Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Abhinandan Ronnie Banerjee
MITACS Accelerate Research Fellow,
Trant Team, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Windsor, ON.
(October 2019 - present).
P.I.- Prof. John Trant
Research Focus: Targeted delivery of nanoformulated psychoactive drugs.
Independent Research: Novel antimicrobial surface coatings for perpetual sanitation.
ACADEMIC HISTORY
"Eyes High" Post-doctoral Researcher,
Nannomagnetism Lab,
University of Calgary, AB.
(January 2016 - December 2018).
P.I. - Prof. Simon Trudel
Research Focus: Earth-abundant metal/metal-oxide nanobiocomposites for multi-modal bioimaging.
Ph.D., Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
(September 2010- June 2015)
Research Supervisor: Dr. Robert W. J. Scott
Research Focus: “Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of quasi-homogeneous transition metal nanoparticles in ionic liquid systems”.
Master of Science, Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,
WB, India (July 2005 – May 2007)
Research Supervisor: Dr. P. Pramanik
Research Focus: Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline rare-earth based phosphors with tunable morphologies.
Bachelor of Science with Honours, Chemistry
Jadavpur University, Kolkata,
WB, India (August 2002 – July 2005).
RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS
Internship
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, WB, India
(December 2005 – January 2006)
Research Supervisor: Dr. Rupendranath Banerjee
Research Focus: Synthesis of Fremy’s Radical and investigation of its redox properties.
Summer Internship (Program: VSRP 2006)
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
(May 2006 – July 2006)
Research Supervisor: Dr. Sanjay J. Wategaonkar
Research Focus: Spectral investigation of the photophysical processes in 1,2,4,5 – tetracyanobenzene.
Research Assistant
Helholtz - Zentrum für Umweltforschung
(UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
(November 2008 – December 2009)
Research Supervisor: Dr. F.-D. Kopinke
Research Focus: Investigations on kinetics and mechanisms of nanocatalytic dechlorination processes in groundwater remediation.
SELECTED AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
MITACS Accelerate PDF (2019).
T. Chen Fong Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medical Imaging Science, University of Calgary (2017).
Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Calgary (2016).
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg Thesis Acceleration Award, University of Saskatchewan (2014).
Best student contribution in Fundamental Catalytic Research, Canadian Catalysis Symposium, Edmonton (2014).
Saskatchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship (2012).
Graduate Research Fellowship, USask (2013-2014).
VWR International Scholarship (2010).
Dean’s Scholarship, USask (2010-2012).
MCM Scholarship, IIT Kharagpur (2005-2007).
West Bengal Government Fellowship for Undergraduate Performance (2005).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
(1) Noble Metal Nanoparticle-Ionic Liquid Tandem Systems for in-situ Catalysis
94th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Montreal 2011 (Poster)
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott
(2) Nanoparticle Catalyzed Redox Processes in Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquids
95th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Calgary 2012 (Poster)
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott
(3) Redispersion of Transition Metal Nanoparticles in Tetraalkylphosphonium Halide Ionic Liquids
96th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City 2013 (talk)
Abhinandan Banerjee, Robin Theron, and Robert W. J. Scott
(4) Reactivation of Sintered Nanoparticles in Tetraalkylphosphonium Halide Ionic Liquids : The Case for Coinage Metals
23rd Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Edmonton 2014 (talk)
Abhinandan Banerjee, Robin Theron, and Robert W. J. Scott
(5) Optimization of metal nanoparticle/ phosphonium ionic liquid composite catalytic systems for phenol hydrodeoxygenation.
97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver 2014 (talk)
Abhinandan Banerjee and Robert W. J. Scott
(6) Catalytic ligninolysis by μ-oxo-bridged tri- and tetra-nuclear metal complexes via oxidative routes.
Lignoworks AGM, Gatineau 2015 (Poster)
Abhinandan Banerjee, Emily Kennedy, and Philip G. Jessop
(7) Maltol-Functionalized Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents
Alberta Nanosymposium, Edmonton 2016 (poster)
Abhinandan Banerjee and Simon Trudel.
(8) Exploring Surface‐capped Transition Metal Ferrite Nanostructures for Application in Magnetic
Resonance Imaging.
Alberta NanoResearch Symposium 2017, Calgary, May 2017 (talk).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
(9) PEGylated Metal Ferrite NPs as high‐field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents.
100th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, June 2017 (talk).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
(10) Iron Nanoparticles as Hydrogenation Catalysts in Alcohols and Ionic Liquids.
25th Canadian Symposium on Catalysis, Saskatoon 2018 (talk).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Yali Yao, Y. Hu, and Robert W. J. Scott.
(11) Adventures in Novel Bionanoprobe Design.
Radiology Research Day, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary. (Invited Talk - 2018)
Abhinandan Banerjee and Simon Trudel.
(12) Down MEMRI Lane - contrast agents for Mn-enhanced MRI.
101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, June 2018 (talk).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Wei Zeng, Gabriel Bertolesi, Barbara Blasiak, Eva Pasquier, C.-C. Ling, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
(13) Shape-controlled MnO nanoparticles as T1 MRI contrast agents.
103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, May 2020 (talk - cancelled owing to COVID-19).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Wei Zeng, Barbara Blasiak, Boguslaw Tomanek, and Simon Trudel.
(14) COWs and magic beans: design, synthesis and stress-testing of novel cannabinoid oil-in-water (COW) nanoemulsions with augmented stability.
103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, May 2020 (talk - cancelled owing to COVID-19).
Abhinandan Banerjee, Justin Binder, Ryan Salama, and John F. Trant.
(15) Design and production of a spray-dried nanoemulsion powder with augmented stability.
2021 Virtual Cannabis Research Conference, Institute of Cannabis Research, Colorado State University, Pueblo.
IUPAC CCCE 2021 - 48th World Chemistry Congress & 104th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition.
Dr. A. Ronnie Banerjee, Dr. J. Binder, R. Salama, P. Tucci, and Prof. J. F. Trant.
(16) “Gotta kill ‘em all” – antimicrobial surface coatings based on copper-infused polymeric ionic liquids.
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition 2022, Calgary, June 2022.
Abhinandan Banerjee, Bukola R. Aremu, Sima Dehghandokht, Rayan Salama, Hao Zhou, Sharon M. Lackie, Pierre Kennepohl, and John F. Trant.
(17) Rational design and production of lipid-based cannabinoid ingestibles.
Invited Talk, 5th Cannabinoid-Derived Pharmaceuticals Summit, Boston, MA, September 2022.
Abhinandan Banerjee and John F. Trant.
CITATION OVERVIEW
Total Citations : >500
h- index: 13
i10 index: 15
SELECTED SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Canadian Society for Chemistry (MCIC)
Member of the Society for Chemical Industry (MSCI)
Member of the North American Catalysis Society.
Member and volunteer at “Let’s Talk Science”.
REVIEWER
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY (RSC)
MOLECULES (MDPI)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE (DOVE MEDICAL PRESS/SPRINGER)
MATERIALS (MDPI)
ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (ACS)
CHEMISTRYSELECT (WILEY)
TOPICS EDITOR
CATALYSTS (MDPI)