Name: Dr. Tanjina Afrin
Current Designation: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Oregon State University; Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texax El Paso.
Email: tanjina_afirn64@yahoo.com
Degrees obtained from MCRL: BS, MS
Research Interests: Biomolecular Motor Systems, Materials Science
Years Active at MCRL: 2012-2014
Honours Session: 2007-2008
Masters Session: 2011-2012
Publications:
1. Afrin, T., Karobi, S. N., Rahman, M. M., Mollah, M. Y. A., Susan, M.A.B.H., Water structure modification by sugars and its consequence on micellization behavior of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide in aqueous solution, J. Solution Chem. 2013, 42, 1488-1499.
2. Afrin, T., Mafy, N. N., Rahman, M. M., Mollah, M. Y. A., Susan, M.A.B.H., Temperature perturbed water structure modification by D(−)-fructose at different concentrations, RSC Advances 2014, 4, 50906-50913.
3. Mafy, N. N., Afrin, T., Rahman, M. M., Mollah, M. Y. A., Susan, M.A.B.H., Effect of temperature perturbation on hydrogen bonding in aqueous solutions of different urea concentrations, RSC Advances 2015, 5, 59263-59272.
Tanjina Afrin’s project work for the BS honors was to investigate water structure modification by sugars ranging from monosaccharide to trisaccharide and its consequence on the micellization behavior of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in aqueous medium. Her MS thesis title was “Modification of Water Structure by Sugars at Different Temperatures and Concentrations and Its Influence on the Enzyme Activity of Lipase”. She studied the effect of temperature and concentration on the aqueous solutions of sugars to investigate the solution properties of sugars. She also studied the nature of hydrogen bonding of water by temperature perturbation and the mechanism by which the orientation of hydroxyl groups of monosaccharides, disaccharides and trisaccharide influence the structure of water cluster. Her research further involved investigating the influence of sugars on the activity of lipase enzyme.
