Syed Safiullah

Syed Safiullah (25 December 1945 – 11 June 2016) was a Bangladeshi academic of chemistry. He was a professor in the Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences at Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh. He was widely recognized for his research and innovation of Shushama fertilizer and fish feed, Safi Filter, and Safi Fuel. Among other positions, he was the former professor of chemistry and founder chairperson of environmental sciences department and Institute of Life Science at Jahangirnagar University (JU). His areas of interest covered environmental, material, synthetic, and applied chemistry. Safiullah is known for his work on arsenic pollution investigations, organic matter characterizations and environmental chemistry.

Safiullah was a Fellow of TWAS, the World Academy of Sciences, as well as a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He was a fellow of the international union of pure and applied chemistry (IUPAC) and he was the first fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK from the Jahangirnagar University.

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