Welcome To Reza Research Group At Florida Tech
Our research interests include biochar, control and mitigation of harmful algal blooms, waste-to-energy-and-materials, biofuels, advanced separations, technoeconomic analysis, life cycle assessment. We apply fundamentals of chemical engineering to solve real-world problems. Our research involves molecular-level simulation, bench-scale proof-of-concept, lab-scale demonstration, and techno-economic assessment. Current research efforts include modified biochar for control and mitigation of harmful algal blooms, bioderived substitutes for PFAS, hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin, and utilization of sargassum. Our current projects are funded by US Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Energy, Florida Sea Grant, and Tampa Bay Estuary Program. Please follow Funding Page to learn more about the research funding. Our group is a harmony of undergraduate and graduate students from multiple disciplines, where we practice teamwork, project management, time management, technical writing, and technical presentations. Please follow People page to read about our group members and follow publications page for the recent articles.
Please contact Dr. Reza for additional information on group’s research, collaborations, and undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research opportunities.
Latest News
Dr. Reza has received 2022 New Holland Young Researcher Award: One of the Major Awards from ASABE
https://www.asabe.org/Awards-Competitions/Major-Awards/New-Holland-Young-Researcher-Award
Florida Tech Magazine Article on Waste Research
https://news.fit.edu/academics-research/could-waste-be-the-solution/
Dr. Reza received 2022 FASABE Young Investigator Award and Al Ibtida Sultana Has received outstanding oral presentation award at 2022 FASABE Conference
https://news.fit.edu/panther-bites/reza-student-recognized-with-honors-at-conference/
Florida Tech Magazine Relentless Column
https://www.fit.edu/media/site-specific/wwwfitedu/florida-tech-magazine/documents/20210863_FINALweb_WI22-magazine.pdf
Dr. Reza is listed as 2021 Most Influential Researchers by I&EC Research
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04516
https://axial.acs.org/2021/12/08/iecr-2021-influential-researchers-americas/
Dr. Reza has been named as one of the World's Top 2% Cited Researchers for the Year 2020
https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/3
News article at Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-septic-sustainable-potential-source-fertilizer.html
News article regarding our Septage Fertilizer project
https://news.fit.edu/academics-research/from-septic-to-sustainable-a-potential-new-source-of-fertilizer/?fbclid=IwAR10mwCC2qoeEtCKqX8nsx7Q-QGjm9gRzG8XwKiK81YaxR7yMH-wRHSg3bA
The Business Standard featured a news article on Dr. Reza's research Project
https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/bangladeshi-toufiq-reza-receives-intl-grant-sustainable-energy-research-217078
Local News Article
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2021/03/florida-techs-toufiq-reza-receives-grant-to-improve-millions-of-lives-in-bangladesh/
https://news.fit.edu/academics-research/researcher-looks-to-his-home-country-for-latest-project/
Group News
Fall 2024
Nafiz Ahmed, Robert Cheatham, and Brandon Naumann started PhD. Savannah Grimes started MS. Welcome Nafiz, Robert, Brandon, and Savannah.
Summer 2024
Cadianne won the first place of oral presentation, while Bilash won the second place at the 2024 Hydrochar and Biochar Workshop.
Cadianne won the third place of oral presentation competition at the 2024 FASABE conference.
Spring 2024
Brandon completed his MS. Congratuations Brandon.
Swarna won the Al Hall Memorial award and graduate student oral presentation competition, while Robert won the Undergraduate Oral presentation competition of the 2024 Florida Academy of Sciences conference.
Fall 2023
Bilash Devnath and Mostafijur Rahman have joined Reza Research Group as PhD students. Welcome Bilash and Mostafiz.
Dr. Reza spent his sabbatical at the Kennedy Space Center working with Dr. Annie Meier and her team on In Situ Resource Utilzation (ISRU).
Thomas completed his PhD. Congratulations Dr. Quaid. He is joining UC Berkeley as a postdoc.
Summer 2023
Vahab graduated with his PhD. Contragulations Dr. Ghalandari.
Spring 2023
Ibtida graduated with his PhD. Contragulations Dr. Sultana. She will be joining LANL for her Postdoc.
Fall 2022
Swarna Saha and Laura Guidugli have joined Reza Research Group as PhD students. Welcome Swarnaand Laura.
Tahmid graduated with his PhD. Contragulations Dr. Islam. He will be joining JBEI/Sandia for his Postdoc.
Summer 2022
Dr. Reza has received ASABE Major Award: 2022 New Holland Young Researcher Award
Spring 2022
Dr. Reza has received 2022 FASABE Young Investigator Award
Al Ibtida Sultana has received best oral presentation award from 2022 FASABE conference
Dr. Reza has received 2022 Research Excellence Award from CHE program of Florida Tech
Fall 2021
Dr. Reza and his collaborators have been awarded Florida Sea Grant
Al Ibtida Sultana has awarded for Outstanding Oral Presentation at the 2021 Annual ASABE
Vahab Ghalandari has joined the Reza Research Group
Soudeh Banivaheb and Jessica Peterson have graduated with M.S.
Summer 2021
Nepu Saha and Kyle McGauhgy have graduated. Congratulations Drs. Saha and McGauhgy
April 2021
Al Ibtida Sultana and Md Tahmid Islam has won the first and second place of the oral presentation at the Florida Academy of Science 2021
