Dr. Burhan Ahmed Hussein

Contact information

Email:

burhan.hussein@concordia.ca

Biography

Education

PhD, Soft Matter Chemistry, Durham University, UK
MSc, Molecular Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
BSc, Chemistry, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Research Interests

My research is grounded in synthetic organic and physical chemistry, with a focus on designing and synthesizing new materials for sustainable technologies. I also actively engage in science policy & innovation, especially at the interface of research, societal needs, and innovation ecosystems. Some specific work includes:

Developing porous/synthetic materials for carbon capture & CO₂-recycling.
Designing shapeshifting or fluxional molecular scaffolds, supramolecular architectures, dyes, and porphyrin systems for energy & optoelectronics.
Using molecular devices to improve plant resilience and agricultural sustainability.
Researcher engagement in science policy, innovation policy towards how science, technology & innovation can better serve society.

Teaching activities

Courses

CHEM 221 – Introductory Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 205 – General Chemistry II
CHEM 293 – Spectroscopy and Structure of Organic Compounds
CHEM 242 – Organic Chemistry II Laboratory

Publications

Hussein, B. A., Maturi, W., Rylands, M. K., Bismillah, A. N., Wen, Y., Aguilar, J. A., Ayub, R., Rankine, C. D., McGonigal, P. R. Correlated Shapeshifting and Configurational Isomerization. Chemical Science, 2024, 15, 14618-14624.
Bismillah, A. N., Johnson, T. G., Hussein, B. A., Turley, A. T., Wong, H., Aguilar, A. J., Yufit, S. D., McGonigal, P. R.* Control of Dynamic sp³-C Stereochemistry. Nature Chemistry, 2023, 15, 615-624.
Pia, J. E., Hussein, B. A., Skrypai, V., Sarycheva, O. V., Adler M. J. Porphyrin Silanes. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021, 449, 214183.
Hussein, B. A., Shakeel, Z., Turley, A. T., Bismillah, A. N., Wolfstadt, K., Pia, J., Pilkington, M., McGonigal, P. R., Adler, M. J.* Control of Porphyrin Planarity and Aggregation by Covalent Capping: Bissilyloxy Porphyrin Silanes. Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 13533-13541.
Al-Faouri, T., Buguis, F. L., Soldouz, S. A., Sarycheva, O. V., Hussein, B. A., Mahmood, R., Koivisto B. D.* Exploring Structure-Property Relationships in a Bio-Inspired Family of Bipodal and Electronically-Coupled Bistriphenylamine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications. Molecules, 2020, 25, 2260.
Bismillah, A. N., Chapin, B. M., Hussein, B. A., & McGonigal, P. R.* Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come. Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 324-332.
Hussein, B. A., Huynh J. T., Prieto P. L., Barran C. P., Arnold, A. E., Sarycheva O. V., Lough A. J., Koivisto B. D.* Molecular lemmings: strategies to avoid when designing BODIPY ferrocene dyads for dye-sensitized solar cell applications. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 4916-4920.
Sritharan, S. R., Hussein, B. A., Machin, D. D., El-Aooiti, M. A., Adjei, J. A., Singh, J. K., Pau, J. T. H., Dhindsa, J. S., Lough, A. J., Koivisto, B. D.* Managing nucleophilic addition reactions to tune the physical properties of 2-substituted pentamethylBODIPY derivatives. RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 8922-8926.