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Research Scientist in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering | Proficient in data analysis and scientific writing

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I am a postgraduate researcher with 8+ years of multidisciplinary research experience and ongoing specialisation in Data Science. Experienced in conducting research and managing a large amount of information from data collection to data analysis, with a proven track record of project management. MATERIALS & NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS: Surfactants | Polymers for pharmaceutical application | Water-soluble polymers | Amphiphilic polymers and polymeric complexes | Polymer colloids and nanocapsules | Supramolecular chemistry | Colloidal synthesis | Quantum dots | Polysaccharides | Self-assembly | Organic Chemistry | Physical Chemistry | Photochemistry | Photodynamic therapy | Microbiology MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION: ▪️Scanning Electron Microscopy | Transmission Electron Microscopy | Atomic Force Microscopy ▪️UV-Visible Spectroscopy | Fluorescence Spectroscopy ▪️Tensiometry | Conductometry ▪️FTIR | DSC | XRD OTHER TECHNICAL SKILLS AND SOFTWARE LITERACY: ▪️Class IV laser operation ▪️Aseptic microbiological techniques, including fungal culturing ▪️Protocol and risk assessment development ▪️Data analysis, data visualisation and ML: Python 3 (pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, scikit-learn, Tensorflow), MATLAB, SQL, Excel/Numbers, Origin Pro, Prism ▪️MS Office | Image J | Gwyddion | ChemDraw | ProCreate

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Polymer Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Spectroscopy
• ☆ Microencapsulation
• ☆ Supramolecular Chemistry
• ☆ Petrochemistry
• ☆ Photochemistry
• ☆ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Heat Transfer & Calorimetry
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ Scikit-learn

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC)

Work Experience

Postgraduate Researcher

Western Sydney University

February 2018 - Present

Laboratory Assistant

Kazan Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

May 2012 - January 2018

Research Engineer

Kazan National Research Technological University

March 2016 - December 2017

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Western Sydney University

January 2022 - Present

Masters in Chemical Engineering

Kazan National Research Technological University

September 2015 - July 2017

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

Kazan National Research Technological University

September 2011 - August 2015

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Alina Bekmukhametova and Mir Muhammad Nasir Uddin and Jessica Houang and Chandra Malladi and Laurel George and Richard Wuhrer and Shital K. Barman and Ming J. Wu and Damia Mawad and Antonio Lauto(2022). Fabrication and characterization of chitosan nanoparticles using the coffee‐ring effect for photodynamic therapy . Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. Wiley

Jessica Houang and Catriona Halliday and Sharon Chen and Chun-Hoong Ho and Alina Bekmukhametova and Antonio Lauto(2020). Effective photodynamic treatment of Trichophyton species with Rose Bengal . Journal of Biophotonics. Wiley

(2020). The synthesis of CdSe quantum dots stabilized by polymers and polyelectrolyte capsules . Surface Innovations.

Alina Bekmukhametova, Herleen Ruprai, James M. Hook, Damia Mawad, Jessica Houang, Antonio Lauto (2020). Photodynamic therapy with nanoparticles to combat microbial infection and resistance . Nanoscale.

Kashapov, R.R., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Petrov, K.A., Nizameev, I.R., Kadirov, M.K., Zakharova, L.Y.(2018). Supramolecular strategy to construct quantum dot-based sensors for detection of paraoxon . Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. 273. p. 592-599.

Gaynanova, G.A., Valeeva, F.G., Kushnazarova, R.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Zakharov, S.V., Mirgorodskaya, A.B., Zakharova, L.Y.(2018). Effect of Hydrotropic Compounds on the Self-Organization and Solubilization Properties of Cationic Surfactants . Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 92. (7). p. 1400-1405.

Kashapov, R.R., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Zakharova, L.Y., Akhmetzyanova, Z.V., Popova, E.V., Solovieva, S.E., Antipin, I.S., Konovalov, A.I.(2017). Self-aggregation and solubilizing properties of the supramolecular system based on azobenzenesulfonate calix[4]arene and CTAB . Macroheterocycles. 10. (4-5). p. 454-459.

Bekmukhametova, A.M., Kashapov, R.R., Saifutdinova, M.N., Gavrilova, E.L., Mamedov, V.A., Zhukova, N.A., Zakharova, L.Y., Sinyashin, O.G.(2017). Aggregation and solubilization properties of system based on glycine-calix[4]resorcinol and sodium dodecyl sulfate in aqueous medium . Macroheterocycles. 10. (2). p. 164-168.

Gaynanova, G.A., Vasilieva, E.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Nizameev, I.R., Kadirov, M.K., Zakharova, L.Y., Konovalov, A.I.(2016). Encapsulation of quantum dots in supramolecular systems based on amphiphilic compounds and polyelectrolytes . Russian Chemical Bulletin. 65. (1). p. 151-157.

Gaynanova, G.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Kashapov, R.R., Ziganshina, A.Y., Zakharova, L.Y.(2016). Superamphiphilic nanocontainers based on the resorcinarene - Cationic surfactant system: Synergetic self-assembling behavior . Chemical Physics Letters. 652. p. 190-194.

Gaynanova, G.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Mukhitova, R.K., Kharlamov, S.V., Ziganshina, A.Y., Zakharova, L.Ya., Konovalov, A.I.(2015). Pyrene fluorescence quenching in supramolecular systems based on dimethylaminomethylated resorcinarene . Journal of Molecular Liquids. 206. p. 316-320.

Gainanova, G.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Saifutdinova, M.N., Gavrilova, E.L., Zakharova, L.Y., Sinyashin, O.G.(2015). Solubilization of new calix[4]resorcinols with amino acid substituents at the upper rim in surfactant micellar solutions . Russian Chemical Bulletin. 64. (8). p. 1982-1985.

Vasilieva, E.A., Gainanova, G.A., Bekmukhametova, A.M., Karimova, T.R., Saifutdinova, M.N., Gavrilova, E.L., Zakharova, L.Y., Sinyashin, O.G.(2015). Properties of the surfactant—calix[4]resorcinol binary system studied using spectral and fluorescent probes . Russian Chemical Bulletin. 64. (12). p. 2897-2902.