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Dr. Nandan Kumar Mondal, M.Sc. (Gold Medalist), M.Phil., Ph.D
Dr. Nandan Kumar Mondal is an Assistant Professor of Zoology at the K. N. College, Birbhum, West Bengal, India affiliated to the University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India. Dr. Mondal earned his Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Zoology with specialization in Molecular Cancer Cytogenetics from the University of Burdwan, India in the year of 2005 and that year, he was the topper of the batch. After working for 1 year in the Cancer Cytogenetics unit of the University as an M.Phil scholar, Dr. Mondal joined to Department of Experimental Hematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute as a research fellow and completed his Ph.D. degree in 2011.Dr. Nandan K. Mondal’s research deals with Genotoxicity of indoor air pollution from biomass fuel use in rural areas of West Bengal (a state in INDIA). This study has clearly elucidated that inhalation of particulate matter while cooking with unprocessed biomass fuel resulted in an increased incidence of DNA damage and genotoxicity among premenopausal women. Biomass smoke exposed women had higher levels of phosphorylated forms of Akt protein (p-Aktser473 and p-Aktthr308) in PBL, airway epithelial cells, alveolar macrophages, and neutrophils than control. Akt activation in biomass users was also associated with marked rise in generation of reactive oxygen species and concomitant depletion of superoxide dismutase indicating an important role of oxidative stress in genesis of DNA damage following indoor air pollution. Dr. Mondal is well acquainted with laboratory techniques on cytochemistry, cytopathology, platelet biology, immunology, biochemical and molecular toxicology, including flow cytometry, Western Blot and ELISA. He had extensively studied the different molecular aspects of genotoxic alterations (DNA damage and repair: g-H2AX, Mre11, Ku70, MSH, MLH etc.), oxidative stress, signal transduction machineries in the early event of carcinogenesis among premenopausal rural women. These changes have been further correlated with increasing particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5 from biomass smoke and have been reported in published papers in peer-reviewed journals like Mutation Research, Toxicologic Pathology, JEP Toxicology Oncology, Experimental Toxicologic Pathology, Anal Quant Cytol Histol etc.Dr. Mondal also undertook an active interest in the adverse health impacts in homeless street children who are addicted to inhale commercial adhesive for a powerful high and hallucination and had already published his study in different peer-reviewed journals.