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Synthetic organic chemist, Scientist, project consultant, Project advisor. Project or grant writer.

Profile Summary

A synthetic organic chemist and chemical biologist having more than 12 years of research and development experience in academics and industry. Currently working as senior research scientist in TCGLifescience-a renowned pharma biotechnology contact research organization where we provide solutions to national and international clients throughout the globe. Key job expertise involves in designing, synthesizing, analyzing and execution of projects involving multistep organic synthesis. Writing, presenting, communicating scientific details. Training a group of research chemists and scientists. I can deliver in the following topic/ subject area- • Writing/editing journal manuscript, grant, patent, scientific review, scientific blog, scientific content etc. • Literature review • Interpreting/resolving structures with the help of NMR and other analytical methods (HPLC, LCMS, MS, IR). • Suggest methodology/ synthetic route for deriving small/complex organic molecules.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Organic Chemistry
• ★ Chemical Biology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Product Development Formulation, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

Senior Research Scientist

TCG Lifesciences Private Limited

September 2019 - Present

Senior Research Scientist

TCGLIFESCIENCES

September 2019 - Present

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

University of Alberta

November 2016 - July 2019

Postdoctoral research associate.

University of Alberta

November 2016 - July 2019

Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher

Boston College

July 2014 - December 2015

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Boston College

July 2014 - December 2015

PhD candidate

IIT Kharagpur

August 2008 - May 2014

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

August 2008 - July 2014

PhD (Chemistry)

IIT Kharagpur

August 2008 - May 2014

MSc (Chemistry)

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

August 2006 - June 2008

M.Sc (Master of Science)

IIT ISM Dhanbad

January 2006 - January 2008

BSc (Chemistry)

University of Burdwan

January 2002 - May 2006

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Genetically Encoded Fragment-Based Discovery from Phage-Displayed Macrocyclic Libraries with Genetically Encoded Unnatural Pharmacophores @article{2021, doi = {10.1021/jacs.1c01186}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjacs.1c01186}, year = 2021, month = {mar}, publisher = {American Chemical Society ({ACS})}, volume = {143}, number = {14}, pages = {5497--5507}, author = {Arunika I. Ekanayake and Lena Sobze and Payam Kelich and Jihea Youk and Nicholas J. Bennett and Raja Mukherjee and Atul Bhardwaj and Frank Wuest and Lela Vukovic and Ratmir Derda}, title = {Genetically Encoded Fragment-Based Discovery from Phage-Displayed Macrocyclic Libraries with Genetically Encoded Unnatural Pharmacophores}} . Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Genetically-encoded discovery of proteolytically stable bicyclic inhibitors for morphogen NODAL @article{2021, doi = {10.1039/d1sc01916c}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fd1sc01916c}, year = 2021, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})}, volume = {12}, number = {28}, pages = {9694--9703}, author = {Jeffrey Y.-K. Wong and Raja Mukherjee and Jiayuan Miao and Olena Bilyk and Vivian Triana and Mark Miskolzie and Antoine Henninot and John J. Dwyer and Serhii Kharchenko and Anna Iampolska and Dmitriy M. Volochnyuk and Yu-Shan Lin and Lynne-Marie Postovit and Ratmir Derda}, title = {Genetically-encoded discovery of proteolytically stable bicyclic inhibitors for morphogen {NODAL}}} . Chemical Science.

Expanding the Scope of Single- and Double-Noncanonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis in Mammalian Cells Using Orthogonal Polyspecific Leucyl-tRNA Synthetases @article{2017, doi = {10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00952}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.biochem.7b00952}, year = 2017, month = {nov}, publisher = {American Chemical Society ({ACS})}, volume = {57}, number = {4}, pages = {441--445}, author = {Yunan Zheng and Raja Mukherjee and Melissa A. Chin and Peter Igo and Martin J. Gilgenast and Abhishek Chatterjee}, title = {Expanding the Scope of Single- and Double-Noncanonical Amino Acid Mutagenesis in Mammalian Cells Using Orthogonal Polyspecific Leucyl-{tRNA} Synthetases}} . Biochemistry.

Precise Photoremovable Perturbation of a Virus-Host Interaction @article{2017, doi = {10.1002/anie.201700683}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fanie.201700683}, year = 2017, month = {mar}, publisher = {Wiley}, volume = {56}, number = {15}, pages = {4234--4237}, author = {Sarah B. Erickson and Raja Mukherjee and Rachel E. Kelemen and Chester J. J. Wrobel and Xiaofu Cao and Abhishek Chatterjee}, title = {Precise Photoremovable Perturbation of a Virus-Host Interaction}} . Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Defining the current scope and limitations of dual noncanonical amino acid mutagenesis in mammalian cells @article{2017, doi = {10.1039/c7sc02560b}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1039%2Fc7sc02560b}, year = 2017, publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})}, volume = {8}, number = {10}, pages = {7211--7217}, author = {Yunan Zheng and Partha Sarathi Addy and Raja Mukherjee and Abhishek Chatterjee}, title = {Defining the current scope and limitations of dual noncanonical amino acid mutagenesis in mammalian cells}} . Chemical Science.

A Precise Chemical Strategy To Alter the Receptor Specificity of the Adeno-Associated Virus @article{2016, doi = {10.1002/anie.201604067}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fanie.201604067}, year = 2016, month = {aug}, publisher = {Wiley}, volume = {55}, number = {36}, pages = {10645--10649}, author = {Rachel E. Kelemen and Raja Mukherjee and Xiaofu Cao and Sarah B. Erickson and Yunan Zheng and Abhishek Chatterjee}, title = {A Precise Chemical Strategy To Alter the Receptor Specificity of the Adeno-Associated Virus}} . Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Sodium sulfide in methanol: a two-in-one reagent for deprotection of silyl and formation of propargyl sulfide @article{2015, doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.04.104}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.tetlet.2015.04.104}, year = 2015, month = {jul}, publisher = {Elsevier {BV}}, volume = {56}, number = {29}, pages = {4275--4279}, author = {Ishita Hatial and Raja Mukherjee and Kalyan Senapati and Amit Basak}, title = {Sodium sulfide in methanol: a two-in-one reagent for deprotection of silyl and formation of propargyl sulfide}} . Tetrahedron Letters.

Selectivity in Garratt–Braverman Cyclization of Aryl-/Heteroaryl-Substituted Unsymmetrical Bis-Propargyl Systems: Formal Synthesis of 7′-Desmethylkealiiquinone @article{2014, doi = {10.1021/jo402749d}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fjo402749d}, year = 2014, month = {apr}, publisher = {American Chemical Society ({ACS})}, volume = {79}, number = {9}, pages = {3789--3798}, author = {Joyee Das and Raja Mukherjee and Amit Basak}, title = {Selectivity in Garratt{\textendash}Braverman Cyclization of Aryl-/Heteroaryl-Substituted Unsymmetrical Bis-Propargyl Systems: Formal Synthesis of 7$\prime$-Desmethylkealiiquinone}} . The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Das J, Mukherjee R, Basak A(2014). Selectivity in Garratt-Braverman cyclization of aryl-/heteroaryl-substituted unsymmetrical bis-propargyl systems: formal synthesis of 7'-desmethylkealiiquinone . The Journal of organic chemistry.

Garratt–Braverman Cyclization, a Powerful Tool for C–C Bond Formation @article{2012, doi = {10.1055/s-0032-1317321}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1055%2Fs-0032-1317321}, year = 2012, month = {oct}, publisher = {Georg Thieme Verlag {KG}}, volume = {23}, number = {18}, pages = {2582--2602}, author = {Amit Basak and Sayantan Mondal and Tapobrata Mitra and Raja Mukherjee and Partha Addy}, title = {Garratt{\textendash}Braverman Cyclization, a Powerful Tool for C{\textendash}C Bond Formation}} . Synlett.

Reactivity of Bispropargyl Sulfones under Basic Conditions: Interplay Between Garratt-Braverman and Schmittel/Myers-Saito Cyclization Pathway @article{2012, doi = {10.1002/asia.201100903}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fasia.201100903}, year = 2012, month = {mar}, publisher = {Wiley}, volume = {7}, number = {5}, pages = {957--965}, author = {Raja Mukherjee and Sayantan Mondal and Amit Basak and Dibyendu Mallick and Eluvathingal D. Jemmis}, title = {Reactivity of Bispropargyl Sulfones under Basic Conditions: Interplay Between Garratt-Braverman and Schmittel/Myers-Saito Cyclization Pathway}} . Chemistry - An Asian Journal.

Synthesis of 1-Indol-3-yl-carbazoles via Garratt-Braverman Cyclization @article{2012, doi = {10.1055/s-0031-1290606}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1055%2Fs-0031-1290606}, year = 2012, month = {mar}, publisher = {Georg Thieme Verlag {KG}}, volume = {23}, number = {06}, pages = {877--880}, author = {Amit Basak and Raja Mukherjee}, title = {Synthesis of 1-Indol-3-yl-carbazoles via Garratt-Braverman Cyclization}} . Synlett.