EDUCATION
Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology
Bhubaneswar, India
Ph.D. ZOOLOGY
Supervisor: Dr. Biswaranjan Paital
May 2017-Sept.2021
Thesis: Oxidativestress responses and nutritional changes in Heteropneustes fossilis
under water deprivation and salinity stress.
• Biochemical analyses of the antioxidant enzymes and reactive oxygen species to
in different organs of fish to study the tissue specific protective mechanisms
inH.fossilis as a function of salinity and water deprivation stress
• Biochemical analyses to study the complex enzymes activity of ETC to
supplement the redox signaling under stress
• Histopathological study to confirm tissue injury under increasing salinity in the
freshwater fish
• Studying the proximate value of the fish as a under salinity stress and water
deprivation stress
• A cost and time effective DNA repair ability study to validate the effect of salinity
induced OS

Sambalpur University
MPhil in LIFESCIENCES
Dec.2013-Feb.2015
Thesis: Identification of Start Codon Targeted Polymorphism (SCoT) marker(s) for the
detection of dioecism in pointed gourd [Trichosanthesdioica]
First class with distinction
Sambalpur University
MSc in LIFESCIENCES
First class with distinction
B.J.B Autonomous College, Utkal University
BSc. Zoology
First Class with distinction
Burla, India
June 2011–May 2013
Bhubaneswar, India
May 2008-April 2011

PUBLICATIONS:
Pati, S.G.,Panda,F., Bal, A., Paital, B. & Sahoo, D.K. (2024). Water deprivation-induced
hypoxia and oxidative stress physiology responses in respiratory organs of the Indian
stinging fish in near coastal zones. PeerJ 12 e16793. (I.F- 3.8)
Bal, A. & Paital, B. (2023) Anthropization, salinity and oxidative stress in animals in the
coastal zone. Environmental Science Proceedings. 25(1):7.
Panda, F., Pati, S.G., Bal, A., Samanta, L., & Paital, B.(2023) Redox Regulatory
System in Semi-sessile Amphibious Indian Apple Snail Pila globossa for future ecotoxic
studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological
Sciences. 93(2): 443-450
Bal, A., Panda, F., Pati, S.G., Anwar T.N., Das, K. & Paital, B. (2022) Influence of
anthropogenic activities on redox regulation and oxidative stress responses in different
phyla of animals in coastal water via changing in salinity. Water 14(24):4026. (I. F.: 3.0)
Bal, A., Pati, S.G., Panda, F., & Paital, B. (2022). Dehydration induced hypoxia and its
role on mitochondrial respiratory enzymes and oxidative stress responses in liver of
Asian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. Comparative Physiology and
Biochemistry Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 256(3): 109300. (I. F.: 3.9)
Bal, A., Panda, F., Pati, S.G., Das, K., Agrawal, P.K., & Paital, B. (2021). Modulation of
oxidative stress and antioxidant physiology by environmental salinity, salinization,
osmoregulation and associated abiotic factors in aquatic animals. Comparative
Physiology and Biochemistry Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 241, 108971. (I.F.:
3.9)
Bal, A., Pati, S.G., Panda, F., Mohanty, L., & Paital B. (2021). Low salinity induced
challenges in the hardy fish Heteropneustes fossilis; future prospective of aquaculture
in near coastal zones. Aquaculture, 543, 737007.( I F: 3.9)
Bal, A., Pati, S.G., Panda, F., & Paital, B. (2021). Modification of the time incubation in
colorimetric method for accurate determination of the total antioxidants capacity using
2,2- diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl stable free radical. Journal of Applied Biology and
Biotechnology, 9 (2), 156-161.
Panda, F., Pati, S. G., Bal, A., Das, K., Samanta, L., & Paital, B. (2021). Control of
invasive apple snails and their use as pollutant ecotoxic indicators: a review.
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 19, 4627- 4653. (I.F.- 15)
Rath, S., Bal, A. & Paital, B. (2021). Heavy metal and organic load in Haripur Creek of
Gopalpur Bay of Bengal Coast in East coast of India. Environmental Science and
Pollution Research, 28 (22), 28275 – 28288. (I F– 4.223)
Panda, F., Pati, S. G., Bal, A., Mathur, S., Nirmaladevi, R., & Paital, B. (2021).
Temporal morphometric analyses of Pila globosa in India for its use in aquaculture and
food industry. The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 82(1), 1-9.
Paital, B., Bal, A., Rivera-Ingraham, G.A., & Lignot, J.H. (2017). Increasing frequency of
large- scale die-off events in the Bay of Bengal: reasoning, perceptive and future

approaches. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine, 47-11, 2135 – 2146. (I.F. – 0.5)