Hello, I'm Abhishek Saha, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 

Department of Chemistry

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) | Hyderabad Campus | India



BITS website:

https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/hyderabad/dr-abhishek-saha/


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Abhishek Saha was born in West Bengal, India. Abhishek received his M.Sc. in organic chemistry in 2014 with a distinguished silver medal from the University of North Bengal, India. Abhishek obtained his Ph.D. under Prof. Debasis Manna in 2020 from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G), India. In the same year, Abhishek joined as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Ashraf Brik’s laboratory, the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research was focused on modulating the activities of biologically relevant proteins and enzymes for developing new drug molecules for cancer and other diseases, as well as developing new cell-penetrating peptides for live cell delivery of synthetic proteins. In 2024, Abhishek joined the department of chemistry at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani at the Hyderabad campus as an assistant professor. His independent research lab is focused on exploring and understanding THE ART OF INTRACELLULAR CHEMICAL DELIVERY.

EDUCATION 

Ph.D. (under the supervision of Prof. D. Manna)

Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (India), 2015–2020.

M.Sc. Chemistry (Organic chemistry specialization)

University of North Bengal, Siliguri, WB (India), 2012–2014.

B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.)

Achariya Brajendra Nath Seal College, Cooch Behar, West Bengal (India)

then affiliated to University of North Bengal, 2009–2012.


RESEARCH EXPERIENCES


Assistant Professor

BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, April 2024–Present

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 

Chemical biology lab, under the supervision of Prof. Ashraf Brik

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa (Israel), August 2020–March 2024

Doctoral Fellow 

Biological chemistry lab, under the supervision of Prof. Debasis Manna

Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (India), December 2014–October 2020.

Project Fellow 

Organic chemistry lab, under the supervision of Prof. Basudeb Basu

University of North Bengal, Siliguri (India), March 2014–May 2014

Project Fellow 

Organic chemistry lab, under the supervision of Prof. Sajal Das

University of North Bengal, Siliguri (India), March 2013–May 2013


FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & GRANTS

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS:

  • Awarded Best Poster Prize in ChemConvene, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India (2017)
  • Awarded RSC Best Poster Prize in 19th Chemical Research Society of India-National Symposium in Chemistry, University of North Bengal, India (2016)
  • Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, India (2016–2019)
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, India (2014–2016)
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry (2014)
  • Certificate of Excellence and Silver Medal for First Class Second in M.Sc. (Chemistry), University of North Bengal, India (2014)
  • Conferred with Prof. Mihir Chowdhury Memorial Award from Achariya Brajendra Nath Seal College, West Bengal, India (2012)
  • Awarded West Bengal State Government Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (graduation and post-graduation), India (2009–2014)  


TEACHING 

  • CHEM F111: General Chemistry, T6 @BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus, 2024
  • CHEM F110: Chemistry Laboratory, P3 @BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus, 2024
  • CHEM F110: Chemistry Laboratory, P4 @BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus, 2024
  • Teaching Assistant @Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (2016–2019)


ARTICLES REVIEWED

  • Review activity for Nature chemical biology (2023)
  • Review activity for Nature communications (2024)


 MEMBER OF

  • Israel Chemical Society (ICS)
  • Amarican Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)


SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Invited Lectures:

  • Title: "The Art of Intracellular Chemical Delivery"; Date of Presentation: 2024–04–30 organised by the Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; event: “FUTURE OF CHEMISTRY" 15th Symposium in SYMPOSIUM SERISE.
  • Title: “Recent Developments in Nanoparticle–Based Therapeutic Approaches for COVID–19”; Category of Event: International (within country) Date of Presentation: 2021-08-05 Alipurduar University, West Bengal, India on "INTERNATIONAL WEB-BASED CONFERENCE -COVID-19 CONSEQUENCES AND CHALLENGES"
  • Title: “Applications of Nanoparticles in Anticancer Drug Delivery”; Category of Event: International (within country) Date of Presentation: 2021–06–24 ACHARYA B. N. SEAL COLLEGE, COOCH BEHAR, INTERNATIONAL WEB-BASED CONFERENCE ON “INTRODUCTION TO NANO CHEMISTRY: APPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES”

Presentations:

  • Poster presentation: Fatty-Amine-Conjugated Cationic Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles for Target-Specific Hydrophobic Drug Delivery Category of Event: International (within country) Date of Presentation: 2019–11–05, BISWA BANGLA CONVENTION CENTER (KOLKATA), "INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2019"
  • Poster presentation: Rapid synthesis of phosphonate bioisostere containing amphiphiles - A new class of squareamide-based lipids Category of Event: National Date of Presentation: 2016–07–14 Department of chemistry, University of North Bengal on "19th CRSI NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN CHEMISTRY (RSC Award for Best Poster Presentation)
  • Poster presentation: Azidophosphonate Chemistry as a Route for a Novel Class of Vesicle Forming Phosphonolipids Category of Event: National Date of Presentation: 2016–12–08 to 2016–12–10, IIT GUWAHATI ON “FICS–2016”
  • Poster presentation: Azidophosphonate Chemistry as a Route for a Novel Class of Vesicle Forming Phosphonolipids Category of Event: National Date of Presentation: 2017–07–25 IIT GUWAHATI ON CHEMCONVENE (Best Poster Presentation Award)
  • Oral presentation: FattyAmine-Conjugated Cationic Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles for Target-Specific Hydrophobic Drug Delivery Category of Event: International (within country) Date of Presentation: 2019–03–14 IIT GUWAHATI ON RESEARCH CONCLAVE'19
  • Poster presentation: Fatty-Amine-Conjugated Cationic Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles for Target-Specific Hydrophobic Drug Delivery Category of Event: International (within country) Date of Presentation: 2019–03–14 IIT GUWAHATI ON RESEARCH CONCLAVE'19
  • Poster presentation: pH-Regulated anion transport activities of bis(iminourea) derivatives across the cell and vesicle membrane Category: National Date of Presentation: 2019-02-28 IIT BOMBAY "IIT BOMBAY DIAMOND JUBILEE CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM.
  • Poster presentation in “86th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS) 2022” on 12–13th September 2022 organized by Israel Chemical Society, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Participations:

  • Participation in “33rd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-ACS Lectures” on 4-6th July 2024 organized by Dr. Reddy's Laboratory, Hyderabad, India. https://crsidrl.com/index.php
  • Participation in “The 5th Asian Conference on Colloid and Interface Science” on 28th February 2013 organized by ACS and Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, WB, India.
  • Participation in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Frontiers in Chemistry” on 11–12th March, 2014 organized by Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, WB, India.