Kaushik Bhattacharjee, Ph.D

Kaushik Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.

Division of Life Sciences Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology Guwahati, Assam 781035, India Mo.: +91-94363-34512, Phone: +91-361-2270084 / 2912075 / 2273061, Fax: +91-361-2273063 Email : [email protected]

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2866-2239 ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaushik_Bhattacharjee Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/444455/kaushik-bhattacharjee/peer-review/ Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sRTJPfwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Scopus : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36914857900

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Microbiology March 2017 Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. S.R. Joshi, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Thesis Title: Diversity and antimicrobial potentials of lithic bacteria prevalent in Meghalaya.

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Microbiology July 2008 Dr. M.G.R. University, Chennai, India. Advisor : Dr. R. Saraswathy, Principal Scientist, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai, India. Thesis Title: Phosphate solubilizing bacteria and their relationship with soil physicochemical parameters of brackishwater systems along East coast India.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Biotechnology Nov 2006 G.G.University, Bilaspur, India.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) with Zoology (Hons.), Botany, Chemistry Aug 2004 Gauhati University, Guwahati, India.

Research experience

National Post Doctoral Fellow (N -PDF) April’ 2018 – Sep’2020 Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, India. Advisor : Dr. M.R. Khan

Post -doctoral Research Associate Nov’ 2017 - Mar’ 2018 Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, India. Advisor : Dr. M.R. Khan

Post -doctoral Research Associate Mar’2017 - Nov' 2017 Dept. of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. N.K. Chrungoo

Senior Research Fellow Jan’2017 - Mar' 2017 Dept. of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. N.K. Chrungoo

Senior Research Fellow & NEMiD (Microbial) Database Administrator April’2013 - April' 2016 Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. S.R. Joshi

Senior Research Fellow April’2011 - Mar’2013 Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. S.R. Joshi

Junior Research Fellow April'2009 - Mar'2011 Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Advisor : Prof. S.R. Joshi

Curriculum Vitae 1 Kaushik Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.

Teaching experience

Guest (Visiting) Faculty Jan' 2020 - June, 2020 Institute of Science & Technology (GUIST), Gauhati University, Guwahati, India

Scholarly publications

(A) Peer-reviewed Research Articles

1 Bhattacharjee K , Palepu NR, Rao KM, Joshi SR * (2018 ) Precursor -directed combinatorial biosynthesis of cephalosporin analogue by endolithic actinobacterium Streptomyces sp. AL51 by utilizing thiophene derivative. 3 Biotech . 8:31. (SCI IF = 1.798) 2 Bhattacharjee K , Kumar S, Palepu NR, Patra PK, Rao KM, Joshi SR * (2017 ) Structure elucidation and in silico docking studies of a novel furopyrimidine antibiotics synthesized by endolithic bacterium Actinomadura sp. AL2. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology . 33:178. (SCI IF = 2.477) 3 Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR * (2016 ) A selective medium for recovery and enumeration of endolithic bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods . 129:44-54. (SCI IF = 1.707) 4 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR * (2014 ) NEMiD: A Web -Based Curated Microbial Diversity Database with Geo -based Plotting. PLoS ONE 9(4): e94088. (SCI IF = 2.740) 5 Bhattacharjee K , Banerjee S, Bawitlung L, Dinesh K, Joshi SR * (2014 ) A Study on parameters optimization for degradation of Endosulfan by bacterial consortia isolated from contaminated soils. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 84(3):657-667. (SCI IF = 0.396) 6 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR * (2013 ) Phylogenetic rearrangement of Streptomyces spp. on the basis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region using molecular morphometrics approach. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 12(1):67-79. (SCI IF = 0.413) 7 Joshi SR*, Banerjee S, Bhattacharjee K , Lyngwi NA, Koijam K, Khaund P, Devi LS, Nongkhlaw FMW ( 2015 ) Northeast Microbial Database: A web-based databank of culturable soil microbes from Northeast India. Current Science 108(09):1702-1706. (SCI IF = 0.725) 8 Sonu VK, Rajkumar I, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Mitra S * (2019 ) Interaction of caffeine and sulfadiazine with Lysozyme adsorbed at colloidal metal nanoparticle interface: Influence on drug transport ability and antibacterial activity. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics 37(2):321-335. (SCI IF = 3.310) 9 Palepu NR, Premkumar JR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyj Y, Rao KM * (2018 ) Antibacterial, in vitro antitumor activity and structural studies of rhodium and iridium complexes featuring the two positional isomers of pyridine carbaldehyde picolinic hydrazone ligand. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 11(5):714-728. (SCI IF = 4.762) 10 Sangilipandi S, Sutradhar D, Bhattacharjee K , Kaminsky W, Joshi SR , Chandra AK, Rao KM* ( 2016 ) Synthesis, structure, antibacterial studies and DFT calculations of arene ruthenium, Cp ∗ Rh, Cp ∗Ir and tricarbonylrhenium metal complexes containing 2-chloro-3-(3-(2-pyridyl) pyrazolyl) quinoxaline ligand. Inorganica Chimica Acta 441:95-108. (SCI IF = 2.304) 11 Palepu NR, Nongbri SL, Premkumar JR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyj Y, Thounaojam R, Aguan K, Rao KM* ( 2015 ) Synthesis and evaluation of new salicylaldehyde-2-picolinylhydrazone Schiff base compounds of Ru(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III) as in vitro antitumor, antibacterial and fluorescence imaging agents. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry 20(4):619-638. (SCI IF = 3.246) 12 Bhattacharjee K , Banerjee S, Joshi SR* (2012) Diversity of Streptomyces spp. in Eastern Himalayan region - computational RNomics approach to phylogeny. Bioinformation 8(12):548-554. (RG IF = 0.44)

13 Purushotham KG, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR* and Vasanthakumari R (2009) Comparative efficacies of three acid - fast staining techniques under field conditions in the Indian context. Internet Journal of Microbiology 9(1). (RG IF = 0.24) 14 Bhattacharjee K , Saraswathi R, Barman D, Sarmah K, Saravanan VS* ( 2013 ) Soil physicochemical parameters and bacterial load influences the alkaline phosphatase activity: a study in sediment of brackish water systems along East-coast India. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences 3(1):7-15. (RG IF = 0.25) 15 Palepu NR, Premkumar JR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyj Y, Kaminsky W, Rao KM* (2016 ) In vitro Biological Activity Studies of Platinum Group Metal Complexes Containing N, N’- Bis(picolinoyl)hydrazine Ligand. Current Inorganic Chemistry 6(2):127-140. (RG IF = 0.34)

(B) Research Articles ( Communicated )

1 Bhattacharjee K , Chrungoo NK, Joshi SR. Non -conventional statistical method based optimization of cryopreservation for bacterial cell. 2 Bhattacharjee K , Sarmah K, Joshi SR. Geomicrobiological characterization of lithic bacterial communities from Meghalaya: the place of Meghalayan Age.

Curriculum Vitae 2 Kaushik Bhattacharjee, Ph.D.

3 Bhattacharjee K , Barua S, Chrungoo NK, Joshi SR. Biosorption and Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by bacteria originating from lithic deposit.

1 Bhattacharjee K, Singh RP, Panosyan H, Manchanda G (Eds.) (Under Review ) Microbial Syntrophy mediated eco-enterprising. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 2 Bhattacharjee K , Singh RP, Panosyan H, Manchanda G (Eds.) (Under Review ) Microbes in Microbial communities: An Ecological and applied prospectives. Springer Nature, Singapore. 3 Sheikh N, Barman D, Bhattacharjee K * ( 20 20 ) Abiotic and biotic stress research in plants: a gizmatic approach of modern omics. In: R Roychowdhury R, Choudhury S, Hasanuzzaman M, Srivastava S (Eds.) Stress management of crop in the changing climate . Springer Nature, Switzerland AG. 4 Barman D, Jha DK, Bhattacharjee K * ( 20 20 ) Metalotolerant bacteria: Insights into bacteria thriving in metal contaminated areas. In: Singh RP, Manchanda G, Maurya IK, Wei Y (Eds.) Microbial versatility in varied environments . Springer Nature, Singapore. 5 Barman D, Bhattacharjee K * ( 2019 ) Endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants: the treasure trove of antibacterial compounds. In: Egamberdieva and Tiezzi (Eds.) Medically important plant biomes: source of secondary metabolites . Springer Nature, Singapore. pp. 153-187. 6 Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR * (2018 ) Lithic bacteria, a lesser known group in biomining arena. In: Sharma and Saharan (Eds.) Microbial Cell Factories . CRC Press, Florida, USA. pp.51-73. 7 Joshi SR *, Bhattacharjee K, Banerjee A, Bareh DA (2015) Microbial diversity distribution in the lower belt of eastern Himalaya. In: Tripathi SK (Ed.) Biodiversity in Tropical Ecosystems . Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi. pp.259-286. (* Corresponding author)

(D) Conference Proceedings

1 Palepu NR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyj Y, Rao KM (2015) The atypical bonding nature of two positional isomers of picolinic hydrazine derived Schiff base ligands towards rhodium and iridium metal complexes: Synthesis, structural studies and evaluation of their in vitro antitumor and antibacterial activities. In Proceedings of "An International Symposium on Recent Advances in Chemistry" , March 2015. 2 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR (2013) Molecular RNA morphometrics approach to phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium spp., In Proceeding of "North East Microbiology Conference (NEMICROCON 2013)" , July 2013. 3 Bhattacharjee K , Banerjee S, Dinesh K, Joshi SR (2013) Bioremedial potential against organochlorine pesticide by actinomycetes isolated from Eastern Himalayan range, In Proceeding of "MICROCIENCIA-2012 (10th IAAM National Conference)" , February 2013. 4 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR (2012) Phylogenetic rearrangement of Streptomyces spp. on the basis of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region using molecular morphometrics approach. In Proceeding of "National Conference on Biology and Bioinformatics of Economically Important Plants and Microbes" , February 2012. 5 Bhattacharjee K , Ba nerjee S, Joshi SR (2010): Study on the phylogenetic diversity of culturable Actinobacteria from Papumpare district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. In Proceedings of "International Seminar/Workshop on Managing Biodiversity for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Changing Environment in Marginal Mountain Regions" , December 2011. 6 Bhattacharjee K , Chrungoo N, Sarmah K, Joshi SR (2017) Diversity of Lithobiontic Bacterial Communities from foothills of Eastern-Himalayas: Can this have implications in search for exobiological life forms?. In International Conference “Microbiology in the new Millennium: from Molecules to Communities” , October 2017. 7 Palepu NR, Nongbri SL, Premkumar JR, Verma A, Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR, Rao KM (2014) Cyclic π -perimeter hydrocarbon complexes of Ru(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III): Studies DFT, antimicrobial and antitumor activity. In Proceedings of "National Symposium on Sustainable Chemistry: Frontiers & Challenges (SCFC-2014)" , February 2014. 8 Santha PR, Bhattacharjee K , Das RN, Barman D (2007) Selection of Microbes for Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)-A laboratory study, In Proceedings of the 48th National Level Symposium of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI 2007), IIT Madras , December 2007.

(E) Invited Lectures / Talks

1 Invited Lecture and Resource Person, “Bioinformatics - Basics and Recent Trends”, National Workshop on Bioinformatics , sponsored by DBT, organized by Goalpara College, Goalpara, India on 4 th October, 2009.

2 Invited Lecture and Resource Person, Refresher Course on Life Science , “Biostatistics”, UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC), Gauhati University, October 2019.

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(F) Sequence submitted

1 Bhattacharjee K , Banerjee S, Joshi SR (2009 -2010): Fifteen ( 15 ) 16S rRNA partial sequences to NCBI; JN230520 - JN230522, JN408703 - JN408708, JF827349 - JF827354. 2 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR (2010 -2017): Hundred one ( 101 ) 16S rRNA partial sequences to NCBI; KU761252 - KU761254, KU258198 - KU258251, KU761252 - KU761254. 3 Bhattacharjee K , Joshi SR ( Completed ): Two ( 02 ) V3 sequencing data to NCBI's RefSeq project. 4 Bhattacharjee K , Khan MR ( Completed ): Ten (10 ) V3 -V4 sequencing data to NCBI's RefSeq project. 5 Bhattacharjee K , Khan MR ( Completed ): Ten ( 10 ) ITS sequencing data to NCBI's RefSeq project. 6 Bhattacharjee K , Khan MR ( Completed ): Two ( 02 ) Whole Genome sequencing data to NCBI's RefSeq project.

Research grants received

Funding Agency: SERB, DST, Govt. of India Role: Principal Investigator Title: Study on fungal inhabitants of resinous and healthy Agarwood plant Aquilaria malaccensis and rhizospheric soil for development of an efficient biological Agarwood induction method. Duration: 2.5 years (2018 - 2020) Amount sanctioned: INR 20,25,600.00

Training / Workshop / Seminars / Conferences

48th Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) Conference’07, IIT Madras, Chennai, India 2007 Electron Microscopy, Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, India 2007 Cytogenetics -Human Karyotyping, Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai, India 2007 National Level Workshop on GIS & Marine Biodiversity, Loyola College, Chennai, India 2008 International Workshop -Cum -Seminar on Advances in Modern Biotechnology & Molecular Techniques in 2008 Veterinary Parasitology, Alagappa University, India National Workshop on Microbial Diversity Database, NEHU, Shillong, India 2009 Short Term Training Course on Sequence Analysis & Alignment, NEIST, Jorhat, India 2009 International Seminar/Workshop on Managing Biodiversity for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Changing 2010 Environment in Marginal Mountain Regions, NEHU, Shillong, India Workshop on Fundamentals of ArcEditor, ESRI, India 2010 Workshop on Fundamentals of ArcIMS, ESRI, India 2010 National Workshop on Biological Modeling (Organized by ISI, Kolkata), NEHU, Shillong, India 2010 National Workshop on Microbial diversity and function: Genes to Omics, NEHU, Shillong, India 2010 National Training on Metagenomics, NBAIM (ICAR), Maunath Bhanjan, UP, India 2011 National Conference on Biology and Bioinformatics of Economically Important Plants and Microbes, University 2012 of North Bengal, Siliguri, India Workshop on Statistical Computing and its Application (Organized by ISI, Kolkata), NEHU, Shillong, India 2012 North East Microbiology Conference (NEMICROCON 2013), IAMM, NEIGRIMS, Shillong, India 2013 Training programme on Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis and its Application in Biological Sciences, ICAR RC 2014 NEHR, Umiam, India

Professional Activities

Journal Reviewer, PLoS ONE . Journal Reviewer, Clinical Microbiology and Infection (Elsevier). Journal Reviewer, Microbial Cell Factories (BioMed Central). Journal Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier). Journal Reviewer, Environmental Technology (Taylor & Francis). Journal Reviewer, Soil Research (CSIRO). Journal Reviewer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B (Springer). Journal Reviewer, Bioremediation Journal (Taylor & Francis). Journal Reviewer, Gene (Elsevier). Journal Reviewer, Bioinformation .

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Professional Memberships

Life Member , Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), India. Life Member , Assam Science Society, Guwahati, India. Editorial Board Member , Algerian Journal of Engineering and Technology (AJET).

Awards/Recognition/Fellowships/Honours (Selected)

Qualified CSIR-UGC NET for Lectureship, CSIR, MHRD, GoI, India. 2018, 2019 Outstanding Journal Reviewer , Journal of Advanced Research, Elsevier , Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2018 National Post Doctoral Fellowship ( N-PDF ), SERB, Department of Science & Tech, GoI, India 2017 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering ( GATE ), MHRD, GoI, India. 2010 University Second Rank Holder in Master degree (Silver medallist), India. 2008 Certified Mentor , Publons Academy, Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, United States 2020

Skills Summary

Proficient in Microbiology : Culture of bacteria – Aerobic & Anaerobic, Microbial community sequencing, Microbial Taxonomy, Environmental Microbiology. Proficient in Genomic & Molecular Biology . Proficient in Proteomic : Protein analysis, LC-MS/MS, NMR, MALDI-TOF/ MS MS Proficient in Soil chemistry analysis. Proficient in Bioinformatics : Phylogenetic analysis, Metagenomics data analysis, Proteomics analysis, Diversity analysis, NGS data analysis. Proficient in Metabolomics : Solvent extraction & Purification, UV -visible spectrometry, FT -IR, NMR, MS, HPLC, GC - MS. Proficient in Mineral chemistry : Microscopy, XRD, XRF, FT-IR, UV-Vis Spectroscopy. Proficient in Bio-statistics and Statistical software (SPSS, R, Origin, MiniTab, SigmaPlot).

References

1 Prof. S.R. Joshi (Doctoral thesis supervisor ), Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Email: [email protected] 2 Prof. Dandadhar Sarma , Professor, Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India. Email: [email protected] 3 Dr. R. Sa raswathy (Master's thesis supervisor ), Principal Scientist, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai. Email: [email protected] 4 Prof. N.K. Chrungoo (Post -doctoral mentor ), Professor, Dept. of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. Email: [email protected] 5 Dr. Rabindranath Sarma, Associate Professor & Head of the Department (HOD), Department of Tribal Studies, Dean, School for the Study of Culture, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi-835205, E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected]

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