Dr. Siddhartha Das, a biochemist by training is a faculty member in biological sciences since 1993. The major teachng areas include microbiology, biology, molecular parasitology and membrane biology. His research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of the differentiation of parasitic and cancer cells. Research in Dr. Das's laboratory is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

• Editorial Board Members (12/20/2021)
• Editorial Board Members20 - Editors/Editorial Board Members and Reviewers (12/30/2020)
• Manuscript Reviewers-2020 - Various International Journals (12/30/2020)
• External Committee Member-Ph.D. Dissertation by Carmen Martinez at the UNM - Department of Pathology-University of New Mexico School of Medicine (06/10/2020)
• External Committee Member of a Ph.D. Proposal-UNM - University of New Mexico (12/03/2019)
• Editors and Reviewers - Internaltional (12/01/2019)
• Grants Review Panel - NIH and NCERT (12/01/2019)
• NIH Study Section, Antimicrobial chemotherapies - NIH (11/07/2019)
• Invited Speaker, CBEP Symposium, Clemson University - Clemson University (10/16/2019)
• Managing Editor - Pathogens (07/01/2019-07/31/2019)
• External Examiner of a Ph.D. Thesis - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (10/26/2018)
• Manuscript reviewers-2017: Reviewed 8 manuscripts in 2017 (12/19/2017)
• Editorial Board Member: Frontier in Microbiology - Journal (11/14/2017)
• Invited Speaker - EMBO Conference on Anaerobic Protist, New Castle August 31st-September 3, 2017 (08/31/2017)
• Invited Speaker - Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program and the Department of Biology Trent University (05/09/2017)
• Grant Reviewer 2016-2017 - NSERC (Canada) (12/29/2016)
• Journal Reviewer 2016 (12/29/2016)
• Invited Speaker (11/16/2016)
• Symposium Chair, Infectious Diseases - Second Annual BBRC Symposium 2015 (09/29/2015)
• Editorial Board Member - ISRN (12/13/2014)
• Editorial Board Member, Gastroenterology and Hepatology. - Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Canada (12/13/2014)
• Editorial Board Member, Trends in Vector Research and Parasitology - Herbert Open Access Journals, UK/India (12/13/2014)
• Journal Reviewer 2014 - Peer Reviewerd Journals (12/13/2014)
• Invited reviewer: Board of Regents Support Fund for Research and Development - Louisiana Board of Regents (11/15/2014)
• Editorial Board member of the Journal of Microbiology and Infections. VIPOA - Vernon Publisher, Scottland (11/06/2014)
• Invited Symposium Speaker - Texas Tech Health Science Center, El Paso (11/03/2014)
• NIH Study Section 2014 - Microbiology including AIDS Study Section (11/03/2014)
• Member, NIH Study Section - Pathogenic Eukaryote Study Section October 16-17, 2014 (10/16/2014)
• Keynote Speaker, DHS Bridge and RISE Program, El Paso Community College, El Paso,TX - EPCC (08/18/2014)
• Invited Seminar Speaker at UNM - Department of Pathology, UNM (07/07/2014)
• Invited Seminar Speaker - International Conference on Giardia and Cryptosporidium (05/27/2014)
• College of Science Faculty Marshal - COS (05/10/2014)
• Journal Reviewer (03/23/2014)
• Reviewer: NIH (PTHE) Study Section October 2013 (07/20/2013)
• Editorial Board Member: Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology - Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology (06/13/2013)
• Reviewer of two RTRN pilot grants - RTRN, RCMI (05/17/2013)
• External Advisor of RIMI Program at UT Brownsville - UT Brownsville (01/27/2013)
• Journal Reviewer-2013 January (01/27/2013)
• Reviewers of Manuscripts November-December 2012 (11/15/2012)
• Invited speaker (10/12/2012)
• Member, Editorial Board, ISRN Parasitology (08/11/2012)
• Journal reviewers 2012 (06/08/2012)
• ORSP Excellence Award for obtianing NIH R01 grant in 2011 (05/21/2012)
• Journal reviewers (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• Grant reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSCRC), December 2011 (12/10/2011)
• Member of the NIH Study Section for 2012 meeing (12/01/2011)
• International Examiner (10/01/2011-10/31/2011)
• World Journal of Biological Sciences - baishideng Publishing (04/01/2010-04/30/2010)
• Outstanding Research Award - College of Science, UTEP (05/01/2008-05/31/2008)

• Researched on Giardia parasite, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) (1993)
• Researched on Leishmania parasite, University of Pittsburgh (1987)
• Ph D in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta (1982)
• MS in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta (1977)
• BS in Chemistry (Hons), University of Calcutta (1975)

• Synthesis and evaluation of anti-Giardia activity of oseltamivir analogs Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 116 (2024), Harisson W. VanKoten , Breanna C Pence, James C. Klinkenberg, Siddhartha Das, Steven E. Patterson.
• Assessment of Drug Activities against Giardia Using Hyperspectral Raman Microscopy Pathogens 13 5 (2024), Felicia S. Manciu, Jose Guerrero, Breanna C. Pence, Lizbeth V. Martinez Lopez, Siddhartha Das.
• Assessment of Drug Activities against Giardia Using Hyperspectral Raman Microscopy Pathogens 13 5 (2024), Felicia S. Manciu, Jose Guerrero, Breanna C. Pence, Lizbeth V. Martinez Lopez , Siddhartha Das.
• Ultrastructural characterization of the putative defensive glands (warts) in the sessile, colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis (Gnesiotrocha; Flosculariidae) Zoologischer Anzeiger 304 (2023), Robert L. Wallace, Katrina M. Dash, Thiago Q. Araujo, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Siddhartha Das, Rick Hochberg.
• Ultrastructural characterization of the putative defensive glands (warts) in the sessile, colonial rotifer Sinantherina socialis (Gnesiotrocha; Flosculariidae) Zoologischer Anzeiger 304 (2023), Robert L. Wallace, Katrina Dash, Thiago Araujo, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Siddhartha Das, Rick Hochberg.

• The interplay among glucosylceramide transferase and encystation-specific proteins is important for driving the process of cyst formation by an ancient protozoan, Giardia lamblia (2024), Volume New Orleans, LA, Julio H. Rangel, Breanna C. Pence, Sophia C. Vargas , Siddhartha Das.
• Oseltamivir, a non-Metronidazle Class of Compound, affects Raft Assembly, Vesicle Biogenesis, and Host-Parasite Interaction by Giardia. (2024), Volume New Orleans, LA, Breanna C. Pence , Julio H. Rangel , Harrison W. VanKoten , James R. Klinkenberg, Steven E. Patterson , Siddhartha Das, .
• Oseltamivir Analogs and Host-Parasite Interactions by Giardia (2024), Volume El Paso, Breanna C. Pence, Siddhartha Das.
• Oseltamivir Analogs and Host-Parasite Interactions by Giardia (2024), Volume El Paso, Breanna C. Pence, Julio H. Rangel , Brian I. Grajeda , Harrison W. VanKoten , James R. Klinkenberg, Steven E. Patterson , Siddhartha Das.
• Enzyme-enzyme interaction and the differentiation of Giardia lamblia. (2024), Volume El Paso, TX , Julio H. Rangel , Breanna C. Pence, Sophia C. Vargas , Karla M. Martinez , Siddhartha Das.

• Discovery of a novel target for treatment of giardiasis (05/01/2018 - 04/30/2021) NIH
• Discovery of a novel target for giardiasis (04/01/2018 - 03/31/2020) National Institute of Health