Dr Swaroop Chakraborty M. Tech., PhD, MRSC-CChem, MRSB-CSci

Dr Swaroop Chakraborty

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Fellow

Dr. Chakraborty, an interdisciplinary researcher with a vibrant academic trajectory, completed his doctorate in Bioengineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, India, in 2021. Dr. Chakraborty has been a member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Biology since 2023, achieving the prestigious titles of Chartered Scientist and Chartered Chemist. His enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation drives his commitment to addressing real-world challenges through the lens of nanomaterials and bioengineering.

Dr Chakraborty’s research interest lies in Nanosafety, Biochemical transformation of nanomaterials, Metal organic frameworks, stable isotope labelling, nanomedicines.

Qualifications

PhD in Bioengineering
M. Tech in Biotechnology

Teaching

  • M.Res teaching at University of Birmingham on nanoparticles synthesis, characterisation and stable isotope labelling.
  • PhD Thesis co-supervision (2022)- Marjan Jilardi, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • M. Res. Supervision- (2021-2023)- School of Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences on the topic “Synthesis and characterisation of Vitamin C encapsulated liposomes nanostructure”
  • M. Tech. Thesis at Indian Institute of Technology, India – Three (2016 – 2021). Co-supervised three master’s student in Materials Engineering on the following are the projects that were co-supervised:

Other activities

  • GEES Early Career Development Network Representative (Since 2023) (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/colleges/les/ecdn/reps/dr-swaroop-chakraborty.aspx)
  • Member of LES Research and Knowledge Transfer committee (R&KT) (Since 2023)
  • Member of GEES Research Committee (Since 2024)
  • Reviewer of Journals RSC Environmental Science: Nano, Elsevier Toxicology Reports, ACS Environmental Pollution, Frontiers in Toxicology. (Since 2021)
  • Guest editor in the Journal Pharmaceutics, Toxics (2024)
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
  • Member of the Royal Society of Biology (2023)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Malvi, B, Pidathala, RT, Shewale, DJ, Pandey, PK, Patel, N, Dehury, R, Das, S, Paliwal, M, Singh Gautam, AR, Mishra, A, Soppinna, V, Misra, SK & Chakraborty, S 2024, 'Antimicrobial and antiviral properties of stainless steel enhanced by controlled silver nano-island deposition: A safe and sustainable by design approach', Journal of Materials Research and Technology, vol. 33, pp. 8644-8654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.11.196

Chakraborty, S, Langford, N, Kohl, Y, Varsou, DD, Stokes, W, Papaioannou, E, Wien, S, Berkesi, K, Britton, A, Ibrahim, B, Afantitis, A, Zoikis Karathanasis, A, Nelson, A & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Are Ni-SiC nanoparticle electroplated coatings a safer alternative to hard chromium? A comprehensive aging, toxicity, and in silico study to assess safety by design', Environmental Science: Nano. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4en00751d

Bhadane, P, Mahato, P, Menon, D, Satpathy, BK, Wu, L, Chakraborty, S, Goyal, P, Lynch, I & Misra, SK 2024, 'Hydrolytically stable nanosheets of Cu–imidazolate MOF for selective trapping and simultaneous removal of multiple heavy metal ions', Environmental Science: Nano. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EN00754E

Patel, A, Chakraborty, S, Misra, SK & Datta, B 2024, 'Hydrolytic Enzyme-Facilitated Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Metals in Processed Food Matrices', ACS Food Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00695

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2024, 'Modulation of Heat Shock Protein Expression in Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells through Gold Nanoparticles and Cisplatin Treatment', Pharmaceutics, vol. 16, no. 3, 380. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics16030380

Chakraborty, S, Ibrahim, B, Dhumal, P, Langford, N, Garbett, L & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Perturbation of enzyme structure by nano-metal organic frameworks: A question mark on their safety-by-design?', Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, vol. 5, 100127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2024.100127

Malvi, B, Chakraborty, S, Chaudhari, R, Kumar, A, Balasubramanian, C & Misra, SK 2023, 'Development of isotopically labelled 65Cu embedded PMMA-65CuO nanocomposites for detection and quantification of PMMA bone cement degradation at trace levels', Materials Today Communications, vol. 36, 106849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.106849

Chakraborty, S, Menon, D, Akhil Varri, VS, Sahoo, M, Ranganathan, R, Zhang, P & Misra, SK 2023, 'Does the doping strategy of ferrite nanoparticles create a correlation between reactivity and toxicity?', Environmental Science: Nano, vol. 2023, no. 10, pp. 1554-1569. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3en00076a

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2023, 'Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Suppress the Proliferation of Human Lung Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells by Deubiquitinating Enzymes Inhibition', ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 43, pp. 40622-40638. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c05452

Ibrahim, B, Akere, TH, Chakraborty, S, Valsami-Jones, E & Ali-Boucetta, H 2023, 'Gold Nanoparticles Induced Size Dependent Cytotoxicity on Human Alveolar Adenocarcinoma Cells by Inhibiting the Ubiquitin Proteasome System', Pharmaceutics, vol. 15, no. 2, 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15020432

Chakraborty, S, Prakash, P, Shah, J, Mayya, C, Singh, S, Ranganathan, R, Soppina, V, Jones, EV & Misra, SK 2022, 'CuO nanoparticles as copper-ion reservoirs for Elesclomol-mediated intracellular oxidative stress: implications for anticancer therapies', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1607-1620. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04350

Chapter

Menon, D, Chakraborty, S, Goyal, P, Valsami-Jones, E & Misra, SK 2023, Nano Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Promising Candidate for Biomedical Applications. in R Srivastava, SK Debnath & R Prasad (eds), Nanomaterials in Healthcare. 1st edn, Routledge, pp. 115-132. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003322368-7

Editorial

Chakraborty, S, Jiao, F, Klaessig, F, Papadiamantis, A, Peixoto, S, Urban, R, Wang, Z & Zhan, S 2024, 'Outstanding Reviewers for Environmental Science: Nano in 2023', Environmental Science: Nano, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 3229-3229. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4en90023e

Review article

Dhumal, P, Chakraborty, S, Ibrahim, B, Kaur, M & Valsami-Jones, E 2024, 'Green-Synthesised Carbon Nanodots: A SWOT Analysis for their Safe and Sustainable Innovation', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 480, 144115. https://doi.org/1016/j.jclepro.2024.144115

Menon, D & Chakraborty, S 2023, 'How safe are nanoscale metal-organic frameworks?', Frontiers in toxicology, vol. 5, 1233854. https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2023.1233854

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