the gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanodot: A DFT study, Hybrid Advances 10 (2025) 100482, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hybadv.2025.100482
Aoly Ur Rahman, D. M. Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasand and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Feasibility of nitride-based nanocages for the targeted delivery of ifosfamide: a DFT exploration, New J. Chem., 2024,48, 15599-15609, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ02992E
Aoly Ur Rahman, D M Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md Kabir Uddin Sikder; Potentiality of phosphide-based nanotubes for breast cancer detection: A DFT investigation, Nanotechnology 35 (2024) 365701 (8pp), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5681
Aoly Ur Rahman, D. M. Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; A DFT study of structural, electrical, and thermodynamical properties of Sc, Ti, V doped ring Beryllium Oxide (BeO)n (n = 3–5) nanoclusters, AIP Advances 14, 055015 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0197663
Galib Muhammad Shahriar Himel, Md. Masudul Islam, Kh. Abdullah Al-Aff,Shams Ibne Karim and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Skin Cancer Segmentation and Classification Using Vision Transformer for Automatic Analysis in Dermatoscopy-Based Noninvasive Digital System, International Journal of Biomedical Imaging Volume 2024, Article ID 3022192, 18 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/3022192
Aoly Ur Rahman, Budrun Neher, Sazzad Hossain, Md. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, D.M. Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; A Comparative DFT Investigation on the Structural, Electric, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of the Pristine and Various Metals and Nonmetals (Li, Be, B, N, O, and F) Doped Graphene and Silicene Nanosheets, Physica B 675 (2024) 415615, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2023.415615
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, An Investigation on University Physics Education in Bangladesh., International Journal of Asian Education, 3 (4), pp.264–271, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.46966/ijae.v3i4.305Aoly Ur Rahman, Dewan Mohammad Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, A comparative DFT study of structural, electronic, thermodynamic, optical, and magnetic properties of TM (Ir, Pt, and Au) doped in small Tin (Sn5 & Sn6) clusters, Phase Transitions, 91 (6), pp.486-500, 2022. doi: DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2022.2080065
Md. Arman Ali, Mohammad Sohelur Rahman, Selina Yeasmin, and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Estimation of Radiological Risk on Medical Staff and Public Inside & Outside of Three Large Hospital Campuses of Dhaka, Bangladesh, European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 4(3), pp.70-78, 2022.
Abdullah Al Shuhan, M. S. Rahman, S. Yeasmin, Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Estimation of Radiation Risk on Public Around Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital Campus, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ABC Research Alert, 9 (1), pp.15-22, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.18034/abcra.v9i1.513
Avijit Biswas, Mohammad Sohelur Rahman, Selina Yeasmin, and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Assessment of Radiation Risk on Healthcare Workers and Public in & around Two Largest Hospital Campuses of Bangladesh, European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 3(3) 48-57, pp.48-57, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.34104/ejmhs.021.048057
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, In Vitro Efficacy of TiN Electrode Coated on Pt Foil for Neural Stimulation, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Physics Studies, 23, 2020.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Wei Tong, Hitesh Pinglee, Peter Kingshotte, Karina Needham , Mohit N. Shivdasani, James B. Fallon, Peter Seligman, Michael R. Ibbotson, Steven Prawer and David J., Laminin coated diamond electrodes for neural stimulation, Materials Science & Engineering C, 118, pp.111454, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111454
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Mohit N Shivdasani, James B Fallon, Peter Seligman, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Joel Villalobos, Steven Prawer and David J Garrett, Electrically conducting diamond films grown on platinum foil for neural stimulation, Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol 16, No. 6, pp.066002, 2019.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, James Fallon, Mohit N. Shivdasani, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Peter Seligman and David J. Garrett, Wireless induction coils embedded in diamond for power transfer in medical implants, Biomed Microdevices, 19, pp.79, 2017. doi: DOI 10.1007/s10544-017-0220-1
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Kyle A. Stone, P. B. Sunil Kumar, and Mohamed Laradji, Combined effect of cortical cytoskeleton and transmembrane proteins on domain formation in biomembranes, The Journal Chemical Physics, 141, pp.054902, 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890655
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder and M Laradji, Effect of cortical cytoskeleton corral size on lipid domain of plasma membranes, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, 2014.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Confinement of transmembrane proteins in cytoskeletal corrals, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Physics Studies, 2013.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder and K. S. Rabbani, Slope of del V – t curves of evoked potentials for diagnosis of neural disorders, Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., 2010.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder and K. S. Rabbani, Extraction of gross conduction distribution for motor nerves from evoked muscle potentials, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, vol. 30, No. 2, 2008.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder and K. S. Rabbani, Del V - t analysis of evoked potentials for diagnosis of neural disorders, Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., 55 (1), pp.111-114, 2007.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder and K. S. Rabbani, Simulation of evoked muscle potentials using a simplified model, Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., 54, (1), pp.105-108, 2006.
Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Shaikh Enayet Ullah and M. Muniruzzaman, Modeling the subsurface Beragaon gravity high Northwest Bangladesh by forward and inversion techniques., Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science., Vol. 28, pp.63-76, 2005.
CONFERENCE PAPER
2024: International Conference
Mimi Saha Katha, Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Aoly Ur Rahman, Mst. Tania Khatun, Md. Ahsan Habib and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, A Relative Study on the Structural and Electric Properties of Pristine and Transition Metals (Pt, Au) Doped Boron Nitride Nanocages: A DFT Insight, 2024 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ICAEEE), 25-27 April, 2024, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Ringkey Islam, Samiul Alim, Mst. Tania Khatun, Md. Abul Hasnat, Aoly Ur Rahman and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Dosimetric Comparison of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy and Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in Carcinoma of Lung, 2024 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ICAEEE), 25-27 April, 2024, Gazipur, Bangladesh
2023: International Conference
Aoly Ur Rahman, Dewan Mohammad Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan, and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, “Feasibility of Implanting Gold-Doped Siliconanoclusters (Si8) As Electrode for Dopamine Detection: A DFT Investigation” 2023 5th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/STI59863.2023.10465057
Mst. Tania Khatun, Afsana Lima, Ringkey Islam, Aoly Ur Rahman, Md. Ahsan Habib, and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, Comparative Inquisition of Primordial and Transition Metals (Cu, Ag, and Au) Doped In4Sb4 Nanocluster: A DFT Study, 2023 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI), 09-10 December, Dhaka
Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Aoly Ur Rahman, Md. Ahsan Habib, Mst. Tania Khatun, Mimi Saha Katha and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Comparative Study on the Structural and Electric Properties of Pristine and Transition Metals (V, Nb, Ta) Doped Gallium Nitride Nanotube: A DFT Investigation, 2023 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI), 09-10 December, Dhaka
Md. Ahsan Habib, Aoly Ur Rahman, Mst. Tania Khatun, Eshrat Ashraf Ema, Mimi Saha Katha and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Potential Changes of Physicochemical Properties Due to Transition Metals (Ag, Au) Doping on Stanene Cluster: A First-Principles Investigation, 2023 5th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 5.0 (STI), 09-10 December, Dhaka
2022: International Conference
Aoly Ur Rahman, Dewan Mohammad Saaduzzaman, Syed Mahedi Hasan, and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder, “A DFT Investigation on Structural, Electric, and Thermodynamic Properties of Transition Metal (Cr, Mo, and W) Doped in Small Arsenic Cluster (As15)” 2022 4th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/STI56238.2022.10103244
Uparna Singha, Aoly Ur Rahman and Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder; Mathematical Models for Tumor Cell Growth Estimation: An Analytical Review, 2022 4th International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Industry 4.0 (STI), 17-18 December, Dhaka.
Teaching
Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
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PHY-511 | Advanced Biophysics | 2019-2020 |
PHY-510 | Health and Radiation Physics | 2018-2019 |
PHY-101 | Mechanics | 2019 - 2020 |
Academic Info
Period: 2014-2019
Ph.D. in Medical Bionics.
Thesis Title: Exploring the Use of Diamond in Medical Implants.
Reseach work: Febrication of microcoil in diamod substrates for wireless power transfer in medical implants, Devlopment of electrode materials, and electrodes and their characterizations for neural stimulation using electrochemical methods, Laminin (a protein in extracellular matrix) coating on electrodes, Stability of laminin coatings on electrodes and biocompatibility testing of electrodes for neural stimulations.
Period: 2010 - 2011
MS in Physics (Material Science concentration).
Thesis in Biophysics and Soft Condensed Matter: Combined Effect of Transmembrane Proteins and Cortical Cytoskeleton on the Lateral Organization of Plasma Membranes.
Period: 1996-1997
Master of Science in Physics
Thesis in Geophysics: Modeling the Subsurface Beragaon Gravity High Northwest Bangladesh.
Period: 1993-94 to 1995-1996
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Experience
Position: Professor
Period: November 2020 to date
Department of Physics
Position: Associate Professor
Period: May 2014 - 17 November 2020
Department of Physics
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: March 2009 - April 2014
Department of Physics
Position: Lecturer
Period: November 2006 - March 2009
Department of Physics
Position: Lecturer
Period: October 2001 - November 2006
Department of Physics
Activity
Position: Professor
Biomedical Physics Lab: Research in Biophysics, Medical Physics and Neuroscience.
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Contact
Dr. Md. Kabir Uddin Sikder
Professor
Department of Physics
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +88 01302763135
Work Phone: 880-2-7791045-51 ext. 1426
Email: kabirsikder@juniv.edu