• Assistant Professor – Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  
  Duration: 16.05.2016 – Present
• Lecturer – Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur
  
  Duration: 06.08.2014 – 14.05.2016

• Google Scholar H-Index: 07
• Google Scholar I10-Index: 04
• Scopus H-Index: 05

Books Authored (04)

• Saha, N., Das Mahapatra, A., Mahapatra, C., Mohapatra, P.P. and Prakash, M. (2024). Amphibians of Godda. Godda Forest Division, Jharkhand. ISBN: 978-81-971536-7-9.
• Raj, P., Mohapatra, P.P., Mahapatra, C. and Dutta, S. K. (2023). Amphibians of Eastern Ghats. Teerataranga Publication, Bhubaneswar. ISBN: 978-81-19802-58-6.
• Mohapatra, P. P., Dutta, S. K. and Mahapatra, C. (2019). Odishara Sapa Katha (In Odia). Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS), Angul. ISBN: 819382600-0.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P. K. (2013). Role of Lysosomal Enzymes During Anuran Tail Regression. Scholar’s Press, Saarbrucken, Germany.

Books Edited (03)

• Sahu, H. K., Parida, P., Debata, P. R., Mahapatra, C. and Mohanty, G. (Eds.) (2025). Advancements in Zoological Research. Newredmars Education, pp. 1–340. ISBN: 9978-93-93620-70-5.
• Thatoi, H., Sahu, H. K., Mahapatra, C., Sahu, S. C. (Eds.) (2025). Communities, Biodiversity and Conservation of Similipal. Daya Publishing House, pp. 1–283. ISBN: 978-93-5919-453-0.
• Thatoi, H. N., Bastia, A. K., Sahu, H. K., Biswal, A. K., Patra, A. K. and Mahapatra, C. (Eds.) (2017). Facets of Similipal. North Orissa University, Baripada, Odisha, India. pp. 1–270.

Total Publications (37) – Journals

• Saha, N., Das, S., Patra, A., Das Mahapatra, A., Jena, S. K., Prakash, M., Mahapatra, C., Deuti, K. and Mohapatra, P. P. (2026). Addressing the Wallacean shortfall: anuran (Amphibia, Anura) diversity and new state records from Godda Forest Division, Santhal Parganas, Jharkhand, India. Check List 22(1): 57–74.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.15560/22.1.57
  
• Torres-Sánchez, M., Goutte, S., Liedtke, H.C., Allain, S.J., Ahammed, M.S., Calatayud, N., Comeault, A., Elmer, K., Eterovick, P.C., Gilbert, E., Guayasamin, J.M., Hernández-Poveda, M., Kotharambath, R., Paredes, P.L., Mahapatra, C., Mulder, K.P., Nadaline, J., Najafi-Majd, E., Pollet, N., Rubio, A.O., Sachslehner, A.P., Sanz-Sobrino, L., Siu-Ting, K., Snead, A.A., Strowbridge, N., Themudo, G.E., Barreto, D.V., Wogan, G.O.U., Valero, K.C.W. and The Amphibian Genomics Consortium (2025). Comparative biology needs de novo transcriptome assemblies: drawing attention towards amphibians. Amphibia-Reptilia 1(aop): 1–19.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mishra, C. (2024). Seasonal assessment of biomarkers in Channa punctata from Tampara Lake, Odisha, India and toxicity of thorium nitrate on fish. Regional Studies in Marine Science 103914.
• Pradhan, J., Mahapatra, C., Tudu, P.C. and Balakrishnan, S. (2024). New record of Bar-toothed Nereid, Perinereis nuntia (Lamarck, 1818) from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 124(1): 45–50.
• Mahapatra, C. (2024). Letter to editor on “Assessment of toxicity in the freshwater tadpole Polypedates maculatus exposed to silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles: A multi-biomarker approach”. Chemosphere 356: 141817.
• Sarkar, V., Thangkhiew, R., Mahapatra, C., Mohapatra, P.P., Nair, M.V. and Hajong, S.R. (2024). Discovery of the cicada genus Becquartina Kato, 1940 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) in India with the description of a new species from Meghalaya. Zootaxa 5432(1): 96–108.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5432.1.7
  
• Achary, A.S. and Mahapatra, C. (2024). Reactive nitrogen species-mediated cell proliferation during tail regeneration and retinoic acid as a putative modulator of tissue regeneration in geckos. Cells and Development 177(1): 203901.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdev.2024.203901
  
• Mahapatra, C., Naik, P., Singh, M. and Mohapatra, P.P. (2023). Commercially available Vitamin A Palmitate is toxic and teratogenic to the tadpoles of Microhyla nilphamariensis (Anura: Microhylidae). Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research 57(3): 813–821.
• Mahapatra, C., Naik, P., Swain, S.K. and Mohapatra, P.P. (2023). Unravelling the limb regeneration mechanisms of Polypedates maculatus, a sub-tropical frog, by transcriptomics. BMC Genomics 24: 122.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09205-8
  
• Mahapatra, C., Achary, A.S. and Patra, D. (2022). Protein S-nitrosylation: Nitric oxide signalling during anuran tail regression. Acta Histochemica 124(5): 151899.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2022.151899
  
• Mishra, C. and Mahapatra, C. (2021). Physiological assessment of fish health in mineral-rich areas of Ganjam, Odisha, India, and chronic toxicity of zirconium oxychloride on the fishes of Channa punctata. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193: 679.
  DOI:
  
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09451-x
  
• Sarkar, V., Mahapatra, C., Mohapatra, P.P., Nair, M.V. and Kunte, K. (2021). Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Meghalaya, India. Zootaxa 4908(1): 1–28.
• Mahapatra, C., Achary, A.S., Baliarsingh, J., Swain, S., Patra, D., Majhi, S., Patra, D.K. and Si, J. (2020). Toxic and teratogenic effects of vitamin A on anuran tadpoles of four sub-tropical species. Pranikee – Journal of Zoological Society of Orissa 32: 16–32.
• Khan, A., Sailo, S. and Mahapatra, C. (2020). Sphaerotheca rolandae (Roland’s Burrowing Frog) and Uperodon globulosus (Indian Balloon Frog): Interspecific amplexus. Herpetological Review 51(2): 307.
• Mohapatra, P.P., Khandekar, A., Dutta, S.K., Mahapatra, C. and Agarwal, I. (2020). A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India. Zootaxa 4852: 485–499.
• Sarkar, V., Mahapatra, C., Mohapatra, P.P. and Nair, M.V. (2020). Additions to the cicada (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) fauna of India: first report and range extension of four species with notes on their natural history from Meghalaya. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12: 16021–42.
• Khan, A. and Mahapatra, C. (2020). Anophthalmia in a Common Asian Toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), from the Eastern Ghats of India. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 27(1): 44–45.
• Mahapatra, C. and Achary, A.S. (2020). Tail resorption in the tadpoles of Uperodon globulosus (Gunther, 1865) (Anura: Microhylidae). NOUJST.
• Mohapatra, P.P., Behera, S.R., Dutta, S.K., Mahapatra, C. and Upadhyay, H.S. (2019). Mammals of Odisha, India: Updated checklist, distribution and conservation status. Pranikee – Journal of Zoological Society of Orissa 31: 1–112.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2015). Role of melanocytes during cell death in the resorbing tail of anuran tadpoles. Pranikee XXVII: 70–94.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2015). Interspecific variations in duration of tail regression in two tropical anurans. Journal of Histology 2015: 1–8.
• Mahapatra, C., Patro, A. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2015). Dose and stage-specific effects of thyroxine on the tadpoles of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura: Bufonidae). International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 7(8): 171–175.
• Patnaik, N., Mahapatra, C., Dutta, S.K. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2012). Role of acid and alkaline phosphatases during vitamin A induced abnormal tail regeneration in the tadpoles of the Indian tree frog. International Journal of Current Research 4(11): 115–120.
• Mahapatra, P.K., Jamdar, S.N., Mahapatra, C., Dutta, S.K. and Harikumar, P. (2012). Interspecies variation in activity of lysosomal cathepsins during tail regression in the tadpoles of three sympatric anurans. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(3): 232–238.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2012). Immunohistochemical localization of cathepsin D and a possible role of melanocytes during tail resorption in tadpoles of a tropical toad. Journal of Morphology 273: 791–800.
• Mahapatra, C., Dutta, S.K. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2011). Inter-populational differences in activity of acid phosphatase in the tails of the tadpoles of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Anura: Bufonidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(2): 105–110.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2011). Involvement of cathepsin D during tail regression in tadpoles of the common Indian tree frog, Polypedates maculatus (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Acta Histochemica 113: 756–762.
• Dutta, S.K., Nayak, S., Mahapatra, C., Das, M. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2011). Skeletochronology of Anura (Amphibia). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India B 81(1): 83–102.
• Mahapatra, P.K. and Mahapatra, C. (2009). The activity of acid phosphatase in the tail of the tadpoles of Polypedates maculatus. Manjari – Journal of Science & Social Science 1: 33–36.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2007). Tail regression in tadpoles of Bufo melanostictus. Pranikee – Journal of Zoological Society of Orissa 24: 85–96.

Book Chapters

• Mohapatra, P.P., Mahapatra, C. and Dutta, S.K. (2025). An overview of conservation history and mammalian diversity of Similipal Biosphere Reserve. In: Thatoi, H., Sahu, H.K., Mahapatra, C. and Sahu, S.C. (eds) Communities, Biodiversity and Conservation of Similipal. Daya Publishing House: 13–30.
• Pradhan, J., Baisakhi, B. and Mahapatra, C. (2022). Nano-chitosan in aquaculture and fish health management. In: Sundaray, J.K. and Bhat, R.A. (eds) Research Trends in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. AkiNik Publications: 79–95.
• Dutta, S.K., Mohapatra, P.P., Dash, P.K., Mahapatra, C. and Mishra, A.K. (2021). Ensuring biodiversity conservation and local livelihood outside protected areas in Odisha: A critical analysis. In: Thatoi, H.N. and Debata, P.R. (eds) Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Management. Daya Publishing House: 343–354.
• Sarkar, V., Manral, U., Mahapatra, C., Mohapatra, P.P. and Nair, M.V. (2020). Sounds and the Garo tales: A study on the cicada diversity and its cultural influence on the Garo tribe of Meghalaya. In: Chakraborty, P., Roy, A. and Ghosh, S. (eds) Heritage Conservation in Asia: Case Studies Linking Nature and Culture. IUCN-WCC.
• Mahapatra, C. (2019). Anuran tail resorption as a model to study lysosomal enzyme mediated cell death. In: Thatoi, H.N. and Nayak, S.K. (eds) Biotechnology for Sustainable Utilization of Bioresources. Daya Publishing House: 191–202.
• Mohapatra, P.P., Mahapatra, C. and Dutta, S.K. (2017). Studies on amphibians of Odisha: An overview. In: Das, A. (ed) Diversity and Ecology of Amphibians of India. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas, Vol. 19. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun: 11–32.
• Mahapatra, C. and Mahapatra, P.K. (2012). Anuran tail regression as a model to study cell death during development. In: Khillare, Y.K., Natarajan, P. and Kulkarni, G.K. (eds) Sustainable Development of Fisheries and Livestock for Food Security Vol-I: Innovations in Aquaculture and Animal Research. Narendra Publishing House, Delhi: 69–76.

M.Sc.

• ZO-102, ZO-403 – Non-Chordata: Structure and Function
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-106 – Indian Knowledge System
  Teaching Years: 2024–Till Date
• ZO-202, ZO-404 – Developmental Biology
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-206, ZO-OE 412 – Fundamentals of Cell Biology (Open Elective)
  Teaching Years: 2021–Till Date
• ZO-302 (B), ZO-503 (B) – Cell and Molecular Biology (Elective I)
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-303, ZO-505 – Biochemistry
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-401, ZO-502 – Chordata, Comparative Anatomy, Evolution and Animal Behaviour
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-402 (B), ZO-504 (B) – Cell and Molecular Biology (Elective II)
  Teaching Years: 2019–Till Date
• ZO-404, ZO-508 – Project
  Teaching Years: 2016–Till Date

M.Phil.

• ZO-601 – Research Methodology
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022
• ZO-602 (B) – Physiology, Biochemistry and Animal Biotechnology
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022
• ZO-603 – General Theory
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022
• ZO-604 (B) – Physiology, Biochemistry and Animal Biotechnology
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022
• ZO-605 – Practical
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022
• ZO-606 – Dissertation
  Teaching Years: 2016–2022

Pre-Ph.D.

• ZO-801 – Research Methodology I
  Teaching Years: 2016–Till Date
• ZO-802 – Research Methodology II
  Teaching Years: 2016–Till Date
• ZO-803 – Review Paper
  Teaching Years: 2016–Till Date

• Teacher-in-Charge, Research Club
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2021 – Present
• Member, Board of Studies (Zoology)
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2021 – Present
• Member, Institutional Laboratory Safety Committee
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2021 – Present
• Superintendent, Ladies Hostel No. 1
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2022 – Present
• Associate Officer, Research & Development (R&D)
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2022 – Present
• Associate Officer, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2022 – Present
• Member, Subject Research Committee (SRC), Zoology
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2023 – Present
• Member, Anti-Ragging Committee
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2024 – Present
• Member, Student Advisory Board
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2024 – Present
• Assistant Director, Centre for Similipal Studies
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2020 – 2022
• Assistant Superintendent, Ladies Hostel No. 4
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2016 – 2022
• Associate Officer, University Archives
  Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Baripada
  2016 – 2020

• 2nd Prize in Poster Presentation (Biological Sciences Category)
  Odisha Research Conclave-2025, held at Berhampur University
  Awarding Institute: Odisha State Higher Education Council
  Year: 2025
• Women Scientist Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Biological Sciences
  Awarding Institute: Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
  Year: 2025
• International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme Award
  To attend the “Unconventional and Emerging Experimental Organisms in Cell and Developmental Biology” meeting in the United Kingdom.
  Awarding Institute: DST-SERB, India
  Year: 2023
• Early Career Research Award
  Awarding Institute: DST-SERB, India
  Year: 2018
• Travel Award
  To attend the Society for Developmental Biology West Coast Regional Meeting held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
  Awarding Institute: West Coast Society for Developmental Biology, USA
  Year: 2011
• Fulbright-Nehru Professional and Doctoral Fellowship
  For research at the University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
  Awarding Institute: United States-India Educational Foundation and the Fulbright Commission, USA
  Year: 2010
• Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship
  Awarding Institute: University Grants Commission, India
  Year: 2006
• Gold Medal
  For securing 1st Position in First Class in the Master of Science examination.
  Awarding Institute: Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
  Year: 2005
• Sudarshan-Pramila Prize for Meritorious Student
  Awarding Institute: Utkal University Zoology Alumni Association
  Year: 2005

• A comparative study on appendage regeneration in amphibians and reptiles (Principal Investigator)
  Funding Agency: UGC, India (UGC-BSR Start-up Grant)
  Amount: ₹10.0 lakhs
  Duration: 2 years (2018–2020)
  Status: Completed
• Comparative transcriptome analysis of blastemas of regenerating and regeneration-deficient limbs of Indian tree frog Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1830) (Principal Investigator)
  Funding Agency: DST-SERB, India (Early Career Research Award)
  Amount: ₹47.0 lakhs
  Duration: 3 years (2018–2021)
  Status: Completed
• Effects of high-level natural background radiation on amphibians around the Chatrapur beach placer deposits, Odisha, India (Principal Investigator, in collaboration with Dr. Anu Ghosh, BARC, Govt. of India)
  Funding Agency: BRNS, DAE, India
  Amount: ₹44.7 lakhs
  Duration: 3 years (2022–2025)
  Status: Completed
• Synthesis of Fluorescent CDs-Hydrogels, Nanocomposites for Sensing and Removal of Toxic Heavy Metal Ions (Co-Investigator)
  Funding Agency: BRNS, DAE, India
  Amount: ₹37.8 lakhs
  Duration: 3 years (2022–2025)
  Status: Completed
• Impact of Water Quality on the Population of Small Edible Fish and Mollusca and Their Utilization in the Development of Nutraceuticals (UFIRP) (Co-Principal Investigator)
  Funding Agency: MSCB University
  Amount: ₹10.00 lakhs
  Duration: 2 years (2024–2026)
  Status: Completed
• Impact of Microplastics and Their Role as Endocrine Disruptors in the Anurans of Baripada, Odisha (CSIR-ASPIRE Research Scheme) (Principal Investigator)
  Funding Agency: CSIR, India
  Amount: ₹27.59 lakhs
  Duration: 3 years (2024–2027)
  Status: Ongoing
• Role of Canonical and Non-Canonical Wnt Signalling and Its Modulation by Glycosaminoglycans During Limb Regeneration in Tadpoles of Indian Tree Frog, Polypedates maculatus (Gray, 1830) (Principal Investigator)
  Funding Agency: MRI, OSHEC, Odisha
  Amount: ₹10.00 lakhs
  Duration: 2 years (2025–2027)
  Status: Ongoing

• Member, Amphibian Genomics Consortium
• Member, International Society for Regeneration Biology
• Life Member, Indian Society for Cell Biology
• Member, Indian Society for Developmental Biology, India
• Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India
• Life Member, Zoological Society of Orissa, India
• Member, Utkal University Zoology Alumni Association, Odisha, India