1. Mohd. Muddassir (Ph.D.)
A108 Cyrus Tang Building, 15 Jinyin Street
Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China 210093
Mob. No. +8613645199846
Email: muddassirchem@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA
Father’s Name : Mr. Mohd. Arshad
Date of Birth : 15.11.1982
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Single
Nationality : Indian
EDUCATION
B. Sc. In Chemistry (First Class)
1999 - 2002 Aligarh Muslim University, India
M. Sc. In Inorganic Chemistry (First Class)
2002 - 2004 Aligarh Muslim University, India
Ph. D. In Chemistry
2006 – 2010, Aligarh Muslim University, India
Title of the Thesis: “Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies
of New Metal Complexes”.
Supervisor: Dr. (Mrs.) Farukh Arjmand
Post doctorate
1) 2011.07- 2013.09, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
(Supervisor: Prof. You Song) Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
Nanjing University, 22, Hankou Road,
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
2) 2013.09- Till now Department of Bio Physics, Nanjing University
(Supervisor: Prof. Yi Cao)

2. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
1) Single-crystal X-ray structure analysis
2) Atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based single-molecule force
spectroscopy (SMFS)
3) Preparation of Hydrogel and their mechanical properties
4) Calculation of magnetic property of metallic system
5) IR, NMR, EPR, Mass, UV-Vis Spectral Analysis, TGA, HPLC
6) DNA binding by employing UV-vis titrations, fluorescence and circular
dichoric studies and DNA Cleavage studies employing gel electrophoresis
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
 “Research Fellow” awarded by DBT, New Delhi, (Grant No.
BT/PR9208/Med/30/13/2007) 1.1.08- 30.06.09.
 Nanjing University Postdoctoral award Twice ( from 2011-2013 and 2013-
till now)
 University Grant Commission, Govt. of India, 01.7.09- Viva Voce.
 Science Conclave With Nobel Prize Winners and eminent scientist held at
IIIT Allahabad between 15th-22nd December.
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
 Scientific writing for Science and technology students by Dr. James Bake
 Participated in National Workshop on “Techniques and Challenges For
Structure Solution in Chemical Crystallography” held at IIT Roorkee in
2007.
 Participated at the Chinese Crystallographic Summer School in Nanjing, China
at 2011 by Dr. Peter Müller, MIT, Cambridge.
SEMINAR DELIVERED
1. Paper presented in National symposium on Emerging trends in Advanced
Chemistry-08 (ETAC-08) held at Centre of Advanced Studies, Deptt. of
Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan, 8-10th
March, (2008).
2. Paper presented in 11th
National symposium of Chemical Research Society of
India (CRSI) held at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 5-7th
Feb, (2009).
3. Paper presented in 12th
National symposium of Chemical Research Society of
India (CRSI) held at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 5-7th
Feb, (2010).
4. Paper presented in National symposium on Recent Trends in Chemical Science
held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 24 & 25 Feb, (2010).
5. Paper presented in International Conference on Chemistry: Frontiers and
Challenges held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 5-6 March, (2011).

3. PUBLICATIONS
1) Ion-induced diversity in structure and magnetic properties of hexacyanometalate-
lanthanide bimetallic assemblies
Mohd. Muddassir, Xiao-Jiao Song, Ying Chen, Fan Cao, Rong-Min Wei, You Song, Crystal
Engineering communication 15 (2013) 10541-10549.
2) Design and synthesis of enantiomeric (R)- and (S)-copper(II) and diorganotin(IV)-based
antitumor agents: Their in vitro DNA binding profile, cleavage efficiency and cytotoxicity
studies
Farukh Arjmand*, Mohd. Muddassir, Imtiyaz Yousuf Journal of Photochemistry and
Photobiology B: Biology 136 (2014) 62-71.
3) Self-assembly from 1D chain to 2D network based on [Fe(bipy)(CN)4]–: synthesis,
structures and magnetic properties.
Xiao-Jiao Song, Mohd. Muddassir, Ying Chen, Hui-Sheng Wang, You Song, Xiao-Xeng You,
Dalton Trans., 42, (2013) 1116-1121.
4) Synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of cyano-bridged 3d-4f square
tetrunuclear [FeIII2LnIII2] (Ln = Dy, Tb) compounds containing [FeIII(bpy)(CN)4]- unit.
Xiao-Jiao Song, Jing Jing, Ying Chen, Mohd. Muddassir, Cao Fan ,You Song, Xiao-Xeng You,
Polyhedron 66, (2013) 212-217.
5) Design, synthesis and crystal structure determination of dinuclear copper-based
potential chemotherapeutic drug entities; in vitro DNA binding, cleavage studies and an
evaluation of genotoxicity by micronucleus test and comet assay
Farukh Arjmand*, Mohd Muddassir, Yusra Zaidi and Debashis Ray, Med. Chem. Commun., 4
(2013) 394-405.
6) In-vitro DNA binding and cleavage studies with pBR322 of N,N-Bis(3β-acetoxy-5α-
cholest-6-yl-idene)hydrazine.
Zishan Tabassum, Mohd Muddassir, Othman Sulaiman and Farukh Arjmand*, Journal of
Luminescence, 132, (2012) 2178-2181.
7) A mechanistic approach for the DNA binding of chiral enantiomeric L-,D-Tryptophan
derived metal complexes of 1,2-DACH: Cleavage and antitumor activity
Farukh Arjmand* and Mohd. Muddassir, Chirality, 23 (2011) 250-259.
8) Synthesis of new chiral heterocyclic Schiff base modulated Cu(II)/Zn(II ) complexes:
their comparative binding studies with CT-DNA, mononucleotides and cleavage activity
Farukh Arjmand*, Fatima Sayeed and Mohd.. Muddassir, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biology,
103, (2011) 166-179,
9) Synthesis and enantiopreferential DNA binding profile of late 3d transition metal R- and
S- enantiomeric complexes derived from N,N-bis-(1-benzyl-2-ethoxyethane) : Validation of
R-enantiomer of copper(II) complex as a human topoisomerase II inhibitor.

4. Farukh Arjmand*, Girish Chandra Sharma, Mohd. Muddassir and Sartaj Tabassum, Chirality,
23, (2011) 557-567.
10) De novo design of chiral organotin cancer drug candidates: validation of
enantiopreferential binding to molecular target DNA and 5’-GMP by UV-visible,
Fluorescence, 1H and 31P NMR.
Farukh Arjmand*, Girish Chandra Sharma, Fatima Sayeed, Mohd. Muddassir and Sartaj
Tabassum, J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biology, 105, (2011) 167-174.
11) Chiral preference of L-tryptophan derived metal-based antitumor agent of late 3d-
metal ions (Co(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II)) in comparison to D and DL-tryptophan analogues:
Their in-vitro reactivity towards CT DNA, 5'-GMP and 5'-TMP.
Farukh Arjmand*, Mohd. Muddassir and Rizwan Hasan Khan, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 45 (2010)
3549-3557.
12) Design and Synthesis of heterobimetallic topoisomerese I and II inhibitor complexes: in
vitro DNA binding, interaction with 5′-GMP and 5′-TMP and cleavage studies
Farukh Arjmand* and Mohd. Muddassir, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:
Biology 101 (2010) 37–46.
13) Blue light-induced low mechanical stability of Ruthenium based transition metal
complex by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Mohd. Muddassir, Meng Qin,Ying Li, Yi Cao, Wei Wang (Manuscript about to be submitted
for Nature Communication)
14) Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and magnetic properties of mononuclear
high-spin Cobalt(II) complexes
Mohd. Muddassir, Fan Cao, Xiao-Jiao Song, Ying Chen, Rong-Min Wei, You Song*
(Manuscript under preparation)
15) MnIII (Schiff bases)- Octacyanotugstatete(V) Systems and its magnetic and optical
property.
Mohd. Muddassir, Fan Cao, Xiao-Jiao Song, Ying Chen, Rong-Min Wei, You Song*
(Manuscript under preparation)
* Corresponding Author

5. REFERENCES
1. Professor Yi Cao, Ph. D.
Department of Physics
Nanjing University, A508 Cyrus Tang Building
15 Jinyin Street, Nanjing, Jiangsu, PR China 210093
Tel: +86-25-8368-8960, Cell:+86-133-8202-8679
Email: caoyi@nju.edu.cn, caoyi@biophy.nju.edu.cn
2. Prof. You Song
State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry
Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures
Nanjing University, 22, Hankou Road,
Nanjing, Jiangsu Proviance, China
E-mail: yousong@nju.edu.cn
3. Prof. Sartaj Tabassum
Department of Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, U.P.- 202002, India
E-mail: tsartaj62@yahoo.com
TESTIMONY
I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sincerely Yours,
(Mohd. Muddassir)