SUBHANKAR CHATTERJEE
Pondicherry University, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Jadavpur University
0000-0001-6398-5327
About
Dr. Subhankar Chatterjee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, in Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India since January 2022. Earlier he has served at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, H.P. as an Assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences from 2012-2022. He has done his Ph.D. from Bose Institute, Kolkata, and has been awarded a Ph.D. degree in Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal in 2007. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany, and has nearly five years of postdoctoral experience in India (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata), Germany (Georg-August University of Goettingen, Goettingen), and the USA (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia). He has published more than thirty research articles including book chapters in well reputed international journals in the field of environmental biotechnology/microbiology, and Microbial ecology. He is a recipient of many national and international awards and has more than twenty years of teaching and research experience. Ha has guided two Ph.D. students and more than forty M.Sc. dissertation students successfully. He has completed one CSIR EMR-project, mentored one NPDF, and is currently running a DST-SERB CRG project (as PI) and one ICMR project (as Co-PI). At present, he is working in the field of environmental pollution abatement (pesticides, phthalates, and microplastic), metabolomics, and pursuing his teaching in environmental science and ecology.
Employment
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Pondicherry University Associate Professor2022 - Present
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Central University of Himachal Pradesh Assistant Professor2012 - 2022
Education
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Jadavpur University PhD2002 - 2007
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (42)
- Biodegradation of plasticizer benzyl butyl phthalate by Paenarthrobacter sp. strain M76 in liquid culture and soil microcosms Save
- Microplastic contamination in Indian shrimp aquaculture ponds and its occurrence in three commercial shrimp species – Fenneropenaeus indicus, Penaeus monodon, and Litopenaeus vannamei Save
- Plastics and Microplastics in Transition: from Consumer Asset to Ecological Burden - Can Microbes Turn the Tide? Save
- Study on the Prevalence and Characteristics of Microplastics in the Agricultural Soil of Rice Bowl of Puducherry – Bahour, India Save
- Investigating RND efflux pumps in Sphingobium yanoikuyae P4: the role of nonpathogenic bacteria in antibiotic resistance gene spread amid environmental contamination Save
- Environmental pollution as a critical driver of antimicrobial resistance emergence Save
- Biodegradation of phthalates DIBP, DMP, and DEP by Paenarthrobacter sp. strain PH1 - analysis of degradation, pathway, and its bioremediation potentiality in soil microcosm Save
- Microplastic contamination and environmental risks in the Beas River, western Himalayas Save
- Biodegradation of DEP, DIBP, and BBP by a psychrotolerant Sphingobium yanoikuyae strain P4: Degradation potentiality and mechanism study Save
- Comparative analysis of SilA-laccase mediated degradation of ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and ofloxacin and interpretation of the possible catalytic mechanism Save