Dr. Subhrangsu (Subhra) Mandal is a Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Department Chair at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Mandal received his B.Sc (Honors) and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry from the Midnapore College and Kalyani University. He received Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and postdoctoral trainings from the University of Alberta (Canada) and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (HHMI, USA)). Dr. Mandal’s research interests are in the area of biochemistry of human gene regulation, epigenetics, and disease. His laboratory is investigating the functions of chromatin modifications and noncoding RNAs in regulating gene expression, steroid signaling, and inflammation associated with cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and cancer. He is also developing novel drugs for various inflammatory and metabolic diseases and cancer. Dr, Mandal has published more than 75 publications in top international journals, written multiple books, book chapters, review articles, and patents. Dr. Mandal serves as a Section Editor for Heliyon Cancer Research, Associate Editor for Frontiers in Endocrinology and editorial board member for Scientific Reports. Dr. Mandal enjoys teaching biochemistry and organic chemistry and loves interacting with students. In leisure time, Dr. Mandal enjoys gardening, trekking, playing sitar, and spending time with his family.
Brief CV
EDUCATION
PhD (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science, India
MSc (Chemistry), University of Kalyani, India
BSc (Honors, Chemistry), Vidyasagar University, India
EMPLOYMENT
2023-present: Associate Department Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
2019-present: Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
2011-2019: Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
2005- 2011 Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022- present: Section Editor, Heliyon Cancer Research
2022 – present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Endocrinology
2019 – present: Editorial Board Member Scientific Reports (Nature Press)
2021 -22 Associate Editor for Heliyon Cancer Research
2019 Faculty Fellow CRTLE, UT Arlington 2018 Faculty Fellow for Service Learning, UT Arlington
2017 Gold Medal, Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha, India (for outstanding contribution to science).
2016 American Heart Association Research Administration Volunteer Recognition award
2014 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman, NRI Welfare Society of India
2013 Outstanding Research Award (Faculty, COS), UT Arlington
2012 FEBS Journal Top-Cited Paper Award
2010 Visiting Scientist: Northeastern University (NEU), China.
2009 Faculty Fellow for Service Learning, UT Arlington
2008 Research Excellence Award, University of Texas at Arlington
2004 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) postdoctoral fellow
1999 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, Canada
1998 Guha Research Gold Medal,Best PhD thesis, Indian Institute of Science, India
1997 Visiting scientist: Indo-Hungarian Research Fellow, Budapest, Hungary
1992 Ist class first rank in MSc (Chemistry), University of Kalyani, India
1992 CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, India.
1992 GATE92, 99.29 percentile, 5th position in India.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Heart Association (2017- present)
American Chemical Society (2004 – present)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB, 2006, 2017-present)
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
EDITOR/EDITORIAL BOARD
Heliyon Cancer Research (Section Editor 2022- present, Associate Editor 2021-2022)
Frontiers in Endocrinology (Associate Editor, 2022-prsent; Editorial board, 2020-2022)
Scientific Reports (Editorial board, 2019-present)