1. Dr. Samiran Sona Gauri
(DBT-Post-Doctoral Fellow-III)
SUMMARY:
Post-Doctoral fellow (DBT-PDF) at Dept. of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur, India.
Experienced in natural product/analytical research for more than 7 years in IIT Kharagpur, India.
Three Patents filled and more than 18 research papers in international high impact journal.
Highly experienced in small molecules analysis and peptidomics or proteomics.
Strong expertise in chromatographic separation (HPLC or LC-MS/MS) and method development.
Characterization of new prebiotic oligo/polysaccharides for nutraceutical based product development.
Experienced in aromatic biotransformation and metabolic pathway tracking.
Experienced in Pharmacokinetics study.
Experienced in microbial & animal cell culture and animal handling.
Formulation of peptide based bio-gel for skin and gum care application.
Managing projects and working groups with leadership quality.
Compassionate individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION:
2013-2016: DBT-Post Doctoral Fellow (1st
July, 2013 to June, 30th
2016) on bioactive cyclic
peptide in Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, India
2011-2013: Senior Research Fellow (June, 2011 to June, 2013), NOVOD sponsored project in
Biotechnology based value addition on Neem and Jatropha, Dept. of
Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur, India.
2008-2011: Technical Officer in mass Spectrometry (July, 2008 - May 2011) in Central
Research Facility, IIT Kharagpur, India.
2006-2008: lecturer in the dept. of biotechnology and microbiology, Panskura Banamali
College, West Bengal, India.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
2008-2013: Ph. D in Microbial Biochemistry titled “Biotransformation of Phenolic acids by
an Azotobacter isolate” under the supervision of Prof. B. R. Pati, Department of
Microbiology, Vidyasagar University and Prof. Satyahari Dey, Department of
Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
2007-2008: M. Phil in Microbiology from Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002,
Tamilnadu, India.
2003-2005: M. Sc. in Microbiology from Vidyasagar University, WB, India.
2000-2003: B.Sc. in Microbiology from Vidyasagar University, WB, India
1998-2000: Higher Secondary in Science from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary
Education.
1998: Secondary examination from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Asian Federation of Biotechnology, India.
The European Peptide Society.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, USA.
Plant Biotech Lab, Dept. of Biotechnology
(Associated with Proteomics and LCMS Lab.; Central facility)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 721302, WB, India.
D.O.B.- 15th
February, 1983; Mobile: +91-9474822394 (Mob.)
E-mail. asmi04@gmail.com / sg_crf@yahoo.co.in

2. PATENTS
Antibacterial peptide against oral pathogens. Satyahari Dey, Samiran S. Gauri, Shibendu S. Das,
Santi M. Mandal (450/KOL/2013 of 22.4.2013).
Novel anticancer peptide from Santalum album L. Abheepsa Mishra, Shibendu S. Das, Samiran S.
Gauri, Santi M. Mandal, Satyahari Dey. (638/KOL/2013 of 30.5.2013).
A process for the production of bioactive oligosaccharides from extremophilic fungus. Sourav K
Mukherjee, Soumya Chatterjee, Samiran S. Gauri, Abheepsa Mishra, Shibendu S. Das, Satyahari Dey
(999/KOL/2013 of 29.8.2013)
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS: (TOTAL IMAPACT FACTOR > 70)
Most important:
Purification and structural characterization of a novel antibacterial peptide from Bellamya
bengalensis: activity against ampicillin and chloramphenicol resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Samiran S. Gauri, Santi M. Mandal, Bikas R Pati, Satyahari Dey. Peptides (2011) 32, 691–696. IF-
2.6
Novel Biotransformation Route for Tannic Acid biotransformation and Its Effect on Biopolymer
Synthesis in Azotobacter sp. strain SSB81. Samiran S. Gauri, Santi M. Mandal, Sanghamitra Atta,
Satyahari Dey, Bikas R. Pati, J Appl Microbiol (2013) 114(1):84-95. IF‐‐‐‐2.4
Enhanced production and partial characterization of an extra cellular polysaccharide from newly
isolated Azotobacter sp. SSB81. Samiran S. Gauri, Santi M. Mandal, Keshab C. Mondal, Satyahari
Dey, Bikas R. Pati. Bioresource Technology (2009), 100:4240-4243. IF-5.03
Antibacterial effect of lanthanum calcium manganate (La0.67Ca0.33MnO3) nanoparticles against
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. Samiran S. Gauri Debasis De, Santi M. Mandal,
Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Sankar Ram, Sanat K Roy, J Biomedical Nanotechnology (2010) 6(2):
138-144. IF-7.6
Removal of Arsenic from Aqueous Solution Using Pottery Granules Coated with Cyst of Azotobacter
and Portland cement: Characterization, Kinetics and Modeling. Samiran S. Gauri, Archanaa S,
Keshab C Mondal, Bikas R Pati, Santi M. Mandal, Satyahari Dey. Bioresource Technology (2011),
102, 6308–6312. IF-5.03
Biotransformation of p‐coumaric acid and 2,4‐dichlorophenoxy acetic acid by Azotobacter sp. strain
SSB81. Samiran S. Gauri, Santi M. Mandal, Satyahari Dey & Bikas R. Pati. Bioresource
Technology (2012) 126:350-353. IF‐‐‐‐5.03
Biotransformation of betanidin and flavonoids by a betanidin glycosyltransferase from Amaranthus
tricolor L. Shibendu Sekhar Das, Samiran S. Gauri, Biswapriya Biswavas Misra, Mousumi Biswas,
Satyahari Dey. Plant Science (2013) 211:61-69. IF‐‐‐‐4.1
Isolation and characterization of extracellular polysaccharide Thelebolan produced by a newly
isolated psychrophilic Antarctic fungus Thelebolus. Sourav K. Mukhopadhyay, Soumya Chatterjee,
Samiran S. Gauri, Shibendu S. Das, Abheepsa Mishra, Moumita Patra, Ananta K. Ghosh, Amit K.
Das, Shiv M. Singh, Satyahari Dey. Carbohydrate polymers (2014) 104: 204–212. IF-3.92
Identification of Multifunctional Peptides from Human Milk. Santi M. Mandal, Rashmi Bharti,
William F. Porto, Samiran S. Gauri, Mahitosh Mandal, Octavio L. Franco, Ananta K. Ghosh.
Peptides (2014) 56: 84-93. IF-2.6
Antimicrobial activity of CaO nanoparticles. A Roy, Samiran S. Gauri, M Bhattacharya and J
Bhattacharya. J Biomedical nanotechnology (2013), 9, 1570-1578. IF‐‐‐‐7.6
Silver nanoparticle anchored carbon dots for improved sensing, catalytic and intriguing antimicrobial
activity. Jayasmita Jana, Samiran Sona Gauri, Mainak Ganguly, Satyahari Dey and Tarasankar Pal.
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 20692. IF‐‐‐‐4.2
CPAM a small catecholic amide as antioxidant, anti-diabetic and antibacterial compound. Kaushik
Misra, Ahindra Nag, Brajadulal Chattopadhyay, Abiral Tamang, Samiran S. Gauri, Avinash
Sonawane & Mitali Sengupta. Scientific Reports (Nature group) –Revised Submitted. IF-5.1

3. Other Publications:
Impact of Azotobacter exopolysaccharides on sustainable agriculture. Samiran S. Gauri, Santi M.
Mandal, Bikas R. Pati. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2012) 95:331–338. IF-3.8
Effect of arsenic on nodulation and nitrogen fixation of blackgram (Vigna mungo). Santi M.
Mandal, Samiran S. Gauri, Bidus k. Das, Debasis de, Keshab C Mondal, Bikas R. Pati. Indian
Journal of Microbiology (2011), 51(1): 44–47. IF-0.8
Process optimization of xylanase production using cheap solid substrate by Trichoderma reesei SAF3
and study on the alteration of behavioral properties of enzyme obtained from SSF and SmF. Sanjay
Kar, Samiran S. Gauri, A. Das, A. Jana, C. Maity, A. Mandal, P K Das Mohapatra, B.R Pati, K.C
Mondal. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng. (2013) 36(1):57-68. IF-1.8
Photoremovable protecting groups as controlled release device for sex pheromone. Sanghamitra Atta,
Mohammed Ikbal, Nishitha Boda, Samiran S. Gauri and N.D. Pradeep Singh. Photochemical &
Photobiological Sciences (2013) 12(2):393-403. IF‐‐‐‐3.0
Sweetmeat waste fractions as suitable organic carbon source for biological sulfate reduction. Bidus
Kanti Das, Samiran S. Gauri, Jayanta Bhattacharya. International Biodeterioration and
Biodegradation (2013) 82: 215-223. IF‐‐‐‐2.23.
Antidiabetic effect of Cephalandra indica Q in diabetic rats. Arindam Pal, Biswapriya B. Misra,
Shibendu S. Das, Samiran S. Gauri, Moumita Patra, Satyahari Dey. Indian Journal of Research in
Homoeopathy (2013) 7: 82-90.
Identification and Structural Characterization of a Pro-apoptotic Cyclic Octapeptide from Somatic
Seedlings of Santalum album L. Abheepsa Mishra, Samiran Sona Gauri, Sourav Kanti
Mukhopadhyay, Soumya Chatterjee, Shibendu Sekhar Das, , Moumita Patra, Satyahari Dey. Peptides
(2014) 54: 148–158 IF-2.6
Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Copper Surface on Various Substrates for
Roll-off, Self-cleaning and Water/oil separation. Anup Sasmal, Chanchal Mondal, Arun Sinha,
Samiran S Gauri; Jaya Pal, Teresa Aditya, Mainak Ganguly, Satyahari Dey, Tarasankar Pal. ACS
Applied Materials & Interfaces (2014) 6: 22034−22043. IF-5.9
Identification of an antimicrobial peptide from large freshwater snail (Lymnaea stagnalis): activity
against antibiotics resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. SS Gauri, CK Bera, R Bhattacharyya, SM
Mandal. Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev 2: 5-9
Structural elucidation and potential bifidogenic prebiotic activity of Thelebolan, an Antarctic fungal
polysaccharide. Sourav K. Mukhopadhyay, Samiran S. Gauri, Soumya Chatterjee, Moumita Patra,
Trishita Jana, Kamal Kar, Sanghamitra Atta, Satyahari Dey. J Functional Foods (Revision needed).
IF-4.5
CONFERENCE PRESENTAION/PAPERS
Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds/peptide from new cyanobacterial isolate of
micro alga Lyngbya sp. Samiran S. Gauri, Satyahari Dey. IBS-2012, 15th International
Biotechnology Symposium (IBS) and Exhibition, Seoul, Deagu, South Korea.
Bioactive Exopolysaccharide from newly isolated Azotobacter sp. SSB81. Samiran Sona Gauri,
Sourav Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Soumya Chatterjee, Trishita Jana, Debabrata Dutta, Satyahari Dey.
Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2015 (ACB2015), kuala lumpur, malaysia.
Novel Antibacterial Peptide against Oral Pathogens Isolated from Jatropha curcas L. Samiran S.
Gauri, Shibendu S. Das, Abheepsa Mishra, Sourav K. Mukhopadhyay, Soumya Chatterjee, Satyahari
Dey. 10th Australian Peptide Conference, Penang, Malaysia.
Isolation and characterization of antibacterial peptide against oral pathogens from Jatropha curcas L.
Samiran S. Gauri, Shibendu S. Das, Abheepsa Mishra, Sourav K. Mukhopadhyay, Soumya
Chatterjee, Satyahari Dey. Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB-2013). IIT- Delhi, New Delhi.
Novel immunomodulatory exopolysaccharide from Arctic Sphingobacterium as potential prebiotic.
Soumya Chatterjee, Sourav K. Mukhopadhyay, Samiran S. Gauri, Shiv M. Singh and Satyahari Dey.
27 International Carbohydrate symphosium (2014), IISc Bangalore.

4. AWARDS
DBT Post-Doctoral Fellowship (DBT-RA).
Institute assistantship (IIT Kharagpur, MHRD) and travel Grant from DST, ICMR, and DBT to attend
international conferences.
Session Chair and Judge for young investigator award (invited) in Asian Congress on Biotechnology
2015 (ACB2015), kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015.
Travel Bursary to attend the 10th
Australian Peptide in Penang, Malaysia, 2013.
INSTRUMENTAL SKILLS (TRAINED BY MANUFACTURERS APPLICATION SCIENTISTS)
HPLC, LC-MS/MS (WATERS-TRIPLE QUAD), HRMS
MALDI-ToF or ToF/ToF, ESI-MS, and GC-MS/MS analysis.
2-D gel electrophoresis and proteomics analysis.
Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter (FACS), DNA Sequencer and RT PCR.
Confocal and fluorescence microscope (Leica Live Cell microscope, DMi8).
NAME AND ADDRESS OF REFEREES
Prof. Satyahari Dey (Post-Doc Supervisor)
Dept. of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Midnapore - 721302, INDIA
E.mail. satyahari01@yahoo.com
Prof. Bikas Ranjan Pati (Ph. D Supervisor)
Dept. of Microbiology.Vidyasagar University,
Midnapur -721 102, INDIA.
E.mail. brpati@yahoo.com
Prof. A. K. Ghosh (Teacher)
Dept. of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Midnapore - 721302, INDIA
E.mail. aghosh@hijli.iitkgp.ernet.in