Kishor Mazumder, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Science and Technology, Jessore University of Science and Technology, Jessore-7408, Bangladesh.

Tel/Mobile:(+61) 0426447891,  (+88) 01817754648(P), 01709818116(O);0242142034(O), Ext. 213

Adjunct Faculty

School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Medicine

University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, Australia

&

School of Biomedical Sciences Charles Sturt University

Boorooma St, Locked Bag 588 Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678 Australia

kmazumder@csu.edu.au

EDUCATION

Oct 2008 – Nov 2011

Ph.D. in Natural Products Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Title of the Dissertation: “Ursolic Acid Derivatives from Bangladeshi Medicinal Plant, Saurauja roxburghii: Isolation and Oxidative Derivatization for Cytotoxic Activity against Tumor Cell Lines”

Jan 1999 – Dec 2000

Master of Pharmacy (1^st Class 1^st )

Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Title of the Thesis: “Prescribing indicator Study in Acute Respiratory Infections of hospital inpatient children in two non-government hospital of Chittagong city"

Jan 1996 – Dec 2000

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Department of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Chittagong, Bangladesh

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

November 2017 - Present

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh

Mar 2012 - November 2017

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science & Technology Chittagong, Chittagong-4202, Bangladesh

Dec 2007 - Feb 2012

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science & Technology Chittagong, Chittagong-4202, Bangladesh

Sep 2003 - Nov 2007

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, University of Science & Technology Chittagong, Chittagong-4202, Bangladesh

Jun 2003 - Aug 2003

Product Executive, Product Management Department, Somatech Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 9/A Dhanmandi R/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh

May 2018-Nov 2018

Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell, USTC

Dec 2015-June 2016

Additional Director, IQAC, USTC

Sep 2015-April 2016

Assistant Controller of Examinations, USTC

April 2012-Dec 2017

Assistant Executive Editor, USTA ( official Journal of USTC)

Jan 2018-Nov 2018

Executive Editor, USTA

TRAINING

Quality Assurance Training in Kuala Lumpur, from 28 March to 8 April 2016 under HEQEP project, UGC, Bangladesh supported by World Bank.

SKILLS

1. Strong knowledge and research experiences in the investigation of functional grains and medicinal plants.
2. Isolation, characterization and derivatization of bioactive compounds of natural sources.
3. Strong background in in-vivo, in-vitro and ex-vivo biological and pharmacological assays of seeds extracts, plant extracts and pure bioactive compounds.
4. Strong background in organic synthesis.
5. Skilled in cell and tissue culture, especially in cancer cell-lines based assays.
6. Familiar with several analytical techniques such as 1D and 2D-NMR, ESI-MS, LC-MS, MALDI-TOF MS, HPLC/UPLC, CC, DSC, SEM, RVA, TA, PTLC, TLC, FPLC, FTIR, UV-VIS, SDS-PAGE, RT-PCR, ELISA, Blotting etc.

PRESENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOPS

1. USA: Cardio-and hepato-protective potential of methanolic extract of Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels seeds: A diabetic rat model study at 50 Winter Symposium, Miami, USA, Elsevier 2017; 22-25 January 2017.
2. USA: Design and Development of methacrylic acid and methylacrylate copolymer based insulin loaded nanoparticles for pH sensitive jejunum specific delivery at 50 Winter Symposium, Miami, USA, Elsevier 2017; 22-25 January 2017.
3. Singapore: Insulin loaded nanoparticles: A novel approach presented at 15th 15 Tetrahedron symposium, Asia Edition, Elsevier, TETW 2014; 28-31October 2014.
4. India: Biomimetic “Ru”-porphyrin based oxidative catalysts-A promising approach to search leads with anticancer potential”. (1st Prize in Oral Presentation). Presented at the 2^nd PharmaTech IAPST International conference 2014, Jadavpur, India; 17-19 January 2014.
5. USA: Biomimetic oxidative derivatization of Ursoilc acid by using ‘Ru-porphyrin for cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines presented at the International Congress on Natural Product Research, ICNPR 2012; 28 July-01 August 2012.
6. Austria: Neuropharmacological & Thrombolytic effect of Zanthoxylum budrunga (Family: Rutaceae), Leaves presented at the 13th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, Graze, Austria; 02-06 September, 2012.

REVIEWER IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

1. MDPI (Antibiotics, Nutrients, Cosmetics, Molecules, Processes, Plants)
2. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
3. Journal of Brazilian Pharmaceutical Sciences
4. Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery
5. Current Bioactive Compounds
6. Animal Models and Experimental Medicine
7. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal
8. Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal
9. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
10. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A & Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, David Publishing Company, USA
11. Bulletin of WHO a monthly Journal of World Health Organization
12. International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars

AWARDS

1. April 2016-Oct 2016: 2016 Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Australian Government 
2. Oct 2008 – Oct 2011: G- COE Fellowship from Japanese Government
3. Oct 2008 – Feb 2009: BMC Fellowship, Osaka University, Japan.
4. 2009: JGC-S Scholarship, JCGC-S Foundation Japan.
5. 2008: “Certificate of Appreciation” given by Founder President, USTC.

SOCIETY AFFILIATION

1. 2010              Member, Japanese Chemical Society, Tokyo, Japan
2. 2011              Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Germany
3. 1998              Member, Bangladesh Pharmacy Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. 1999              Member, Pharmacist’s Graduate Association (PGA), Bangladesh