Bimal Krishna BanikBimal Krishna Banik conducted postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University and Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a FRSC and CChem of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society.  Professor Banik hasconducted chemistry and chemical biology research on diverse cancers; antibiotics; hormones; and green chemistry. As the Principal Investigator, he has been awarded $7.25 million grants from US NIH and US NCI. He has 372 publications along with 485 presentation abstracts and 6500 citations. He has presided 20 symposiums at the American Chemical Society National Meetings and over 2 dozen conferences at the National and International level, including 1 at the Nobel Prize celebration in Germany. He is a reviewer of 93, editorial board member of 28, editor-in-chief of 14, founder of 4, associate editor of 4 and guest editor of 6 journals. Professor Banik has served as the chair of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center’s drug discovery symposiums and directed their analytical chemistry laboratory and has been selected for the Indian Chemical Society’s Life-Time Achievement Award;  Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Honor Medal from the UK Parliament; US National Society of Collegiate Scholars’ Best Advisor Award for students; Professor P. K. Bose Endowment Medal; Dr. M. N. Ghosh Gold Medal; University of Texas Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award; 5 top-cited papers Awards by Elsevier Journals; approximately 50 certificates of excellences in his profession; Indian Association Community Service Award; ACS Member Service Award; US National Cancer Institute  Webpage recognition; Best Researcher and Mentor Awards by the UTPA; Burdwan University Eminent Alumnus recognition; UTPA’s Award for Excellence in International Studies. Read More Read Less