Dr. Saptarshi Mukherjee

Physical Chemistry

Academic Details

Postdoctoral Fellow: Post-Doctoral Research at the Center for Photochemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, U.S.A. with Professor Peter H. Lu

Topic: Single Molecule Enzymology and Correlated Measurements by Optical and Force Microscopy

Research Fellow at the Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India under the supervision of Professor Kankan Bhattacharyya

Topic: Study of self-assembled systems using time resolved laser spectroscopy

M. Sc, Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2001)

B. Sc, Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (1999)

Profile Details

    Single Molecule Spectroscopy

    Confocal and Total Internal Reflection Microscopy Imaging

    Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy

    Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

    Atomic Force Microscopy

    Bio-macromolecules (Proteins and Enzymes, DNA, Lipids, Polymers etc.)


      Publications from IISER Bhopal:

    • "Spectroscopic Probing of the Microenvironment in a Protein-Surfactant Assembly" Uttam Anand, Chandrima Jash and Saptarshi Mukherjee J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 15839

    • "Exploring the Mechanism of Fluorescence Quenching in Proteins Induced by Tetracycline" Uttam Anand, Chandrima Jash, Ravi Kiran Boddepalli, Aseem Shrivastava and Saptarshi Mukherjee J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 6312

    • Spectroscopic Determination of Critical Micelle Concentration in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Media Using a Non-invasive Method" Uttam Anand, Chandrima Jash and Saptarshi Mukherjee J. Coll. Int. Sci. 2011, 364, 400

    • "Protein Unfolding and Subsequent Folding: A Spectroscopic Investigation" Uttam Anand, Chandrima Jash and Saptarshi Mukherjee Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 20418

    • "Deciphering the Role of pH in the Binding of Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride to Bovine Serum Albumin " Uttam Anand, Lisha Kurup and Saptarshi Mukherjee Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 4250

      • Publications from Postdoctoral and Doctoral Work:

    • “Solvation dynamics of TNS in polymer (PEG)-surfactant (SDS) aggregate”. Partha Dutta, Sobhan Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2002, 359, 15.

    • “Solvation Dynamics in Bile Salt Aggregates”. Sobhan Sen, Partha Dutta, Saptarshi Mukherjee and Kankan Bhattacharyya. J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 7745.

    • “Excited State Proton Transfer of 1-Naphthol in Hydroxypropylcellulose/Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate System”. Partha Dutta, Arnab Halder, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Pratik Sen, Sobhan Sen and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Langmuir 2002, 18, 7867.

    • “Solvation dynamics in a protein-surfactant complex”. Partha Dutta, Pratik Sen, Arnab Halder, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Sobhan Sen and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 377, 229.

    • Solvation Dynamics in the Water Pool of AOT Microemulsion. effect of Na-salicylate and Na-cholate”. Partha Dutta, Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Arnab Halder, Sobhan Sen and Kankan Bhattacharyya. J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 10815.

    • “Solvation dynamics in a protein-surfactant aggregate. TNS in HSA-SDS”. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Pratik Sen, Arnab Halder, Sobhan Sen, Partha Dutta, and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 379, 471.

    • “Solvation Dynamics in the Molten Globule State of a Protein”. Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Partha Dutta, Arnab Halder, Debabrata Mandal, Rajat Banerjee, Siddhartha Roy and Kankan Bhattacharyya. J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 14563.

    • “Solvation dynamics in DMPC vesicle in the presence of a protein”. Partha Dutta, Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 382, 426.

    • “Solvation dynamics of 4-aminophthalimide in dioxane-water mixture”. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Kalyanasis Sahu, Durba Roy, Sudip Kumar Mondal and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2003, 384, 128.

    • “Temperature Dependence of Solvation Dynamics in a micelle. 4-Aminophthalimide in Triton X-100”. Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Arnab Halder and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2004, 385, 357.

    • “Solvation Dynamics in a Wormlike CTAB Micelle”. Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Arnab Halder, Partha Dutta and Kankan Bhattacharyya. Chem. Res. Intermed. 2005, 31, 135.

    • “Solvation Dynamics of DCM in a DPPC Vesicle Entrapped in a Sodium Silicate Derived Sol-get Martix ”. Pratik Sen, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Amitava Patra and Kankan Bhattacharyya. J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 3319.

    • “Study of Partially Folded States of Cytochrome C by Solvation Dynamics” Sudip Kumar Mondal, Durba Roy, Kalyanasis Sahu, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Arnab Halder and Kankan Bhattacharyya. J. Mol. Liq. 2006, 124, 128.

    • "Revealing Linear Aggregates of Light Harvesting Antenna Proteins in Photosynthetic Membranes" Yufan He, Xiaohua Zeng, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Suneth Rajapaksha, Samuel Kaplan and H. Peter Lu Langmuir 2010, 26, 307 (featured on cover page)

    • "Probing Single-Molecule Enzyme Active-Site Conformational State Intermittent Coherence" Yufan He, Yue Li, Saptarshi Mukherjee, Yan Wu, Honggao Yan and H. Peter Lu J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 14389

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