Materials Science and Engineering

Biography

Dr. Sarker, the President, CEO and CTO of Waste Technologies, LLC (WTL) since 2013, is the sole owner of the company. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester, UK. He also has a Masters and a Bachelors degree, both in Chemistry, from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr. Sarker has been the Vice President of Research & Development for NSR since 2005 where he invented the technology which makes up US Patent # 8,927,797 B2 “Method for converting waste plastics to lower – molecular weight hydrocarbons, particularly hydrocarbon fuel materials and the hydrocarbon material produced thereby.” An additional 5 patents are pending. This work has garnered numerous awards both nationally and internationally. In addition to having published more than 110 research articles he acts as Editor-in Chief for 15 renowned international journals; World Research Journal of Physical Chemistry, International Journal of Chemical Research, and the World Research Journal of Environment and Waste Management and Editor of 155 and 175 of peer reviewer of national and international journals. Dr, Sarker wrote 6 books including chapters on Waste Plastic to Fuel. Dr. Sarker is a distinguished member of the following associations, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, Member of Institute Physics (MInstP), UK, American Chemical Society (ACS), American Physical Society (APS), American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Advanced Photon Sources User Group (APS), Chicago, Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC), Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), CleanTech Forum International, Connecticut Technology Council, Alliance for Clean Energy of New York (ACENY), Society of Automobile Engineering (SAE) International, Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Vermont Renewable Energy, Sierra Club, Greenpeace International, Bangladesh Chemical Society (Life Member), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (CINS) and many more. In addition, Dr. Sarker was elected President of Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)-CT Chapter in August, 2012-14 and advisor board member of CT Green Building Council (CTGBC) since 2013. Dr. Sarker also heads a humanitarian effort in Bangladesh; The Moinuddin and Anjuman Foundation, Inc., (www.moinandanjufoundation.com) which helps provide essentials for the poor and underprivileged in Bangladesh and around the Globe.

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