Academic Information
Ph.D, IIT Guwahati, 2017
Research Areas
Research Interests
My research interests are mainly focused on designing advanced fluorescent materials/probes for diverse bioimaging and biomedical applications.
Courses Taught
Positions Held
2. Associate Researcher, Shenzhen University, China
3. Postdoctoral Researcher, Shenzhen University, China
Publications
(Total Citations > 2050; h-index: 27; i10-index: 33)
Selected Publications
1. Soham Samanta, Kaitao Lai, Feihu Wu, Yingchao Liu, Songtao Cai, Xusan Yang, Junle Qu and Zhigang Yang. Xanthene, cyanine, oxazine and BODIPY: the four pillars of the fluorophore empire for super-resolution bioimaging. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2023, 52, 7197-7261. Impact factor: 39.3
2. Yi Ye, Shiqing Zhang, Gengwen Chen, Zongjun Liu, Xiaoyuan Chen, Ruijian Luo, Ziyan Zhang, Xuqian Zhao, Jiarong Lian, Zhaoqing Yang, Soham Samanta*, Zhigang Yang and Keqian Xu, Advanced Clinical Diagnosis of Malaria Using a Simple Red-Emissive Smart Fluorescent Probe. Anal. Chem., 2025, 97, 23555–23568. Impact factor: 6.7 (*Corresponding Author)
3. Soham Samanta, Ying He, Amit Sharma, Jiseon Kim, Wenhui Pan, Zhigang Yang, Jia Li, Wei Yan, Liwei Liu, Junle Qu, and Jong Seung Kim. Fluorescent Probes for Nanoscopic Imaging of Mitochondria. Chem., 2019, 5, 1697-1726. Impact factor: 19.1
4. Soham Samanta, Wanjun Gong, Wen Li, Amit Sharma, Inseob Shim, Wei Zhang, Pintu Das, Wenhui Pan, Liwei Liu, Zhigang Yang, Junle Qu and Jong Seung Kim. Organic fluorescent probes for stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM): Recent highlights and future possibilities. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2019, 380, 17-34. Impact factor: 23.5
5. Soham Samanta, Meina Huang, Shaoqiang Li, Zhigang Yang, Ying He, Zhenyu Gu, Jianguo Zhang, Dan Zhang, Liwei Liu and Junle Qu. AIE-active two-photon fluorescent nanoprobe with NIR-II light excitability for highly efficient deep brain vasculature imaging. Theranostics, 2021, 11, 2137-2148. Impact factor: 13.3
6. Soham Samanta, Meina Huang, Fangrui Lin, Pintu Das, Bingling Chen, Wei Yan, Jia-Jie Chen, Kunmei Ji, Liwei Liu, Junle Qu and Zhigang Yang. Solo Smart Fluorogenic Probe for Potential Cancer Diagnosis and Tracking in Vivo Tumorous Lymphatic Systems via Distinct Emission Signals. Anal. Chem., 2020, 92, 1541-1548. Impact factor: 6.7
7. Soham Samanta, Senjuti Halder, and Gopal Das. Twisted-Intramolecular-Charge-Transfer-Based Turn-On Fluorogenic Nanoprobe for Real-Time Detection of Serum Albumin in Physiological Conditions. Anal. Chem., 2018, 90, 7561-7568. Impact factor: 6.7
8. Soham Samanta, Chirantan Kar and Gopal Das. Colorimetric and Fluorometric Discrimination of Geometrical Isomers (Maleic Acid vs Fumaric Acid) with Real-Time Detection of Maleic Acid in Solution and Food Additives. Anal. Chem., 2015, 87, 9002-9008. Impact factor: 6.7
9. Soham Samanta, Poulomi Dey, Aiyagari Ramesh and Gopal Das. A solo fluorogenic probe for the real-time sensing of SO32- and SO42-/HSO4- in aqueous medium and live cells by distinct turn-on emission signals. Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 10381-10384. Impact factor: 4.2
10. Soham Samanta, Sudeep Goswami, Aiyagari Ramesh and Gopal Das. A new fluorogenic probe for solution and intra-cellular sensing of trivalent cations in model human cells. Sens. Actuators B Chem., 2014, 194, 120-126. Impact factor: 7.7