Bimal K. Banik

Bimal Krishna Banik conducted his doctoral research at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta. Then, he pursued postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University (USA) and Stevens Institute of Technology (USA). Dr. Banik was a Tenured Full Professor in Chemistry and First President’s Endowed Professor in Science & Engineering at the University of Texas-Pan American and the Vice President of Research & Education Development of the Community Health Systems of Texas. At present, Dr. Banik is a Professor and Senior Researcher of the Deanship of Research Development & College of Natural Sciences at the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd University in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Professor Banik has taught organic and medicinal chemistry to B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. students in USA and Saudi Arabia universities for many years. His teaching skills are exceptionally strong and these are proved by several thousand students’, peers’ and administrators’ evaluations. He has mentored approximately 400 students, 20 postdoctoral fellows, and 7 Ph. D. research scientists. Moreover, he has advised 26 university faculties. Professor Banik has acted as the advisor of two students’ organizations and societies that have 1400 students. He was given the US National Society for Collegiate Scholar Best Advisor Award.

Professor Banik has conducted synthetic chemistry and chemical biology research on ovary, colon, breast, blood, prostate, brain, pancreas and skin cancers; antibiotics; hormones; catalysis; green chemistry; natural products; and microwave-induced reactions. As the Principal Investigator (PI), he has been awarded $7.25 million in grants from USA NIH and USA NCI. Importantly, he has 535 peer-reviewed publications along with 509 presentation abstracts. The number of citations of his publications is more than 9000. His research has been exposed in media approximately 200 times. Professor Banik has served as the PI of a joint green chemistry symposium between USA and India. He has presided 20 symposiums at the American Chemical Society National Meetings and over 2 dozen conferences at the State, National and International level, including 1 at the Nobel Prize celebration in Germany. In the capacity of chair, he has introduced more than 300 speakers. He is a reviewer of 93, editorial board member of 26, editor-in-chief of 12, founder of 4, associate editor of 4 and guest editor of 10 journals. As the editor-in-chief, he has recruited approximately 200 associate editors, regional editors and editorial board members from different countries. He is an examiner of NSF, NCI, NRC, DOE, ACS and International grant applications; reviewer of promotion & tenure of faculty of national and international universities; examiner of doctoral theses; panel member of NSF and NCI/NIH grant sections. Over the years, he has served as the chair/member of more than 100 scientific committees. Professor Banik has served as the chair of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center’s drug discovery symposiums and directed the NCI funded analytical chemistry Core research laboratory.

Professor Banik is ranked within Top 2% Researchers in the World and regarded as “Distinguished Scientist” and “Distinguished Researcher”. He has received the Indian Chemical Society’s (ICS) Life-Time Achievement Award; Mahatma Gandhi Honor medal from the UK Parliament; ICS’s 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; NCI webpage recognition; best researcher and mentor award by the UTPA; Burdwan University Eminent Alumnus recognition; First President’s Endowed Professorship at the UTPA; and UTPA’s award for excellence in international studies. Some of his international research presentations are considered as keynote, plenary, inaugural and award winning lectures. Dr. Banik has received more than 200 invitations to deliver lectures in 35 countries. He is also invited to write research and text books by major publishers, including Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, De Gruter, Bentham, Thompson, Linus, Nova, Pearson, Cengage, Houghton Mifflin and PMU Press.