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Name: Kamal Kanta Das

Designation: Assistant Professor & MBO Coordinator,

Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh

E-mail: kkanta_36@stamforduniversity.edu.bd

Kkanta_36@yahoo.com

Convener of Stamford University Volunteer’s - SUVs

Education

Education: MS in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology,

Stamford University Bangladesh, 2013

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology,

Stamford University Bangladesh, 2011

Professional Memberships:

2013 to till date: General Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM).

2015 to till date: General Member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

2019 to till date: General Member, Graduate Microbiologist Society (GMS).

2019 to till date Vice President, Stamford University Microbiology Alumni Association

Areas of Interest

Food Microbiology

Infectious diseases and drug resistance

Medical Microbiology

Environmental and Agricultural Microbiology

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Kamal Kanta Das

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology

Currently, Kamal Kanta Das is working as an Assistant Professor & MBO Coordinator in the Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh since February, 2024. He completed his B. Sc. (Hons.) and MS in Microbiology from Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh. After that, he joined this department as a Research Assistant in 2012 and has promoted as Lecturer on November 2018. More than 11 years he is actively involved in research and is supervising several of research students. As the reflection of his research excellence, he has total of 40 publications in several peer reviewed international (25) and national (15) journals with moderate impact factor. Recently, I published a book name “A university Student Guild to General Microbiology” as a co-author. Besides academic excellence, Mr. Das actively involved with many clubs or in organizing departmental programs. Furthermore, serve as the Convener of the "Stamford Life Science Club" and "Stamford University Volunteers".

Research and Awards:

Area of Research
- Microbiological study of Probiotics and their antibacterial activity on different laboratory stains.
- Microbiological analysis of different herbal plants and antibacterial activity.
- Isolation of dye degrading bacteria from wastes.
Research Links
- Researchgate Profile:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamal_Das4
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=S7FDj5oAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications:

Total number of publications: 40

International: 25 National: 15

Citations: 901; h-index: 19; i10-index: 24 (According to Google Scholar)

International (25)

Afroza Khatun, Masuma, Md Younus Mia, and Kamal Kanta Das. Assessment of Microbiological Contamination of Branded and Street Vended Ice-Cream: A Comparative Study in Tangail Municipality, Bangladesh. Food ScienTech Journal. 5 (1) 2023, pp 47-59. ISSN : 2685-4279 DOI:10.33512/fsj.v5i1.17367

Chakraborty D, Das KK and Munshi SK. Prevalence of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Determination of Possible Presence of Antimicrobial Residues in Industrial and Medical Wastes. Open Access Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 6 (4): 2021: 1-7.

Mahmud Rahman, Kamal Kanta Das, Khusbu Aktar and Farahnaaz Feroz. Isolation and screening of dye degrading microorganisms from industrial waste of Dhaka city. Asian Jr. of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 22 (3): 2020: 535-540.

Kamal Kanta Das, Anusua Sarkar, and Arifa Hossain. Isolation of pathogenic microorganisms and determination of their antibiotic resistance patterns collected from different bakery products of Dhaka city. Food Research 4 (4): 1312 -1316 (August 2020).

Farahnaaz Feroz, Kamal Kanta Das and Tamanna Islam. Comparison of commercially available food decontaminants with established methods of decontamination for household practices which are used to keep foods safe. Food Research 4 (5): 1688 -1692 (October 2020).

Hasibur Rahman, Farahnaaz Feroz, Md Sajjad Alam, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Demonstration of the source of microbial contamination of freshly cultivated cabbage, cauliflower, potato and squash collected from rural farms of Bangladesh. International Food Research Journal 2016; 23(3): 1289-1295.

Sajjad Alam, Farahnaaz Feroz, Hasibur Rahman, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Microbiological contamination sources of freshly cultivated vegetables. Nutrition & Food Science. 2015; 45 (4): 646 - 658.

Tanzia Akon, Kamal Kanta Das, Luthfun Naher Nitu, Rashed Noor. Demonstration of in vitro anti-bacterial activity of the popular cosmetics items used by the Dhaka locality. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 2015; 5 (suppl. 1): S121 - S126.

Rashed Noor, Nagma Zerin, Kamal Kanta Das, and Luthfun Naher Nitu. Safe usage of cosmetics in Bangladesh: a quality perspective based on microbiological attributes. Journal of Biological Research. Journal of Biological Research (Thessaloniki). 2015 Dec; 22(1): 10.

Subarna Roy, Miskat Ara Akhter Jahan, Kamal Kanta Das, Saurab Kishore Munshi, Rashed Noor. Artificial Cultivation of Ganodermalucidum (Reishi Medicinal Mushroom) Using Different Sawdusts as Substrates. American Journal of BioScience. 2015; 3(5): 178-182.

Rashed Noor, Nagma Zerin, Kamal Kanta Das. Microbiological quality of pharmaceutical products in Bangladesh: current research perspective. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 2015; 5(4): 264-270.

Tohora Sultana, Jwel Rana, Sowmitra Ranjan Chakraborty, Kamal Kanta Das, Tasmina Rahman, Rashed Noor. Microbiological analysis of common preservatives used in food items and demonstration of their in vitro anti-bacterial activity. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 2014; 4(6): 452–456.

Samia Quaiyum, Nusrat Islam Tanu, Marufa Sharmin, Laboni Paul, Md. SakilMunna, Kamal Kanta Das, MrityunjoyAcharjee, Rashed Noor. Microbiological Contamination and Anti-bacterial Traits of Common Oral Herbal Medicinal Products within Dhaka Metropolis. European Journal of Medicinal Plants 2014; 4(7): 872-881.

Kaniz Fatema, Sowmitra Ranjan Chakraborty, Tohora Sultana, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Niaz Muhammad Kamali, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Assessment of microbiological quality of the paediatric oral liquid drugs. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry2014; 3(1): 165-171.

Jessica Das Senjuti, Farahnaaz Feroz, Jannatun Tahera, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Assessment of microbiological contamination and the in vitro demonstration of the anti-bacterial traits of the commonly available local fruit blend within Dhaka Metropolis. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2014; 3(1): 73-77.

Tasnia Ahmed, Nusrat Jahan Urmi, Md. Sakil Munna, Kamal Kanta Das, Mrityunjoy Acharjee, M Majibur Rahman, Rashed Noor. Assessment of Microbiological Proliferation and in Vitro Demonstration of the Antimicrobial Activity of the Commonly Available Salad Vegetables within Dhaka Metropolis, Bangladesh. American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry2014;2(3): 55-60.

Jannatun Tahera, Farahnaaz Feroz, Jessica Das Senjuti, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Demonstration of Anti-Bacterial Activity of commonly available Fruit Extracts in Dhaka, Bangladesh. American Journal of Microbiological Research 2014; 2(2): 68-73.

(18) Samia Sultana, Galib Hasnain Tarafder, Tanvir Ahmed Siddiqui, Basudeb Chandra Shaha, Md. Walliullah, Tasnia Ahmed, Md. SakilMunna,AfsanaFatema Noor,Sadia Khan Popy, Kamal Kanta Das, MrityunjoyAcharjee, NusratJahanUrmi, Tasmina Rahman, Rashed Noor. Microbiological quality analysis of shrimps collected from local market around Dhaka city. International Food Research Journal 2014; 21(1): 33-38.

Jwel Rana, Tohura Sultana, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Microbiological analysis of topical available in Bangladesh. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences2014; 6(Suppl 2): 330-332.

Shajuty Marjan, Kamal Kanta Das, Saurab Kishore Munshi, Rashed Noor. Drug-resistant bacterial pathogens in milk and some milk products. Nutrition & Food Science 2014; 44(3), 241-248

Kamal Kanta Das, Kazi Kaniz Fatema, Ifra Tun Nur, Rashed Noor. Prevalence of microorganisms in commonly used cosmetics samples in Dhaka Metropolis. Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Innovation 2013; 2(6): 7-9.

Tasnia Ahmed, Sagar Baidya, Basudeb Chandra Sharma, Mushfia Malek, Kamal Kanta Das,MrityunjoyAcharjee, Saurab Kishore Munshi, Rashed Noor. Identification of drug-resistant bacteria among export quality shrimp samples in Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences2013; 15(4): 31-36.

Sadia Khanom, Kamal Kanta Das, SouravBanik, Rashed Noor. Microbiological analysis of liquid oral drugs available in Bangladesh. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences2013; 5(4): 479-482.

Rashed Noor, MrityunjoyAcharjee, Tasnia Ahmed, Kamal Kanta Das, Laboni Paul, Saurab Kishore Munshi, NusratJahanUrmi, Farjana Rahman, Md. Jahangir Alam. Microbiological analysis of major sea fish collected from local markets in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. The Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 2013; 2(4): 2420-2430.

Rokibul Hassan, Mrityunjoy Acharjee, Eshita Das, Kamal Kanta Das, Tasnia Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Akond, KaziKanizFatema, Rashed Noor. Microbiological study of sea fish samples collected from local markets in Dhaka city. International Food Research Journal2013; 20(3): 1491-1495.

National (15)

Nusrat Jahan, Kamal Kanta Das, F Hasan, F Akter, R Sultana, and F Feroz. Assessment of Microbiological Quality of Different Types of Fruit & Soft Drinks Samples of Dhaka City. Stamford Journal of Microbiology (2022), 12 (1):54-58.
Shah Murshid Uj Jaman Arowan, Kamal Kanta Das & Farahnaaz Feroz. Microbiological surveillance of air and contact surface of pubic transports with its correlation to human infection risks. Stamford Journal of Microbiology (2021), 11(1), 7–10.
Mofijur Rahman Mamum, Kamal Kanta Das, Md Sohel Rana, Halimatus Sadia Tanim, & Farahnaaz Feroz. Comparative study on the microbiological quality of vegetables collected from local markets and super shops of Dhaka city. Stamford Journal of Microbiology (2021), 11(1), 24–27.
Farahnaaz Feroz and Kamal Kanta Das. Presence of microorganisms in commonly used baby cosmetics, available in Dhaka City. Stamford Journal of Microbiology, 2019. 9(1), 9-11.

Shohana Akter, Anasua Sarkar and Kamal Kanta Das. Occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in dessert items collected from Dhaka city. Stamford Journal of Microbiology 2019, 9(1), 19-22.

Md Al Amin, Mofijur Rahman Mamun, Kamal Kanta Das. Microbiological quality analysis of commercial fruit juice in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Stamford Journal of Microbiology 2018, 8(1), 15-18.

Tasnia Ahmed, Kamal Kanta Das, Md Aftab Uddin. The Microbiological Quality of Commercial Fruit Juices-Current perspectives. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology 2018, 35(2), 128-133.

Sahadat Hossain, Kamal Kanta Das, Mrityunjoy Acharjee. In-Vitro Antibacterial Properties of Ethanol and Methanol Extracts of Betel Leaves Collected from Different Areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 34, Number 2, December 2017, pp 125-127.

Sheikh Al Mamun, Kamal Kanta Das, Md Aftab Uddin. Microbiological analysis and determination of antibacterial activity of apple samples collected from local markets in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Stamford Journal of Microbiology. 2016; 6(1):11-16.

Kamal Kanta Das, Mrityunjoy Acharjee and Rashed Noor. In vitro Anti-Bacterial Activity of Oral Herbal Medicines Assessed by Agar Well Diffusion and Broth Micro-Dilution Methods. Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 32, Number 1&2, June-December 2015, pp 15-19.

Farahnaaz Feroz, Jesica Das Senjuti, Jannatun Tahera, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Investigation of microbiological spoilage and demonstration of the anti-bacterial activity of the major imported fruits within Dhaka Metropolis. Stamford Journal of Microbiology 2014; 4(1): 1-4.

Kamal Kanta Das, Ayesha Abedin, Rashed Noor. Anti-bacterial activity of natural plants on fish pathogens isolated from different ponds of Dhaka city. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology 2014; 31(1-2): 9-12.

Marufa Sharmin, Kamal Kanta Das, MrityunjoyAcharjee. Estimation of microbiological propagation and antimicrobial traits of the frequently accessible flowers. Stamford Journal of Microbiology 2014; Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 19-23.

Sourav Kumar Banik, Kamal Kanta Das and Md. Aftab Uddin. Microbiological quality analysis of raw, pasteurized, UHT milk samples collected from different locations in Bangladesh. Stamford Journal of Microbiology 2014; Vol. 4, Issue 1, p. 5-8.

M Majibur Rahman, Farjana Rahman, Farzana Afroze, FarzanaYesmin, KaziKanizFatema, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in shrimp samples collected from hatchery, local markets and the shrimp processing plant for export quality frozen shrimps. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology 2012; 29(2): 7-10.

Seminar/Conference Attended and Presentation:

List below details of his attendance at conferences

No	Conference Name	Conference Details: Place Date/Month/Year
1.	32^nd Annual Conference 2019 of BSM	Held in Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology on 06 April, 2019.
2.	31^st Annual Conference 2018 of BSM	Held in Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 10 March, 2018.
3.	29^th Annual Conference 2015 of BSM	Held in Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 16 January, 2015.
4.	27^th Annual Conference 2012 of BSM	Held in Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 27 April, 2014.
5.	26^th Annual Conference 2012 of BSM	Held in Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh on 21 January, 2012.

Conferences/Seminar Presentations:

Poster presentation on “Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Microorganisms from Different Bakery Products Available in Dhaka City” in the 33^rd BSM Annual Conference 2019 organized by BSM & Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka on 26 December, 2019.
Poster presentation on “Survey of microbiological contamination of popular cosmetic items available in Dhaka Locality” ” in the 31^st BSM Annual Conference 2018 organized by BSM & Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka on 10 March, 2018.
Oral presentation on “Microbiological analysis of non-sterile pharmaceutical products available in Bangladesh” in the 27^th BSM Annual Conference 2014 organized by BSM & Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka on 27 April, 2014.

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