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Bimal Krishna Banik conducted his Ph. D. degree work in Chemistry at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta. Then, he pursued postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio and Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. Dr. Banik is a FRSC and CChem of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. 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 (UTPA). He was also the Vice President of Research & Education Development at the Community Health Systems of Texas. At present, he is a Full Professor and Senior Researcher of Natural Sciences & Human Studies at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Professor Banik has been conducting synthetic chemistry and medicinal research on diverse cancers, antibiotics, hormones, carbohydrates, metals and salts, natural products, catalysis and environmentally benign methods. As the Principal Investigator, he has been awarded $7.25 million grants from US NIH, US NCI and US Private Foundations. At present, he has 578 publications, 513 presentation abstracts and 8017 journal citations with 47 h-index. Due to his contributions to research, Professor Banik is designated as a “Distinguished Researcher” and a “Distinguished Scientist” by Scientific Organizations.