He was born in Comilla, Bangladesh in 1980. He received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh, in 2004 and 2006, respectively. Dr. Imran received his PhD degree in 2009 from the Department of Molecular Design and Engineering at Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan under the supervision of Professor Yukikazu Takeoka. He subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) project, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan until October, 2011. Since 2014, Dr. Imran has concurrently served as a project assistant professor at Nagoya University.