Prof. Monalisa Mukherjee completed her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of North Bengal, India. She received her PhD from Center for Biomedical engineering, IIT Delhi in 2006. Presently, she is serving as Director at Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies (AICCRS) & Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Noida Campus, India. She is also a recipient of National scholarship award 1998, Young Scientist award 2010, UK-India Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award 2011. She has been admitted as a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK, in 2021. During the past 5 years, Dr. Mukherjee has made exemplary contributions to the field of materiobiology.
Director, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC
Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB)
Her research is not only reinforced by her remarkable publications in high impact factor journals such as Journal of American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, Nano Today, Material Horizon, ACS Applied Materials and interface, ACS Sustainable Chemistry, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Royal Society of Chemistry Biomaterial Science, Journal of Material Chemistry Part B, Biomaterial Advances, Green Chemistry and patents but also by the translational potential of her work. Till date she has completed 7 project and has 3 on-going projects. She has awarded PhD degree to number of students and guided several M. Tech Students for their dissertation work. She is an editorial board member of chemistry and chemical biology division of Scientific Report Nature as well as Taylor and Francis Journal, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. She has served as research task force member of chemical science domain of DST FIST. The executive council of Telangana University recommended to bestow upon her the title of honorary Professor at Telangana University.
Experience
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July 2018- Present. Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University UP.
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Jan. 2016- Present. Director, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies (AICCRS), Amity University UP.
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May 2015- Dec 2015. Associate Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University UP.
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Sept 2010- April 2015. Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University UP.
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April 2009- August 2010. Senior Lecturer, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University UP.
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April 2008- March 2009. Lecturer, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB), Amity University UP.
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Dec. 2005- March 2008. Project Associate, Center for Bio-Medical Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi.
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March 1999- Jan 2000. Research Assistant, Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata.
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Patents- Granted
Development of novel nanocomposites as chemical sensor using functionalized graphite nanoparticles, and grafted polymers through chemical ligation.
PATENT NO. 322875
Efficient organic photovoltaic devices based on photoactive graphene and semiconductor nanoparticles
PATENT NO. 454315
Graphene based chemical sensor for the detection of toxic heavy metal complexes in drink- ing water.
PATENT NO. 336082
Method for preparation of highly fluorescent biocompatible sulphur doped graphene quan- tum dots from affordable agro-industrial bio-waste cane molasses using hydrothermal synthe-sis for bioimaging application.
PATENT NO. 397183
N-doped carbon nanosheet based hydrogel composite for wound healing.
PATENT NO. 420170
Regiospecific oxidation of C-M bond of organometallic compound with hydrogen peroxide using chiral iron(III) salen complexes as catalyst.
PATENT NO. 297441
Process for preparation of Iron (III) porphyrin catalyst immobilized on Dowex resin and its application thereof in biomimetic oxidation.
PATENT NO. 289167
Graphene quantum dots-based hydrogel nanocomposites for site specific sustained drug release.
PATENT NO. 545814
Patents- CAP Filed and Applied
A Conjugation Of Magnetic And Ferroelectric Orderings In Double Perovskite-Pvdf Multiphase Multiferr.
Application no. 202111045595
CAP filed on 07/10/2022
Carbon-based heterostructured nanomaterials comprising propene bridged cyanurate tetramer crystals.
Application no. 2021110522276
CAP filed on 15/11/2022
A Method for Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Orderings in Novel Co2z-Pvdf.
Application no. 202111052761
CAP filed on 17/11/2022
Magnetic Perovskite Nanofillers-Pvdf Composite Structures And Method Thereof.
Application no. 202111031628
CAP filed on 14/07/2022
A Composition Having Exotic Chimeric Single-Crystalline Nano-Crystalsomes From ‘Click-Tailored’ Benzimidazole Functionalised Triazole Based Copolymer And Method Thereof
Application no. 202111042433
CAP filed on 20/09/2022
Method Of Using Biogenic Carbon Quantum Dot in Stem Cells Biology for Directing Chondrogenesis
Application no. 202311002631
CAP filed on 12/01/2024
A Novel Triarylmethane Xanthenate Based Hydrophobic Visible Light Sensitive Antibacterial Organic Salt Composition and Method Thereof
Application no. 202211045235
CAP filed on 08-07-2023
Carbon Quantum Dots - A novel nanophytohormone inducing the in vitro regeneration of Gerbera jamesonii
Application no. 290424
CAP filed on 08-07-2023
The alkali metal tertiary butoxide promoted, thiazolium salt, catalyzed synthesis of electron deficient amides
Application no. 3453/DEL/2012
Hydrogels for transdermal drug delivery and a method to manufacture the same
Application no. 1388/DEL/2015
Book Chapters
Nanomaterials in Precision Medicine
Radhika Chaurasia, Akshay A. Jain, Monalisa Mukherjee
Precision Medicine and Human Health - Bentham Science Publishers
Green Nanostructures Biomedical Applications and Toxicity Studies
Radhika Chaurasia, Omnarayan Agrawal, Rupesh, Shweta Bansal, Monalisa Mukherjee
Bioinspired and Green Synthesis of Nanostructures: A Sustainable Approach - John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Projects/Funding
2024 "Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging and targeted therapy for triple negative breast Cancer Cell." CSTUP - Rs.13 Lakhs (PI)
2024 "Biogenic Carbon Quantum Dots: A Neoteric Trident in Stem Cell Biology." SERB - Rs.50 Lakhs Core Research Grant (PI)
2024 "For Procuring 400 MHz NMR Instrument." DST-FIST (PI) Rs. 2.35 Crore
2024 "Functionalized Carbon Quantum Dots for bioimaging and targated therapy for triple negative breast Cancer Cell" CSTUP Rs.12.4 Lakhs Core Research Grant (PI)
2023 "SuFFx Click Chemistry for Functionalisation of Graphene Quantum Dots: Application for Targeted Therapeutics." UGC-DAE (PI)
2023 "Iron and zinc biofortification of cereals and vegetables for enhancing micronutrient bioavailability in soil-plant system." DBT Rs.95 Lakhs (Co-PI)
2022 "Enzyme Bioanode for Electricity Generation by Oxidizing Phenolics in Enzymatic Fuel Cell." DBT Rs.36.5 Lakhs (Co-PI)
2018 "Near infra-red editing graphene quantum dots in bioimaging and theragnostic." DST Rs.45 Lakhs (PI)
2018 "Smart Hyaluronic Acid hybrid hydrogels via Click chemistry forwound healing." DBT Rs.41 Lakhs (PI)
2016 "To optimize the uptake of carbon nanomaterials within the cell and to investigate radio sensitization." IUAC Instrument Facilities (PI)
2016 "Metal Oxide decorated doped Carbon Nanosheet for detection of Arsenic in Ground water." UGC-DAE Rs.13 Lakhs (PI)
2010 "Development of Nitric Oxide synthase mimetic material and its application as biosensor." DST Rs. 20 Lakhs (PI)
Recognition
1. Received the prestigious Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) Membership ID: 692448
2. Received Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award for the year 2011 from University of Nottingham, UK.
3. Received DST Young Scientist Award in March 2010.
4. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE– 92.5 percentile) in 1998, Chemistry.
5. National Scholarship award under Govt. of India scheme 1995-96.
Journal Peer Review
1. Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group : 2018- present
2. Reviewer - Nature Communications; RSC Advances; Nature Scientific Reports; Journal of Material Chemistry Part B; Nanoscale; ACS Applied Material and Interfaces; Chemical Communications; Advance Functional Materials
Professional Activities
1. Life Membership – Chemical research Society of India. Membership no.: LM 2434.
2. Annual Membership – American Chemical society (ACS), USA; Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) UK.