Animesh Samanta

SNU affiliated Publications

1. Deb V. K., Yadav R., Samanta A., Kumar K., Jain U.*, “In-vitro anti-cancer therapeutic effects of 2D-Ti₃C₂-MXene-coated hesperetin (Ti₃C₂_H) against cervical cancer cells,” J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater., 2025, in press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-025-03750-3.
2. Baskar S., Yadav R., Shanmugam G., Sarkar K., Samanta A., Kole G. K.*, “Effect of N-quaternization on crystal and electronic structures of E-pyridylvinyl benzothiazoles – Photophysical and electrochemical properties, and cytotoxicity studies,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A-Chem., 2025, 466, 116392.
3. Zafar M. M., Yadav R., Singh A., Tyagi N., Samanta A.*, Mishra R. K.*, “Tetrasubstituted imidazole-based multifunctional fluorophores: trace water detection and lipid droplets (LDs) imaging studies,” Chem. Commun., 2025, in press, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06435F.
4. Pareek N., Kalita N., Pandey R., Samanta A.*, “Methionine‐Derived Fluorescent Probes Targeting Mitochondria: A Tool for Real‐Time Oxidative Stress Monitoring in Live Cells,” Chembiochem, 2025, 26, e202400893.
5. Goyal R., Mahapatra S. N., Yadav R., Mitra S., Samanta A., Kumar A., Lochab B.*, “3D printed cellulose nanofiber-reinforced and iron-crosslinked double network hydrogel composites: Mechanical properties and cellular viability,” Bioprinting, 2025, 46, e00392.
6. Pareek N., Yadav R., Munan S., Baruah M., Samanta A.*, “A Fluorescent Probe Differentiates Apoptosis from Cysteine‐Deprivation Ferroptosis through Imaging of Viscosity and Lipid Droplets,” Chem. Eur. J., 2025, 31, e202404523.
7. Yadav R., SanuKhan R., Kalita N., Mendiratta S., Sivaramakrishnan S., Murugan S., Samanta A.*, “Molecular Imaging of Nitric Oxide Surrogates with Organelle‐Specific Fluorescent Probes,” Chem. Asian J., 2025, 20, e202401237.
8. Bhardwaj K., Yadav R., Samanta A., Jangir R., Jali B. R., Kumar S. K. A., Sahoo S. K., “Pyrene Based Schiff Base for Cascade Fluorescent ‘On‐Off’ Detection of Aluminium (III) and Fluoride Ions and its Applications in Live Cells Imaging,” Chemistry & Biodiversity, 2024, e202401790.
9. Kannan T. S., Yadav R., Sarma M. R., Pramanik G., Samanta A., Kole G. K.*, “9-Phenanthrenylvinyl-4′-pyridine and Its N-Methylated Analogue: From the Crystal Structure and Photoisomerization to Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties and Application in Bioimaging,” Cryst. Growth Des., 2024, 24, 7235–7245.
10. Mondal A., Munan S., Saxena I., Mukherjee S., Upadhyay P., Gupta N., Dar W., Samanta A., Singh S., Pati S., “G6PD deficiency mediated impairment of iNOS and lysosomal acidification affecting phagocytotic clearance in microglia in response to SARS-CoV-2,” Biochim. Biophys. Acta Mol. Basis Dis., 2024, 1870, 167444.
11. Kannan, T. S., Munan, S., Samanta A., Kole, G. K., “Quinoline based viologen as a multifunctional organic material – From crystal structures to photophysical and electrochemical properties, and application in DNA sensing and bioimaging,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A-Chem., 2024, 454, 115735.
12. Munan, S., Mondal A., Singh, S., Pati, S., Samanta A.*, “Unique Synthetic Strategy for Probing In Situ Lysosomal NO for Screening Neuroinflammatory Phenotypes against SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Phagocytotic Microglia,” Anal. Chem., 2024, 96, 7479–7486.
13. Liang W., Bian Y., Samanta A., Chen X., Yu X., Zheng Y., Gao X., Su D., “A simple yet effective H₂S-activated fluorogenic probe for precise imaging of hepatitis and arthritis in situ,” Biomed. Eng. Mater., 2024, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1002/bmm2.12086.
14. Pareek N., Mendiratta S., Kalita N., Sivaramakrishnan S., Sanukhan R., Samanta A.*, “Unraveling Ferroptosis Mechanisms: Tracking Cellular Viscosity with Small Molecular Fluorescent Probes,” Chem. Asian J., 2024, e202400056, 1–13.
15. Munan S., Chang Y. T., Samanta A.*, “Chronological development of functional fluorophores for bio-imaging,” Chem. Commun., 2023, 60, 501.
16. Biswas S., Baruah M., Shil A., Sarkar S., Ali M., Samanta A.*, Bhuniya S.*, “Polarity-Driven Two-Photon Fluorescent Probe for Monitoring the Perturbation in Lipid Droplet Levels during Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Acute Pancreatitis,” ACS Sens., 2023, 8, 3793–3803.
17. Kannan, T. S., Munan S., Khatiresan M., Samanta A., Kole G. K.*, “Solid-State Photodimerization Reaction with Photosalient Effect and Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of N-Methylated 1-Naphthylvinyl-4-Quinoline,” Cryst. Growth Des., 2023, 23, 8261–8269.
18. Rath S., Maiti D., Modi M., Pal P., Munan S., Mohanty B., Bhatia A., Bhowal R., Priyadarshini R., Samanta A., Munshi P., Sen S., “Metal-free synthesis and study of glycine betaine derivatives in water for antimicrobial and anticancer applications,” iScience, 2023, 26, 107285.
19. Munan S., Yadav R., Samanta A.*, “Ratiometric fluorescent probes for pH mapping in cellular organelles,” Analyst, 2023, 148, 4242–4262.
20. Baruah M., Jana A., Pareek N., Singh S., Samanta A.*, “A Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for Hypochlorite and Lipid Droplets to Monitor Oxidative Stress,” Biosensors, 2023, 17, 662.
21. Yadav R., Munan S., Ali M., Mapa K., Samanta A.*, “A Systematic Design and Synthesis of PET-based Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring pH During Mitophagy,” Chem. Asian J., 2023, 18, e202300308.
22. Yadav R., Munan S., Kardam V., Dubey K. D., Samanta A.*, “Esterase Specific Fluorescent Probe: Mechanistic Understanding Using QM/MM Calculation and Cell States Discrimination,” Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 7, e202300244.
23. Baruah M., Kwon H. W., Cho H., Chang Y. T., Samanta A.*, “A Photoinduced Electron Transfer-Based Hypochlorite-Specific Fluorescent Probe for Selective Imaging of Proinflammatory M1 in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Model,” Anal. Chem., 2023, 95, 4147–4154.
24. Maiti D., Munan S., Singh S., Das R., Samanta A.*, Sen S., “Light induced diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) library of annulated indolizine fluorophores for imaging non-lysosomal lipid droplets (LDs),” J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 2191–2199.
25. Bera D., Baruah M., Dehury A., Samanta A., Chaudhary Y., Goswami N.*, “Depletion Driven Assembly of Ultra-Small Metal Nanoclusters: From Kinetically Arrested Assemblies to Thermodynamically Stable, Spherical Superclusters,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2022, 40, 9411–9421.
26. Munan S., Ali M., Yadav R., Mapa K., Samanta A.*, “PET- and ICT-Based Ratiometric Probe: An Unusual Phenomenon of Morpholine-Conjugated Fluorophore for Mitochondrial pH Mapping during Mitophagy,” Anal. Chem., 2022, 94, 11633–11642.
27. Baruah M., Jana A., Ali M., Mapa K., Samanta A.*, “An efficient PeT based fluorescent probe for mapping mitochondrial oxidative stress produced via the Nox2 pathway,” J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2230–2237.
28. Jana A., Baruah M., Samanta A.*, “Activity-based fluorescent probes for sensing and imaging of Reactive Carbonyl species (RCSs),” Chem. Asian J., 2022, in press.
29. Munan S., Kottarathil S., Joseph M. M., Jana A., Ali M., Mapa K., Maiti K. K., Samanta A.*, “IndiFluors: A New Full-Visible Color-Tunable Donor–Acceptor–Donor (D1–A–D2) Fluorophore Family for Ratiometric pH Imaging during Mitophagy,” ACS Sens., 2024, 9, 7, 3502–3510.
30. Ramya A. N., Joseph M. M., Karunakaran V., Ahammed C. V. S., Samanta A., Maiti K. K.*, “An Efficient Molecular Luminophore based on Tetraphenylethylene (TPE) Enabling Intracellular Detection and Therapeutic Benefits of Hydrogen Sulfide in Alzheimer’s Disease,” Sens. Actuators B Chem., 2022, 355, 131118.
31. Jana A., Baruah M. M., Munan S., Samanta A.*, “ICT based water-soluble fluorescent probe for discriminating mono and dicarbonyl species and analysis in foods,” Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 6380–6383.
32. Jana A., Joseph M. M., Munan S., Shamna K., Maiti K. K., Samanta A.*, “A single benzene fluorescent probe for efficient formaldehyde sensing in living cells using glutathione as an amplifier,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, 2021, 214, 112091.
33. Jana A., Joseph M. M., Munan S., Maiti K. K., Samanta A.*, “Highly selective chemosensor for reactive carbonyl species based on simple 1,8-diaminonaphthalene,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, 2020, 213, 112076.
34. Chakraborty S., Joseph M. M., Varughese S., Ghosh S., Maiti K. K., Samanta A.*, Ajayaghosh A., “A new pentacyclic pyrylium fluorescent probe that responds to pH imbalance during apoptosis,” Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 12695–12700.

Before joining at SNU/SNIoE:

1. Kim, J. J.; Lee, Y. A.; Su, D.; Lee, J.; Park, S. J.; Kim, B.; Lee, J. H. J.; Hong, S. C.; Lu, W.; Samanta, A.; Kwon, H. Y.; Kim, J. Y.; Wang, Z.; Kang, N. Y.; Chang, Y. T.* A Novel NIR Probe Tracks and Treas Lung Tumor Initiating Cells by Targeting HMOX2. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14673–14686.
2. Park, S. J.; Ho, H. C.; Arai, S.; Samanta, A.; Olivo, M.; Chang, Y. T.* Visualizing Alzheimer's Disease Brain with Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography Using a Fluorescent Probe, CDnir7. Sci. Rep. 2019, 9, 12052.
3. Sudheesh, K. V.; Jayaram, P. S.; Samanta, A.; Bejoymohandas, K. S.; Jayashree, R. S.; Ajayaghosh, A.* A Cyclometalated Ir(III) Complex as Lysosome Targeted Photodynamic Therapeutic Agent for Integrated Imaging and Therapy in Cancer Cells. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 10999–11007.
4. Sudheesh, K. V.; Joseph, M. M.; Philips, D. P.; Samanta, A.; Maiti, K. K.; Ajayaghosh, A.* pH‐Controlled Nanoparticles Formation and Tracking of Lysosomal Zinc Ions in Cancer Cells by Fluorescent Carbazole–Bipyridine Conjugates. Chem. Select 2018, 3, 2416–2422.
5. Su, D.; Chai, L. T.; Park, S. J.; Kim, J. J.; Samanta, A.; Bi, R.; Dinish, U. S.; Olivo, M.; Chang, Y. T. Seeing Elastin: A Near-Infrared Zwitterionic Fluorescent Probe for In Vivo Elastin Imaging. Chem 2018, 4, 1128–1138.
6. Peng, J.; Samanta, A.; Zeng, X.; Han, S.; Wang, L.; Su, D.; Loong, D. T. B.; Kang, N. Y.; Park, S. J.; All, A. H.; Jian, W.; Yuan, L.; Liu, X.; Chang, Y. T.* Real-Time In Vivo Hepatotoxicity Monitoring Through Chromophore-Conjugated Photon-Upconverting Nanoprobes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2017, 56, 4165–4169.
7. Han, S.; Samanta, A.; Xie, X.; Huang, L.; Peng, J.; Park, S. J.; Teh, D. B. L.; Choi, Y.; Tian, J.; Chang, Y. T.; All, A. H.; Yang, Y.; Xing, B.; Liu, X. Gold and Hairpin DNA Functionalization of Upconversion Nanocrystals for Imaging and In Vivo Drug Delivery. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1700244.
8. Kang, H.; Jeong, S.; Jo, A.; Chang, H.; Yang, J. K.; Jeong, C.; Kyeong, S.; Lee, Y. W.; Samanta, A.; Maiti, K. K.; Cha, M. G.; Kim, T.-K.; Lee, S.; Jun, B. H.; Chang, Y. T.; Chung, J.; Lee, H. Y.; Jeong, D. H.; Lee, Y. S. Ultrasensitive NIR-SERRS Probes with Multiplexed Ratiometric Quantification for In Vivo Antibody Leads Validation. Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2017, 4, 1700870.
9. Peng, J.; Teoh, C. L.; Zeng, X.; Wang, L.; Xu, W.; Samanta, A.; Su, D.; Yuan, L.; Liu, X.; Chang, Y. T. Development of Highly Selective, Sensitive and Fast Response Upconversion Luminescent Platform for Hydrogen Sulfide Detection. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2016, 26, 191–199.
10. Ni, Y.; Lee, S.; Son, M.; Aratani, N.; Ishida, M.; Samanta, A.; Yamada, H.; Chang, Y. T.; Furuta, H.; Kim, D.; Wu, J. A Diradical Approach Towards BODIPY-Based Dyes with Intense Near-Infrared Absorption Around λ = 1100 nm. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2016, 55, 2815–2819.
11. Roy, R. K.; Hoppe, M. M.; Sharma, N.; Srivastava, S.; Samanta, A.; Tan, K. T.; Yang, H.; Voon, D. C.; Pang, B.; Teh, M.; Kamiya, N. M.; Hatakeyama, M.; Chang, Y. T.; Ito, Y.; Ho, K. Y.; Tan, P.; Soong, R.; Koeffler, P. H.; Yeoh, K. G.; Jeyasekharan, A. D. CEACAM6 is Upregulated by H. pylori CagA and is a Biomarker for Early Gastric Cancer. Oncotarget 2016, 7, 55290–55301.
12. Peng, J.; Xu, W.; Chai, L. T.; Han, S.; Samanta, A.; Er, J. C.; Wang, L.; Yuan, L.; Liu, X.; Chang, Y. T. High-Efficiency In Vitro and In Vivo Detection of Zn²⁺ by Dye-Assembled Upconversion Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2336–2342.
13. Su, D.; Chai, T.; Samanta, A.; Kang, N. Y.; Park, S. J.; Chang, Y. T.* The Development of a Highly Photostable and Chemically Stable Zwitterionic Near-Infrared Dye for Imaging Applications. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 3989–3992.
14. Zhang, L.; Er, J. C.; Li, X.; Heng, J. J.; Samanta, A.; Chang, Y. T.*; Lee, C.-L. K. Development of a Thymidine Propeller Loops Parallel-Stranded G-Quadruplexes Fluorescent Probe by Library Approach. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 7386–7389.
15. Jeong, Y. M.; Zhai, D.; Hennig, H.; Samanta, A.; Agrawalla, B. K.; Bray, M.; Ljosa, V.; Carpenter, A.; Chang, Y. T. CDy6, a Photostable Probe for Long-Term Real-Time Visualization of Mitosis and Proliferating Cells. Chem. Biol. 2015, 22, 299–307.
16. Kim, E. S.; Samanta, A.; Cheng, H. S.; Ding, Z.; Han, W.; Toschi, L.; Chang, Y. T. Effect of Oncogene Activating Mutations and Kinase Inhibitors on Amino Acid Metabolism of Human Isogenic Breast Cancer Cells. Mol. Biosyst. 2015, 11, 3378–3386.
17. Ramya, A. N.; Samanta, A.; Nisha, N.; Chang, Y. T.; Maiti, K. K.* New Insight of Squaraine-Based Biocompatible Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanotag for Cancer-Cell Imaging. Nanomedicine 2015, 10, 561–571.
18. Kang, N. Y.; Park, S. J.; Ang, X. W. E.; Samanta, A.; Driessen, W. H. P.; Ntziachristos, V.; Vasquez, K. O. N.; Peterson, J. D.; Yun, S. W.; Chang, Y. T.* A Macrophage-Uptaking Near-Infrared Chemical Probe CDnir7 for In Vivo Imaging of Inflammation. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6589–6591.
19. Xu, W.; Bai, J.; Peng, J.; Samanta, A.; Arya, D.; Chang, Y. T. Milk Quality Control: Instant and Quantitative Milk Fat Determination with a BODIPY Sensor-Based Fluorescence Detector. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10398–10401.
20. Samanta, A.; Jana, S.; Das, R.; Chang, Y. T. Wavelength and Shape Dependent SERS Study to Develop Ultrasensitive Nanotags for Imaging of Cancer Cells. RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 12415–12421.
21. Samanta, A.; Das, R.; Park, S. J.; Maiti, K. K.; Chang, Y. T.* Multiplexing SERS Nanotags for the Imaging of Differentiated Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells (mESC) and Detection of Teratoma In Vivo. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging 2014, 4, 114–124.
22. Samanta, A.; Jana, S.; Das, R. K.; Chang, Y. T.* Biocompatible Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanotags for In Vivo Cancer Detection. Nanomedicine 2014, 9, 523–535.
23. Zhang, L.; Er, J. C.; Xu, W.; Qin, X.; Samanta, A.; Jana, S.; Lee, C.-L. K.; Chang, Y. T. “Orange Alert”: A Fluorescent Detector for Bisphenol A in Water Environments. Anal. Chim. Acta 2014, 815, 51–56.
24. Maiti, K. K.; Dinish, U. S.; Samanta, A.; Soh, K. S.; Vendrell, M.; Yun, S. W.; Olivo, M.; Chang, Y. T., Multiplex targeted in vivo cancer detection using sensitive near-infrared SERS nanotags.
    Nano Today 2012, 7, 85–93.
25. Samanta, A.; Maiti, K. K.; Soh, K. S.; Liao, X.; Vendrell, M.; Dinish, U. S.; Yun, S. W.; Bhuvaneswari, R.; Kim, H.; Rautela, S.; Chung, J.; Olivo, M.; Chang, Y. T., Ultrasensitive Near-Infrared Raman Reporters for SERS-based in vivo Cancer Detection. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2011, 50, 6089–6092.
26. Samanta, A.; Vendrell, M.; Yun, S. W.; Guan, Z.; Xu, Q. H.; Chang, Y. T., A photostable near‐infrared protein labeling dye for in vivo imaging., Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1353–1356.
27. Maiti, K. K.; Samanta, A.; Vendrell, M.; Soh, K. S.; Olivo, M.; Chang, Y. T.
    Multiplex cancer cell detection by SERS nanotags with cyanine and triphenylmethine Raman reporters., Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 3514–3516.
28. Vendrell, M.; Samanta, A.; Yun, S. W.; Chang, Y. T., Synthesis and characterization of a cell-permeable near-infrared fluorescent deoxyglucose analogue for cancer cell imaging., Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 4760–4762.
29. Das, R. K.; Samanta, A.; Ha, H. H.; Chang, Y. T., Solid Phase Synthesis of Ultra-Photostable Cyanine NIR dye library., RSC Advances 2011, 1, 573–575.
30. Das, R. K.; Samanta, A.; Ghosh, K.; Zhai, D.; Xu, W.; Su, D.; Leong, C.; Chang, Y. T. Target Identification: A Challenging Step in Forward Chemical Genetics., Interdiscip. Bio Central 2011, 3, 1–16.
31. Samanta, A.; Vendrell, M.; Das, R.; Chang, Y. T., Development of photostable near-IR cyanine dyes., Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 7406–7408.
32. Lee, J. W.; Bork, J. T.; Ha, H. H.; Samanta, A.; Chang, Y. T., Novel orthogonal synthesis of tagged combinatorial triazine library via Grignard reaction., Aust. J. Chem. 2009, 62, 1000–1006.
33. Lee, J. S.; Kang, N. Y.; Kim, Y. K.; Samanta, A.; Feng, S.; Kim, H. K.; Vendrell, M.; Park, J. H.; Chang, Y. T., Synthesis of a BODIPY Library and Its Applications to the Development of Live Cell Glucagon Imaging Probe., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10077–10082

1. Diversity orientated fluorescence library approach: Accelerating the probe development for Biological and Environmental Applications (Book Chapter 1)” Animesh Samanta, Subrata Munan, Anal Jana, Young Tae Chang, Wiley-VCH, DOI: 10.1039/9781839167324-00067.
2. Chapter 9: Advanced Strategies in Designing Fluorescent Probes for Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Analysis; Mousumi Baruah, Nripankar Kalita Animesh Samanta*, Book  Chapters: CRC Press /Taylor & Francis Group, LLC)-Fluorescent Chemosensing and Bioimaging

3. Chapter 10: Enhancing Biomolecule Recognition through Cellular imaging using Functional Fluorophore, Niharika Pareek, Rashmi Yadav, Animesh Samanta*, Book Chapters: CRC Press /Taylor & Francis Group, LLC)-‘Fluorescent Chemosensing and Bioimaging

• Fluorescent biomarker enhanced endoscopy for the detection of gastric cancer, Sharma, N.; Roy, R.; Hoppe, M.;   Samanta, A.; Chang, Y- T.; Srivastava, S.;   Ming, T.; Guan, Y. K.; Ho, K. Y.;  Jeyasekharan, A.* J. Gastroentrol Hepatol. 2016/11/1, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2016, 31, 290.
• Phosphoserine aminotransferase 1 (PSAT1) as a novel anti-tumor target in hepatocellular carcinoma, Ding, Z.;  Wee, K.;   Kim, E-S.; Samanta, A.; Steckel, M.;   Raschke, M.;   Velan, S.;  Chang, Y. T.; Haegebarth, A.;  Ziegelbauer, K.;  Gruenewald, S.;  Han, W, Cancer Res. Proceedings: AACR 106th Annual Meeting 2015; April 18-22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA, 2015, 75, 1163.

1.  2025_Invited lecture at ICEFN2025, scheduled at Kumaun University, Nainital, from March 20^th to 22^nd, 2025.

2. 2022_Invited lecture at Global Summit on Sustainable Science and Technology (GS3T), 15^th Sep. 2022, ADAMAS University, Kolkata

3. 2022_International Chemical Biology & Molecular Imaging Conference (iCBMIc). 19^th Aug. 2022     POSTECH, South Korea

4. 2022_Invited Webinar on International Winter School lecture, 21^st Feb., 2022.            Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Iran

5. 2022_Invited Webinar On Meet the Leader Chemistry-2, 19^th Feb., 2022. ADAMAS University, Kolkata

6. 2021_Invited Webinar on Recent Advances in Materials And Nanoscience (RAMAN’21), 12th Nov., Ramananda college, West Bengal

7. 2020_Webinar at AKAL university on "nanomaterials for healthcare" 25th November 2020. 

8. 2019_Invited Lecture, 3^rd Asian Conference on Chemosensors & Imaging Probes (AsianChIP), 6-9 November, 2019

Before Shiv Nadar University: (Selected conference)

1. National Conference Luminescence and its Applications as an attendee on 14^th-16^th February 2018 organized by Luminescence Society of India and       National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology.

2. Poster presentation on “8^th East Asia Symposium” Trivandrum 2017.

3. Organizing Committee Member of 8^th East Asia Symposium (EAS8) on Functional Dyes and related Advanced Materials.

4. Poster presentation at “Asia Chemical Biology Conference” Singapore 2014.

5. Poster presentation at “A*STAR Scientific Conference 2013” Singapore, 2013.

6. Poster presentation at “A*STAR Scientific Conference 2012” Singapore, 2012.

7. Poster presentation at “5^th Annual Biopharma Asia Convention 2012” Singapore, 2012.

8. Poster presentation at “RSC International conference; Challenges in Chemical Biology” Organized by Manchester University, U.K, 2011.

9. Poster presentation at “NUS-Chemistry/Seoul National University/ Chemistry MOU and Joint Symposium” Organized by Seoul national University, Korea,     2009.

1. Sanctioned Amount: Rs. ~38 lakh (Accepted)

Duration: 3 years (2025-2028)

Funding Agency: Shiv Nadar Foundation Inter institution Collaboration Grants 2024.

Grant details: Collab0007

Title: “Nanomedicine for Breast Cancer: Exosome carriers with thermal agents and nanothermometer for effective therapy and monitoring”

PI: Animesh Samanta

2. Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 9 lakh (ongoing)

Duration: 3 years (2023-2026)

Funding Agency: UPCST,

Grant details: Project ID: 3312

Title: Title of the project: To study the therapeutic efficacy of novel ceramide analogs in cellular disease models of schizophrenia.

PI: Dr. Soumya Pati and Co-PI: Dr. Animesh Samanta, received on 26-10-2023.

3. Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 40,22,832 lakh (ongoing)

Duration: 3 years (2021-2024)

Funding Agency: DST-SERB

Grant details: Core Research Grant (CRG/2021/002313)

Title: Unbiased Screening of Diversity Orientated Fluorescence Library to accelerate the Probe Development for Diagnostics and Environmental Analysis

PI: Animesh Samanta

4. Sanctioned Amount: 35 lakhs (completed) total Rs. 1.3 cr. (including Fellowship)

Duration: 5 years (2016-2021; another 1 year extension till 2022; carry Fwd from CSIR-NIIST to SNU)

Funding Agency: DST-SERB

Grant details: Ramanujan Project (SB/S2/RJN-148/2015)

Title: Low cost photonic device for Diagnostics application

PI: Animesh Samanta

1. A lysosome-specific nitric oxide probe for neuroinflammation and process of synthesis thereof: Samanta A., Munan S., Mandol A., Pati S., Singh S. Indian Patent Application No.: 202311040064, dated June 12, 2023.
2. Development of Photostable Near-IR Cyanine Dyes for In Vivo Imaging: Chang Y.-T., Samanta A., Vendrell M., Kang N.-Y., Maiti K. K., Soh K. S., Dinish U. S., Olivo M. International Patent Application No.: PCT/SG2011/000117; Ref: 09227N-PCT; Docket No. 4459.1016-000.
3. Licensing Technology: A Panel of Live Fluorescent Probes for the Identification of Proliferating and Potent Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Licensed to Zenzic Labs Pte Ltd (formerly Brilliant Research Pte Ltd).

• Guest Editor, [Chemosensors] Special Issue "A Theme Issue in Honor of Dr. Richard Horobin—Cell or Organelle Selective Fluorescent Probes: Their Design, Mechanism, Modeling and Application".
• Affiliate member of Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Life membership of Chemical Research Society of India.
• Reviewer of many journals in RSC, ACS, MDPI, and Wiley.