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Badal Kumar Mandal

VIT University, University of Texas at San Antonio, Jadavpur University, University of Calcutta, National Institute of Radiological Sciences Chiba-Japan

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2419-5247
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Dr. Mandal did B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours) in 1987, M.Sc. (Spl. in Organic Chemistry) in 1989 from Calcutta University and Ph.D. (Science) from Jadavpur University in 1998. Dr. Mandal worked for 1 year as CSIR research associate in Jadavpur University (1998-99) after completion of his Ph.D. degree. Then Dr. Mandal spent 2 years (2000-02) in Chiba University-Japan (as JSPS Fellow) in the topic of “Speciation of arsenic in biological samples from arsenic-affected area” and another 2 years (2002-2004) in National Institute of Radiological Sciences-Chiba, Japan (as STA cum JSPS Fellow) in the topic of “Apoptosis induction by arsenic: mechanisms of action towards specific organs”. Before coming to VIT in 2006 (April) Dr. Mandal worked in University of Texas at San Antonio as research scientist for 1 year (2005-06) in the topic of “Studying Novel Remediation Methods to Lower Human Health Risk from Exposure to Arsenic”.
Dr. Mandal has published 65 international and 35 national research articles in different journals. Also, Dr. Mandal has more than 55 refereed conference proceedings, 10 book chapters and one research investigation report with Toyo Chemicals Company Ltd.-Japan on arsenic calamity in India and possibility of removal plant.
During postdoctoral studies Dr. Mandal had worked extensively on speciation of arsenic metabolites in human and rodents and had handled many sophisticated instruments like F-AAS, FI-HG-AAS, GF-AAS, ICP MS, HPLC, HPLC-ICP MS, GC-MS, ESI-MS etc. Also, Dr. Mandal had earned experience on dose-response studies of toxins on different cell lines. Now, Dr. Mandal is concentrating research works on interaction between metal nanoparticles and toxic heavy metals, remediation of toxic heavy metals using metal nanoparticles and toxic effects of nanomaterials.
Recently Dr. Mandal has completed a DST project focusing on interaction between iron nanoparticles and arsenic (Topic: A study on interaction of groundwater arsenic species with zero valent Iron Nanoparticles).
In addition, 50 students have completed M.Sc. and M.Tech. thesis under him. 5 students have received Ph.D. degree under investigator’s supervision on nanomaterials, drug delivery, method validation and clinical trials. Presently, 6 PhD students are doing their PhD thesis works under him.

Employment

  • VIT University Professor
    2006 - 2015
  • University of Texas at San Antonio Researcher
    2005 - 2006
  • National Institute of Radiological Sciences Chiba-Japan STA (Science and Technology Agency) cum JSPS Foreign Res. Assoc.
    2002 - 2004
  • Chiba Daigaku JSPS Foreign Research Associate
    2000 - 2002
  • Jadavpur University RA
    1999 - 2000

Education

  • Jadavpur University PhD (Science)
    1993 - 1998
  • University of Calcutta B.Ed.
    1990 - 1991
  • University of Calcutta M.Sc. (spl in organic chemistry)
    1987 - 1989
  • University of Calcutta B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry
    1984 - 1987

Projects & Funding

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Publications (69)