1. Techniques/Tools acquainted with ·Skilled in handling
2. UV-Vis-NIR, FT-IR Spectroscopes, Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Optical microscopy, BET surface area and pore size analyzer.
3. Proficient in analyzing the data of FT-IR, UV-Vis, UV-Vis- DRS, Thermogravimetry Analysis.
4. Worked with Analytical techniques: XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, SAED confocal and fluorescence microscopy, Cyclic Voltammogram.
5. Proficient with MS-Office, Excel, Origin, Photoshop, Chem draw, Auto Dock Tools, Discovery Studio-2021, Orca-05.

1. Training

• Hand-on experiences on mammalian cell culture with several techniques such as MTT cell viability assay, DNA-small molecules’ interaction and their detection by Agarose gel electrophoresis, cellular protein cleavage as determined by Western blot, etc. Laboratory of Immunology, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad-500039, Telangana, India.    
• Indian Academy of Health and Hygiene, Govt. of West Bengal, 46/1, N. S. Road, Kolkata-700090, 8^th January, 2004- 12^th February, 2004.
• Bratachari Kendriya Nayak Mandali, Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal, January-2002

1.  Publications

 1. Instigating the In Vitro Anticancer Activity of New Pyridine− Thiazole-Based Co(III), Mn(II), and Ni(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, DFT, Docking, and MD Simulation Studies, Pradip Bera, Abhishek Aher, Paula Brandao, Utsab Debnath, Varun Dewaker, Sunil Kr. Manna, Abhimanyu Jana, Chandana Pramanik, Basudev Mandal, and Pulakesh Bera. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2022 62 (6), 1437-1457, 

2. Dissociation of a tripodal pyridyl-pyrazole ligand and assortment of metal complex: Synthesis, structure, DFT, thermal stability, cytotoxicity, DNA cleavage, and molecular docking studies,  Abhimanyu Jana,  Abhishek Aher, Paula Brandao, Saphy Sharda, Pradip Bera, Ujjwal Padikar, Sunil Kr. Manna,  Chandana Pramanik, Basudev Mandal, Ajit Kr. Mahapatra and Pulakesh Bera. J. molstruc. 2022.132479. 

3. Evaluation of anticancer activities varying ligand’s substituents in Co(II/III)-picolyl phenolate derivatives: Synthesis, characterization, DFT, DNA cleavage and molecular docking studies,  Abhimanyu Jana,  Abhishek Aher, Paula Brandao, Pradip Bera, Saphy Sharda, Ujjwal Padikar, Sunil Kr. Manna,  Chandana Pramanik, Basudev Mandal, Ajit Kr. Mahapatra and Pulakesh Bera. Dalton Transactions. 2022. 51.6

4. Anticancer activity, DNA binding and docking study of M(II)-complexes (M=Zn, Cu and Ni) derived from a new pyrazine-thiazole ligand: Synthesis, structure and DFT, Pradip Bera^a,d, Abhishek Aher^b,e1, Paula Brandao^c, Sunil Kumar Manna*^b,e2,        Indranil Bhattacharyya^a, Gopinath Mondal^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a and Pulakesh Bera*^a , New J. Chem., 2021,45, 11999-12015

5. Synthesis, structure elucidation and DFT study of a new thiazole–pyridine anchored NNN donor and it’s cobalt(II) complex: In-vitro studies of their DNA binding property, anticancer activity against U937 cancer cells and molecular docking study, Pradip Bera^a†, Abhishek Aherb, Paula Brandaoc, Indranil Bhattachariyyaa, Chandana Pramanika‡, Basudeb Mondala§,  Satyabrata Dasd, Sunil Kumar Manna*b and Pulakesh Bera*a , Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021,1224, 129015

6. Picoline based fluorescence ‘turn-on’ chemosensor for zinc(II) ion recognition, cell imaging and cytotoxicity study: Synthesis, crystal structure, spectroscopy and DFT, Abhimanyu Jana^a Abhishek Aher^b,e1, Paula Brandao^c, Sunil Kumar Manna*^b,e2,        Syed Samin Ali, Gopinath Mondal^a, Pradip Bera^a,dAjit Kumar Mahapatra, Sandip Kumar Samanta^a and Pulakesh Bera*^a Polyhedron., 2020, 192, 114815

7. Induced apoptosis against U937 cancer cells by Fe(II), Co(III) and Ni(II) complexes with a pyrazine-thiazole ligand: Synthesis, structure and biological evaluation, Pradip Bera^a,d, Abhishek Aher^b,e1, Paula Brandao^c, Sunil Kumar Manna*^b,e2,        Indranil Bhattacharyya^a, Gopinath Mondal^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Polyhedron.,2020, 182, 114503

8. The role of methyl and benzyl substituted dithiocarbazate of 2-acetyl pyridine for the formation of bridged dimeric and unbridged monomeric copper(II) complexes and catecholase mimetic activity of the complexes, Ananyakumari Santra^a Gopinath Mondal^a, Paula Brandao^c, Pradip Bera^a,d, Indranil Bhattacharyya^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Chandana Pramanika‡ and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Polyhedron.,2020, 176, 114277

9. Monomeric and dimeric cadmium(II) complexes of S-alkyl/aryl dithiocarbazate as single-source precursors for cadmium sulfide nanoparticles: An experimental, theoretical interpretation in the stability of precursor and visible light dye degradation study, Ananyakumari Santra^a Gopinath Mondal^a, Paula Brandao^c, Pradip Bera^a,d, Indranil Bhattacharyya^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Chandana Pramanika‡ and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Inorganica Chimica Acta.,2020, 501, 119315

10. Synthesis, structure and catalytic promiscuity of a napthyl-pyrazole Mn(II) complex and structure–activity relationships, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Paula Brandao^c, Gopinath Mondal^a, Pradip Bera^a,d, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Harekrishna Jana^a, Athis Dipankar Jana‡, Ajit Kumar Mahapatra and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Journal of Coordination Chemistry,2019, 72, 2636-2653.

11. An unusual iminoacylation of 2-amino pyridyl thiazole: Synthesis, X-ray crystallography and DFT study of copper(II) amidine complexes and their cytotoxicity, DNA binding and cleavage study, Pradip Bera^a,d, Paula Brandao^c, Gopinath Mondal^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a,        Raveendra Babu Mokhamatam ^a, Tarun Kumar Mandal^d, Sunil Kumar Manna*^b,e2, Abhimanyu Jana^a, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Polyhedron.,2019, 159, 436-445.

12. Copper(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of 5-methyl pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid: Synthesis, X−ray crystallography, thermal analysis and in vitro antimicrobial activity, Ananyakumari Santra^a Gopinath Mondal^a, Paula Brandao^c, Pradip Bera^a,d, Harekrishna Jana^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Journal of Coordination Chemistry,,2018, 71, 3648-3664

13. Synthesis, Characterization, Cytotoxicity Effect and DNA Cleavage Study of Symmetric Dinuclear Chloro and Azido Bridged Copper(II) Complexes of Napthyl-pyrazole Based Ligand, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Paula Brandao^c, Gopinath Mondal^a, Pradip Bera^a,d, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Nandan Bhattacharyya^a, Athis Dipankar Jana‡, ,        Raveendra Babu Mokhamatam^a, Sunil Kumar Manna*^b,e2and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Inorganica Chimica Acta.,2018, 482, 621-634.

14. Synthesis, in vitro evaluation of antibacterial, antifungal and larvicidal activities of pyrazole/pyridine based compounds and their nanocrystalline MS (M = Cu and Cd) derivatives, Gopinath Mondal^a, Harekrishna Jana^a, Moumita Acharjya^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Pradip Bera^a,d, Anangamohan Panja^c, Abhimanyu Jana^a, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Medicinal Chemistry Research,2017, 26, 3046–3056.

15. Synthesis of a new pyridinyl thiazole ligand with hydrazone moiety and its cobalt(III) complex: X-ray crystallography, in vitro evaluation of antibacterial activity, Pradip Bera^a,d, Paula Brandaoc^a, Gopinath Mondal^a, Harekrishna Jana^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Abhimanyu Jana^a, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Polyhedron,2017, 134, 230-237.

16. New pyrazole based single precursor for the surfactantless synthesis of visible light responsive PbS nanocrystals: Synthesis, X-ray crystallography of ligand and photocatalytic activity, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Gopinath Mondal^a,Moumita Acharjyaa,  Pradip Bera^a,, Abhimanyu Jana^a, Sang IlSeok^c, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects,2017, 10, 91-99.

17. A pyrazolyl-based thiolato single-source precursor for the selective synthesis of isotropic copper-deficient copper(I) sulfide nanocrystals: synthesis, optical and photocatalytic activity, Gopinath Mondal^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Pradip Bera^a,, Moumita Acharjyaa, Anup Mondal^a, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Sang Il Seok^c, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Journal of Nanoparticle Research,2016, 18, 318.

18. New pyrazole based single precursor for the surfactantless synthesis of visible light responsive PbS nanocrystals: Synthesis, X-ray crystallography of ligand and photocatalytic activity, Ananyakumari Santra^a, Gopinath Mondal^a,Moumita Acharjyaa, Pradip Bera^a,, Anangamohan Panja^a, Partha Mitra^c, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , Polyhedron,2016, 113, 05-15.

19. New pyrazolyl dithioate function in the precursor for the shape controlled growth of CdS nanocrystals: optical, photocatalytic activities, Gopinath Mondal^a ,  Moumita Acharjyaa, Ananyakumari Santra^a,Pradip Bera^a,, Nimai Chand Pramanik^a, Sumanta Jana^c, and Pulakesh Bera*^a , New Journal of Chemistry,2015, 39, 9487-9496.

20. Single-source mediated facile electrosynthesis of p-Cu2S thin films on TCO (SnO2:F) with enhanced photocatalytic activities, Gopinath Mondal^a , Sumanta Jana^c, Moumita Acharjya^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a,Pradip Bera^a,, Anup Mondala, Dipankar Chattopadhyay,  and Pulakesh Bera*^a , RSC Advances,2015, 05, 52235–52242.

21. Precursor driven selective synthesis of hexagonal chalcocite (Cu2S) nanocrystals: Structural, optical, electrical and photo catalytic properties, Gopinath Mondal^a, Pradip Bera^a,, Sumanta Jana^c, Sang Il Seok^a, Ananyakumari Santra^a,Anup Mondal^a, Taraknath Mondal^a,  and Pulakesh Bera*^a , New Journal of Chemistry,2014, 38, 4774-4782.

1. Seminar/workshop

a)Pradip Bera, Ananyakumari Santra, Gopinath Mondal, Basudev Mondal, Abhimanyu Jana, Pulakesh Bera* “Synthesis characterization of a pyridinylthiazole ligand with hydrazone moiety and its cobalt(III), manganese(II) and nickel(II) complexes: In vitro anticancer and molecular docking study” International Seminar on RECENT ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY & MATERIAL SCIENCE-2020, Indian Chemical Society and American Chemical Society. AUGUST-2020.

b)Attended the Science Academies’ Three days Lecture Workshop on Recent Advancements and Achievements in Chemical Sciences, Jhargram Raj College (Government of West Bengal), Jhargram, February 14-16, 2018.

c)Pradip Bera, Ananyakumari Santra, Gopinath Mondal, Basudev Mondal, Abhimanyu Jana, Pulakesh Bera* “Design and Synthesis of pyrazine thiazole ligand-based complexes and their anticancer activity against Human monocytic cells (U937)” International Conference on Nanotechnology (ICNT-2018), 16-17 NOVEMBER, 2018

d)Attended the National Workshop on “Fire Prevention and Safety Management”. Institute of Fire and Safety Engineering, Haldia721654, Purba Medinipur, W.B. INDIA. March-2018.

e)Ananyakumari Santra, Gopinath Mondal, Moumita Acharjya, Pradip Bera, Abhimanyu Jana, Pulakesh Bera* “New pyrazole based single source molecular precursor for the surfactant less synthesis of nanocrystalline PbS: X-ray crystallography of ligand and plotocatalytic activity of PbS nanocrystals”. BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RACHI, 17-19 SEPT 2016.

f)Pradip Bera, Gapinath Mondal, Abhimanyu Jana, Ananyakumari Santra, Moumita Acharjya, Pulakesh Bera Pulakesh Bera* “Cu(II)-mediated coupling reaction of acetonitrile with thiazole derivatives: synthesis, X-Ray crystallography and catecholase mimicking activity. Indian Chemical Society, August 2016.

g)Gapinath Mondal, Pradip Bera, Ananyakumari Santra, Moumita Acharjya, Pulakesh Bera Pulakesh Bera*, “Effect of subsitution in 3,5-Dimethyl Pyrazoles in the Formation of coordination polymer with Cu(11), Cadmium(11) and Zn(11) Chloride: Synthesis and X-ray Crystalography.” International Conference on Multifuntional Materials for Future Application (ICMFA), 27-29 OCT, 2015.

h). Attended the UGC Sponsored NATIONAL SEMINAR on “Environment Friendly

Biodegradable Polymers: Present and Future”. Mugberia Gangadhar

Mahavidyalaya, 9-10 September, 2015.