UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

NAME: Dr. Debasis Das DESIGNATION: Professor DEPARTMENT: Chemistry

GENDER: Male. CATEGORY: GEN. DATE OF BIRTH: 24-10-1967 DATE OF JOINING IN THE UNIVERSITY: 01-12-2005

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Joysri Mansion, Flat-2A, BL-B, 318, Purbalok, Kalikapur, Kolkata – 700 099 PHONE: 9830345023 E-MAIL: dasdebasis2001@yahoo.com

HIGHEST QUALIFICATION: Ph. D. SPECIALIZATION / MAJOR THRUST AREAS :Inorganic Chemistry (Coordination Chem..; Bioinorganic Chem.; Catalysis)

VISITING ASSIGNMENT(S)(during 2012-2013)(give details) : (a) National : (b) International :

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS (during 2014-2016)

A) Published Paper in Journals:

S.

No

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Author(s) Title Name of

Journal

Vol

ume

Page Year

1. Ishani

Majumder,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,*Ja

ydeep Adhikary,

Hulya Kara ,

Ennio

Zangrando,*

Antonio

Bauza,[Antonio

Frontera,* and

Debasis Das*

Auxiliary Part of Ligand

Mediated Unique

Coordination

Chemistry of Copper

(II)

ChemistryS

elect,

3 615 –625 2016

2. Prateeti

Chakraborty,*

Ishani

Majumder, Kazi

Sabnam Banu,

Bipinbihari

Ghosh,

Hulya Kara,

Ennio

Zangrando* and

Mn(II) complexes of

different nuclearity:

synthesis,

characterization and

catecholase-like

activity†

Dalton

Trans.

45 742–752 2016

Debasis Das*

3. Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Jaydeep

Adhikary,

Sugata Samanta,

Ishani

Majumder,

Chiara Massera,

Daniel

Escudero,*

Sanjib Ghosh,*

Antonio Bauza,

Antonio

Frontera* and

Debasis Das*

Influence of para

substituents in

controlling

photophysical behavior

and different non-

covalent

weak interactions in zinc

complexes of a phenol

based “end-off”

compartmental ligand†

Dalton

Trans.

44 20032–

20044

2015

4. Ishani

Majumder,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Sudhanshu Das,

Hulya Kara,

Shymal Kumar

Chattopadhyay,

Ennio

Zangrando, and

Debasis Das*

Solvent Dependent

Ligand Transformation

in a Dinuclear

Copper(II) Complex of a

Compartmental

Mannich-base Ligand:

Synthesis,

Characterization, Bio-

relevant Catalytic

Promiscuity and

Magnetic study

RSC Adv. 5 51290-

51301

2015

5. Prateeti

Chakraborty,*

Suranjana

Purkait, Sandip

Mondal,

Antonio Bauzá,

Antonio

Frontera,*

Exploration of CH…

interactions involving

the -system of the

pseudohalide coligands

in metal complexes of a

Schiff-base and studies

of their photophysical

properties

CrystEngCo

mm.

17 4680-4690 2015

Chiara Massera,

and Debasis

Das*

6. Ria Sanyal,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Ennio

Zangrando*,

and Debasis

Das*

Phosphatase Models:

Synthesis, Structure and

Catalytic Activity of

Zinc Complexes

Derived from a Phenolic

Mannich-base Ligand

Polyhedron 97 55-65 2015

7. Priyanka

Kundu, Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Tanmay

Chattopadhyay,

Roland C.

Fischer, Franz

A. Mautner,*

and Debasis

Das*

Influence of anions in

synthesis,

photoluminescence

behavior and bio-

relevant catalyticactivity

of zinc complexes of 2-

((E)-((pyridin-2-

yl)methylimino)methyl)

phenol

Polyhedron 85 320-328 2015

8. Sandeep Kumar

Dash, Sourav

Chattopadhyay,

Totan Ghosh,

Shib Shankar

Dash, Satyajit

Tripathy,

Balaram Das,

Braja Gopal

Bag, Debasis

Das, Somenath

Roy,*

Self-assembled betulinic

acid protects

doxorubicin induced

apoptosis followed by

reduction of ROS–TNF-

a–caspase-3 activity

Biomedicine

&

Pharmacoth

erapy

72 144–157 2015

9. Jaydeep Configuration change Polyhedron 93 55-65 2015

Adhikary,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Tanmay

Chattopadhyay,

Ritika Prasad,

Yair Motro,

Biplob Koch, *

Franz A.

Mautner, Yifat

Miller,*

Debasis Das*

from cis to trans of

isothiocyanato groups in

nickel(II) species:

experimental

verification and

theoretical interpretation

of reaction consequence

and study on their bio-

activity

10. Ria Sanyal,

Xuepeng Zhang,

Priyanka

Kundu, Tanmay

Chattopadhyay,

Cunyuan Zhao,*

Franz A.

Mautner,*, and

Debasis Das*

Mechanistic

Implications in the

Phosphatase Activity of

Mannich-Based

Dinuclear Zinc

Complexes with

Theoretical Modeling

Inorg.

Chem.

54 2315−2324 2015

11. Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Jaydeep

Adhikary,

Bipinbihari

Ghosh, Ria

Sanyal, Shyamal

Kumar

Chattopadhyay,

*Antonio

Bauza, Antonio

Frontera,*,

Ennio

Zangrando,*

and Debasis

Relation between the

Catalytic Efficiency of

the Synthetic Analogues

of Catechol Oxidase

with Their

Electrochemical

Property in the Free

State and Substrate-

Bound State

Inorg.

Chem.

53 8257-8269 2014

Das*

12. Sudhanshu Das,

Sankar Jana,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Ria Sanyal,

Dilip Kumar

Maiti, Nikhil

Guchhait, Ennio

Zangrando* and

Debasis Das*,

Chemodosimetric

Detection of Acetate

Anion by Using

Template Reaction

Method via

Fluorescence „Turn-off‟

Signal

Eur. J.

Inorg.

Chem.

5432-5442 2014

13. Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Jaydeep

Adhikary,

Sugata Samanta,

Daniel

Escudero, Abril

C. Castro,

Marcel Swart,

Sanjib Ghosh,

Antonio Bauza,

Antonio

Frontera,*,

Ennio

Zangrando,*

and Debasis

Das*

Combined Experimental

and Theoretical

Investigation of Ligand

and Anion Controlled

Complex Formation

with Unprecedented

Structural Features and

Photoluminescence

Properties of Zinc(II)

Complexes

Cryst.

Growth Des.

14 4111-4123 2014

14. Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Jaydeep

Adhikary, Ria

Sanyal, Amitava

Khan,

Role of ligand backbone

of tridentate Schiff-base

on complex nuclearity

and bio-relevant

catalytic activities of

zinc(II) complexes:

Inorg.

Chim. Acta

421 364-373 2014

Krishnendu

Mann, Sanjit

Dey, Ennio

Zangrando*

Antonio Bauzá,

Antonio

Frontera* and

Debasis Das*

Experimental and

theoretical investigations

15. Ria Sanyal,

Sandeep Kumar

Dash,

Sudhanshu Das,

Sourav

Chattopadhyay,

Somenath Roy,

Debasis Das*,

Catecholase activity,

DNA cleavage and

cytotoxicity of six Zn(II)

complexes synthesized

from designed Mannich

ligands: Higher

reactivity of

mononuclear over

dinuclear

J. Biol.

Inorg.

Chem.

19 1099-1111 2014

16. Sudhanshu Das,

Lorenzo

Sorace,* Averi

Guha, Ria

Sanyal,Hulya

Kara, Andrea

Caneschi, Ennio

Zangrando,*

and Debasis

Das*

Syntheses,

Characterization, and

Magneto–Structural

Analyses in μ1,3-Acetato

Bridged Tetracopper(II)

and μ1,3- and μ1,1,3-

Acetato-Bridged

Pentanickel(II) Clusters

Eur. J.

Inorg.

Chem.

2753-2764 2014

17. Totan Ghosh,

Sandeep Kumar

Dash, Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Averi Guha,

Kenji

Kawaguchi,

Somenath Roy,

Preparation of

antiferromagnetic

Co3O4 nanoparticles

from two different

precursors by pyrolytic

method: in vitro

antimicrobial activity

RSC Adv. 4 15022–

15029

2014

Tanmay

Chattopadhyay*

and Debasis

Das*,

18. Ria Sanyal,

Averi Guha,

Totan Ghosh,

Tapan Kumar

Mondal, Ennio

Zangrando,*

and Debasis

Das*,

Influence of the

Coordination

Environment of Zinc(II)

Complexes of Designed

Mannich Ligands on

Phosphatase Activity: A

Combined Experimental

and Theoretical Study

Inorg.

Chem.

53 85-96 2014

19. Totan Ghosh,

Jaydeep

Adhikary,

Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Pradip K. Sukul,

Mahendra

Sekhar Jana,

Tapan Kumar

Mondal, Ennio

Zangrando,*

Debasis Das*,

Radical pathway in

catecholase activity with

nickel (II) complexes of

phenol based “end-off”

compartmental ligands

Dalton

Trans.

43 841-852 2014

20. Prateeti

Chakraborty,

Sandip Mondal,

Sudhanshu Das,

Atish Dipankar

Jana,* Debasis

Das*

Dicyanamide mediated

construction of 1D

polymeric networks of

quinoxaline with d10

metal ions: Synthesis,

thermogravimetric

analysis,

photoluminescence and

a theoretical

Polyhedron 70 11-19 2014

investigation on the

…. interactions

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ISBN: 978-81-921697-3-6

Peer reviewed Nil Single Author

(ii) Full Papers in Conference Proceedings Sl. No. Title with page nos. Details of Conference Publications ISSN/ISBN NO. No. of co-authors Whether you are the main author

(iii) Books Published as Single Author / Editor Sl. No. Title with page nos. Type of Book &Authorship Publisher ISSN/ISBN No. Whether peer reviewed No. of co-authors Whether you are the main author

C) Ongoing and Completed Research Projects and Consultancies

(i& ii) Ongoing Projects / Consultancies Sl. No. Title Agency Period Grant/Amount Mobilized (` Lakh)

17 lakh

(iii &iv) Completed Projects / Consultancies Sl. No. Title Agency Period Grant/Amount Mobilized

(` Lakh) Whether policy document/patent as outcome

1. Acyclic compartmental ligand complexes of transition and post transition metals: synthetic analogues of metallobiosites

COUNCIL OF

SCIENTIFIC &

INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH

30-05-2003 to

31-5-2006

Rs. 9,74,046 Published 17 papers in International Journals

2. Chemistry of ambidentate ligands (e.g. NO2-, CN

- , SCN

-,

SeCN-, N3

-, N(CN)2

-, C(CN)3

-, NCO

- etc.) in transition and

post-transition metal amine and its derivatives

UNIVERSITY

GRANTS

COMMISSION

01-02-2009 To

31-01-2012

Rs. 6,78,800 Published 13 papers in International Journals

3. Corroborative model study to investigate the functional mechanisms of some metallobiosites

COUNCIL OF

SCIENTIFIC &

INDUSTRIAL

RESEARCH

01-07-2011 to

01-07-2014

Rs. 17,00,000 Published 32 papers in International Journals

(D) Research Guidance Enrolled (no.) Thesis Submitted Degree Awarded

M. Phil. or equivalent

Ph.D. or equivalent 18 12 12

(E) (i) Training Courses, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Technology Programmes, Faculty Development Programmes, Refresher Courses, Orientation Programmes (not less than one week duration)

Sl. No. Programme Duration Organized by Dates Role(Organized/Participated/Delivered Lectures)

(E) (ii) Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia, etc. Sl. No. Title of the paper Title of Conference/Seminar Organised by International/National/State/ Dates Role(Organized/Participated/Delivered

/Workshop/Symposium Regional/University/College Lectures/Papers Presented) 1.

(E) (iii) Invited Lectures and Chairpersonship(s) at national / international conferences/seminars /workshops / symposia Sl.No. Date(s) Title of Lecture/Academic Session Title of Conference/ Seminar/Workshop / Symposium Organised by Whether international/national

1. 3rd to 5th March., 2015

Synthetic Analogues of the Active

Site of Catechol Oxidase: Structure-

function relation, metal

substitution effect and

Mechanistic interpretation

REACH-2015 Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong

International

2. 3rd to 5th Dec., 2015

Coordination Chemistry of Zinc(II):

A few Unprecedented Findings Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry”

(MTIC-XVI)

Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University

National

3. 24th Feb., 2016

Modelling of metallobiosites with

special emphasis on catechol

oxidase and phosphatase

National Seminar on Current Trends in

Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani

National

4. 30th and 31st March, 2016

Coordination Chemistry of Zinc(II):

some recent development National Seminar on Chemical Sciences-

Recent Trends

Department of Chemistry, West Bengal State University

National

5. 17th to 20th April,

A Journey To Explore Some Girona Seminar 2016 on Productive Department of Chemistry, University

International

2016 Unprecedented

Coordination Chemistry of Zinc(II)

Catalysis: Transition Metal Reactivity by

Design

of Girona, Spain