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Swapan Kumar Sarkar

Dr. Swapan Kumar Sarkar has a long track record in research and academia in multidisciplinary fields of Engineering and Medical Science. He is now serving as the Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Public Health and is an Associate Professor. Dr. Swapan Kumar Sarkar started his higher education journey from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) where he obtained his BSc in Chemical Engineering degree in 2001 (exam held in 2004). He obtained his Masters in Engineering Degree in 2007 in Advanced Materials Engineering (Major in Bio ceramics and Structural Ceramics) from Kongju National University (South Korea). He finished his PhD from Department of Biomedical Engineering and Materials (later renamed as Regenerative Medicine) in Biomedical Science in 2012 from Soonchunhyang University (South Korea). His PhD research was focused in Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering, Artificial Organ, Drug Delivery System etc. He pursued Post-Doctoral Research in the Same University at Institute of Tissue Regeneration under the sponsorship of his longtime supervisor from his MEng and PhD work. He became an Assistant Professor (Research) in Institute for Tissue Regeneration in Soonchunhyang University in 2015 and continued prior to returning to Bangladesh in 2016. He has a brief industrial experience for one year in Innobone Corporation, Asan city, South Korea as Post-Doctoral Research Associate.