World Environment

World Environment is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas related to the environment. These areas include basic science (chemistry, physics, biology and geology), ecology, agriculture, economics, education, engineering, geography, health, law, nanotechnology, planning and policy, politics, sociology, trade and commerce.

Prabir Mandal

Editorial Board Member of World Environment

Associate Professor, Edward Waters College, USA

Research Areas

Forensic Investigation, Environmental Toxicology, Transport Physiology, Cytogenetics

Education

1993Ph.DGenetics, Bhopal University, India. Dissertation: Cytogenetic Investigations on human reproductive wastage and infertility
1983M.ScZoology, University of North Bengal, India (Specialization: CYTOGENETICS)
1981B.ScZoology, University of North Bengal, India

Experience

2008-2009ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Director of Title III Mathematics & Science Activity; and Area Coordinator of Biology Program, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL
2006-2008ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Mountain State University (MSU), Beckley
2003-2006Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Florida (UNF), Department of Biology, Jacksonville, FL
2001-2003Adjunct Faculty (General Biology and Anatomy & Physiology-I) and Researcher, UNF, Department of Biology, Jacksonville, FL
2000-2001Junior Researcher, University of Hawaii, Department of Zoology, Honolulu, HI.
1998-2000Postdoctoral Fellow at the laboratory of Professor Gregory A. Ahearn, at the University of Hawaii, Department of Zoology, Honolulu, HI. 1997-1998Postdoctoral Fellow at the laboratories of Dr. Barbara J Clark and Prof. Russell A Prough, at the Department
1995-1997Senior Research Associate (Pool Officer, CSIR) and Research Associate (ICMR) at Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India
1994-1995Research Associate (ICMR) at the Department of Genetics, Bhopal University, Bhopal, India
1993-1994Senior Research Fellow, Endocrinology; Research Associate, Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

Academic Achievement

Certificate of Appreciation by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, EWC in recognition of my contribution and service
Certificate of Thanks by Academic Advising, EWC for serving as a mentor to students
Nominated for outside expert, OCSSC of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulations and Enforcement
Certificate of Achievement in recognition of the successful completion of the fall 2010 end of the semester notebook project by Vice President for Academic Affairs, EWC.
Awarded the President's Ideal Faculty award for excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, service, adhering to policy and for taking initiative to advance the college through program development
Nominated for UNCF Henry C. McBay Research Fellowship for 2010
Partnered with Eastside Environmental Council to work on a collaborative approach for planning how to evaluate and reduce exposures to certain toxic pollutants in east Jacksonville Florida. Proposal submitted to EPA Region VII Tutorial for CARE grants
Nominated for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Award, 2009
Invited for the "Oxford Round Table: Two Decades of Academic Discourse" in UK during July 26-31, 2009
"IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LIFE AND ADAPTATIONS TO SURVIVE" to Florida Sea Grant Elise B. Newell Seminar Series for 2009 (funded)
UPLIFTING AWARD by the Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated in appreciation of devoted and invaluable services for the year 2008
"Building toward integrative ecological research and development in West Virginia: the Ohio river observatory" as a collaborator (funded by EPSCoR)
Invited for the "Oxford Round Table: Global Warming" in UK during July 2008
Marquis Who's Who in America 2007, 2009 and 2010
Disability Friendly Faculty Award 2006 by Disability Resource Center, University of North Florida
"APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN PHYSIOLOGY AND DISEASE STUDIES TO EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS" to Florida Sea Grant Elise B. Newell Seminar Series for 2006 (funded)
"OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR" of Fall 2004 by Delta Gamma Sorority of UNF

Membership

Chair, Assistant Professor of Biology search committee, EWC
Chair, Laboratory Technician search committee, EWC
Member, United Negro College Fund Grant Committee, EWC
Member (Ex), Graduate Committee, Mountain State University (MSU)
Member (Ex), Acquisition, Discovery and Application of Knowledge Committee (Criterion 4 of NSSE Accreditation), Mountain State University
Member (Ex), Learning Resources Committee, Faculty Senate, MSU
Chair (Ex), Environmental Action Committee, Faculty Senate, MSU
Member (Ex), Graduate Committee, Biology Dept., University of North Florida
Ecology Faculty Search Committee, Biology Dept., University of North Florida
University Radiation Use Committee, University of North Florida
American Physiological Society (Member)
European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (Member)
Protein Society (Member)
Society of Bionaturalists (Life Member)
Indian Society of Human Genetics (Life Member)

Publications: Journals

[1]  Mandal PK (2011): Vitellogenin induction: a valuable endpoint to assess exposure to environmental estrogenic compounds-a mini review (communicated, in review).
[2]  Mandal A, Arunachalam SC, Meleshkevitch EA, Mandal PK, Boudko DY and Ahearn GA (2009): Cloning of Sarco-Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) from Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus argus. J. Comp. Physiol. B 179: 205-214.
[3]  Sterling KM, Mandal PK, Roggenbeck BA, Ahearn SE, Gerencser GA and Ahearn GA (2007): Heavy metal detoxification in crustacean epithelial lysosomes: role of anions in the compartmentalization process. J. Exp. Biol. 210 (19): 3484-3493. [PMID: 17873002]
[4]  Mandal PK (2006): Ion (organic acid and base) transporters and homeostsis: a review with reference to its usefulness as biomarkers. Env. Bioind. 1: 191-213.
[5]  Mandal PK, Mandal A and Ahearn GA (2006): 65Zn2+ transport by lobster hepatopancreatic lysosomal membrane vesicles. J. Exp. Zool. 305A: 203-214. [PMID: 16432883] [Cited in Nature.com EISSN: 1552499X ISSN: 15488969]
[6]  Fiandra L, Mandal PK, Giordana B and Ahearn GA (2006): L-proline transport by purified cell types of lobster hepatopancreas. J. Exp. Zool. 305 (10): 851-861. [PMID: 16823835]
[7]  Mandal PK, Mandal A and Ahearn GA (2005): Physiological characterization of 45Ca2+ and 65Zn2+ transport by purified membrane vesicles of lobster hepatopancreatic endoplasmic reticulum. J. Exp. Zool. 303A (7): 515-526. [PMID: 15945071]
[8]  Mandal, PK (2005): Dioxin: a review of its environmental effects and its aryl hydrocarbon receptor biology. J. Comp. Physiol. B, 175 (4): 221-230. [PMID: 15900503] [Cited in Nature.com EISSN: 1432136X ISSN: 01741578]
[9]  Capo JA, Mandal PK, Eyyunni S and Ahearn GA (2005): 65Zn2+ transport by lobster hepatopancreatic basolateral membrane vesicles. J. Comp. Physiol. B, 175 (1): 13-20. [PMID: 15565310]
[10]  Ahearn GA, Mandal PK and Mandal A (2004): Organelle-specific zinc ATPases in crustacean ER and lysosomal membranes. International Congress Series 1275: 114-125, (In: Animals and Environments, eds. Morris, S and Vosloo, A) Elsevier Press.
[11]  Mandal PK (2004): Lobster hepatopancreatic epithelial single cell suspensions as models for electrogenic sodium-proton exchange. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 137 (3): 479-493. [PMID: 15123186]
[12]  Ahearn GA, Mandal PK and Mandal A (2004): Mechanisms of heavy metal sequestration and detoxification in crustaceans: a review. J. Comp. Physiol., 174 (6): 439-452. [PMID: 15243714]
[13]  Mandal PK, Mandal A and Ahearn GA (2003): Differential physiological expression of the invertebrate 2Na+/1H+ antiporter in single epithelial cell type suspensions of lobster hepatopancreas. J. Exp. Zool., 297A (1): 32-44. [PMID: 12911111]
[14]  Ahearn GA, Mandal PK and Mandal A (2003): Calcium regulation in crustaceans during the molt cycle: a review and update. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 137 (2): 247-257. [PMID: 15123199]
[15]  Mandal A, Verri T, Mandal PK, Storelli C and Aheran GA (2003): Expression of Na+/D-glucose cotransport in Xenopus laevis oocytes by injection of poly(A)+ RNA isolated from lobster (Homarus americanus) hepatopancreas. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 135 (3): 467-475. [PMID: 12829054]
[16]  Mandal PK, McDaniel LR, Prough RA and Clark BJ (2001): 7, 12-dimethylbenz-[a]anthracene inhibition of steroid production in MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells is not directly linked to induction of CYP1B1. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 175: 200-208. [PMID: 11559018]
[17]  Mandal A, Mandal PK and Ahearn GA (2001): Transport of 22Na+ and 45Ca2+ by Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing mRNA from lobster hepatopancreas. J. Exp. Zool., 290 (4): 347-358. [PMID: 11550182 ]
[18]  Verri T, Mandal A, Zilli L, Bossa D, Mandal PK, Ingrosso L, Zonno V, Vilella S, Ahearn GA and Storelli C (2001): D-glucose transport in decapod crustacean Hepatopancreas. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.A, 130: 585-606. [PMID: 11913469]
[19]  Ahearn GA, Mandal PK and Mandal A (2001): Biology of the 2Na+/1H+ antiporter in invertebrates. J. Exp. Zool., 289: 232-244. [PMID: 11241394]
[20]  Mandal PK (1996): Effect of pesticides with special emphasis on its genotoxicity. Ind. J. Ind. Med., 42: 123-126. [TOXLINE # BIOSIS/96/31903]
[21]  Mandal PK and Goswami HK (1995): The epidemiology of recurrent miscarriages. Biomedicine, 15: 30-33.
[22]  Agarkar MS, Goswami HK, Kaushik S, Mishra SM, Mandal PK, Bajpai AK and Sharma US (1994): Biology, conservation and management of Bhojwetland I. Upper lake ecosystems in Bhopal. Bionature, 14: 1-119.
[23]  Mandal PK (1993): Sister chromatid exchanges and cell cycle analysis in cultured peripheral blood lymphocytes from individuals exposed to methyl isocyanate in Bhopal. Int. J. Toxicol. Occup. Environ. Hlth., 2: 87-89.
[24]  Mandal PK, Rangnekar A, Sengupta LK and Goswami HK (1993): Chromosomal involvements in human reproductive wastages: an overview. Bionature, 13: 223-244.
[25]  Mandal PK and Mandal A (1993): Effects of heavy metals: a review. Ind. J. Environ. Toxicol., 3: 1-3.
[26]  Mandal PK (1993): Chromosomal changes in human cancers. Bull. Hum. Genet., 18: 8-11.
[27]  Mandal PK, Gandhi P and Sengupta LK (1993): Fragile-X syndrome: a review with special reference to its prenatal diagnosis. Bombay Hosp. J., 35: 146-150.
[28]  Mandal PK (1992): Further data on the A1A2BO and Rh(D) blood groups among caste populations of Uttar Pradesh, India. J. Hum. Ecol., 3: 243-244.
[29]  Mandal PK (1992): Cytogenetic assessment in peripheral blood lymphocytes after methyl isocyanate exposure in Bhopal. Bionature, 12: 65-68. [TOXLINE # BIOSIS/93/33486]
[30]  Mandal PK (1992): Sister chromatid exchanges observed in individuals addicted to processed betel-nut, quid and zarda. J. Environ. Biol., 13: 247-251. [TOXLINE # BIOSIS/93/33595]
[31]  Mandal PK (1992): Cytogenetic effects of drugs. Bombay Hosp. J., 34: 148-150.
[32]  Mandal PK (1992): The ABO and Rh(D) blood groups among five caste populations of Uttar Pradesh. J. Hum. Ecol., 3: 57-58.
[33]  Mandal PK (1991): Cytogenetic damage in alcohol addicts. J. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Monit., 1: 202-205.
[34]  Mandal PK (1991): Cytogenetic damage in workers exposed to fertilizers. J. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Monit., 1: 317-320.
[35]  Mandal PK (1991): Chorionic villi culture for prenatal cytogenetic diagnosis. Bull. Hum. Genet., 16: 35-36.
[36]  Mandal PK (1990): Cytogenetic investigations in individuals addicted to Cannabis. Bionature, 10: 71-72.
[37]  Mandal PK (1989): Micronucleus technique for mutagenicity testing. Cell Biol. Newslett., 10: 36-37.
[38]  Mandal PK (1988): Gene Therapy. Sci. Report., 25: 156-157.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Ahearn GA, Sterling KM, Mandal PK and Roggenbeck B (2010): Heavy metal transport and detoxification by crustacean epithelial lysosomes, IN: G. A. Gerencser, ed., Epithelial Transport Physiology, Humana Press, Inc. pp. 49-72. [ISBN # 978-1-60327-228-5]