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Prof. Amitava Adhikary 

Present Address:                         

Research Associate Professor

President CIRMS (cirms.org)

Councilor (Chemistry), Radiation Research Society (Oct. 2017 - Oct. 2020)

Department of Chemistry, Oakland University,  Rochester, MI - 48309, USA.

Tel: 001 248 370 2094 (office), 001 248 370 4996 (lab), Fax: 001 248 370 2321   

  https://www.oakland.edu/chemistry/faculty/amitava-adhikary

Before joining Oakland University in April, 2004, I worked as an assistant professor (tenured) at the Department of Chemistry, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi:

Assistant Professor (Tenured), Department of Chemistry,Rajdhani College,

University of Delhi, Raja Garden, Ring Road, Delhi 110 085, India.

Tel:   0091 11 25930752  

Fax : 0091 11 2766 6564

http://www.rajdhanicollege.ac.in/

E-mail: aadhikary2000@yahoo.com; adhikary.amitava@gmail.com; amitavaadhikary@rediffmail.com; amit246@hotmail.com adhikary@oakland.edu

1. DAAD Fellow - Sandwich Model Fellow (1995-1996) at Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie,Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany  ((Late ) Prof. Dr. C. von Sonntag and Dr. E. Bothe).

2. Assistance from (Late) Prof. Dr. C. von Sonntag to carry out research work in Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany (26th April – 17th May, 1997).

3. DAAD Short-term Fellow (1999) at Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany ((Late) Prof. Dr. C. von Sonntag and Dr. E. Bothe)

4. DAAD Invited Fellow at Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany - Prof. Dr. J. Wolfrum and Dr. M. Sauer (4th April - 2nd June, 2002)

5. Visiting Fellow at Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany - Prof. Dr. M. Sauer (6th May - 5th July, 2003).

6. Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the group of Prof. M.D. Sevilla, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan,USA (April, 2004 - 29th Jan, 2009).

7. Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA (30th Jan, 2009 - July 2014).

8. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA (August 2014 -Jan, 2020).

9. Research Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA (Jan, 2020-).

Service at OU:

1.  Chemistry department, OU: Member of the Committee on high school student research (September, 2017 – to date)

2.      Honors College (OU) Council member:  Council member for Chemistry since February 2019-February, 2022. This appointment is for 3 years.

3.     Member, Dissertation Committee: Dissertation Committee of Mr. Samuel Ward

Service Outside OU:

1. Dissertation committee member:

   (a) Member of the Dissertation committee of Ms. Yahaira Reyes, FIU, Miami, USA. Yahaira defended her thesis successfully on 13th October 2023.

   (b) Accepted as a Co-Guide at the Chemistry Department, IIT Mumbai, India, Current Ph.D. student: Mr. S.J. Jishnu Narayanan.

2.  Visiting Professorship:

(a) Université Paris-Saclay: The application was submitted in September 2021, was approved on the 16th May 2022. I was a visiting Professor from 09-07-22 to 09-28-22.

3. Grant reviewer:

(a)   NIH: Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) member, NCI 2023 LRP application panel.

Member of Scientific organizations:

(i)  Life member - Indian Photobiology Society (LM-129).

(ii) Life member - Indian Biophysical Society (Membership no. 442)

(iii) Life member – Indian Society of Radiation Biology (Membership no. ISRB/A-06/303 (http://www.isrbindia.com/assets/Uplaods/ISRB-Life-Members-LIST/List-of-ISRB-Life-Members-Serial-Number-wise-Dec.-9-2012.pdf)) and has served as an EC member (Nov., 2001 - Nov., 2004).

(iv) SIT (Scholar-in-Training) member of Radiation Research Society, USA (no. 14119) (2004 -2013)

(v) Full member, Radiation Research Society (2014 - to date)

(vi) Councilor (Chemistry), Radiation Research Society in Radiation Research Society (October 2017 - October, 2020)

    (http://www.theoaklandpress.com/business/20170925/ou-research-professor-elected-chemistry-councilor-to-the-radiation-research-society)  

Served in various committees of Radiation Research Society:

         (a)  SIT committee member (9th October, 2007 - 1st September 2011)

         (b) Ad-hoc committee of Government relations (October, 2007 - Current) ,

         (c) Constitutions and by-laws (October, 2007 - December, 2009),

         (d) Finance Committee (Jan 2010 - 2012).

         (e) Website Committee (Current - 2014).

          (f) Membership Committee (Current)

(vii)  (a) Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 15th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Aussois, France, 27th May - 1st June, 2018 (https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3),

(b) Member of Young Investigator Award Committee of this workshop.

(c) Chosen to chair the first and the last sessions of the 15th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Aussois, France, 27th May - 1st June, 2018 

https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/final_program_1.pdf

(viii) Will be organizing the 16th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/IWRDD_2020_announcement.pdf

(ix) Member, Planning committee, CIRMS 2021, CIRMS 2022, CIRMS 2023 meetings.

(x) Member, Executive Committee, CIRMS (28th April, 2021 - ).

(xi) 2nd Vice President, CIRMS (28th April, 2021- 13th April, 2022)

(xii) 1st Vice-President CIRMS (13th April, 2022- 19th April, 2023)

(xiii) President, CIRMS on 19th April, 2023 (https://cirms.org/leadership/ ).

(xiv) Member Program Committee, 17th International Congress on Radiation Research 2023 (ICRR 2023) , 27 -31 Aug Montreal, Canada. https://na.eventscloud.com/website/49433/committees/

(xv) Member, Program Committee, 69th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society Sept 15-18 2024, to be held in Tucson, Arizona.

(xvi) Regular member, American Chemical Society (ACS), Physical Chemistry Division, Biophysical Chemistry subdivision

Awards/Fellowships:

Awards:

(A) American Chemical Society (CAS registry innovator) since 9th October 2023.

 (B) Awards/Fellowships received in School, College, and in University:

 (i)                National Scholarship in Madhyamik Examination and Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Prize in Bankura Zilla School (1982).

 (ii)              National Scholarship in Higher Secondary Examination (1984).

 (iii)            Half-free studentship in M.Sc. (1990).

(C) National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the National Educational Testing Bureau of University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession and research

            Qualified NET Examination held on 27th Dec, 1992.

(D) Travel Awards in Symposia/conferences:

 (i)       Junior Scientist Travel Grant Award in 10th ICRR (International Congress of Radiation Research) held at Würzburg, Germany (1995).

 (ii)      Young Investigator Award in the 5th L. H. Gray Workshop entitled “Radiation Damage in DNA Techniques, Quantitation and Mechanisms” organized by Gray Laboratory and Medical Research Council, U.K., held at Bowness-on-Windermere, Lake District, U.K., (19th – 24th April, 1997).

(iii)      SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award (2005) in the 52nd Annual meeting of Radiation Research Society held at Denver, Colorado, USA (16th – 19th October, 2005).

(iv)  Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings in the Gordon Research Conference of Radiation Chemistry held at Colby College, Portland/Maine, USA (2nd – 7th July, 2006).

(v)   SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 53rd Annual meeting of Radiation Research Society to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (5th – 8th November, 2006).

(vi)  Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings in the Gordon Research Conference of Radiation Chemistry held at Waterville Valley Resort, Waterville/New Hampshire, USA (6th – 11th July, 2008).

(vii)    SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 54th Annual meeting of Radiation Research Society to be held in Boston, M.A., USA, 21st – 24th September, 2008.

(viii)   Young Investigators Travel Grant Award in the 11th   International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 15th -  19th May, 2010.

(ix)  SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 56th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 25th  – 29th  September, 2010.

(x) SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 14th International Congress of Radiation Research, August 28 - September 1, 2011, Warsaw, Poland.

(xi) SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 58th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, 29th September – 3rd October 2012.

(xii) Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings at the Gordon Research Conference of Radiation Chemistry at Proctor Academy, Andover, USA, July 29th – August 3rd, 2012.

(xiii) SIT (Scholar-in-Training) Travel Award in the 59th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, New Orleans, LA, USA, 15th – 18th September 2013.

(xiv) Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings at the 13th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, MIT, Boston, USA, 14th – 18th June 2014.

(xv) Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings at the Gordon Research Conference of Radiation Chemistry at Proctor Academy, Andover, USA, July 13th – July 18th , 2014.

(xvi) Received financial assistance from the Chair, to attend and present the research findings at the 14th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Melbourne, Australia, 20th – 24th March, 2016.

 (E) Awards in Symposia/conferences:

 (i)   Best poster presentation prize along with cash prize in TSRP-‘94 (Trombay Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry) held at Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay, India (1994).

 (ii)  YIPP (Young Investigators’ Preferred Paper) award in Radiobiology –2000 organized by Indian Society of Radiation Biology (ISRB) in Trivandrum, India (17th – 19th Feb. 2000).

(F) Lectureship in Symposia/conferences:

(i)  Received Marie Curie Award and delivered Marie Curie Award Lecture in the 13th International Congress of Radiation Research, San Francisco, USA (8th – 12th July, 2007). http://www.radres.org/default.asp?page=AwardsMCurie

(ii) Received the STE International Achiever Award, 2021 and delivered the STE International Achiever Award, 2021 Lecture during the 3rd Annual Meet of STE and International Conference on “Environment, Water, Agriculture, Sustainability and Health (EWASH-2021): United Together in The Battle Against Pandemic” held online on 21st – 22nd January, 2022.

 (G) Chair/Co-chair in Symposia/conferences:

(i)                 Co-chaired a symposium on “Insights into the mechanisms of molecular product formation from ionizing radiation” in the 55th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Savannah, Georgia., USA, 4th – 7th October, 2009.

 (ii)              Co-chaired a symposium on “Elementary processes in DNA damage formation” in the 56th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 25th – 29th September, 2010.

 (iii)            Chaired the first session entitled "Session I: Low Energy Electrons" in the 12th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Prague, Czech Republic, 2nd - 7th June, 2012. http://radamdna.odz.ujf.cas.cz/scientific-program.

 (iv)             Co-chaired a symposium on "Redox reactions and radiation chemistry of Biomolecules" in the 58th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, 29th September – 3rd  October 2012.

                       http://www.ameetingbydesign.com/ambddrop/2012_RRS_SAG.pdf

 (v)               Co-chaired a symposium on "Chemistry of the DNA strand break termini" in the 61st Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Bonaventure resort, Weston, Florida, September 19-22, 2015.(vi)                 (a) Member of the International Scientific Committee of the 15th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Aussois, France, 27th May - 1st June, 2018 (https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3),

(b) Member of Young Investigator Award Committee of this workshop.

(c) Chosen to chair the first and the last sessions of the 15th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Aussois, France, 27th May - 1st June, 2018 

https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/final_program_1.pdf

(vii)            Chaired the session entitled “Advances in Methods and their Applications (1)” in ICIP 2018, July 22 – 27, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

(viii) Co-chaired the minisymposium entitled “Radiation chemistry of DNA” in the 65th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, San Diego, California, November 3-6, 2019.

(ix) Chaired the “Topical Review” Session entitled “High dose rate radiation physics & chemistry: The early events” Virtual Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, October 18-21, 2020.

(x) Chaired and Moderated the “Young Investigator session” on 26th April at CIRMS 2021, Rockville, MD (http://cirms.org/conference_agenda.html). CIRMS 2020 has been postponed for a year due to Covid-19 pandemic (http://cirms.org/news.html).

(xi) Chaired and moderated the “Young Investigator session” on 11th April at virtual CIRMS 2022 (https://cirms.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CIRMS2022-Agenda.pdf).

(xii) Chaired the session entitled “Radiation-Induced Effects in Biological Systems” – the first session of the 3rd International Conference on Ionizing Processes (ICIP 2022) 11 - 14 July 2022, virtual and organized by the Idaho National Laboratory Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, https://cr2.inl.gov/SitePages/ICIP%202022.aspx.

(xiii) Co-chaired the minisymposium entitled “Spatial/Temporal Aspects of Radiation Damage” at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii October 16 -19, 2022.

(xiv) At CIRMS 2023, (a) chaired and moderated the “Young Investigator session”, and (b) co-chaired the session “DNA DAMAGE FROM IONIZING RADIATION”. https://cirms.org/wp-content/uploads/cirms2023/CIRMS2023-Agenda.pdf

(xv)  Co-chaired (a) the 1st Keynote session on the 18th March 2024 and (b) the 1st Keynote session entitled “Cancer Tumor Management” on the 19th March 2024 at the 8th Edition World Cancer Congress – 2024, March 18th - 20th 2024 at the Auditorium I of JNU Convention Centre, JNU, New Delhi, India, https://worldcancercongress.in/.

 (H) Organizing  Symposia/conferences:

(i)  Organized "Radiation Chemistry" minisymposium at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Historic Hilton Chicago, September 23-26, 2018.

(ii) Organized a breakout session on “Chemistry of Radiation Damage to DNA and its Consequences” in CIRMS 2019, Gaithersburg, NIST. http://www.cirms.org/con-agenda-medical-1.html

(iii) Organized two symposia at the ACS regional meeting CERM22 at Ypsilanti, MI, June 7-10, 2022 one on 7th June (Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Damage to DNA and its consequences (oral)) and the other on 8th June (Experimental Physical Chemistry (oral)) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JIVudm9ZxfJ_nAO5_r7ALB2n3s3DVI_e/view )

(iv) Will be organizing the 16th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA https://15iwrdd.sciencesconf.org/data/pages/IWRDD_2020_announcement.pdf(postponed till 2022 due to Covid-19 pandemic).

 (I) Other Awards:

(i)   National Youth Award presented by Khadi and Village Industries Development Agency of India (2004).

(ii) Received the “Rising Star, Department of Chemistry” Award from OU Research Office (7th April, 2022).

(J) Other activities:

(i) Delivered a radio interview Deutsche Welle on DAAD Fellowship (2000).

(ii) Podcast interview (2007) Marie Curie Award, Radiation Research Society, during International Congress of Radiation Research, San Fransisco, USA (8th – 12th July, 2007).

(iii) Podcast interview (2014) (to be done) regarding release of Clemens von Sonntag memorial issue of Int. J Radiation Biol.  (Int. J. Radiat. Biol.  vol 90, no 6. (June, 2014), pp 415 - 511.)

 Research Interest:

• • Elucidation of the mechanistic pathways involved in direct interaction of radiation with DNA,

  • Formation of site-specific aminyl radical via dissociative electron attachment to azidotnucleosides and to their derivatives (nucleotides, oligomers etc.) as well as subsequent reactions of these aminyl radicals.

  • Elucidation of mechanisms of radiomodifying actions by minor-groove-ligands, e.g., bis-benzimidazole derivative Hoechst 33258 and its analogs

  • Elucidation of mechanisms of radiomodifying actions by nanoceria.

  • Advanced Oxidation Processes and its application in environmental remediation.

Collaborators:

 (i) Prof. Stanislaw F. Wnuk, Florida International University: http://www2.fiu.edu/~wnuk/

(ii) Prof. Sudipta Seal , University of Central Florida: http://sudipta-seal.ucf.edu/

(iii) Prof. Ireneusz (Irek) Janik, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame: http://rad.nd.edu/people/faculty/ireneusz-janik/

(iv) Prof. Marc M. Greenberg (Johns Hopkins University): http://chemistry.jhu.edu/greenberg/biography.html.

(v) Prof. Mehran Mostafavi, University of Paris-Sud (http://pagesperso.lcp.u-psud.fr/mostafavi/).

(vi) Prof. Roman Dembinski, Oakland University (https://www.oakland.edu/chemistry/top-links/faculty/dembinski/)

(vii)   Dr. Stephan Denifl, Universität Innsbruck, https://www.uibk.ac.at/sp-physik/research-groups/s_denifl.html.en

(viii) Prof. Janez Plavec, Professor, head of NMR center, National Institute of Chemistry, www.slonmr.si

(ix) Dr. Miral Dizdaroglu, NIST Fellow, NIST, https://www.nist.gov/people/miral-dizdaroglu-0

(x) Dr. Rao Papineni (https://pactandhealth.com/)

(xi) Prof. Mohammad Rezaee (Johns Hopkins University): https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/mohammad-rezaee

Editor / Editorial Board:

(i) Lead Guest Editor (Amitava Adhikary, Peter O'Neill, and Jean Cadet) - Special issue of International Journal of Radiation Biology (Prof. Clemens von Sonntag memorial issue), vol 90, no 6. (June, 2014), pp 415 - 511.

(ii) Associate Editor, Radiation Research (2017 -)

    http://www.radres.org/general/custom.asp?page=CommitteesEditorial

(iii) Associate Editor at Radiation Physics & Chemistry

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/radiation-physics-and-chemistry/editorial-board

(iv) Review Editor in Nanoscience, part of the journal(s) Frontiers in Chemistry.

(v) Member of the Editorial Board of Interdisciplinary J Chemistry (http://oatext.com/Interdisciplinary-Journal-of-Chemistry-IJC.php) Till May 2017. Member of the Review Board of Interdisciplinary J Chemistry (http://www.oatext.com/Interdisciplinary-Journal-of-Chemistry-IJC.php#Review_Board)

(vi)  Editorial board (Physical Chemistry), Journal of Chemistry, Hindawi https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jchem/editors/physical.chemistry/

(vii) Handling Editor, Physics Open, Elsevier.

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/physics-open/editorial-board

https://sciencebusiness.net/network-news/elsevier-launches-physics-open

(viii) Editorial board DNA, MDPI https://www.mdpi.com/journal/dna/editors

(ix) Editorial advisory board: https://www.stenvironment.org/journals/editorial-board

Reviewer:

• Radiation Research

• Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

• Radiation Physics and Chemistry

• Free Radical Biology & Medicine

• International Journal of Radiation Biology

• The Journal of Physical Chemistry

• Journal of the American Chemical Society

• International Journal of molecular sciences

• Physical Review Letters

• Photochemistry and Photobiology

• Physical Review E

• Molecules

• Radiation & Environmental Biophysics

• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

• BBA General Subjects

• Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

• The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

• Chemical Physics

• Cancers

•  Journal of Synchrotron Radiation

• Free Radical Research

• Chemical Physics Letters

• Cells

• QuBS

• Nature Communications

• International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Professional Service (other activities): As a member of the SIT committee, Radiation Research Society, I  was involved in coming up with strategies to try and increase membership of Radiation Research Society in Chemistry along with Prof. Jackie Williams (Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester) and Prof. Wendy Pogozelski (Professor, Department of Chemistry, Geneseo).

Projects applied for/ongoing:

1. R01  CA45424  Prof. M. D. Sevilla (PI)                                            1/1/04 - 5/31/09

      NIH/NCI

Radiation Damage to DNA:  Effects of Modifiers and LET

 This is the current grant for which this competing renewal request is made. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET.

           Role: Post-doctoral Research Associate.

  2.  R01  CA45424  Prof. M. D. Sevilla (PI)                                            06/1/09 - 02/28/13

      NIH/NCI

Radiation Damage to DNA:  Effects of Modifiers and LET

 This is the current grant for which this competing renewal request is made. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET.

           Role: Research Associate.

 3. R01 CA45424 Prof. M. D. Sevilla (PI)                                                  03/1/13 - 12/31/21

NIH/NCI

Radiation Damage to DNA: Effects of Modifiers and LET

This is the current grant for which this competing renewal request is made on 07-05-16. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET (Status: funded).

Role: Research Assistant Professor.

4. Our collaboration with Prof. S. F. Wnuk (Florida International University, Miami) resulted in the R01 Grant proposal entitled “Electron-induced site specific formation and reaction of aminyl radicals in azido and sulfenamido DNA models”; this was submitted to NIH for funding on 10/05/15

Role: Principal Investigator (from Oakland University, status, not funded, working towards answering reviewers comments)

5. (a) This is the current grant for which the competing renewal request was made on 07-05-16. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET (status: funded till 02-28-17, renewal not funded, no-cost extension 02-28-18).

Role: Research Assistant Professor.

(b) This is the current grant for which the revised competing renewal request was made on 03-03-17. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET (NIH supplemental fund has been received till 31st December, 2017; the grant is funded till 31st December, 2021).

(c) The competing renewal request for the above-mentioned grant was made on 07-05-21. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET. (Status: renewal not funded, no-cost extension 12-31-22)

Role: Research Associate Professor and assume the role of PI (01-01-22). 

6. 2016 - 2019: (a) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2017. This white paper was approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2017. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" has been submitted to NSF on 11th January, 2017.  (status: not funded, working on answers of the reviewers comments).

  (b) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2018. This white paper has been approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2018. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" has been submitted to NSF on 5th February, 2018.

(status: not funded, working on answers of the reviewers’ comments).

Role: Co-PI and EPR instrument coordinator

   (c) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2019. This white paper has been approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2019. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" was submitted to NSF on 22nd January, 2019.

   Status: Awarded (6-20-19), funded amount = $289,760 start date (07-01-2019) and ends on 06-30-2022.

Role: Co-PI and EPR instrument coordinator

(d) Oakland University Research Excellence Fund                       M. D. Sevilla (PI)  A. Adhikary (co-PI)

                           Submitted on January 3, 2019                            Amount: $18,000.00

Support is requested for preliminary work for a planned NIH submission on the topic of Azido-substituted Nucleosides as Radiation Damage Enhancement Agents”. Funds supplies and services.

    This proposal has been funded (funded amount $13,000.00). 

Role: Co-PI and this is for resubmission of the NIH grant proposal mentioned in point 4. 

7.  Seed funding for Collaboration and Partnership Projects (SCPP) Achintya Kumar Dutta (IIT, Mumbai, India)                                                                                                                                                                             and  Amitava Adhikary (Oakland University, USA)

Duration: (max. 18 months): From 1st May 2023 to 11th November 2024

Proposal Title: Secondary radiation damage to genetic material: looking beyond small model systems.

Objective: The role of Low-energy electrons (LEE) in DNA damage is well established, and controlling them has a strong implication for cancer radiotherapy treatment. However, the exact mechanism of damage is not well understood. The existing state-of-the-art experimental data is only available for small model systems (Nucleotide), and they do not necessarily represent the environment created by the symmetry of Double-Helix structure of the DNA. Recent simulations have shown that the excited state of the anion plays a significant role in the dissociative electron attachment to DNA. However, the currently available theoretical methods, which can accurately treat the ground and excited states of DNA anions, are also restricted to small model systems due to the high computational cost of the calculations. Therefore, one needs to develop larger and more realistic model systems of DNA to get an insight into the DNA damage mechanism. The aim of this project is to understand the mechanism of radiation damage to genetic material using the combined tool of electron pulse radiolysis experiments and QM/MM simulations. The specific objective are as follows:

(1) To develop a QM/MM base protocol that can accurately simulate the ground and excited state of large molecular anions.

(2) To conceptualize and synthesize larger and more realistic model system of DNA which can give good resolution in the transient spectroscopy experiment.

Status: Funded (9th May, 2023), Budget: Total 10.00 Lakhs Indian Rupees.

8. FICHE SYNTHETIQUE International Research Project          Mehran Mostafavi (ICP, Université Paris-    

                                                                                     Saclay, France) and Amitava Adhikary (Oakland University, USA)

Duration: Année 2024 – Année 2027

Project Title: Ultrafast reaction in biomolecules, mechanism of the radiation damage studied by pulse radiolysis and ESR

Objective: L'objectif de ce projet de collaboration entre le Laboratoire Mostafavi (ICP, Université Paris-Saclay) et le Laboratoire Adhikary-Sevilla (Département de chimie, Université d'Oakland (OU)) est de comprendre les voies médiées par les radicaux libres impliquées dans la mort cellulaire par des radiations variant le transfert d'énergie linéaire (LET).

Status: Funded (3rd July, 2023), Budget: Total 48,000 Euros.

Writing grant:

(i) 2008: I wrote a significant portion of the NIH research grant R01 CA045424 submitted by Prof. M. D. Sevilla to NIH/NCI.  This grant application had received a score of 135 (4.6%) and had been funded.

(ii) 2012: I have written a significant portion of the current NIH research grant R01 CA045424 submitted by Prof. M. D. Sevilla to NIH/NCI for renewal and funding. The grant application had received a score of 6% and was funded.

(iii) 2015: R01 Grant proposal entitled “Electron-induced site specific formation and reaction of aminyl radicals in azido and sulfenamido DNA models” Submitted to NIH for funding on 10/05/15 in collaboration with Prof. S. F. Wnuk (Florida International University, Miami).

Role: Principal Investigator (Subcontract to Oakland University). Status (status: not funded, working on answers of the reviewers comments).

 (iv) 2016, 2017: (a) I have written a significant portion of the current NIH research grant R01 CA045424 submitted by Prof. M. D. Sevilla to NIH/NCI for renewal and funding. This grant received 23 percentile score and was not funded.

(b)  I have written a significant portion of the revised version of current NIH research grant R01 CA045424 submitted by Prof. M. D. Sevilla on 03-03-17 to NIH/NCI for renewal and funding.  This grant application received 11 percentile score. NIH supplemental fund has been received till 31st December, 2017 and the grant is funded till 31st December 2021. 

(c) The competing renewal request for the above-mentioned grant was made on 07-05-21. The major goal of this work is the investigation of free radical mechanism in the radiation damage to DNA including the effects of radiation modifiers and LET. (Status: renewal not funded, no-cost extension 12-31-22)

Role: Research Associate Professor and PI (1-1-22) 

(v) 2016-2019: (a) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2017. This white paper has been approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2017. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" has been submitted to NSF on 11th January, 2017 for funding.   (status: not funded, working on answers of the reviewers comments).

(b) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2018. This white paper has been approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2018. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" has been submitted to NSF on 5th February, 2018  (status: not funded, working on answers of the reviewers’ comments).

   (c) Submitted a white paper as a Co-PI to Division of Research, Oakland University for acquiring a Bruker continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance (CW-EPR) under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2019. This white paper has been approved by the Division of Research, Oakland University for submission under NSF-MRI grant proposal 2019. The proposal entitled "MRI: Acquisition of an X-band Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer" was submitted to NSF on 22nd January, 2019. 

  Status: Awarded (6-20-19), funded amount = $289,760 start date (07-01-2019) and ends on 06-30-2022.

(d) Oakland University Research Excellence Fund                M. D. Sevilla (PI)  A. Adhikary (co-PI)

                           Submitted on January 3, 2019                           Requested Amount: $18,000.00

Support is requested for preliminary work for a planned NIH submission on the topic of Azido-substituted Nucleosides as Radiation Damage Enhancement Agents”. Funds supplies and services.

    This proposal has been funded (funded amount $13,000.00). 

Role: Co-PI and this is for resubmission of the NIH grant proposal mentioned in point (iii). 

vi.  Seed funding for Collaboration and Partnership Projects (SCPP) Achintya Kumar Dutta (IIT, Mumbai, India)                                                                                                                                                                             and  Amitava Adhikary (Oakland University, USA)

Duration: (max. 18 months): From 1st May 2023 to 11th November 2024

Proposal Title: Secondary radiation damage to genetic material: looking beyond small model systems.

Objective: The role of Low-energy electrons (LEE) in DNA damage is well established, and controlling them has a strong implication for cancer radiotherapy treatment. However, the exact mechanism of damage is not well understood. The existing state-of-the-art experimental data is only available for small model systems (Nucleotide), and they do not necessarily represent the environment created by the symmetry of Double-Helix structure of the DNA. Recent simulations have shown that the excited state of the anion plays a significant role in the dissociative electron attachment to DNA. However, the currently available theoretical methods, which can accurately treat the ground and excited states of DNA anions, are also restricted to small model systems due to the high computational cost of the calculations. Therefore, one needs to develop larger and more realistic model systems of DNA to get an insight into the DNA damage mechanism. The aim of this project is to understand the mechanism of radiation damage to genetic material using the combined tool of electron pulse radiolysis experiments and QM/MM simulations. The specific objective are as follows:

(1) To develop a QM/MM base protocol that can accurately simulate the ground and excited state of large molecular anions.

(2) To conceptualize and synthesize larger and more realistic model system of DNA which can give good resolution in the transient spectroscopy experiment.

Status: Funded (9th May, 2023), Budget: Total 10.00 Lakhs Indian Rupees.

vii. FICHE SYNTHETIQUE International Research Project          Mehran Mostafavi (ICP, Université Paris-    

                                                                                     Saclay, France) and Amitava Adhikary (Oakland University, USA)

Duration: Année 2024 – Année 2027

Project Title: Ultrafast reaction in biomolecules, mechanism of the radiation damage studied by pulse radiolysis and ESR

Objective: L'objectif de ce projet de collaboration entre le Laboratoire Mostafavi (ICP, Université Paris-Saclay) et le Laboratoire Adhikary-Sevilla (Département de chimie, Université d'Oakland (OU)) est de comprendre les voies médiées par les radicaux libres impliquées dans la mort cellulaire par des radiations variant le transfert d'énergie linéaire (LET).

Status: Funded (3rd July, 2023), Budget: Total 48,000 Euros.

Mentoring students: Mentored 35 students (graduate, undergraduate, and high school) and currently mentoring 4 undergraduate students.

 (i) Alex Petrovici (mentoring jointly with Prof. Michael D. Sevilla) for his Honors College thesis. This has received funding from the Honors College. Congratulations Alex! 

     Alex submitted his thesis entitled "Cerium Nanoparticles as Modifiers to Radiation-induced DNA damage" on 13th November, 2015 to the Honors College. His thesis was approved.

     Alex's thesis has received the "Thesis Award in Chemistry" by Honors College. Congratulations Alex!

(ii) Two students (Alexandru Barbolovici and Moaadh Alhamadi (mentor: I) have submitted their proposals for their undergraduate thesis at Honors College of OU and their proposals have been approved.

 Alexandru Barbolovici submitted his thesis entitled “Investigation of Reactions of Radiation-Produced Electrons with Azido-Nucleosides: Formation and Identification of Radical Intermediates” on 3rd December, 2020 and this thesis was awarded.

Alex's thesis received the "Thesis with Distinction" by Honors College.

    Title of proposal of Moaadh Alhamadi’s thesis: Gold Nanoparticles as Radiosensitizers.

(iii) Direct supervisor of the Ph. D. student Samuel Ward; 

        Sam got the Provost award to attend the 65th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, San Diego, California, November 3-6, 2019. 

    Sam received Junior Investigator Award in CIRMS 22 (https://cirms.org/junior-investigator-award/). Congratulations, Sam!

 (iv)      Advisor (MS): Katherine Ward (jointly with Prof. Roman Dembinski) .

(v)         Direct supervisor (Victor Ngyuen).

Teaching Experience:

(i)                 I taught basic Physical Chemistry under undergraduate levels since July 2000 and taught on

Theory -           Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Quantum Chemistry (fundamental concepts), Macromolecules (fundamental concepts)

                                          and

      Practical – Reaction kinetics (1st order and 2nd order), Adsorption (Langmuir and Fruendlich Adsorption Isotherms), Colorimetry, Potentiometry, Conductometry, Critical solution temperature (CST) in two component systems (e.g. phenol-water system (upper CST), triethylamine-water system (lower CST)), phase diagrams in various systems.

(ii)               I taught Radiation Chemistry (pertaining to the fundamentals of mechanisms of radiation-induced damages in various macromolecules and their consequences in vivo.) under the course “Radiation and Tumor Biology” which is offered in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi for M.Sc.-Ph.D. program since 2000.

(iii)             I taught Radiation Chemistry (pertaining to the fundamentals of mechanisms of radiation-induced damages in various macromolecules and their consequences in vivo.) in the course “Radiation Sciences” which is being offered in Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi under Bharathiar University for M.Sc. program.

(iv)             I have also taught “Radiation- and Photo-chemistry” in the Department of Chemistry, Delhi University in 1998 (one full semester) in 1998.

 Publications in peer-reviewed journals:

(I) Google Scholar Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=O_e4ucYAAAAJ&gmla=AJsN-F4c8AhSTSiGS8Co6fpEvXi4ojneufmb5hO6zTacvW4LA10PjcVq1Z0onTHT6QUurW-uMUoQRxeMWz8fzHaZmWwgFBHNbMXYZNOnqWaWu97cJIGR2hE

(II) Researchgate webpage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amitava_Adhikary2

1. Adhikary, A., Bothe, E., von Sonntag, C., and  Jain, V. (1997)  DNA radioprotection by bisbenzimidazole derivative Hoechst 33258: model studies in the nucleotide level. Radiation Research, 148, 493 - 494. 

2. Adhikary, A., Bothe, E., Jain, V., and  von Sonntag, C. (1997) Inhibition of radiation-induced DNA strand breaks by Hoechst 33258: OH-radical scavenging and DNA radical quenching.  Radioprotection, 32, C1-89 - C1-90.

3. Adhikary, A., and Jain, V. (1997) Studies on the modulation of DNA damage 1. A simple kinetic model of radioprotection of DNA in aqueous solution. Indian. J. Biochem. Biophys., 34, 409 - 418.

4. von Sonntag, C., Bothe, E., Ulanski, P., and Adhikary, A. (1999) Radical transfer reactions in polymers. Radiat. Phys. Chem., 55, 599 - 603.

5. Adhikary, A., Bothe, E., Jain, V., and von Sonntag, C. (2000) Pulse radiolysis of the DNA-binding ligands Hoechst 33258 and 33342 in aqueous solution. Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 76, 1157 - 1166.

6. Alemán, C., Adhikary, A., Zanuy, D., and Casanovas, J. (2002) Elucidation of the protonation equilibrium for the benzimidazole derivative Hoechst 33258: an electronic molecular orbital study. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 20, 301 - 310.

7. Adhikary, A., Buschmann, V., Müller, C., and Sauer, M. (2003) Ensemble and Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopic Study of the binding modes of the bisbenzimidazole derivative Hoechst 33258 with DNA. Nucleic Acids Res., 31, 2178 - 2186.

8. Shukla, L. I., Adhikary, A., Pazdro, R., Becker, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2004) Formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine-radicals in gamma-irradiated DNA by multiple one-electron oxidations. Nucleic Acids Res., 32, 6565 - 6574.

9. Adhikary, A., Malkhasian, A.Y.S., Collins,S., Koppen, J., Becker, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2005) UVA-visible photo-excitation of guanine radical cations produces sugar radicals in DNA and model structures. Nucleic Acids Res., 33, 5553 - 5564.

10. Adhikary, A., Becker, D., Collins, S., Koppen, J. and Sevilla, M. D. (2006) C5’- and C3'- sugar radicals produced via photo-excitation of one-electron oxidized adenine in 2'-deoxyadenosine and its derivatives. Nucleic Acids Res., 34, 1501 - 1511.

11. Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2006) Photo-induced hole transfer from base to sugar in DNA: Relationship to primary radiation damage. Radiation Research. Rapid Communication. 165, 479 - 484. (Article title was featured on the cover in the April issue (no 4) of Radiation Research).

12. Adhikary, A., Kumar, A.,  Becker, D. and Sevilla, M. D. (2006) The Guanine Cation Radical: Investigation of Deprotonation States by ESR and DFT. J. Phys. Chem. B., 110, 24171 - 24180.

13. Erratum (due to publication error BUT NOT FROM THE AUTHORS) of [Shukla, L. I., Adhikary, A., Pazdro, R., Becker, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2004) Formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine-radicals in gamma-irradiated DNA by multiple one-electron oxidations. Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 6565 - 6574] by the same authors, (2007) Nucleic Acids Res, 35, 2460 - 2461.

14. Adhikary, A., Collins, S., Khanduri, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2007) Sugar radicals formed by photo-excitation of guanine cation radical in oligonucleotides. J. Phys. Chem. B., 111, 7415 - 7421.

15. Khanduri, D., Collins, S., Kumar, A., Adhikary, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2008) Formation of sugar radicals in RNA model systems and oligomers via excitation of guanine cation radical.  J. Phys. Chem. B., 112, 2168 - 2178.

16.  Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Khanduri, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2008) The effect of base stacking on the acid-base properties of the adenine cation radical [A•+] in solution: ESR and DFT studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 10282 – 10292.

 This paper was honored by the Senate Library Committee of Oakland University on 4th March 2009  -          http://library.oakland.edu/events/library_events/authors/moreInformation2009.htm

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 17.      Adhikary, A., Khanduri, D., Kumar, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2008) Photo-excitation of adenine cation radical [A•+] in the near UV-vis region produces sugar radicals in Adenosine and in its nucleotides. J. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 15844 – 15855.

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18.      Adhikary, A., Khanduri, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2009) Direct observation of the protonation state and hole localization site in DNA-oligomers. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 8614 – 8619.

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 19. Becker, D., Adhikary, A., Khanduri, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2009) Radical formation and chemical track structure in ion-beam irradiated DNA. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1197, 201 – 208.

20.  Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Munafo, S. A., Khanduri, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2010)  Prototropic Equilibria in DNA Containing One-electron Oxidized GC:  Intra-duplex vs. Duplex to Solvent Deprotonation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 12, 5353 – 5368.

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21.  Adhikary, A., Khanduri, D., Pottiboyina, V., Rice, C. T., and Sevilla, M. D. (2010) Formation of aminyl radicals on electron attachment to AZT:  Abstraction from the sugar phosphate backbone vs. one-electron oxidation of Guanine. J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 9289 – 9299.

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22. Shkrob, I. A., Martin, T. W., Adhikary, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2011) Photooxidation of nucleic acids on metal oxides: physico-chemical and astrobiological  perspectives. J. Phys. Chem. C, 115, 3393 – 3403.

 23. Khanduri, D., Adhikary, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2011) Highly Oxidizing Excited States of One-Electron Oxidized Guanine in DNA: Wavelength and pH Dependence. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 4527 – 4537.

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24. Adhikary, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2011) Comment on “Theoretical Study of Polaron Formation in Poly(G)-Poly(C) Cations”. J. Phys. Chem. B, 115, 8947 – 8948.

 25. Adhikary, A., Becker, D., Palmer, B. J., Heizer, A. N., and Sevilla, M. D. (2012) Direct formation of the C5’-radical in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA by high energy radiation. J. Phys. Chem. B, 116, 5900 – 5906.

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26. Becker, D., Adhikary, A., Tetteh, S. T., Bull, A. W., and Sevilla, M. D. (2012) Kr-86 ion-beam irradiation of hydrated DNA: Free radical and unaltered base yields. Radiation Research, 178, 524 – 537.

27. Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Heizer, A. N., Palmer, B. J., Pottiboyina, V., Liang, Y., Wnuk, S. F., and Sevilla, M. D. (2013) Hydroxyl ion addition to one-electron oxidized thymine:  Unimolecular interconversion of C5 to C6 OH-adducts. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 3121 – 3135.

28. Schuchmann, H.-P., Adhikary, A., O'Neill, P., and Cadet, J. (2013) Professor Clemens von Sonntag 1936 - 2013. Int. J. Radiat. Biol., 89, 590 – 592.

29. Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Palmer, B. J., Todd, A. D., and Sevilla, M. D.  (2013) Formation of S-Cl phosphorothioate adduct radicals in dsDNA-S-oligomers: Hole transfer to guanine vs. disulfide anion radical formation.  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135, 12827 – 12838.

30. Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Palmer, B. J., Todd, A. D., Heizer, A. N., and Sevilla, M. D. (2014) Reactions of 5-methylcytosine cation radicals in DNA and model systems: thermal deprotonation from the 5-methyl group vs. excited state deprotonation from sugar .  Int. J. Radiat. Biol.,  (Clemens von Sonntag special issue (A. Adhikary, J. Cadet, and P. O'Neill (Eds.))), 90, 433 - 445.

31. Adhikary, A., O'Neill, P., and Cadet, J. (2014) Introduction to Clemens von Sonntag Memorial Issue. (Invited article). Int. J. Radiat. Biol., (Clemens von Sonntag special issue (A. Adhikary, J. Cadet, and P. O'Neill (Eds.))), 90, 415.

32. Chomicz , L., Petrovici, A., Archbold, I. J., Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Sevilla, M. D., and Rak, J. (2014) An ESR and DFT study of Hydration of the 2′-Deoxyuridine-5-yl Radical: Possible Hydroxyl Radical Intermediate. Chem. Commun., 50, 14605 - 14608.

33. Petrovici, A., Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2014) Presolvated Electron Reaction with Methylacetoacetate: Electron Localization, Proton-Deuteron Exchange, and H-atom Abstraction. (Invited article). Molecules, (Special Issue "Free Radicals and Radical Ions" (Walton, J. C. and Williams, F. (Eds.))), 19, 13486 - 13497.

34. Adhikary, Amitava; Kumar, Anil; Rayala, Ramanjaneyulu; Hindi, Ragda. M.; Adhikary, Ananya; Wnuk, Stanislaw F.;  Sevilla, Michael D. (2014) One-electron oxidation of Gemcitabine and analogs: Mechanism of formation of C3′ and C2′ sugar radicals. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 15646 – 15653.

35. Zdrowowicz, M.; Chomicz, L.; Żyndul, M.; Wityk, P.; Rak, J.; Wiegand, T. J.; Hanson, C. G.; Adhikary, A.;  Sevilla, M. D. (2015)  5-Thiocyanato-2′-Deoxyuridine as a Possible Radiosensitizer: Electron-Induced Formation of Uracil-C5-Thiyl Radical and Its Dimerization. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 16907 – 16916.

36. Adhikary, Amitava; Kumar, Anil; Bishop, Casandra T.; Wiegand, Tyler J.; Hindi, Ragda. M.; Adhikary, Ananya; Sevilla, Michael D. (2015) π-Radical to σ-Radical Tautomerization in One-Electron-Oxidized 1-Methylcytosine and Its Analogs. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119, 11496 – 11505.

37. Kumar, A.; Adhikary, A.; Shamuon, L.; Sevilla, M. D. (2016) Do Solvated Electrons (e-aq) Reduce DNA Bases? A G4 and DFT- MD Study. J. Phys. Chem. B, 120, 2115 – 2123.

38. Sevilla, M. D.; Kumar, A.; Adhikary, A. (2016) Comment on “Proton Transfer of Guanine Radical Cations Studied by Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Pulse Radiolysis. Choi et al., 2015, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 6 (24), 5045-5050.” J.  Phys. Chem. B, 120, 2984 – 2986.

39. Sevilla, M. D., Becker, D., Kumar, A., Adhikary, A. (2016)  Radiation-Induced Free Radical Mechanisms in DNA. Invited Review (special issue, Rad. Chem. Biomolecules (M. Spotheim-Maurizot, L. Wojnarovits  (Eds.)), Radiat. Phys. Chem., 128, 60 - 74.

40. Banyasz, A.; Tiia-Maaria,  K.; Muñoz-Losa, A.; Rishi, S.; Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Martinez-Fernandez, L.; Improta, R.; Markovitsi, D. (2016) UV-induced adenine radicals induced in DNA A tracts: spectral and dynamical characterization. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 7, 3949 − 3953.

41. Mudgal, M.; Rishi, S.; Lumpuy, D. A.; Curran, K. A.; Varley, K. L.; Sobczak, A. J.; Dang, T. P.; Sulimoff, N.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Wnuk, S. F.; Adhikary, A. (2017) Prehydrated One-electron Attachment to Azido-modified Pentofuranoses: Aminyl Radical Formation, Rapid H-atom Transfer and Subsequent Ring Opening. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121, 4968 - 4980.

42. Ma, J.; Wang, F.; Denisov, S. A.; Adhikary, A.; Mostafavi, M. (2017) Reactivity of Prehydrated Electrons towards Nucleobases and Nucleotides in Aqueous Solution. Science Advances, 2017, 3, e1701669, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701669. http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/12/e1701669

43. Barkam, S.; Ortiz, J.; Saraf, S.; Eliason, N.; Mccormack, R.; Das, S.; Gupta, A.; Neal, C.; Petrovici,A. O.; Hanson, C.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Seal, S. (2017) Modulating the Catalytic Activity of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles with the Anion of the Precursor Salt. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 20039 – 20050.

44. Zheng, L.; Lin, L.; Qu, K.; Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Greenberg, M. M. (2017) Independent Photochemical Generation and Reactivity of Nitrogen-Centered Purine Nucleoside Radicals From Hydrazines. Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 6444 − 6447.

45. Li, J.; Banerjee, A.; Preston, D.; Shay, B.; Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M.; Loloee, R.; Staples, R., Chavez, F. (2017) Thermally Induced Oxidation of [FeII(tacn)2](OTf)2 (tacn = 1,4,7- triazacyclononane). Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 5529 – 5535. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.201701190/full

46. Ma, J.; Marignier, J-L.; Pernot, P.; Houée-Levin, C.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Mostafavi, M. (2018) Direct Observation of the Oxidation of DNA Bases by Phosphate Radical Formed Under Radiation: A Model of Backbone-to-base Hole Transfer. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20, 14927 – 14937. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CP00352A

47.  Ma, J.; Denisov, S. A.; Marignier, J-L.; Pernot, P.; Adhikary, A.; Seki, S.; Mostafavi, M. (2018) Ultrafast charge localization following ionizing radiation of aqueous uridine monophosphate: prehydrated electron attachment and hole transfer.  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, 5105 – 5109.

48.  Wen, Z.; Peng, J.; Tuttle, P.; Ren,Y.; Garcia, C.; Debnath,D.; Rishi, S.; Hanson, C.; Ward, S.; Kumar, A.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, W.; Glazer, P. M.; Liu, Y.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Wnuk, S. F.(2018) Electron-mediated Aminyl and Iminyl Radicals from C5-Azido-Modified Pyrimidine Nucleosides Augment Radiation Damage to Cancer Cells. Org. Lett., 20 (23), pp 7400–7404. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03035. 

49.  Ma, J.; Kumar, A.; Muroya, Y.; Yamashita, S.; Sakurai, T.; Denisov, S. A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Seki, S.; Mostafavi, M. Quasi-free electron attachment to nucleoside in solution: excited anion radical formation and its dissociation. Nature Communications, 2019, 10, article number: 102, pp 1-7, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08005-z

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50.  Kumar, A.; Becker, D.; Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M. D. Reaction of Electrons with DNA: Radiation Damage to Radiosensitization. Invited Review (special issue, “Radiation Damage to DNA” (J. Rak, M. Zdrowowicz (Eds.)), Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, article number: 3998. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/16/3998

51. Ma, J.; Denisov, S. A.; Adhikary, A.; Mostafavi, M. Ultrafast Processes Occurring in Radiolysis of Highly Concentrated Solutions of Nucleosides/Tides. Invited Review (special issue, “Radiation Damage to DNA” (J. Rak, M. Zdrowowicz (Eds.)), Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, article no. 4963. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/19/4963

52. Kumar, A.; Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Close, D. M. One-electron oxidation of ds(5'-GGG-3') and ds(5'-G(8OG)G-3') and nature of hole distribution: A density functional theory study. Phys. Chem. Phys. Chem. 2020, 22, 5078 – 5089.

53. Ma, J.; Denisov, S.; Adhikary, A.; Mostafavi, M. Comment un électron induit un dommage oxydatif dans l’ADN. l'Actualité Chimique, 2020, 450, 13 – 18.

54.  Kaczmarek, R.; Ward, S.; Debnath, D.; Jacobs, T.; Stark, A. D.; Korczyński, D.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Denisov, S. A.; Shcherbakov, V.; Pernot, P.; Mostafavi, M.; Dembinski, R.; Adhikary, A. One Way Traffic:  Base-to-backbone Hole Transfer in Nucleoside Phosphorodithioates. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26 (43), 9495 –   9505. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202000247 (Front cover illustration and profile https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202002714)

Featured in twitter of Radiation Research Society (RRS) https://mobile.twitter.com/RRS_RadRes?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email

Featured in the Facebook account of Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10164150249800554&id=139479655553

55. Verma, A.; Adhikary, A.; Woloschak, G.; Dwarakanath, B. S.; Rao, V. L. Papineni. A combinatorial approach of a polypharmacological adjuvant 2-deoxy-D-glucose with low dose radiation therapy to quell the cytokine storm in COVID-19 management. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 2020, 96, 1323 - 1328. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09553002.2020.1818865. https://www.chennaicitynews.net/business/modified-sugar-a-new-weapon-against-covid-19/ 

56. Mudgal, M.; Dang, T. P.; Sobczak, A. J.; Lumpuy, D. A.; Dutta, P.; Ward, S.; Ward, K.; Alahmadi, M.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Wnuk, S. F.; Adhikary, A. Site of Azido Substitution in the Sugar Moiety of Azidopyrimidine nucleosides Influences the Reactivity of Aminyl Radicals Formed by Dissociative Electron Attachment. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2020, 124 (50), 11357 – 11370. 

         Cover illustration (https://pubs.acs.org/toc/jpcbfk/124/50). 

          https://twitter.com/RRS_RadRes?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email

57. Liu, Y.; Mei, Z.; Guo, Y.; Zhou, P.; Qi, Y.; Liang, K.; Ma, Z.; Xia, Z.; Adhikary, A.; Dong, C.; Sun, N-X.; Srinivasan, G.; Zhang, T. Evidence for strain control of magnetic anisotropy in expitaxial nickel ferrite thin films grown on strontium titanate substrates. Materials Res. Bull. 2021, 138, 111214. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025540821000118

58. Halliwell, B.; Adhikary, A.; Dingfelder, M.; Dizdaroglu, M. Hydroxyl radical is a significant player in oxidative DNA damage in vivo. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, Viewpoint Article, 50, 8355 – 8360. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cs/d1cs00044f#!divAbstract.

59. Banerjee, A.; Li, J.; Molenda, M.; Opalade, A.; Adhikary, A.; Brennessel, W.; Malkhasian, A.; Jackson, T.; Chavez, F. Probing the Mechanism for 2,4'-Dihydroxyacetophenone Dioxygenase (DAD) using Biomimetic Iron Complexes. Inorg. Chem. 2021, (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00167).

60. Kant, M.; Jaruga, P.; Coskun, E.; Ward, S.; Stark, A. D.; Baumann, T.; Becker, Adhikary, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Dizdaroglu, M. Ion-Beam Radiation Damage to DNA: From Initial Free Radical Formation to Resulting DNA-Base Damage. ACS Omega 2021, 6, 16600 - 16611. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01954

61. Ma, J.; Bahry, T.; Denisov, S.; Adhikary, A.; Mostafavi, M. Quasi-free Electron-mediated Radiation Sensitization by C5-Halopyrimidines. 2021, J. Phys. Chem. A 2021, 125 (36), 7967–7975. Cover illustration https://pubs.acs.org/pb-assets/images/_journalCovers/jpcafh/jpcafh_v125i036-2.jpg?0.3397131137610714 

62. Denisov, S. A.; Ward, S.; Shcherbakov, V.; Stark, A. D.; Kaczmarek, R.; Radzikowska-Cieciura, E.; Debnath, D.; Jacobs, T.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Pernot, P.; Dembinski, R.; Mostafavi, M.; Adhikary, A. Modulation of The Directionality of Hole Transfer Between the Base and the Sugar-phosphate Backbone in DNA with the Number of Sulfur Atoms in the Phosphate Group. J. Phys. Chem. B 2022, 126, 430–442.

63. Wei, F.; Neal, C. J.; Sakthivel, T. S.; Fu, Y.; Omer, M.; Adhikary, A.; Ward, S.; Ta, K. M.; Moxon, S.; Molinari, M.; Yarmolenko, S. M.; Cheong, V. S.; Orlovskaya, N.; Ghosh, R.; Seal, S.; Coathup, M. A novel approach for the prevention of ionizing radiation-induced bone loss using a designer multifunctional cerium oxide nanozyme. Bioactive Mater. 2023, 21, 547 – 565. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2452-199X(22)00395-4

64. Ajei, D.; Reyes, Y.; Kumar, A.; Ward, S.; Denisov, S. A.; Alahmadi, M.; Sevilla, M. D.; Wnuk, S. F.; Mostafavi, M.; Adhikary, A. Pathways of Dissociative Electron Attachment Observed in 5- and 6-Azidomethyluracil Nucleosides: Nitrogen (N2) Elimination vs. Azide anion (N3¯) Elimination. J. Phys. Chem. B 2023, 127 (7), 1563 – 1571. Cover illustration: https://pubs.acs.org/pb-assets/images/_journalCovers/jpcbfk/jpcbfk_v127i007-2.jpg    

65. Jishnu Narayanan, S. J.; Tripathi, D.; Verma, P.; Adhikary, A.; Dutta, A. Secondary Electron Attachment Induced Damage to Genetic Materials. ACS Omega (Invited review), 2023, 8, 10669 – 10689. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06776

66. Peng, H.; Son, V.; Retes, P.; Ward, S.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Greenberg, M. M. Photochemical and Single Electron Transfer Generation of 2'-Deoxycytidin-N4-yl Radical From Oxime Esters. J. Org. Chem. 2023, ASAP article on 23rd May https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.3c00646

67. Rezaee, M.; Adhikary, A. The Effects of Particle LET and Fluence on the Complexity and Frequency of Clustered DNA Damage. DNA, “Physics and Chemistry of Radiation Damage to DNA and Its Consequences” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/dna/special_issues/dna_radiation_damage), (Special issue, A. Adhikary (Ed.)), 2024, 4(1), 34 - 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/dna4010002 

68. Sforza, D.; Bunz, F.; Wong, J.; Miles, D.; Adhikary, A.; Rezaee, M. Effect of Ultrahigh Dose Rate on Biomolecular Radiation Damage. Radiat. Res. 2024, Submitted.

69. Reyes, Y.; Adhikary, A.; Wnuk, S. F. Nitrogen-centered radicals derived from azido nucleosides and their chemical and biological importance. Molecules 2024, Submitted.

70.  Jishnu Narayanan, S. J.; Chakraborty, S.; Verma, P.; Adhikary, A.; Dutta, A. K. Electron attachment to nucleobase in diethylene glycol: The signature of a doorway. Under preparation.

71. Kant, M.; Jaruga, P.; Ward, S.; Kaczmarek, R.; Radzikowska-Cieciura E.; Ward, K.; Nguyen, V.; Baumann, T.; Becker, D.; Sevilla, M. D.; Dembinski, R.; Dizdaroglu, M.; Adhikary, A. Detection of Low Energy Electron-Mediated Neutral Sugar Radicals and of Their Molecular Products (2’,3’- and 2’,5’-dideoxynucleosides) Formed Along the Track in Ne-22 Ion-Beam Irradiated DNA. Under preparation.

72. de Cabrera, M.; Reyes, Y.; Ward, S.; Alahmadi, M.; Barbolovici, A.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Wnuk, S. F.; Adhikary, A. Characterization of nitrogen-centered radicals formed via dissociative electron attachment from 4-, 5-, and 6-azido substituted pyrimidine nucleosides. Under preparation.

73. Reyes, Y.; Larrey, E. K.; Pathak, R.; Ward, S.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Wnuk, S. F. Azido Derivatives of Sesquiterpene Lactones Augment Radiation Toxicity In Breast Cancer Cells. Under preparation.

74. Adjei, D.; Mostafavi, M.; Adhikary, A. Guanyl radical paper. (Title and Journal have not been decided yet) Under Preparation.

75. Papineni, Rao V. L.; Sharma, P.; Ward, S.; Verma, A.; Adhikary, A.; Tandon, R.; Charunidhi, G.; Prashanthi, K. Glucose analogs inhibit SARS -CoV-2 Binding activity: is thiol-disulfide balance on spike protein the Achilles heel. Under preparation.

76. Lochmann, C.; Barbolovici, A.; Ward, S.; Luxford, T.; Makurat, S.; Kočišek, J.; Kumar, A.; Sevilla, M. D.; Adhikary, A.; Rak, J.; Denifl, S. Formation of carbon-centered radicals upon electron-induced reactions in nimorazole and metronidazole at different solvation conditions. Under preparation.

77.  Schöneich, C.; Adhikary A. et al. Reactive Oxygen Species. Feature Article in Radiat. Res. Under preparation.

78. Schovan, S.; McEachern, G.; Nguyen, V.; Adhikary, A.; Schweitzer, L. Remediation of Sulfides in Produced Waters of the Oil and Gas Industry Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Sodium Hydroxide. Under preparation.

List of other publications (review articles, chapter in edited books, books etc.):

1. Becker, D., Adhikary, A. and Sevilla, M. D. (2007) The Role of Charge and Spin Migration in DNA Radiation Damage. In Charge Migration in DNA (T. Chakraborty (Ed.)), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg,  139 - 175.(http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/nano/dna_book_chapters.html) and also

http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/9783540724933-t1.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-417009-p173742684.

2. Becker, D., Adhikary, A. and Sevilla, M. D. (2010) Mechanism of Radiation Induced DNA Damage: Direct Effects. In Recent Trends in Radiation Chemistry (B.S.M. Rao and J. Wishart (Eds.)), World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, New Jersey, London, 509 - 542. (http://www.worldscibooks.com/chemistry/7413.html).

3. Becker, D., Adhikary, A. and Sevilla, M. D. (2010) Physicochemical mechanisms of radiation induced DNA damage. In Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter - Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces (Y. Hatano, Y. Katsumura, and A. Mozumder (Eds.)), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, London, New York, 503 - 541. (http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439811771)

4.  Adhikary, A., Kumar, A., Becker, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2012) Understanding DNA Radicals Employing Theory and Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy. In Encyclopedia of Radicals in Chemistry, Biology and Materials. (C. Chatgilialoglu, A. Struder (Eds.)), John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, UK, pp 1371-1396. (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470971258,descCd-tableOfContents.html).

 5. Adhikary, A., Becker, D., and Sevilla, M. D. (2014) Electron spin resonance of radicals in irradiated DNA. In Applications of EPR in radiation research (A. Lund, M. Shiotani (Eds.)),  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 299 - 352. http://www.springer.com/chemistry/book/978-3-319-09215-7

6. Becker, D., Kumar, A., Adhikary, A., and Sevilla, M. D. (2020) g- and Ion-beam DNA Radiation Damage: Theory and Experiment. In DNA Damage, DNA Repair and Disease Vol 2 (M. Dizdaroglu, R. S. Llyod (Eds.)), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London, UK, Chapter 31, 426 - 457.

 Patents Filed/Allowed:

1.. Seal, S.; Barkam, S.; Adhikary, A. U. S. Patent Application for CERIUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS. Patent Application No.: 18/074,996, UCF No.: 11158-03 allowed on 08-11-22. Filing Date: Dec 5, 2022, Published on June 1, 2023, under Publication No. US- 2023-0165797-A1.

Oral Presentations:

1. "Mathematical modeling of DNA strand breaks" in AMPI (Association of Medical Physicists in India) Delhi-UP Chapter meeting held at Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, India, on 31st March, 1995.

2. "Radiation protection by Hoechst 33258" in Institute for Medical Radiobiology in Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Germany on 1st July, 1996 (Invited).

3. "Inhibition of radiation-induced DNA strand breaks by Hoechst 33258: OH-radical scavenging and DNA radical quenching" at European Society of Radiation Biology congress held at Montpellier, France on 1st - 4th Sept, 1996.

4. “Use of radiomodifiers as probes to study radiation-induced DNA strand breaks : a theoretical and experimental approach” at Institute for Medical Radiobiology in Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Germany on 5th  May, 1997 (Invited).

5.   "Studies on the modulation of DNA damage : Protection of radiation-induced DNA damage by bisbenzimidazole derivative Hoechst 33258" in National Seminar on Low Level Electromagnetic Field phenomena in Biological Systems (BIOSYS-'99) 3rd – 4th Feb., 1999, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (Invited).

6.    "Radioprotection by Bisbenzimidazoles: mechanistic considerations" in Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry at Göttingen, Germany on 11th  May, 1999 (Invited).

7.  “Radioprotection” in the Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics in University of Calcutta, Calcutta on 30th June, 2000 (Invited).

8.    “Biological radioprotection” in Jadavpur University on 3rd April, 2001 (Invited).

9. “Radiation protection by Hoechst 33258” in Institute for Medical Radiobiology in Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Germany on 27th June. 2003 (Invited).

10.  “Photo-excitation of guanine radical cation in the near UV-VIS produces sugar radicals in DNA”    Presented at the  52nd Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Denver, Colorado, USA,   16th –19th October, 2005.

11.  Marie Curie Award Lecture: “Excited states enhance DNA and RNA radiation Damage: excitation of one-electron oxidized guanine produces sugar radicals” At the 13th International Congress of Radiation Research, San Fransisco, USA, 8th  - 12th  July, 2007.

12.      “Current trends in mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage: role of excited states” at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, India, Delhi, India, 20th March, 2009 (Invited).

13.  “Mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage: Implications for radiomodification” at Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi, India, on 27th March, 2009 (Invited).

14. "Prototropic equilibria of one-electron oxidized guanine in DNA: Intra-base pair proton transfer and proton transfer from one-electron oxidized guanine to the surrounding solvent " at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Maui, Hawaii, USA, 25th  – 29th  September, 2010 (Invited).  

15. "Formation of radiation-induced DNA sugar-phosphate backbone radicals via ionization and excitation pathways." in the "Radiation damage to biomolecules (II): nucleic acids and their constituents" symposium at the 14th International Congress of Radiation Research, August 28 - September 1, 2011,Warsaw, Poland (Invited).

16. "Chemistry of Radiation Damage to DNA: an up-to-date review" in the 12th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Prague, Czech Republic, 2nd - 7th June, 2012 (First talk of the workshop, http://radamdna.odz.ujf.cas.cz/scientific-program.) (Invited) 

17. "Hole transfer from phosphorothioate backbone adduct radicals to guanine in dsDNA S- oligomers" in the "Prof. von Sonntag memorial session" of the 13th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Boston, USA, June 14 - 18, 2014 (Invited).

 http://iwrdd.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/13th-Workshop-Rad-Damage-DNA-Program-2014-5-24.pdf

18. "Effect of Base and Backbone Modifications on Radiation-Induced Damage in DNA" at the Gordon Research Conferences on Radiation Chemistry, Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, USA, July 13 - 18, 2014 (Invited).

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2014&program=radchem

19."Radiation-induced Damage to DNA: an up-to-date review of mechanisms" at University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, on 12th September, 2014 (Invited):

     http://www.nanoscience.ucf.edu/news/events.php?id=147

20. "Hole transfer: backbone-to-base and base-to-backbone" in the symposium entitled ‘From radical chemistry of DNA damage to small molecule inhibitors’. At the 60th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Las Vegas, September 21-24 2014 (Invited).

https://radres.site-ym.com/?CRHWednesdaySchedule

21. "Radiation Damage to DNA: effect of base and backbone modifications". at the Chemistry Department, Oakland University, on 14th January, 2015 (Invited).

22.  "Recent Advances in the Mechanisms of Direct-type Effects in Radiation Damage to DNA". at Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, 9th July, 2015 (Invited).

http://rad.nd.edu/events/2015/07/09/34961-ndrl-seminar-recent-advances-in-the-mechanisms-of-direct-type-effects-in-radiation-damage-to-dna/

23. "Formation of the pyrimidine nucleoside anion radical owing to pre-hydrated electron addition to modified pyrimidine nucleosides and the subsequent reaction of these nucleoside anion radicals." at the Chemistry Department, FIU, 18th September, 2015 (Invited). http://chemistry.fiu.edu/seminars/2015/graduate-seminar-on-friday-september-18-at-11am/

24. "5-Thiocyanato-2′-deoxyuridine as a possible radiosensitizer: electron-induced formation of 2′-deoxyuridine-thiyl radical and its dimerization". in the 61st Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Bonaventure resort, Weston, Florida, September 19-22. (Invited)

           https://radres.site-ym.com/page/2015SchedTuesday/?

25. "Chemical Mechanisms Involved In Radiation-Induced DNA Damage via Direct-type Effects: An Up-to-date Review". in the 14th International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA, Melbourne, Australia, March 20 - 24, 2016 (Invited). http://www.14thiwrdd.com/

26. "Electron-induced site specific formation and reaction of aminyl radicals in azido-DNA models". At the Chemistry Department, Oakland University, on 1st February, 2017 (Invited) https://wwwp.oakland.edu/chemistry/seminars/.

27. "Electron-induced site specific formation and reactions of aminyl radicals in azido-nucleic acid models"