Santanu Mukherjee
Associate Professor
PhD (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) ,Guest Scientist (FZJ, Juelich, Germany), DST-SERB Post Doc Fellow at (IIT Gandhinagar), ICAR-IF.
Santanu Mukherjee is an Associate Professor at the School of Agriculture, Shoolini University. With a PhD (magna cum laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany, Prof Santanu has garnered extensive international experience in his field.
During his academic journey, Prof Santanu has held notable positions, including a guest scientist role at FZJ, Juelich, Germany, and a visiting researcher position at the Savannah River Ecological Laboratory, USA. Upon returning to India, he furthered his research pursuits as a DST-SERB postdoctoral fellow at IIT-Gandhinagar, one of the country's premier institutions.
His contributions to academia have been recognised with numerous prestigious awards of national and international repute. Among these accolades are the India-Japan Hiyoshi Young Leaf Award, the EGU Young Scientist Travel Award, the ISES Early Career Scientists Travel Award, the Early Career Travel Grant by The Geochemical Society (GS) and the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG), the ICAR International Fellowship, the Hutchison Young Scientists Foundation Awards, the DST-SERB-GOI Fellowships, the DST-SERB TARE grant, the DST-SERB Start-up grant, the UCSI-REIG grant (2023) with Malaysia, the GRIFA (Italian Pesticide Agency) grant, and the EU-COST action biochar grant.
Prof Santanu's research interests are diverse and include the fate of emerging contaminants, biogeochemical transformation of nutrients, and the role of dissolved and particulate organic matter in determining contaminants' fate in the environment.
Beyond his research endeavours, Prof Santanu actively contributes to the scholarly community as a youth editorial board member of Biochar (a Scopus-indexed journal from Springer), guest editor of the Sustainability journal, and reviewer for numerous Scopus-indexed journals. He has also edited three books and published numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, reflecting his significant impact in the field (Google Scholar h-index- 19, citations- ≥1010).
Publications
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIP/GRANT:
- Selected member of Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS)-INSA (2023).
- ISES Early Career Scientists Conference Award-2022 to attend the 2022 ISES Annual Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal from 25-29 September 2022.
- Early Career Travel Grant by the The Geochemical Society (GS) and European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) to attend and deliver talk/presentation in person in Goldschmidt Conference®-2022 going to take place in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA from 10-15 July 2022.
- Early Career Chemist award by the 2021 Virtual International Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM 2021) to deliver talk in “Agrochemical session” during (Dec16-21, 2021).
- Recipient of India- Japan Hiyoshi Environmental Awards (Young Leaf) award-2020 (http://www.hiyoshi-india.com/awards.php)
- Recipient of Hutchison Young Scientists Foundation award-2019 by International Union of Geological Sciences (https://www.iugs.org/awards).
- Recipient of DST-SERB (Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI) travel grant (2019) to attend AGU Fall meeting, USA (09th Dec-13th Dec, 2019).
- Recipient of National post-doctoral fellowship (N-PDF) by SERB, Ministry of Science and Technology,GOI (2019-2021).
- IIT-GN (IIT-Gandhinagar) institute post-doctoral fellowship for working in Arsenic and Fluoride contamination (June, 2018-June,2019).
- Research Grant from “DOE (Deptt. of Energy, USA)” for conducting research on environmental monitoring and assessment of Heavy metals and radionuclides (Dec, 2016- Dec,2017).
- Travel Grant from “CGIAR-CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture)” for attending writers’ workshop on “The risk of land degradation in the realization of the SDGs and ways to overcome this constraint” on October 20-21, 2016 at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, in Bonn,Germany.
- “Recognition Award” from Zoological Society of India during 28th All India Congress of Zoology (AICZ) on 20th - 22nd October, 2016 at the Department of Biochemistry, Davangere University, Davangere-577002, Karnataka (NearBangalore).
- Invitation to the “8th International Water & Health Seminar for PhD Students” Cannes, France, June 27th – June 29th,2016.
- Funding from WEHeraeus Foundation for attending Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Physics School on “Ionizing Radiation and Protection of Man”, PhysikzentrumBad Honnef, Germany, 03-14 August2015.
- Dr. Radha Krishnan Gold Medal Award from Global Economic Progress & Research Association (GEPRA), India on 06.09.2014 for excellent contribution in Society andEducation.
- “EGU (European Geosciences Union) Young Scientist Travel Award -2014 and 2016” in European Geosciences Union General Assembly (27April–02May, 2014 and 17-22 April, 2016, Vienna, Austria)[Accepted].
- Invitation from BASF Agrochemical Company on the event 5 thBASF Agrodays (18th-20th August2014).
- “GRIFA (The Italian Research Group for Pesticides and the Environment)” grant for giving talk in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE BCD 2013: Biochars, Composts, and Digestates. Production, Characterization, Regulation, Marketing, Uses and Environmental Impact (17-20 October, 2013, Bari, Italy)[Accepted]
- “EU COST Action TD1107” grant for attending the 1 st International Summer school on Biochar (9-16 September 2012, Potsdam, Germany)[Accepted]
- ICAR international Fellowship Award (2010-11)[Accepted]
- Mexican Govt. Fellowship Award (2010-11) [Offer notavailed]
- UNESCO/China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowship Programme (2011- 2012) [Offer notavailed]
- Huawei Maitree Scholarships 2011 [Offer notavailed]
- “SADHNA YOUNG ACHIEVER AWARD-2010” provided by Dr. Y.S.ParmarUniversity of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh,India.
- An Indian Council for Agricultural Research nominee student in G.B.P.U.A.& T. during M.Sc. (Ag.)(2007-2009).
- University Merit scholarship holder during Under Graduate Programme (2003- 2007).
FULL LENGTH PAPERS
- Bolan, S., Sharma, S., Mukherjee, S., Zhou, P., Mandal, J., Srivastava, P., Hou, D., Edussuriya, R., Vithanage, M., Truong, V.K. and Chapman, J., 2024. The distribution, fate, and environmental impacts of food additive nanomaterials in soil and aquatic ecosystems. Science of The Total Environment, p.170013 (SCI impact factor: 9.80).
- Bolan, S., Sharma, S., Mukherjee, S., Kumar, M., Rao, C.S., Nataraj, K.C., Singh, G., Vinu, A., Bhowmik, A., Sharma, H. and El-Naggar, A., 2023. Biochar modulating soil biological health: A review. Science of The Total Environment, p.169585 (SCI impact factor: 9.80).
- Yadav, S., Kataria, N., Khyalia, P., Rose, P.K., Mukherjee, S., Sabherwal, H., Chai, W.S., Rajendran, S., Jiang, J.J. and Khoo, K.S., 2023. Recent analytical techniques, and potential eco-toxicological impacts of textile fibrous microplastics (FMPs) and its associated contaminates: A review. Chemosphere, p.138495 (SCI impact factor: 8.80).
- Raval, N.P., Priyadarshi, G.V., Mukherjee, S., Zala, H., Fatma, D., Bonilla-Petriciolet, A., Abdelmottaleb, B.L., Duclaux, L. and Trivedi, M.H., 2022. Statistical physics modeling and evaluation of adsorption properties of chitosan-zinc oxide nanocomposites for the removal of an anionic dye. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(6), p.108873 (SCI impact factor: 7.70).
- Poonia, K., Hasija, V., Singh, P., Khan, A.A.P., Thakur, S., Thakur, V.K., Mukherjee, S., Ahamad, T. and Raizada, S.A., 2022. Photocatalytic degradation aspects of atrazine in water: Enhancement strategies and mechanistic insights. Journal of Cleaner Production, p.133087 (SCI impact factor: 11.10).
- Mukherjee, S., Sarkar, B., Aralappanavar, V.K., Mukhopadhyay, R., Basak, B.B., Srivastava, P., Marchut-Mikołajczyk, O., Bhatnagar, A., Semple, K.T. and Bolan, N., 2022. Biochar-microorganism interactions for organic pollutant remediation: Challenges and perspectives. Environmental Pollution (2022), p.119609 (SCI impact factor: 8.90).
- Nath R., Komala G., Fantke P., Mukherjee, S., 2022. Dissipation kinetics, residue modeling and human intake of endosulfan applied to okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). Science of the Total Environment (2022) (SCI impact factor: 9.80).
- Nath, R., Singh, H. and Mukherjee, S., 2022. Insect pollinators decline: an emerging concern of Anthropocene epoch. Journal of Apicultural Research, pp.1-16 (SCI impact factor: 2.407).
- Varma, K., Jhaa, P.K., Mukherjee, S., Singhal A., Kumar, M., 2022. Provenances, preponderances, and distribution of humic acids and organic pollutants in hydro-geosphere: The co-existence, interaction and isotopic biomarkers in the riverine ecosystem. Journal of Env. Management, 313, pp.114996 (SCI impact factor: 8.70). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114996.
- Kumar, A., Bhattacharya, T., Mukherjee, S., Sarkar, B., 2022. A perspective on biochar for repairing damages in the soil–plant system caused by climate change-driven extreme weather events. Biochar, 4(1), pp.1-23 (SCI impact factor: 12.70). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-022-00148-z.
- Gupta, S.K., Sharma, M. and Mukherjee, S., 2022. Buckeye rot of tomato in India: Present status, challenges, and future research perspectives. Plant disease, pp.PDIS-04. 1-11 (SCI impact factor: 4.614). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-21-0861-FE.
- Kumar, M., Mukherjee, S., Thakur, A.K., Raval, N., An, A.K. and Gikas, P., 2022. Aminoalkyl-organo-silane treated sand for the adsorptive removal of arsenic from the groundwater: Immobilizing the mobilized geogenic contaminants. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425, p.127916. (SCI impact factor: 13.60).
- Patel Arbind Kumar, Mukherjee, S., Leifels Mats, Gautam Rohit, Kaushik Himanshu, Sharma Saloni, Kumar OM., 2021. Mega festivals like MahaKumbh, a largest mass congregation, facilitated the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to humans and endangered animals via contaminated water. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 237 (2021) 113836 (SCI impact factor: 6.0)
- Kumar, A., Bhattacharya, T., Shaikh, W.A., Roy, A., Mukherjee, S. and Kumar, M., 2021. Performance evaluation of crop residue and kitchen waste-derived biochar for eco-efficient removal of arsenic from soils of the Indo-Gangetic plain: A step towards sustainable pollution management. Environmental Research, 200, p.111758 (SCI impact factor: 8.30).
- Sharma, P.K., Rausa, K., Rani, A., Mukherjee, S., Kumar, M., 2021. Biopurification of Dairy Farm Wastewater through Hybrid Constructed Wetland System: An implications for the groundwater and health. Environmental Research, 200, p.111426 (SCI impact factor: 8.30).
- Mukherjee, S., and Kumar, M., 2021.Cycling of Black Carbon and Black Nitrogen in the Hydro-geosphere: Insights on the Paradigm, Pathway, and Processes. Science of the total Environment (SCI impact factor: 9.80).
- Mukherjee, S., Thakur, A.K., Goswami, R., Mazumder, P., Taki, K., Vithanage, M. and Kumar, M., 2021. Efficacy of agricultural waste derived biochar for arsenic removal: Tackling water quality in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Journal of Environmental Management, 281, p.111814(SCI impact factor: 8.70).
- Raval, N.P., Mukherjee, S., Shah, N.K., Gikas, P. and Kumar, M., 2020. Hexametaphosphate cross-linked chitosan beads for the eco-efficient removal of organic dyes: Tackling water quality. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, p.111680(SCI impact factor: 8.70).
- Mukherjee, S., Mehta, D., Dhangar, K. and Kumar, M., 2020. Environmental fate, distribution and state-of-the-art removal of antineoplastic drugs: a comprehensive insight. Chemical Engineering Journal, 407, p.127184(SCI impact factor: 15.10).
- Kumar, M., Mazumder, P., Mohapatra, S., Thakur, A.K., Dhangar, K., Taki, K., Mukherjee, S., Patel, A.K., Bhattacharya, P., Mohapatra, P. and Rinklebe, J., 2020. A chronicle of SARS-CoV-2: seasonality, environmental fate, transport, inactivation, and antiviral drug resistance. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 405, p.124043(SCI impact factor: 13.60).
- Mukherjee, S.,Mazumder, P., Joshi, M., Joshi, C., Dalvi, S.V. and Kumar, M., 2020. Biomedical application, drug delivery and metabolic pathway of antiviral nanotherapeutics for combating viral pandemic: A review. Environmental Research, 191, p.110119(SCI impact factor: 8.30).
- Khursheed, A., Alam, S., Tyagi, V.K., Nagpure, A.S., Khan, A.A., Gaur, R.Z., Singh, S., Bhattacharya, P., Mukherjee, S. and Kumar, M., 2020. Future liasing of the lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic: The dawn is expected at hand from the darkest hour. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 11, p.100433(SCI impact factor: 5.90).
- Mukherjee, S.,Kumari, D., Joshi, M., An, A.K. and Kumar, M., 2020. Low-cost bio-based sustainable removal of lead and cadmium using a polyphenolic bioactive Indian curry leaf (Murrayakoengii) powder. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 226, p.113471(SCI impact factor: 6.0).
- Taki, K., Mukherjee, S., Patel, A.K. and Kumar, M., 2020. Reappraisal review on geopolymer: A new era of aluminosilicate binder for metal immobilization. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, p.100345 (SCI cite score: 9.30).
- Kumar M, Gogoi A, *Mukherjee S. Metal removal, partitioning and phase distributions in the wastewater and sludge: Performance evaluation of conventional, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket and downflow hanging sponge treatment systems. J Cleaner Production 2019; 0959-6526(19)34296-9 *(Listed as second author) (SCI impact factor:11.10).
- Shim J, Kumar M, *Mukherjee S, Goswami R. Sustainable removal of pernicious arsenic and cadmium by a novel composite of MnO2 impregnated alginate beads: A cost-effective approach for wastewater treatment. J Environ Manage 2019; 234:8-20. *(Listed as second author) (SCI impact factor:8.70).
- Mukherjee S. Low cost biofilter system for pesticides decontamination. Pestic. Res. J. 2016; 28:255- 264.
- Mukherjee S, Weihermueller L, TappeW, Vereecken H, Burauel P. Microbial respiration of biochar- and digestate-based mixtures. Biol. Fertil. Soils 2016; 52:151- 164 (SCI impact factor:6.50).
- Mukherjee S, Tappe W, Weihermueller L, Hofmann D, Koeppchen S, Laabs V, Schroeder T, Vereecken H, Burauel P. Dissipation of bentazone, pyrimethanil and boscalidin biochar and digestate based soil mixtures for biopurification systems. Sci. Total Environ.2016; 544:192-202 (SCI impact factor :9.80)
- Mukherjee S, TappeW, Weihermueller L, Hofmann D, Koeppchen S, Laabs V, Vereecken H, Burauel P. Sorption-desorption behavior of bentazone, boscalid and pyrimethanilin biochar and digestate based soil mixtures for biopurification systems. Sci. Total Environ. 2016; 559: 63-73 (SCI impact factor:9.80)
- Karlsson SA, Weihermueller L, TappeW, Mukherjee S, Spielvogel S. Field scale boscalid residues and dissipation half-life estimation in a sandy soil. Chemosphere 2015; 145:163-173 (SCI impact factor:8.80)
- Mukherjee S, Kumar S, Srivastava A, Srivastava PC. Uptake and Distribution of14C labeled Fosthiazatein Tomato (Lycopersiconesculentum L.). Agr. Sci. 2011; 2:308-312.
- Mukherjee S, TappeW, Hofmann D, Koeppchen S, Disko U, Weihermueller L, Burauel P, Vereecken H. Microbial respiration of novel biomixtures used for bio purification system. J. crop weed 2015;11:1-4
- Mukherjee S, TappeW, Hofmann D, Koeppchen S, Disko U, Weihermueller L, Burauel P, Vereecken H. Soil Using for Decontamination of Point SourcePollution of Ground and Surface Water in Combination with Bio-energy Residues. SATSA Mukhapatra - Annual Technical Issue 2015; 19:83-87.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
- Edited a book entitled “River Basin Ecohydrology in the Indian sub-continent: Sustainable Strategies and Sustenance”. In AL.Ramanathan, Manish Kumar, Sangam Shrestha, Keisuke Kuroda, Mukherjee S. Editors. Publisher Elsevier; 2021 (Contract No:F2B25502-97BC-44E2-B8BB-80840C6B5477).
- Edited a book entitled “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Drinking and Wastewater Source: Current status, Challenges, and Reigning Technologies around the world”. In Manish Kumar, Dan D. Snow, Ryo Honda, Mukherjee S. Editors. Publisher Springer Nature, Singapore Pte Ltd.; 2019 (ISBN: 978-981-15-4599-3).
- Aralappanavar, V.K., Basak, B.B., Mukhopadhyay, R., Mukherjee, S. and Sarkar, B., 2022. Mineral-enriched biochar fertilizer for sustainable crop production and soil quality improvement. In Biochar in Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 117-127). Academic Press (Paperback ISBN: 9780323853439; eBook ISBN: 9780323853446).
- Mukherjee S., Weihermueller L. Biochar- an anthropogenic pyrogenic amendment. In: A. Rakshit, B. Sarkar and P.C. Abhilash Editors. Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives. Published by CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group) (Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA) (ISBN: 9780815370772_C0011); 2017. p. 153-165.
- Mukherjee S., Patel AK, Kumar M. Water Scarcity and Land Degradation Nexus in the era of Anthropocene: Some reformations to encounter the Environmental Challenges for advanced Water Management systems meeting the Sustainable Development, In Manish Kumar, Vikrant Jain, Daniel Snow, and Ryo Honda Editors: Emerging Issues in the Water Environment during Anthropocene: A South East Asian Perspective (ISBN 978-93-81891-41-4), Publisher Springer Nature, Singapore; 2019.
- Mukherjee S., Kumar M. Social LCA in sustainable bioresource bioeconomy, In Ashok Pandey, Deepak Pant, RupamKataki, and Samir Khanal Editors: Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Sustainable Bioresources for Emerging Bioeconomy, Publisher Elsevier; 2019 (ISBN: 978-0-444-64309-4).
- Pradhan, N., Mukherjee, S., and Kumar, M., 2020. An overview of natural water contamination and sustainable attenuation techniques: challenges and opportunities. In Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources (pp.349-365). Springer Nature, Singapore (ISBN: 978-981-15-4599-3).
- Sarkar, D.J., Sarkar, S.D., Mukherjee, S., and Das, B.K., 2020. Impact and Fate of Microplastics in the Riverine Ecosystem. In Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources (pp. 95-115). Springer Nature, Singapore (ISBN: 978-981-15-4599-3).
- Mukherjee S., Kumar S, Srivastava A. Radiation Hazard Evaluation of Soil and Water Samples around Century Paper Mill (Lalkuan) Contaminated With Fly Ash. In: Rai AK, Das IML, Uttam KN, editors. Emerging Trends in Laser and Spectroscopy and Applications. New Delhi: Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd; 2009. P.333-336.
- Mukherjee S. Microbial Respiration and Degradation: Are they Principle components of Bioremediation? In: S. C. Santra and A. Mallick Editors. Recent Biotechnological applications in India, Govt. in India. Published by ENVIS Centre on Environmental Biotechnology (Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change) (ISBN: 9789352549078-PB, 9789352549085-HB); 2016. p. 122-40.
- Mukherjee S., Weihermueller L, Vereecken H. SDG-3: Healthier lives through avoidance of soil pollution. In: P.L.G. Vlek and L. Tamene Editors. The threat of land degradation to realizing the SDGs and its remedies. Published by CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems (CIAT and ICARDA); 2017. p. 24-26.