Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

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Dr. Koel Mukherjee

Joined Institute on : 18-Sep-2009

  • Assistant Professor
  • Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • B. Tech, M. Tech (Bioinformatics), Ph.D. (Computational Biology)
Contact Address

Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology BIT Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

CII/56, Outer Campus, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand

  • Phone Office - 0651-2276223
  • Phone Residence - 7739252809
  • Email - koelmukherjee@bitmesra.ac.in
Work Experience

Teaching : 16 Years

Research : 15 Years

Individual: 10 Years

Professional Background
  • Lecturer (3/9/2008 - 16/9/2009), Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal
  • Lecturer (18/9/2009 - 19/11/2010), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand
  • Assistant Professor (20/11/2010 - 30/5/2012), Waljat College of Applied Sciences, Muscat Centre, Sultanate of Oman
  • Assistant Professor (1/6/2012 - Till date),Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Research Areas
  • Enzyme technology and Informatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Drug Designing & delivery system,
  • MD simulation,
  • DNA-Protein interaction study
  • Nanobiotechnology
Award and Honours

Awards

  1. Received International Travel Grant for presenting paper in International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) 2023, Brisbane, Australia from SERB Travel Grant Scheme, (ITS/2023/004538).
  2. Received International Travel Grant for presenting paper in International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB) 2016, Singapore from SERB Travel Grant Scheme, (ITS/3193/2016-17).

Outreach Program

  • Invited speaker in 9th International Conference on Ecotoxicology and Environmental sciences (ICEES 2025), 10-11th October 2025 organized by St. Xaviers College Kolkata.
  • Invited speaker in ChemBioSeasons 2025, Kalingrand, Russia, 14-18 April, 2025.
  • Guest Faculty for B.Tech. Biotechnology program in ICAR-IIAB Ranchi. Jan-April 2024.
  • Chairing the Session in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Translational Bioinformatics, BIT Mesra Ranchi Jharkhand 5-7th Dec, 2024.
  • Keynote speaker in DST-SERB sponsored high-end workshop on " Digital Transformation to Industry 5.0: AI, Analytics, Blockchain & Robotics", NIT Silchar Assam, 25-31st July, 2024.
  • Invited speaker in International Conference “Interdisciplinary Research in Cancer Biology”, 22-23rd September 2022 organized by UPES Dehradun.
  • Delivered lecture as Resource Person in Online Faculty Development Programme on "Computational Approach to Molecular Docking and Drug Designing & its scope in the Entrepreneurial World" organized by Haldia Institute of Technology, 25-29th July, 2022.
  • Evaluator of Poster Session-1 in “International symposium on plant biotechnology towards improving agri-food industry and healthcare products”, 27–30th Oct, 2021 (ISPB-2021)
  • Invited speaker in online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Basics of Bio-informatics (26th May – 04th June 2021) Organized by E & ICT Academy, National Institute of Technology, Warangal in association with University College of Engineering BIT Campus
  • Invited speaker in Webinar Internship Course on Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials for Different Device Architectures (ETNDDA-2021), 15th September to 28th November, 2021 Organized by Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.
  •   Invited speaker on Genomics :Big Data analysis and Data mining, 9-10th Nov, 2019,  Dept. of Biotechnology, Assam Central University.
  •  Invited speaker in One week short term course on “Bioactive compounds from natural sources and their healthcare applications”. Computational studies on protein modeling and docking, 8-14th jan, 2018  . Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur
  • Received Mentor certificate for supervising and presenting project in ANVESHAN competition, 2017.
  • Invited speaker (Resource Person) in BTISNet sponsored Workshop on “Emerging Techniques in Bioinformatics and its Application” in Bio-Engineering Department, BIT Mesra held from 30th November-4th December, 2015.
  • Invited speaker in AICTE sponsored Quality Improvement Programme on ‘Application of Biotechnology in Modern Pharmacognosy’, in Pharmaceutical Science and Technology department, BIT Mesra held from 5th-8th December, 2014.
  • Guest faculty in Vinova Bhaba University, St. Columba's College Campus, Hajaribagh, Jharkhand for one semester, 2014.

 

Webinar/Workshop Organized

  • 5 days Handson workshop on “Emerging Nanotechnology and its Applications” sponsored by IHFC-IIT Delhi and Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, BIT Mesra from 7-11th July, 2025.
  • AICTE-ATAL sponsored 5 days online workshop on “Artificial Intelligence”, 25-29th January, 2021.
  • Five days’ workshop on “AI and ML in healthcare”, 27-31st July, 2020, sponsored by TEQIP III, BIT Mesra
  • One day online webinar on “COVID19: Challenges and Interventions”, 27th June, 2020, sponsored by TEQIP III, BIT Mesra
Publications

Published

  • Evaluating the molecular basis of nanocalcium-induced health regulation in Zebra fish (Danio rerio). Madhubala Kumari, Astha Tiwari, Rishav Sheel, Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Biplab Sarkar, Koel Mukherjee and Dipak Maity. Bioengineering 12(10), 1016  https://doi.org/10.103390/bioengineering12101016 2025 [I. F 3.9] SCIE
  • Anto, M., Mukherjee, K., Mukherjee, K. (2025). Nano bio-robots: a new frontier in targeted therapeutic delivery. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 6(12):1639445.  doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1639445. (IF 3, Scopus, Web of Science)
  • Improved production of thermostable pectinase from novel Bacillus siamensis (BIOSMNF45) using computational-conventional approach. Anushka Satpathy, Koel Mukherjee, Vinod Kumar Nigam, Scientific Reports. 15, Article number: 11489
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-77167-2. 2025 [I.F 4.6] Scopus 
  • Enhanced antimycotic activity of biomodified copper oxide nanoparticles from indigenous state flowers of Jharkhand: an in vitro and in silico approach. Madhubala Kumari, Biplab Sarkar, Koel Mukherjee. Natural Product Research 25: 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2456671 2025 [I. F 1.9] SCIE, Scopus
  • Understanding effects of Ag and Fe3O4 nanoparticles in morpho-biochemical variations of seeds and its localization. Shatabdi Basu, Nidhi Sahu, Madhubala Kumari, Koel Mukherjee. Scientia Agriculturae Bohemica (SAB) (2): 6, 1-21. DOI 10.7160/sab.2025.560206. 2025. Scopus 
  • Nanomaterial?enabled drug transport systems: a comprehensive exploration of current developments and future avenues in therapeutic delivery Shatabdi Basu, Pragnya Biswas, Mariya Anto, Nandini Singh, Koel Mukherjee. 3Biotech 14 (12):289. 2024 [I.F 2.6] SCIE DOI: 10.1007/s13205-024-04135-y
  • Inhibitory role of copper and silver nanocomposite on important bacterial and fungal pathogens in rice (Oryza sativa). Biplab Sarkar, Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Rishikesh Kumar, Arabinda Mahanty, Koel Mukherjee, Sudhir Kumar, Kishor U. Tribhuvan, Rishav Sheel, Srikanta Lenka, Binay K. Singh, Chirantan Chattopadhyay, T. R. Sharma, Vijai Pal Bhadana. Scientific Reports. 14(1):17792024 [I.F 4.6] Scopus DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49918-0
  • Current development of theragnostic nanoparticles for women's cancer treatment. Ananya Kashyap, Madhubala Kumari, Arnika Singh, Koel Mukherjee and Dipak Maity. Biomedical materials. DOI 10.1088/1748-605X/ad3311. 19(4) 2024. [I.F 3.715] SCI, Scopus
  • Solid-State Fermentation of Pectinase and Amylase from Bread Waste Using Bacillus Strain (BIOSMNF02). A Satpathy, F Fatima, AK Sen, K Mukherjee, VK Nigam. Taiwanese Journal of Agricultural Chemistry & Food Science. 62(1):1-12 (2024) 10.6578/TJACFS.202403_62(1).0002. 
  • Identification and screening of plant based potent inhibitors against nSH2 domain of PI3K of breast cancer using docking and simulation studies. Alka Yadav, Koel Mukherjee, Yoggendra Agarwal. Biomedical Engineering: Applications Basis and Communications. 35(5): (Article No. 2350018) (2023) [I.F 0.3] Scopus 10.4015/S1016237223500187
  • Effect of Mangifera indica extracted CuO NPs on seed germination of Cicer arietinum and Vigna radiata: An insight on biochemical, physiological and computational studies. Ananya Kashyap, Madhubala Kumari, Sumant Kumar, Samira Nazma, Koel Mukherjee, Dipak Maity. Advanced Material Letters. 14(4): 1-9 (2023)
  • Batch cultivation and optimization of pectinase production using Bacillus sp. (BIOSMNF02) through RSM-D-optimal quadratic model. Satpathy, A., Mukherjee, K., Nigam, V. K. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04915-1 (2023) SCI [I F 3.5] 
  • Insight study on synthesis and antibacterial mechanism of silver nanoparticles prepared from indigenous plant source of Jharkhand. Koel Mukherjee, Namrata Bhagat, Madhubala Kumari, Arnab Roy Choudhury, Biplab Sarkar and Barnali Dasgupta Ghosh. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 21: 30 (2023) [I.F 0.605] Scopus https://doi.org/10.1186/s43141-023-00463-3 
  • Pollution to Product - A novel two stage single pot fermentative production of 1, 3 – Propanediol. Shreya Anand, Koel Mukherjee, Padmini Padmanabhan. Bioenergy Research 16(3): 1528-1536 [I.F 3.852] (2023). doi.org/10.1007/s12155-023-10570-1 SCIE 
  • Nanoscale Calcium Oxide and its Biomedical Applications: A Comprehensive Review. Madhubala Kumari, Koel Mukherjee and Biplab Sarkar. Biocatalyst and Agricultural Biotechnology. 47, 102506. [I.F 3.2] (2022). Scopus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102506
  • An illustrative in silico study of Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuNPs) and its interaction with fish liver proteins. Hrithik Bhadaria, Koel Mukherjee and Biplab Sarkar. Int. J. of Bioinformatics Research and Applications. 18(6) (2022) Scopus 10.1504/IJBRA.2022.10053484
  • A comprehensive overview of Nanotechnology in sustainable agriculture. Smriti Arora, Gajiram Murmu, Sumit Saha, Koel Mukherjee, Dipak Maity. Journal of Biotechnology. 35: 21-41 (2022) [I.F 3.163] Scopus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.06.007
  • Nanoscale iron for sustainable aquaculture and beyond. Rashk-E- Eram, Koel Mukherjee, Ashish Saha, Surajit Bhattacharjee, Anwar Mallick, Biplab Sarkar. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology.44, (2022) 102440 [I.F 4] ESCI, Scopus, Web of Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102440
  • ANN based process optimization for the growth kinetic study of Nostoc ellipsosporum NCIM 2786. Shreya Anand, Padmini Padmanabhan, Sitanshu Sekhar Sahu, Koel Mukherjee. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(1): 423-428 (2022). Scopus, Web of Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.04.070
  • Structural and functional insights into fungal glutaminase using a computational approach. Ayodeji Amobonye, Samayaditya Singh, Koel Mukherjee, Chacko Jobichen, Insaf Ahmed Qureshi, Santhosh Pillai. Process Biochemistry. 117: 76-89, (2022) DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/2212796815666210216101221. [I.F: 4.4] SCI
  • Insight into fermentable sugar recovery process from sugarcane bagasse: In silico elucidation of enzymatic hydrolysis and Techno-economic assessment. Shreya Anand, Sampath Muthu Kumar, Koel Mukherjee and Padmini Padmanabhan. Journal of Taibah University for Science. 16:204-213, (2022) [I.F: 2.688] SCIE https://doi.org/10.1080/16583655.2022.2040243
  • An Insight to the Toxic Effect of Sulfamerazine on Porcine Pancreatic Amylase and Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity: An In Vitro Study. Avirup MallaKoel MukherjeeMukulika MandalAishwarya MukherjeeRuna SurSuvroma Gupta. Current Chemical Biology. 15(2):171-181.  DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/2212796815666210216101221. (2021) Scopus
  • An insight to flux balance analysis for biochemical networks. Shreya Anand, Koel Mukherjee, Padmini Padmanabhan. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 36(1):32-55, (2020) [IF:4.375]Scopus, SCIE https://doi.org/10.1080/02648725.2020.1847440
  • Morphological analysis of Spirulina sp. NCIM 5143 and Nostoc ellipsosporum NCIM 2786 and comparative characterization of associated enzymes through in silico approach. Shreya Anand, Koel Mukherjee, Padmini Padmanabhan. Biologia. 75, 1553–1561, (2020) [IF:0.811] SCIE https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-00526-7
  • Identification of miRNA, their targets and miPEPs in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Mousam Kumar Ram, Koel Mukherjee, Dev Mani Pandey. Computational Biology and Chemistry 83:107100 (2019) [I.F 3.73] DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2019.107100  SCI
  • Xylan from bambara and cowpea biomass and their structural elucidation. Nanthakumar Arumugam, Peter Biely, Vladimir Puchart, Abe Gerrano, Koel De Mukherjee, Suren Singh, Santhosh Kumar Pillai. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 132, 987–993 (2019) [I.F 8.2] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.04.030 SCIE, Scopus, Web of Science
  • Molecular aspect of Silver nanoparticles regulated embryonic development in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Oct-4 expression. Biplab Sarkar, Suresh K.Verma, Javed Akhtar, Surya Prakash Netam, Sanjay Kr. Gupta, Pritam Kumar Panda, Koel Mukherjee. Chemosphere, 206, 560-567. (2018) [I.F 8.8] DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.018 SCI, Scopus
  • Computational profiling and characterization of Nitrate Reductase involved in silver nanoparticle production by Bacillus clausii. Koel Mukherjee, Rashmi Gupta, Gourav Kumar, Sarita Kumari, Saptaswa Biswas and Padmini Padmanabhan. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 16, 527–536.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgeb.2018.04.004 (2018). Scopus
  • Inhibition of Porcine Pancreatic Amylase Activity by Sulfamethoxazole: Structural and Functional Aspect. Sujan Maity, Koel Mukherjee, Amrita Banerjee, Suman Mukherjee, Dipak Dasgupta & Suvroma Gupta. The Protein Journal, Volume 35 (3) 237-246. DOI 10.1007/s10930-016-9668-8 (2016) Scopus
  • Diversity Study of Nitrate Reducing Bacteria from Soil Samples: A Metagenomics Approach. Priyanka Jha and Koel Mukherjee. Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology. Volume 8(4) 191-198 (2015)
  • Homology modeling and docking studies of human chitotriosidase with it’s natural inhibitors. Deepsikha Roy and Koel Mukherjee. Journal of Proteins and proteomics. Volume 6(2), 183-196 (2015)
  • In silico Characterization and Analysis of RTBP1 and NgTRF1 Protein through MD Simulation and Molecular Docking - A Comparative Study. Koel Mukherjee, Dev Mani Pandey and Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi. Interdiscip Sci Comput Life Sci., Volume 5 275-286. DOI: 10.1007/s12539-014-0237-6. 2015 Scopus
  • Sequence analysis and physicochemical characterization of Nipah virus proteins through computational approach. Dipika Rungta and Koel Mukherjee. International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and In Silico Modeling. 3(3) 398-406 (2014)
  • Identification of HIV1 protease inhibitor through molecular modelling and structure based virtual screening approach. Dipika Rungta, Nutan Chauhan and Koel Mukherjee. Journal of Advanced Bioinformatics Applications and Research. 5(3), 140-149 (2014)
  • In silico characterization of nitrate reductase involved in gold nanoparticles synthesis in pseudomonas denitrificans. Rashmi Gupta, Koel Mukherjee and Sneha Singh. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 5(3) 376-388 (2014)
  • 3D structure modeling of human telomere repeat binding factor 2 and DNA-protein docking studies. Koel Mukherjee, Dev Mani Pandey and Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi. British Biotechnology Journal. 4(1) 81-95 (2013)
  • SVM based model generation for binding site prediction on helix turn helix motif type of transcription factors in eukaryotes. Koel Mukherjee, Abhipriya, Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi& Dev Mani Pandey. Bioinformation. 9(10) 500-505 (2013)
  • Molecular dynamics simulation of DNA binding domain of hTRF2", Koel Mukherjee, Asim K. Bothra, Ambarish S. Vidyarthi. Journal of Advanced Bioinformatics Applications and Research. 3(2) 324-327 (2012)
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Rap1 Myb-type domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Koel Mukherjee, Dev Mani Pandey &Ambarish Saran Vidyarthi. Bioinformation. 8(18) 881-885 (2012)
  • Study of Rice Telomere Binding Protein1 (RTBP1): An In Silico Approach. Koel Mukherjee, Ashutosh Kumar, Dev M Pandey and Ambarish S Vidyarthi. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences review and Research. 10(1) 193-197 (2011)
  • Homology Modelling of Polyphenol Oxidase from Solanum Melongen: Sequence analysis and Structural validation studies – In Silico. Medhavi Mallick, Koel Mukherjee and Neetha A. Udayakumar. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences. 2(3) 319-328 (2011)
  • Comparison of global and local motional properties of Human Telomere Repeat Binding Factor (hTRF2) in vacuum and water. K Mukherjee, A.K. Bothra and A.S. Vidyarthi. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research. 2(3) 587-592 (2010)

Conference Proceedings

1. Identification of Groundnut miRNA and their targets, Mousam Kumar Ram, Koel Mukherjee, Dev Mani Pandey. Canadian Journal of Biotechnology, Volume 1 (Special Issue), p.194. https://doi.org/10.24870/cjb.2017-a180.

Poster Presentations

  • Oral presentation in ChemBioSeasons 2025, Kalingrand, Russia, 14-18 April, 2025.
  • Oral presentation on “Story of bio-robotics system based drug transport: A new era in

            therapeutic delivery” in ICHEAM, Dept. of Physics, BHU 22-24th April, 2024.

  • Oral presentation on “Brief study on liposome-based drug delivery model and the interactions of metallic nanoparticles and proteins against cancer in Zebra fish (Danio rerio)” in InCoB 23, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Oral presentation on “Study the role of antifungal property of biomodified copper nanoparticles (cu nps): a biotechnological approach”. Udaipur, Rajasthan, 4-5th March, 2023.
  • Poster presentation in National Conference on “Breaking Barriers through Bioinformatics and Computational Biology” organized by IIT Delhi, 31stJuly - 1st Aug, 2017.

 

  • Poster   presentation   in   International   Conference “NexGen   Genomics, Biology,

Bioinformatics and Technologies Conference” organized by SciGenome Research Foundation, Kerela, 3rd – 5th Oct, 2016.

  • Poster presentation in 15th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB September 2016), Singapore.

 

  • Oral presentation in COALESCENCE’16 organized by Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi April 2, 2016.
  • Poster presentation in National Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Development, organized by Teqip II and BIT Mesra, December 17-19, 2015
  • Poster Presentation in 6th Annual meeting of Proteomics Society of India (PSI-2014) & International Conference on “Proteomics from discovery to function” from December 7-9, 2014; Organized at: IIT Bombay.
  • Poster presentation Symposium “Frontiers in Biomedical Research” 14-16th April, 2014 organized by Department of Botany, Delhi University, New Delhi.
  • Poster presentation in BIOSANGAM. At Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). 21-23, November 2013.
  • Poster presentation in International Conference on “Recent advances on Computational Drug design”, IIsc Bangalore, 16-17th Sept, 2013.
  • Poster presentation at International Conference in KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Sept 2010.
  • Oral Presentation in National Seminar on “Applications of Biotechnology & Development of Bihar” organized by Central University of Bihar & Birla Institute of Technology, Patna, 22-24 March, 2010.
Member of Professional Bodies

 

1. Association of Microbiologist (AMI), Mesra, India

2. BRSI, India

Current Sponsored Projects

Sponsored Projects

  • Nanorobotic drug delivery system & Lab-On-Chip platform development. Budget 48 Lakhs. Sponsored by I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics, (IHFC) IIT Delhi, 2023-2026. (PI).

      Institutional sponsored projects

  • A study on gene expression related to wall proteins in flacherie infected mulberry silkworms, Completed (2015-2016), Seed Money Scheme, BIT Mesra, (PI)
  • Integrating System biology to bioprocess for the Industrial production of selected Polyols from agrowastes. Completed (2017-2018), UG/PG Grant BIT Mesra (50,000/-). (Co-PI).
  • Design and development of nanoparticles based targeted drug delivery system against women cancer- a theranostic approach. Completed (2022-23), UG/PG Grant BIT Mesra (Shatabdi Basu, 26,000/-). (PI).
  • Studies on the effect of nanocatalyst for pectinase production. Completed (2023-24), UG/PG Grant BIT Mesra (Pragnya Biswas, 15,000/-). (PI).
  • Exploring the effects of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles on legume(s) under abiotic stress. Completed (2023-24), UG/PG Grant BIT Mesra (Nandini Singh, 30,000/-). (PI)
  • Fabrication of Bioengineered nanolayer for wound healing (Pragya Sharan, MSc) Completed (24-25), Rs. 23000/-
Text and Reference Books

Book Chapter

  1. Micro (nano) plastics in farm animals: Health effects”. Rishav Sheel, Baby Kumari, Rima Kumari, Koel Mukherjee, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Vijai Pal Bhadana, Soumen Naskar, Biplab Sarkar. Book: Microplastics in Agriculture and Food Science. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-22210-8.00016-X 2025.
  2. “Bio-derived smart nanostructures for application as sensors”. Anjali Pandey, Koel Mukherjee, Dipak Maity, Sushma Dave. Book Bio-waste-derived Carbon Materials and their Applications, especially as Sensors. Elsevier ISBN 978-0-443-29076-3. 285-300, 2025.
  3. “Role of Machine Learning in High-Throughput Screening of Drug Molecules.” Dhrity Chawda, Shatabdi Basu, Anushree Das, Koena Mukherjee, Koel Mukherjee. Apple Academic Press. DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781774919552 eBook ISBN9781774919552
  4. Role of Metagenomics and Microbial Diversity in the Restoration of Tropic and Temperate Ecosystems”. Anushka Satpathy, Koel Mukherjee, Vinod Kumar Nigam. Book: The Role of Microbes and Microbiomes in Ecosystem Restoration. Bentham Science Publishers. ISBN: 9789815256604. https://doi.org/10.2174/97898152565981240101 2024
  5. “Promises of Systems Biology to Better Understand the Kinetics of Industrially Important Enzymes.” Koel MukherjeeVinod Kumar NigamSanthosh Pillai. Book: Microbial Enzymes: Production, Purification and Industrial Applications. Wiley Publisher. Print ISBN:9783527352906. DOI:10.1002/9783527844340. 2024.
  6. “Role of Metagenomics & Microbial Diversity in the Restoration of Tropic and Temperate Ecosystems”. Anushka Satpathy, Koel Mukherjee, Vinod Kumar Nigam. Book title: Role of microbes and microbiomes in ecosystem restoration. Bentham Science Publication. (2023) ISBN: 978-981-5256-60-4 (Print).
  7. Bioinspired Nanosystems Interacting with the Host Environment: Smart Nanosystems. Shatabdi Basu, Koena Mukherjee, Koel Mukherjee, Dipak Maity. Book title: Smart Nanomaterials Targeting Pathological Hypoxia ISBN: 978-981-99-1717-4 2023 Springer
  8. “Nano-informatics: studies on nano information platforms and their application in various sectors”. Koel Mukherjee, Hrithik Bhadaria, Santhosh Pillai, Madhubala Kumari and Biplab Sarkar. Biological Application of Nanoparticles. Springer Nature publication. 2023. ISBN: 9789819936281
  9. “Challenges in designing and operation of bioreactor for treatment of wastewater”. Shreya Anand, Koel Mukherjee, Padmini Padmanabhan. Book Title: Biological Treatment of Industrial Wastewater; Series: Chemistry in the Environmental Series, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. 2022. ISSN: 2516-2624
  10. “Spirulina: A Cyanobacteria with Numerous Valuable Properties” Shreya Anand, Koel Mukherjee and Padmini Padmanabhan in Spirulina and its Health Benefits. ISBN: 978-1-68507-018-2, https://doi.org/10.52305/ULEL1652 2021. Nova Science Publisher.
  11. “Data Analysis and Network Study of Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Biomarkers”. Koel De Mukherjee, Aman Vats, Deepshikha Ghosh and Santhosh Kumar Pillai. Advances in Computational Intelligence II. ISBN: 978-981-13-8222-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8222-2 2018.
  12. "Gene Expression Profiling of Cervical Cancer Using Statistical Method". Deepak Kapse, Koel Mukherjee and Debadyuti Banerjee in Advances in Computational Intelligence. ISBN: 978-981-10-2525-9, 2017.
  13. “Identification and screening of potent inhibitors against spore wall proteins of  Flacherie infected B. mori through molecular modelling and docking studies”. Application of Biotechnology for Sustainable Development, Debadyuti Banerjee and Koel Mukherjee. DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-5538-6, ISBN: 978-981-10-5537-9, 2017
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
  • A system for development of a bullet shaped nanofiber coated bio-robot for targeted drug delivery. Dr. Koena Mukherjee and Dr. Koel Mukherjee, South Africa Patent. Patent No. 2023/02064. (Granted, 31.5.23).
  • Phytochemical-based nanofiber formulation and method of fabrication thereof. Shatabdi Basu and Dr. Koel Mukherjee. Indian Patent (Filled, 26.4.24). Application No. 202431031247.
  • ANNZYMIX: A machine learning-based system for predicting and optimizing pectinase enzyme activity. Ashish kumar, Dr. Koel Mukherjee, Anushka Satpathy, Dr. Vinod Kumar Nigam. Application No. 202531006309. Filed 25.1.25, Indian Patent.
  • A nanocatalyst-mediated process for improved pectinase production. Pragnya Biswas, Koel Mukherjee, Anushka Satpathy, Vinod Kumar Nigam. Application No. 202531100797. Filed 17.10.25, Indian Patent.
  • A multi-layer nanofiber scaffold for enhanced wound care and method thereof. Pragnya Sharan and Koel Mukherjee. Application No. 202531116917. Filed 25.11.25, Indian Patent.