Sumit Maitra

About

I am a doctoral researcher in Biological Anthropology at the Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta, and a Project Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute, India. My research work focuses on molecular anthropology, human genetics, socio-genomics, and mathematical biology, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary, data-driven approaches to human variation and health. My ongoing PhD examines socio-genomic links between skin pigmentation and vitamin D status among diverse Eastern Indian populations, complemented by peer-reviewed publications on melanin–vitamin D evolution, oral health and vitamin D, skin colour variation, cutaneous microbiome, and forensic implications of anthropometry.

Employment

• Indian Statistical Institute Project Fellow
  2024 - Present

Education

• University of Calcutta Doctoral Student
  2023 - Present
• Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Trainee in the Skill Development Program
  2023 - 2023

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• The genetic architecture of human skin pigmentation: evolution and adaptation across global populations
  Frontiers in Genetics 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2026.1870791
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• From cultural dispositions to biological dimensions: a narrative review on the synergy between oral health and vitamin D through the lens of Indian habitus
  Frontiers in Oral Health 2025 DOI: 10.3389/froh.2025.1569940
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• Melanin and Vitamin D: Unravelling the Mechanism and Coalition of Two Archaic Biomolecules in Human Evolution and Health
  Przeglad Dermatologiczny 2025 DOI: 10.5114/DR.2025.155989
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• Association of Anthropometric and Physiological variables with Bone Mass and Hemoglobin Levels: A comparative study among the Tripuri and Chakma populations of Tripura and the Bengalee Hindu Caste population of West Bengal, India
  Genus Homo 2023
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• Estimation of Stature from Hand Dimensions: A Study on sub-adult female Bengalee Hindu Caste Population, West Bengal, India
  Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics 2023
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• Human Cutaneous Microbiome and Skin Carcinogenesis: An Immunological Conundrum
  Archives of Dermatology and Skin Care 2023 DOI: 10.22259/2638-4914.0501001
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• Skin color variation: A study on Eastern and North East India
  Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 2019 DOI: 10.3126/AJMS.V10I3.23256
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• Stature estimation from digit length, bi-acromian and bi-illiac length: a study among two populations from eastern and north eastern India
  Foresic Research & Criminology International Journal 2018 DOI: 10.15406/FRCIJ.2018.06.00253
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