Name: Dr. Madhumita Mukherjee (Prasad)
Designation: Scientific Officer
Department: Chemistry
E-Mail: madhumita@iiserb.ac.in
Phone: +91-755-4092318
Fax: +91-755-4092392

Academic Profile:

• Scientific Officer (August 2009-) Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.

• Post-doc. Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A. (March 2007 – November 2008) with Professor Michael Y Ogawa

• Research Associate - Applications Research Laboratory, Balmer Lawrie and Co. Ltd., Kolkata  (November 2004 – November 2006).

• Ph.D.  (Chemistry) (Thesis Title: “Solution Behaviors of Several Cationic and Nonionic Surfactants and their Interaction with Polymers””; Supervisor: Professor Satya Priya Moulik), Centre for Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2005.

Research Interest:

• Design of “functional miniature metalloproteins”, utilizing principles of de novo peptide design with those of supramolecular coordination chemistry to design metal-peptide nanoassemblies having potential applications in science and medicine, preparation and physico-chemical characterization of self-organized systems (Micelles, Emulsions, Microemulsions).

Selected Publications:

1. “Nanometer to Millimeter Scale Peptide Porphyrin Materials”,
   Daniil V. Zaitsev, Fei Xie, Madhumita Mukherjee, , Alexey Bludin, Borries Demeler,Robert M. Breece, David L. Tierney, and Michael Y. Ogawa Biomacromolecules, 11 (10), 2602 (2010)

2. “Cd2+ induced conformational change of a synthetic metallopeptide: Slow
   metal binding is followed by a slower conformational change”.
   Madhumita Mukherjee, Xianchun Zhu and Michael Y. Ogawa
   Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 4430 (2008)

3. “Critical Evaluation of Micellization Behavior of Nonionic Surfactant MEGA 10
   in Comparison with Ionic Surfactant Tetradecyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide
   studied by Microcalorimetric Method in Aqueous Medium”
   Madhumita Prasad, Indranil Chakraborty, Animesh K. Rakshit, Satya P.
   Moulik
   J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 9815 (2006)

4. ‘Interaction between sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and polyvinylpyrrolidone
   (PVP) investigated with forward and reverse component addition protocols
   employing tensiometric, conductometric, microcalorimetric, electrokinetic and
   DLS techniques”
   Madhumita Prasad, R. Palepu and S. P. Moulik
   Colloid Polym Sci. 284, 871 (2006)

5. “Binding of Amino Acids into a Novel Multiresponsive Ferrocene Receptor
   Having an Ene Backbone”
   Paromita Debroy, Moloy Banerjee, Madhumita Prasad, Satya P. Moulik and
   Sujit Roy
   Organic Letters 7, 403 (2005)

6. “Alkyl (C10, C12, C14 and C16) Triphenyl Phosphonium Bromide Influenced Cloud
   Points of Nonionic Surfactants (Triton X 100, Brij 56 and Brij 97) and the
   Polymer (Polyvinyl methyl ether)”
   Madhumita Prasad, S. P. Moulik, A. Wardian, S. Moore, A. Bommel, R.
   Palepu
   Colloid Polym Sci. 283, 887 (2005)

7. “Self-aggregation of Binary Mixtures of Alkyl Triphenyl Phosphonium Bromides:
   A Critical Assessment in Favor of More than One Kind of Micelle Formation”
   Madhumita Prasad, R. Palepu, S. P. Moulik
   J. Colloid Interface Sci. 284, 658 (2005)

8. “Interfacial adsorption and Micellization Behaviour of Alkaloid Based Chiral
   Compounds in Aqueous Medium”
   Kajari Maiti, Madhumita Prasad, Amrita Chatterjee, P. K. Bhattacharya and S.
   P. Moulik
   J. Surface Sci. Technol. 20, 75 (2004).

9. “Self-Aggregation of Alkyl (C10-, C12-, C14- and C16-) Triphenyl Phosphonium
   Bromides and Their 1: 1 Molar Mixtures in Aqueous Medium: A
   Thermodynamic Study’
   Madhumita Prasad, S. P. Moulik, Amy MacDonald and R. Palepu
   J. Phys. Chem. B. 108, 355 (2004).

10. “Spectral, Fluorescence Quenching, Interfacial Adsorption and Volumetric
    Properties of Alkyl Triphenyl Phosphonium Bromides in Aqueous Medium”
    Madhumita Prasad, Amy MacDonald, R. Palepu and S. P. Moulik
    J. Surface Sci. Technol. 19, 125 (2003).

11. “Influence of Hydrotropes and Glycols on the Clouding Behavior of Surfactants
    (TritonX 100 and Brij 56) and Polymers (Polyvinylmethyl Ether and Triblock Co-
    Polymer, Pluronic 85)”
    Madhumita Prasad, S. P. Moulik, D. Chisholm and R. Palepu
    J. Oleo Sci. (Jpn) 52, 523 (2003).

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