Chitta Patra MSc, PhD

Dr. Chitta Ranjan Patra, MSc, Ph.D. is a Senior Principal Scientist in the Department of Applied Biology at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology. Chittaranjan Patra received his B.Sc (1995) and M.Sc (1997) in Chemistry from the University of Burdwan, W.B. He was awarded the “Dr. Mrigendranath Ghosh Gold Medal” for obtaining first class and first rank in B.Sc Chemistry (Hons) Examination in 1995 from The University of Burdwan, W.B. India. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2003 as CSIR Fellow (April 1998- March 2003) from National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune. Thereafter, he received his postdoctoral experience (March 2003-October 2004) as a nanotechnologist’ from Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. After that, he moved to the Mayo Clinic, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in October 2004 as a postdoc followed by an Assistant Professor in the same Department where Dr. Patra explored the field of nanobiotechnology for cancer and angiogenesis. Dr. Patra moved to CSIR-IICT-Hyderabad in 2010 after receiving the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship, from DST-New Delhi. Currently, Dr. Patra is working as Principal Scientist at the Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), and his research group is pursuing various translational nanomedicine research projects aimed at developing advanced nanomaterials and nanoparticles-based drug delivery systems (DDS) for treatment of cancer, cardiovascular &ischemic diseases, wound, and bacterial infections.

He has 126 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact international journals (Google citations: 7638 h-index:48 & i-index: 103), 30 book chapters, and 6 patents (granted/Filed) to his credit. Seven Ph.D. students (AcSIR) have been already awarded under his supervision. Currently, Dr. Patra is guiding 6 Ph.D. students. Additionally, he already trained 30 dissertation students of M.Sc., M.Pharm., M.Tech., B.Tech., and 9 ISc-INSA-NASI-Research Fellow. Dr. Patra served as an invited reviewer for more than 55 various International journals including Advanced Materials, Chem.Soc.Rev., Advanced Drug Delivery Review, Biomaterials, Nanoscale, Chem.Comm, Nanomedicine, Organic Letters, Nanotechnology, etc. Dr. Patra was a member of ACS, AACR, and AAAS and a life member of CRSI, ISCA, ISCB, CBS-India, ABAP, and ICS and he has already delivered 50-invited lectures including 1 Plenary Lecture, 1 Key Note Address, 1 Guest Speaker, 1 Endowment Lecture. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of ‘Biomedical Materials ‘Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’, ‘Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology (GTMB)’, and ‘Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology’. Apart from ‘Ramanujan Fellowship’ Dr. Patra received, ‘The young Investigator Award’, Michael A. O’Connor Travel Award’ from Mayo Clinic angiogenesis symposium, QRS Best Scientist Award from CSIR-IICT, and Dr. DS Bhakuni Award from the Indian Chemical Society. The World Science Congress (WSC), Kolkata felicitated Dr. Patra as the ‘FLAME OF SCIENCE’ for their lifetime contribution and excellence for the Noble Cause of Science.