Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
School of Environmental Studies Jadavpur University Kolkata 700 032
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Curriculum Vita

Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 1997 Jadavpur University M.Tech 1992 Jadavpur University

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Associate Professor 2000 to till date BITS (Pilani) Lecturer 1997 to 1998

Name Of Organization Postition Held Period IFB Agro Industries, Kolkata 1992 to 1993

Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology

Biochemical Engineering Environmental Health and Toxicology Bioremediation

1. Actinobacteria (Actinomycetes) of the Sundarbans 2. Commercial enzymes from bacteria of the Sundarbans 3. Novel reactor systems for the cultivation of microorganisms of the Sundarbans and other intertidal microorganisms 4. Cyanobacteria of the Sundarbans 5. Bioprocessing of slaughter house waste 6.Polyhydroxyalkanoates from extreme halophiles

Post doctoral experience: 1998-2000: Institute for Technical Chemistry, Unversity of Hannover, Germany: (i) Alternative oxygenation systems in bioreactors (ii) Directed biosynthesis Jan 2007 to Dec 2007: Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia: Purification of collagenase from a bacterium infecting the marine sponge, Rhopaloeides odorabile

Title of the paper Conference Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Cyclic diketopiperazine from marine sponge associated Bacillus sp.: Structural characterization and antimicrobial activity Gordon Research Conferences 2020 Senior author - Isolation and identification of antimicrobial producing two novel actinobacteria from the Sundarbans mangrove forest International Conference on Microbiome Research, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune 2018 Biswas K and Mukherjee J. - Application of halophilic archaea for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (bioplastics) ICBE Asia (AIChE) Conference, Singapore 2018 Senior author - Identification of marine sponge pathogen and purification and characterization of virulence factor, collagenase enzyme American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Conference, Atlanta, USA 2018 Senior author - Actinobacterial and canobacterial biodiversity of Indian Sundarbans International Conference of Advances in Bioprocess Engineering and Technology, Kolkata 2016 Biswas K, Chakraborty S, Mukherjee J. - More

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Euryhalinema mangrovii gen. nov., sp. nov. and Leptoelongatus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest Phytotaxa 2019 Senior author 422-58-74 U32 collagenase from Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans NW4327: Activity, structure, substrate interactions and molecular dynamics simulations International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2019 Senior author 124-635-650 Production enhancement and characterization of the polyhydroxyalkanoate produced by Natrinema ajinwuensis (as synonym) ≡ Natrinema altunense strain RM-G10 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2018 Senior author 107-1480-1490 Oxynema aestuarii sp. nov. (Microcoleaceae) isolated from an Indian mangrove forest Phytotaxa 2018 Senior author 374-24-40 Effects of flask configuration on biofilm growth and metabolites of intertidal cyanobacteria isolated from a mangrove forest Journal of Applied Microbiology 2018 Senior author 125-190-202 More

Book Title Publisher Name Year Role Biotechnological Applications of Biodiversity Springer-Nature 2015 Bioprocess engineering approaches for the production of marine enzymes Biohealthcare Publishing, United Kingdom 2012

Awarded By Award Name Year University Grants Commission Associate Professorship of the Faculty Recharge Programme 2013 Government of India Biotechnology Overseas Associateship of the Department of Biotechnology 2007

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year Malancha Roy Utilization of slaughterhouse waste for the production of organic fertilizers Dr. Anupam Debsarkar Complete 2019 Kaushik Biswas Molecular characterization of an antimicrobial bioactive compound obtained from the Sundarbans and taxonomical identification of the producer Complete 2019 Jayanta Debabrata Choudhury Polyphasic taxonomic identification and whole genome based characterization of virulence genes of a marine sponge pathogen Complete 2017 Anirban Bhattacharya Production of polyhydroxyalkanotes (bioplastics) by haloarchaea utilizing ethanol industry waste Complete 2017 Sayani Mitra Cultivation methods and bioactivities of biofilm-forming estuarine microorganisms Complete 2017 More

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Year Ankita Bhowmick Entrepreneurship development based on production of organic fertilizer from rural slaughterhouse wastes 2018 Anindita Paul Microbial induced calcite precipitation for soil strength improvement: case studies on Gangetic soil and lime quarry overburden Dr. Prabal Bandyopadhyay, Head, Environment, Health and Safety, Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. (formerly Lafarge India Ltd.) 2018 Anwesha Mukherjee Conversion of potato starch to bioplastic and evaluation of its properties for potential commercial application 2018 Nilanjan Mallick Performance and modeling of suspended growth bioreactor for treatment of dairy waste water Prof. Somnath Mukherjee, Department of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University 2018

Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status Identification of eight obligately halophilic cyanobacteria of the Sundarbans and molecular characterization of the antimicrobial compounds therefrom Principal Investigator Ministry of Earth Sciences (Government of India) Rs. 50,00,000.00 3 yrs 2014 to 2017 Complete Mining the genome and metagenome of marine microbiome for pks-nrps biosynthetic gene clusters and bioactive small molecules (In collaboration with Pondicherry University and InStem, Bengaluru) Co-Investigator Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Rs. 180,70,382.00 3 yrs 2016 to 2019 Ongoing Application of membrane distillation to reduce the cost of the desalination component of polyhydroxybutyratevalerate (bioplastic) production by Haloferax mediterranei utilizing rice-based ethanol industry waste (stillage) Principal Investigator Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, in collaboration with McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada Rs. 10,00,000.00 2 yrs 2017 to 2019 Complete Production of organic fertilizer by utilizing slaughterhouse wastes and its application for the cultivation of potato and vegetables Principal Investigator Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal Rs. 22,99,600.00 3 years 2018 to 2021 Ongoing Towards a Sustainable Earth (TaSE) research project Opportunities and trade-offs between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for food, welfare and the environment in deltas Co-Investigator Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Rs. 107,62,800.00 2 yrs 2019 to 2021 Ongoing More

Patent Name Year Enhanced surface area conico-cylindrical flask (ES-CCF) for biofilm cultivation: US Patent No. US 8,945,917 B2 Inventors: Sreyashi Sarkar, Debashis Roy, Joydeep Mukherjee 2015 Biotechnological production of 2-allyloxyphenol (Applied) 2010

Title Member, American Phycological Society Member, American Society for Microbiology Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology

Program Name Session Title Organised By Venue Year National Conference on Biodiversity West Bengal Biodiversity Board 2014 Back To Top

Work Title Organization Name Amount Year Inventorization of plastic product manufacturing and recycling in West Bengal West Bengal Pollution Control Board 1000000 2020