Dr. Ashis Biswas

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-2 und Äquivalente
FachgebietGeochemie (Anorganisch, Organisch, Biologisch),Wasserchemie
KeywordsGroundwater, Nutrient and contaminant transport, Natural organic matter, Complexation, Redox process
Auszeichnungen

2010: Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarship

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandIndien
OrtBhopal
Universität/InstitutionIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-FriedrichFakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.07.2015

Programm(e)

2014Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für Postdocs

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2026Husain, Mohd Amir and Scheinost, Andreas C and Biswas, Ashis: {Dissolved organic matter oxidizes ferrous iron and forms colloidal ternary complexes with arsenic via ferric iron bridging in water under anoxic conditions}. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 413, 2026, 122-137
2025Dalai, Subhashree and Biswas, Ashis: {Colloidal association of selenite and selenate in water containing dissolved organic matter and ferric iron: implication for selenium mobility in the aquatic environments}. In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 399, 2025, 156-170
2025Pal, Rajshree and Anand, Smriti and Acharjee, Santoshi and Anjana, Vandana and Thakur, Prateeksha and Biswas, Ashis and Tomar, Raghuvir Singh: {Motifs in the histone H3 and H4 and chromatin modifying factors are crucial to regulate the multifactorial zinc response pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae}. In: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 772, 2025, 110571
2025Acharjee, Santoshi and Pal, Rajshree and Anand, Smriti and Thakur, Prateeksha and Anjana, Vandana and Singh, Ranu and Paul, Mrittika and Biswas, Ashis and Tomar, Raghuvir Singh: {Mutations in histones dysregulate copper homeostasis leading to defect in Sec61-dependent protein translocation mechanism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae}. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 301, 2025, 108163
2025Alam, Naved and Kumar, Ajit and Singh, Deependra Kumar and Kumar, Satish and Husain, Mohd Amir and Neidhardt, Harald and Eiche, Elisabeth and Marks, Michael and Biswas, Ashis: {Testing the hypothesis of fluoride and uranium co-mobilization into groundwater by competitive ion exchange in alluvial aquifers of Southern Punjab, India}. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 492, 2025, 138267
2025Husain, Mohd Amir and Besold, Johannes and Gustafsson, Jon Petter and Scheinost, Andreas C and Planer-Friedrich, Britta and Biswas, Ashis: {Thioarsenate sorbs to natural organic matter through ferric iron-bridged ternary complexation to a lower extent than arsenite}. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 482, 2025, 136531
2024Vinceti, Marco and Filippini, Tommaso and Biswas, Ashis and Michalke, Bernhard and Dhillon, Karaj S and Naidu, Ravi: {Chapter 17 - Selenium: A global contaminant of significant concern to environment and human health}. In: Naidu, Ravi Inorganic Contaminants and Radionuclides. Elsevier, 2024. 427-480
2024Alam, Naved and Husain, Mohd Amir and Singh, Rakesh and Jain, Padam Kumar and Eiche, Elisabeth and Neidhardt, Harald and Marks, Michael and Kumar, Manoj and Biswas, Ashis: {Geochemistry of fluoride mobilization in the hard-rock aquifers of central India: Implication for fluoride-safe drinking water supply}. In: Applied Geochemistry, 171, 2024, 106106
2023Coomar, Poulomee and Das, Kousik and Debnath, Palash and Verma, Swati and Das, Prerona and Biswas, Ashis and Mukherjee, Abhijit: {Arsenic enriched groundwater discharge to a tropical ocean: Understanding controls and processes}. In: Environmental Pollution, 318, 2023, 120838
2023Roshan, Ajmal and Biswas, Ashis: {Fire-induced geochemical changes in soil: Implication for the element cycling}. In: Science of The Total Environment, 868, 2023, 161714
2023Dalai, Subhashree and Sivan, Malavika and Husain, Mohd Amir and Alam, Naved and Landrot, Gautier and Biswas, Ashis: {Mechanistic Insight into the Abiotic Interactions of Selenate and Selenite with Natural Organic Matter}. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 2023, 16595-16605
2022Biswas, Ashis and Hendry, M. Jim and Essilfie-Dughan, Joseph and Day, S. and Villeneuve, Stephanie A. and Barbour, S. Lee: {Geochemistry of zinc and cadmium in coal waste rock, Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada}. In: Applied Geochemistry, 136, 2022, 105148
2021Mookiah, Mathiazhagan and Jha, Sanjeev Kumar and Biswas, Ashis: {Assessment of groundwater mass balance and zone budget in the semi-arid region: A case study of Palar sub-basin, Tamil Nadu, India}. In: Journal of Earth System Science, 130, 2021,
2020Halder, Dipti and Saha, Jayanta Kumar and Biswas, Ashis: {Accumulation of essential and non-essential trace elements in rice grain: Possible health impacts on rice consumers in West Bengal, India}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 706, 2020, 135944
2020Thakre, Pilendra Kumar and Golla, Upendarrao and Biswas, Ashis and Tomar, Raghuvir Singh: {Identification of Histone H3 and H4 Amino Acid Residues Important for the Regulation of Arsenite Stress Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae}. In: Chemical Research in Toxicology, 33, 2020, 817-833
2019Biswas, Ashis and Besold, Johannes and Sj{\"{o}}stedt, Carin and Gustafsson, Jon Petter and Scheinost, Andreas C and Planer-Friedrich, Britta: {Complexation of Arsenite, Arsenate, and Monothioarsenate with Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups of Natural Organic Matter: An XAS Study}. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 2019, 10723--10731
2018Annaduzzaman, Md and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Biswas, Ashis and Hossain, Mohammed and Ahmed, Kazi Matin and van Halem, Doris: {Arsenic and manganese in shallow tubewells: validation of platform color as a screening tool in Bangladesh}. In: Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 6, 2018, 181--188
2018Neidhardt, Harald and Schoeckle, Daniel and Schleinitz, Anna and Eiche, Elisabeth and Berner, Zsolt and Tram, Pham T.K. and Lan, Vi M. and Viet, Pham H. and Biswas, Ashis and Majumder, Santanu and Chatterjee, Debashis and Oelmann, Yvonne and Berg, Michael: {Biogeochemical phosphorus cycling in groundwater ecosystems – Insights from South and Southeast Asian floodplain and delta aquifers}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 644, 2018, 1357--1370
2018Besold, Johannes and Biswas, Ashis and Suess, Elke and Scheinost, Andreas C. and Rossberg, Andr{\'{e}} and Mikutta, Christian and Kretzschmar, Ruben and Gustafsson, Jon Petter and Planer-Friedrich, Britta: {Monothioarsenate Transformation Kinetics Determining Arsenic Sequestration by Sulfhydryl Groups of Peat}. In: Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 2018, 7317--7326
2018Kundu, Amit Kumar and Majumder, Santanu and Biswas, Ashis and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Pal, Chandranath and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Majumder, Madhurina and Chatterjee, Debashis: {Optimisation of laboratory arsenic analysis for groundwaters of West Bengal, India and possible water testing strategy}. In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 98, 2018, 440--452
2017Essilfie-Dughan, Joseph and Hendry, M. Jim and Dynes, James J. and Hu, Yongfeng and Biswas, Ashis and {Lee Barbour}, S. and Day, S.: {Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of sulfur and iron in coal waste rock, Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 586, 2017, 753--769
2017Biswas, Ashis and Hendry, M. Jim and Essilfie-Dughan, Joseph: {Geochemistry of arsenic in low sulfide-high carbonate coal waste rock, Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 579, 2017, 396--408
2015Majumder, Santanu and Biswas, Ashis and Neidhardt, Harald and Sarkar, Simita and Berner, Zsolt and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Mukherjee, Aishwarya and Chatterjee, Debankur and Chakraborty, Sudipta and Nath, Bibhash and Chatterjee, Debashis: {An Insight into the Spatio-vertical Heterogeneity of Dissolved Arsenic in Part of the Bengal Delta Plain Aquifer in West Bengal (India) BT - Safe and Sustainable Use of Arsenic-Contaminated Aquifers in the Gangetic Plain: A Multidisciplinary Approach}. In: Ramanathan, A L and Johnston, Scott and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Nath, Bibhash, . Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. 161--177
2015Hendry, M. Jim and Biswas, Ashis and Essilfie-Dughan, Joseph and Chen, Ning and Day, Stephen J. and Barbour, S. Lee: {Reservoirs of Selenium in Coal Waste Rock: Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada}. In: Environmental Science and Technology, 49, 2015, 8228--8236
2014Halder, Dipti and Biswas, Ashis and Sˇlejkovec, Zdenka and Chatterjee, Debashis and Nriagu, Jerome and Jacks, Gunnar and Bhattacharya, Prosun: {Arsenic species in raw and cooked rice: Implications for human health in rural Bengal}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 497-498, 2014, 200--208
2014Neidhardt, Harald and Berner, Zsolt Attila and Freikowski, Dominik and Biswas, Ashis and Majumder, Santanu and Winter, Josef and Gallert, Claudia and Chatterjee, Debashis and Norra, Stefan: {Organic carbon induced mobilization of iron and manganese in a West Bengal aquifer and the muted response of groundwater arsenic concentrations}. In: Chemical Geology, 367, 2014, 51--62
2014Biswas, Ashis and Gustafsson, Jon Petter and Neidhardt, Harald and Halder, Dipti and Kundu, Amit K. and Chatterjee, Debashis and Berner, Zsolt and Bhattacharya, Prosun: {Role of competing ions in the mobilization ofarsenic in groundwater of Bengal Basin: Insight from surface complexation modeling}. In: Water Research, 55, 2014, 30--39
2014Biswas, Ashis and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Nath, Bibhash and Alexanderson, Helena and Kundu, Amit K. and Chatterjee, Debashis and Jacks, Gunnar: {Shallow hydrostratigraphy in an arsenic affected region of Bengal Basin: Implication for targeting safe aquifers for drinking water supply}. In: Science of the Total Environment, 485-486, 2014, 12--22
2014Biswas, Ashis and Neidhardt, Harald and Kundu, Amit K. and Halder, Dipti and Chatterjee, Debashis and Berner, Zsolt and Jacks, Gunnar and Bhattacharya, Prosun: {Spatial, vertical and temporal variation of arsenic in shallow aquifers of the Bengal Basin: Controlling geochemical processes}. In: Chemical Geology, 387, 2014, 157--169
2013Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Nath, Bibhash and Halder, Dipti and Biswas, Ashis and Majumder, Santanu and Mondal, Priyanka and Chakraborty, Sudipta and Nriagu, Jerome and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Iglesias, Monica and Roman-Ross, Gabriela and {Guha Mazumder}, Debendranath and Bundschuh, Jochen and Chatterjee, Debashis: {Arsenic mobilization in the aquifers of three physiographic settings of West Bengal, India: Understanding geogenic and anthropogenic influences}. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262, 2013, 915--923
2013Neidhardt, Harald and Berner, Zsolt and Freikowski, Dominik and Biswas, Ashis and Winter, Josef and Chatterjee, Debashis and Norra, Stefan: {Influences of groundwater extraction on the distribution of dissolved As in shallow aquifers of West Bengal, India}. In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262, 2013, 941--950
2013Neidhardt, Harald and Biswas, Ashis and Freikowski, Dominik and Majumder, Santanu and Chatterjee, Debashis and Berner, Zsolt A: {Reconstructing the sedimentation history of the Bengal Delta Plain by means of geochemical and stable isotopic data}. In: Applied Geochemistry, 36, 2013, 70--82
2013Halder, Dipti and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Biswas, Ashis and Chatterjee, Debashis and Nriagu, Jerome and {Guha Mazumder}, Debendra Nath and {\v{S}}lejkovec, Zdenka and Jacks, Gunnar and Bhattacharya, Prosun: {Risk of arsenic exposure from drinking water and dietary components: Implications for risk management in rural Bengal}. In: Environmental Science and Technology, 47, 2013, 1120--1127
2012Halder, Dipti and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Biswas, Ashis and Mandal, Ujjal and Nriagu, Jerome and {Guha Mazumdar}, Debendra Nath and Chatterjee, Debashis and Bhattacharya, Prosun: {Consumption of brown rice: A potential pathway for arsenic exposure in Rural Bengal}. In: Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 2012, 4142--4148
2012Biswas, Ashis and Nath, Bibhash and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Halder, Dipti and Kundu, Amit K and Mandal, Ujjal and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Chatterjee, Debashis and M{\"{o}}rth, Carl-Magnus and Jacks, Gunnar: {Hydrogeochemical contrast between brown and grey sand aquifers in shallow depth of Bengal Basin: Consequences for sustainable drinking water supply}. In: Science of The Total Environment, 431, 2012, 402--412
2012Biswas, Ashis and Nath, Bibhash and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Halder, Dipti and Kundu, Amit K and Mandal, Ujjal and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Chatterjee, Debashis and Jacks, Gunnar: {Testing Tubewell Platform Color as a Rapid Screening Tool for Arsenic and Manganese in Drinking Water Wells}. In: Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 2012, 434--440
2011Biswas, Ashis and Majumder, Santanu and Neidhardt, Harald and Halder, Dipti and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Mukherjee-Goswami, Aishwarya and Kundu, Amit and Saha, Debasree and Berner, Zsolt and Chatterjee, Debashis: {Groundwater chemistry and redox processes: Depth dependent arsenic release mechanism}. In: Applied Geochemistry, 26, 2011, 516--525
2010Chatterjee, Debashis and Halder, Dipti and Majumder, Santanu and Biswas, Ashis and Nath, Bibhash and Bhattacharya, Prosun and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Mukherjee-Goswami, Aishwarya and Saha, Debasree and Hazra, Rasmani and Maity, Palash B. and Chatterjee, Debankur and Mukherjee, Abhijit and Bundschuh, Jochen: {Assessment of arsenic exposure from groundwater and rice in Bengal Delta Region, West Bengal, India}. In: Water Research, 44, 2010, 5803--5812
2010Bhattacharya, Prosun and Jacks, Gunnar and Nath, Bibhas and Chatterjee, Debashis and Biswas, Ashis and Halder, Dipti and Majumder, Santanu and Bhowmick, Subhamoy and Ramanathan, A. L.: {Natural arsenic in coastal groundwaters in the bengal delta region in West Bengal, India}. In: Management and Sustainable Development of Coastal Zone Environments, 2010, 146--160
2008Lawson, M. and Ballentine, C. J. and Polya, D. A. and Boyce, A. J. and Mondal, D. and Chatterjee, D. and Majumder, S. and Biswas, A.: {The geochemical and isotopic composition of ground waters in West Bengal: tracing ground-surface water interaction and its role in arsenic release}. In: Mineralogical Magazine, 72, 2008, 441--444