Dr. Ajnabiul Hoque

Dr. Ajnabiul Hoque
© Dr. Ajnabiul Hoque
Dr. Ajnabiul Hoque
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Room 427, OC/BC I
Corrensstraße 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 84335323
F: +49 251 83 39772
ajnabiul.hoque@uni-muenster.de
  • Curriculum Vitae

    since 10/2025 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster
    07/2019 - 09/2024 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India; Supervisor: Prof. Raghavan B. Sunoj
    07/2026 - 06/2018 M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India
    06/2013 - 05/2016 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.), University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India
  • Publications

    M. Das, A. Hoque, M. Baranwal, R. B. Sunoj, 
    DeepMech: A Machine Learning Framework for Chemical Reaction Mechanism Prediction
    arXiv preprint 2025, arXiv:2509.15872. DOI 

    A. Hoque, T. Chang, J.-Q. Yu, R. B. Sunoj, 
    Molecular Machine Learning Approach to Enantioselective C–H Bond Activation Reactions: From Generative AI to Experimental Validation,
    Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 13276-13290. DOI

    A. Hoque, M. Das, M. Baranwal, R. B. Sunoj,
    ReactAIvate: A Deep Learning Approach to Predicting Reaction Mechanisms and Unmasking Reactivity Hotspots
    In Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024),
    Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press, 2024. DOI

    A. Hoque, M. Surve, S. Kalyanakrishnan, R. B. Sunoj, 
    Reinforcement Learning for Improving Chemical Reaction Performance,
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 28250-28267. DOI

    A. Hoque, R. B. Sunoj, 
    Deep Learning for Enantioselectivity Predictions in Catalytic Asymmetric β-C–H Bond Activation Reactions,
    Digital Discovery 2022, 1, 926-940. DOI

  • Awarda and Fellowships

    2019 Qualified CSIR-NET (UGC-CSIR)
    2019 Qualified GATE Examination
    2016 Qualified IIT JAM Examination
  • Conferences and Symposia

    06/09/2025 Best ChemReel Award, IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India
    06/09/2025 Best Poster Award, IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India
    20-25/10/2024 ECAI 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    10/03/2023 IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India
  • Teaching Experience

    • Teaching Assistant for General Organic Chemistry (CH 105) (2022–23)
    • Teaching Assistant for Computational Chemistry Laboratory (CH 504) (2023–24)
  • Extracurriculars and Skills

    • Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi [read, write, and speak] 
    • Hobbies: Keen to learn innovative topics, Travelling, Playing football