Name:

Dr. Gunjan Mukherjee

Designation:

 Scientist

Education:

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Specialization:

Fermentation Technology, Bioprocess development for industrially important value added products from microorganisms

Honours:

PARIS Innovative Award (Performance Appreciation & Recognition Incentive Scheme), Praj Industries Limited, 2008 ,

Review expert, Current Microbiology , (Springer-Verlag publisher, New York, USA)

Post Doctoral Scientist (DBT-NRC), , Genetic Engineering Research Unit, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India (2006)

Awarded as Junior and Senior Research Fellow (JRF and SRF) in Microbiology, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India (2001-02, 2004-05)

Membership:

Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI): Life member

Society of Biological Chemists of India (SBCI): Annual member

E-mail:

gmukherjee@aripune.org, mukherjeegunjan@yahoo.com

Patents:

Bioprocess for production of Ethanol from Lignocellulosic material (International classification No.:C12P7/10. 2008)

Selected Publications:

1

G Mukherjee, R K Singh, P Mitra and S K Sen Ferulic acid esterase production by Streptomyces spp. Bioresource Technology (Elsevier). 2007. 98(1): 211-213.

2

G. Mukherjee and S K Sen. Purification, characterization and antifungal activity of chitinase from Streptomyces venezuelae P10. Current Microbiology (Springer, UK), 2006. 53(4): 265-269.

3

G.Mukherjee and S.K. Sen. Characterization and Identification of chitinase producing Streptomyces venezuelae P10.Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (SCI Journal), 42, 541-544, 2004.

4

G Mukherjee and S K Sen. Chitinase production by Streptomyces venezuelae P10: Cultural optimization. In Biotechnological approaches for sustainable development. Allied Publishers. India. pp 176-185. 2004.

 

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