Abdulla Al Masum

Assistant Professor

                                                             Academic Qualification

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (Hons.), Chemistry, Zoology (Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2010)

Master of Science in Biotechnology (Jadavpur University, India, 2012)

Ph.D. in Chemistry ( 2013-2018), Research carried out at Aliah University and Jadavpur University, India.

Post Doctoral Research at Jadavpur University, India from June 2017 to February 2019 funded by DST-SERB, Govt. of India.

                                                          Awards and Honours

Awarded Dr.  D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship (DSKPDF 2019), University Grant Commision, Government of India.

Awarded Research Associate Fellowship (ICMR RA 2019), Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India.

Awarded National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF 2017), Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India.

Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET 2013), conducted by Council for Scientific & Industrial Research and University Grants Commission (CSIR & UGC), New Delhi, India.

Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2012), IIT Delhi.

After graduating with a major in Biochemistry, in the Dept. of Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, I moved from Aligarh to Kolkata where I pursued my Masters degree in Biotechnology from the Dept. of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University. After the completion of my M.Sc I got admitted in Ph.D in the Dept. of Chemistry, Aliah University. After my submition of Ph.D thesis I started working as a DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow at Jadavpur University. During my NPDF tenureship I have been engaged as an Assistant Professor in Presidency University. 

Objective of my research work is to develop the chemically modified natural polymer for delivery of drug in different cancer cell which may help in the development of newer materials for drug delivery. Understanding the role of chemical modification of natural polymer in the drug release is significant in the design of drug delivery systems. Such chemical modification and altered physicochemical properties of natural polymer may prove particularly useful for formulations containing short acting drugs.

Apart from above work my research is also focused in Interaction of different natural and synthetic food additives/dyes, metal complexes with DNA, RNA and proteins (BSA and HSA) using various biophysical methods such as spectrophotometry, spectrofluorimetry, circular dichroism, optical melting, viscosity, differential scanning calorimetry and isothermal titration calorimetry, molecular modeling. Another focused area is synthesis of nanoparticles using natural substances and study their several biological applications such as affinity to biomolecules and sensing biomolecules.

Biochemistry, Microbiology, Nanotechnology

1. Ankita Sen

Project title: Polyphenol having Biological activities against infectious microbes

2. Aditi Mandal

Project title: Bio-Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles Derived From Nymphaea sp. Extracts and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial efficacy

3. Purbali Dutta

Life Member of DNA Society of India.

Journal Publication

1. "Preparation of biofunctionalized silver nanoparticles using Clerodendrum glandulosum leaf extract for evaluation of its antibacterial efficacy." Dhara, Manmata, Rubina Khatun, Aditi Mondal, Nazia Kausar, Supriya Mandal, Junaid Jibran Jawed, Mohd Afzal, and Abdulla Al Masum. Chemical Papers (2024): 1-16.

2.       "Facile synthesis of Antibiotic encapsulated biopolymeric Okra mucilage Nanoparticles: Molecular docking, in vitro Stability and Functional Evaluation". Masum, Abdulla al; Pal, Kunal; Ghosh, Deblina; Saha, Ishita ; Roy, Shubham; Ghosh Chowdhury, Sougata; Islam, Md.;  Karmakar, Parimal. Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 11, no. 2 (2020): 025020.

3.      "Structures, Photo Response Properties and Biological Activity of Dicyano-substituted 4-Aryl-2-Pyridone Derivatives." Mandal, Tripti; Pathak, Sudipta; Dey, Arka; Islam, Md. Maidul ; Seth, Saikat; Al Masum , Abdulla; Ortega-Castro, Joaquín; Ray, Partha; Frontera, Antonio; Mukhopadhyay, Subrata. ACS omega 4, no. 4 (2019): 7200-7212.

4.      "Elucidating the chemical and biochemical applications of Citrus sinensis-mediated silver nanocrystal." Siddiqui, Nurunnesa, Abdulla Al Masum, Md Raihan Uddin, Sukhendu Mandal, Mohana Sengupta, Md Maidul Islam, and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (2019): 1-12.

5.      "Colorimetric and “off-on” fluorescent Pd2+ chemosensor based on rhodamine-ampyrone conjugate: synthesis, experimental and theoretical studies along with in vitro applications." Mondal, Sanchita, Saikat Kumar Manna, Sudipta Pathak, Abdulla Al Masum and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. New Journal of Chemistry (2019).

6.      "Binding mode dependent signaling for the detection of Cu2+: An experimental and theoretical approach with practical applications." Ghosh, Soumen, Mehebub Ali Khan, Aniruddha Ganguly, Abdulla Al Masum, Md Akhtarul Alam, and Nikhil Guchhait. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 190 (2018): 471-477.

7.      "Terpyridine derivatives as “turn-on” fluorescence chemosensors for the selective and sensitive detection of Zn 2+ ions in solution and in live cells." Mandal, Tripti, Anowar Hossain, Anamika Dhara, Abdulla Al Masum, Saugata Konar, Saikat Kumar Manna, Saikat Kumar Seth, Sudipta Pathak, and Subrata Mukhopadhyay.Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 17, no. 8 (2018): 1068-1074.

8.      "Chirality?Induced Variation in Interaction of Two Similar Copper (II) Coordination Polymers with Calf Thymus DNA: Exploration of Their Antimicrobial Activity and Cytotoxicity." Khan, Samim, Abdulla Al Masum, Pritam Giri, Md Maidul Islam, Klaus Harms, and Shouvik Chattopadhyay. Chemistry Select 3, no. 25 (2018): 7112-7122.

9.      "Observation of ?-hole interactions in the solid state structures of three new copper (II) complexes with a tetradentate N4 donor Schiff base: Exploration of their cytotoxicity against MDA-MB 468 cells." Khan, Samim, Abdulla Al Masum, Md Maidul Islam, Michael GB Drew, Antonio Bauzá, Antonio Frontera, and Shouvik Chattopadhyay. Polyhedron 123 (2017): 334-343.

10.      "A green synthetic approach toward the synthesis of structurally diverse spirooxindole derivative libraries under catalyst-free conditions." Kausar, Nazia, Abdulla Al Masum, Md Maidul Islam, and Asish R. Das. Molecular diversity 21, no. 2 (2017): 325-337.

11.    "Competition?Free Fluorogenic Detection of Al3+ by a Chromone?Naphthalene Conjugate: A Spectroscopic Exploration Supported by DFT Calculations with Cell Imaging." Bhattacharyya, Arghyadeep, Subhash Chandra Makhal, Soumen Ghosh, Abdulla Al Masum, and Nikhil Guchhait. Chemistry Select 2, no. 31 (2017): 9924-9929.

12.  "A selective chemosensor for fluoride ion and its interaction with Calf Thymus DNA." Ghosh, Soumen, Abdulla Al Masum, Aniruddha Ganguly, Md Maidul Islam, Md Akhtarul Alam, and Nikhil Guchhait. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 178 (2017): 24-31.

13.  "Interaction of a synthesized pyrene based fluorescent probe with CT-DNA: spectroscopic, thermodynamic and molecular modeling studies." Ghosh, Soumen, Abdulla Al Masum, Aniruddha Ganguly, Md Akhtarul Alam, Md Maidul Islam, and Nikhil Guchhait. RSC Advances 6, no. 96 (2016): 93335-93342.

14.  "Biochemical activity of a fluorescent dye rhodamine 6G: Molecular modeling, electrochemical, spectroscopic and thermodynamic studies." Al Masum, Abdulla, Maharudra Chakraborty, Soumen Ghosh, Dipranjan Laha, Parimal Karmakar, Md Maidul Islam, and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 164 (2016): 369-379.

15.  "Thermodynamic study of rhodamine 123-calf thymus DNA interaction: determination of calorimetric enthalpy by optical melting study." Masum, Abdulla Al, Maharudra Chakraborty, Prateek Pandya, Umesh Chandra Halder, Md Maidul Islam, and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 118, no. 46 (2014): 13151-13161.

16.  "Binding of DNA with Rhodamine B: Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies." Islam, Md Maidul, Maharudra Chakraborty, Prateek Pandya, Abdulla Al Masum, Neelima Gupta, and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. Dyes and Pigments 99, no. 2 (2013): 412-422.

Conference precedings

1.      Effect of food additives and preservatives - a review. Masum A.A. and Islam M.M. (2016) August 04-05, UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on “Recent Development in Bio-Active Molecules. Organized by UGC.