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SAMIR Kumar PATRA

National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Università degli Studi di Parma, University of Kalyani, McGill University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5641-1835
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I am a Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Epigenetics & Cancer and current Head of the Department of Life Science (since 01 July 2026), National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT-Rourkela) India, a position that I have held since 2009. I was also the head of the Department of Life Science from April 2011-2014 and member of new curriculum development committee of our institute. During 2021-2023 I was the Chairman of Curriculum Development, Accreditation and Ranking Cell of NIT-Rourkela. I visited many world class institutes at different capacities, as postdoctoral fellow, and visiting scientists, at the University of the Basque Country, Spain; University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), McGill University, Canada; University of Parma, Italy, respectively. Additionally, I am serving as Editorial Board Member and on editorial advisory boards of scientific journals; Biochmica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease (Elsevier), BB Reports (Elsevier) and Environmental Epigenetics (Oxford Academic)). Also, serving as reviewer of scientific journals, including Nature Communications, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Molecular Cancer, Cell Biomaterial, FEBS J, Exp Cell Res, Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Oncology, Proteomics, Sem Can Biol, Pharmacol Res, Gene etc. Moreover, I am author of more than 80 research publications with more than 5500 citations and many of my papers have appeared in the reputed journal such as Eur J Biochem, BBA Biomembrane, BBA Mol Basis of Disease, Exp Cell Res, BBA Rev on Cancer; Cancer and Metastasis Rev, Molecular Carcinogenesis, FEBS J, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Tumor Biology, Sem Can Biol, Oncology Reports. Besides, I have been involved in mentoring Postdoc Fellows, Ph.D. and M.S. research projects for a number of students and times in my laboratory and together number counts well over 85. I contribute to training through membership of various graduate research committees. I have served and continue to serve on many PhD thesis committees in several departments throughout NIT-Rourkela and as examiners of PhD thesis from other universities of the country.

Employment

  • National Institute of Technology Rourkela Professor
    2018 - Present
  • National Institute of Technology Rourkela Associate Professor
    2009 - 2018
  • Università degli Studi di Parma Visiting Scientist
    2008 - 2009
  • McGill University Senior Academic Trainee
    2002 - 2004

Education

  • University of Kalyani Ph.D.
    1991 - 1996

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