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Soumyananda Chakraborti

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, National Institute of Malaria Research, University of Calcutta, Malpolska Centrum Biotechnology, JU

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7384-690X
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About

Present Position
2024 May onwards Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad, India.

Previous Positions
2020-2024 Ramalingaswami Fellow at ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi, India.
2016-2020 Assistant Professor at Malpolska Center of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland.

Postdoctoral Work Experience
2015-2016 Research Associate at Department of Chemistry, Indiana University.
2013-2014 Postdoctoral researcher at Institute Curie, Paris, France.

Education and Previous Experience
2008-2013 PhD in Biochemistry from Bose Institute (University of Calcutta) India.
Thesis Title The effect of ZnO nanoparticles on proteins and cells, and the recognition of curcumin by tubulin.
2007-2008 Research engineer in the Biochemistry Dept, Delhi University, India.
2006-2007 Research Assistant in the Chemistry Dept, IISC, Bangalore, India.
2004-2006 MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Calcutta.
2001-2004 BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta.

Research Interests
Infectious Disease Biology, Insecticide Development, Structure and Molecular Biology, Synthetic and Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, Computational Biology, Bio-nanotechnology, Disease Epidemiology

AWARDS AND HONORS
1. Received Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Professional Development Award from International Society of Infectious Disease (ISID), 2022.
2. Received conference grant from EMBO to participate EMBO Workshop (2020) In situ Structural Biology: From Cryo-EM to Integrative Modeling.
3. Recipient of prestigious Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship (2019-2020) by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
4. Recipient of Scientist position (2019) from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
5. Awarded for scientific excellence (2019) by Rector (Chancellor) of Jagiellonian University, Poland for outstanding publications.
6. Recipient of prestigious “HOMING” grant (2017) by FNP (Foundation for Polish Science, Poland). The value of grant is 0.2 million Euro (Rs ~ 1.5 crore) to conduct independent research in the field of synthetic biology. The title of the project “A Programmable Modular, Molecular “Ball-and-Glove” with Potential for Drug Delivery” (https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/homing-grant-winners-competition-32017/)
7. Awarded Postdoctoral fellowship (2014) from Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) to conduct postdoctoral research at Institute of Biophysics, China.
8. Awarded 3 years VATAT Postdoctoral fellowship (2014) to conduct research at Weizmann Institute of technology from the Ministry of Higher Education, Israel.
9. Awarded 1year Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Labex consortium (2013) Paris, France. (http://www.labex-celtisphybio.fr/post-doc-1-post-doc-1-post-doc-1-post-doc-1/)
10. Travel grant received from the conference organizer to attend “International Conference on Bimolecular Forms and Functions 2013” organized by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
11. Travel grant award received from Department of Science and Technology (DST), India and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India to attend Colloid and Nanomedicine conference 2012, at Amsterdam, Netherland.
12. Professor BB Biswas outstanding student award (2011) from Bose Institute, India.
13. Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (Life science, 2010) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.
14. Awarded institute fellowship from Bose Institute (2008) sponsored by Department of Science and Technology (DST) to pursue PhD in Biochemistry.
15. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2007) in Life Sciences.
16. Vidyasagar College (Undergraduate College) – Proficiency Award for B.Sc (Hons) Examination, October 2005.
17. Highlighted in MERA-INDIA newsletter as Malaria Scientist (Issue: June, 2021)

Employment

  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Assitant Professor
    2024 - Present
  • National Institute of Malaria Research Scientist
    2020 - 2024
  • Malpolska Centrum Biotechnology, JU Adjunct
    2016 - 2020

Education

  • University of Calcutta PhD
    2008 - 2013

Projects & Funding

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Publications (59)