We are members of the Department of Chemistry at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Our current research initiatives address the fabrication, characterization and applications of advanced materials. We employ the toolkits of chemistry and life sciences to explore the functionalities of molecules to conceptualize and evaluate potential new strategies for the development of advanced materials. A significant portion of our research program is attentive in developing energy storage materials from biowaste and their integration into supercapacitors and batteries. Modification of carbon materials of biowaste could be the low-cost and facile technique for the development of high-performance electrode materials of energy storage devices. Formation of Transition metal ions are essential nutrients required for life processes that range from DNA synthesis to respiration; thus, metal availability in the host environment is a key factor contributing to whether microbial infection occurs. Our ongoing investigations include deciphering the unprecedented biological coordination chemistry and innate immune function of S100 proteins including human calprotectin and leveraging the chemistry and biology of bacterial siderophores for potential therapeutic application. In total, our research program affords paradigms for discovering and elucidating new bioinorganic chemistry, advancing fundamental understanding of human innate immunity and microbial physiology, and achieving new approaches to combating infectious disease.