Program

Discipline

Name of University/Institute

Year

PhD

Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

2007

Masters

Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2003

Bachelors

Chemical Engineering

Jadavpur University

2000

Position

Employer

From

to

Professor of Biosciences and Bioengineering

IIT Guwahati

June 2018

continuing

Associate Professor of Biosciences and Bioengineering

IIT Guwahati

Jan 2014

June 2018

Assistant Professor of Biosciences and Bioengineering

IIT Guwahati

Feb 2010

Jan 2014

Industry or any other previous work experience

Dr. Reddy´s Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad, India Assistant Manager

Aug 2008

Feb 2010

Post-doctoral

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

May 2007

June 2008

Patent Title

Authors

Patent No

Status

Quantitative temporal proteomics of novel Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG reveals potential targets for nitrogen-starvation induced intracellular lipid accumulation.

Filling in collaboration with IIT Bombay

Sanjeeva Srivastava, Vineeta Rai, Debasish Das, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj

Filed (2017)

Improved culture media for butanol synthesis using Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824

Mayurketan Mukherjee, Saumya Ahlawat, Mehak Kaushal, Gargi Goswami, Debasish Das

201731028507

Filed (2017)

Method for production of biofuels by fermentation of a sugar bearing medium

Mehak Kaushal, Saumya Ahlawat, Gargi Goswami, Debasish Das

201831002144

Filed (2018)

Process engineering strategy for high density cultivation o microalgal biomass with improved productivity coupling growth kinetic driven nutrient feeding recipe and dynamic increase in illumination

Gargi Goswami, Ankan Sinha, Ratan Kumar, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harender Singh, Debasish Das

201811041629

Filed (2018)

Media and process for biosynthesis of butanol

Mayurketan Mukherjee, Gargi Goswami, Debasish Das

201931005755

Filed (2019)

Low cost and scalable process for harvesting of microalgal biomass

Gargi Goswami, Ratan Kumar, Ankan Sinha, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harender Singh, Debasish Das

201911018574

Filed (2019)

Sl no.

Name of authors

(as it appeared in the paper)

Title of the paper

Journal name

Volume no.

Year

Page no

DOI

1

Mukherjee, Mayurketan, Gargi Goswami, Pranab Kumar Mondal, and Debasish Das

Biobutanol as a potential alternative to petroleum fuel: Sustainable bioprocess and cost analysis

Fuel

278

2020

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118403

2

Makut, Bidhu Bhusan, Gargi Goswami, and Debasish Das

Evaluation of bio-crude oil through hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae-bacteria consortium grown in open pond using wastewater

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

2020

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00795-x

3

Sarkar, Payel, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Gargi Goswami, and Debasish Das

Adaptive laboratory evolution induced novel mutations in Zymomonas mobilis ATCC ZW658: a potential platform for co-utilization of glucose and xylose

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

47

2020

329 - 341

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10295-020-02270-y

4

Chauhan, D. S., Goswami, G., Dineshbabu, G., Palabhanvi, B., & Das, D.

Evaluation and optimization of feedstock quality for direct conversion of microalga Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG into biodiesel via supercritical methanol transesterification. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

10

2020

339 - 349

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00432-2

5

Barasa Malakar, Debasish Das and Kaustubha Mohanty

Optimization of glucose yield from potato and sweet lime peel waste through different pre-treatment techniques along with enzyme assisted hydrolysis towards liquid biofuel

Renewable Energy

145

2020

2723 - 2732

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.08.037

6

Venkateswara R. Naira; Debasish Das; Soumen K. Maiti

A novel bubble-driven internal mixer for improving productivities of algal biomass and biodiesel in a bubble-column photobioreactor under natural sunlight

Renewable Energy

157

2020

605-615

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.079

7

Goswami, Gargi, Ratan Kumar, Ankan Sinha, Soumen Kumar Maiti, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harendra Singh, and Debasish Das

A low-cost and scalable process for harvesting microalgae using commercial-grade flocculant

RSC Advances

9

2019

39011-39024

10.1039/C9RA08072D

8

Goswami, Gargi, Bidhu Bhusan Makut, and Debasish Das

Sustainable production of bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction of symbiotically grown biomass of microalgae-bacteria coupled with effective wastewater treatment.

Scientific reports

9

2019

1-12

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51315-5

9

Mukherjee, M., Sarkar, P., Goswami, G., & Das, D

Regulation of butanol biosynthesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 under the influence of zinc supplementation and magnesium starvation

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

129

2019

109352

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.05.009

10

Gargi Goswami, Ankan Sinha, Ratan Kumar, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harendra Singh, Debasish Das

Process engineering strategy for cultivation of high density microalgal biomass with improved productivity as a feedstock for production of bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction

Energy

189

2019

116136

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116136

11

Kaushal, M., Ahlawat, S., Makut, B. B., Goswami, G., & Das, D

Dual substrate fermentation strategy utilizing rice straw hydrolysate and crude glycerol for liquid biofuel production by Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918

Biomass and Bioenergy

127

2019

105257

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2019.105257

12

Ahlawat, S., Kaushal, M., Palabhanvi, B., Goswami, G., & Das, D

Flux balance analysis of nutritional modulation assisted changes in two-stage fed-batch fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum

Bioresource Technology Reports

7

2019

100264

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100264

13

Bidhu Bhusan Makut, Debasish Das*, Gargi Goswami

Production of microbial biomass feedstock via co-cultivation of microalgae-bacteria consortium coupled with effective wastewater treatment: A sustainable approach

Algal Research

37

2019

228-239

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.020

14

Venkateswara R. Naira, Debasish Das, Soumen K. Maiti

Real time light intensity based carbon dioxide feeding for high cell-density microalgae cultivation and biodiesel production in a bubble column photobioreactor under outdoor natural sunlight

Bioresource Technology

284

2019

43-55

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.102

15

Mehak Kaushal, K. Venkata Narayana Chary, Saumya Ahlawat, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Gargi Goswami and Debasish Das

Understanding regulation in substrate dependent modulation of growth and production of alcohols in Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918 through metabolic network reconstruction and flux balance analysis

Bioresource Technology

249

2018

767-776

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.10.080

16

Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Vikram Kumar, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Saumya Ahlawat and Debasish Das

Continuous cultivation of lipid rich microalga Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG for improved biodiesel productivity via control variable optimization and substrate driven pH control

Bioresource Technology

224

2017

481-489

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.020

17

Naira VR, Das D and Maiti SK

Designing a CO2 supply strategy for microalgal biodiesel production under diurnal light in a cylindrical-membrane photobioreactor

Bioresource Technology

250

2018

936-941

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.11.087

18

Mehak Kaushal, Saumya Ahlawat, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Gargi Goswami and Debasish Das

Substrate dependent modulation of butanol to ethanol ratio in non-acetone forming Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918

Bioresource Technology

225

2017

349-358

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.059

19

Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi and Debasish Das

Synchronized growth and neutral lipid accumulation in Chlorella sorokiniana FC6 IITG under continuous mode of operation

Bioresource Technology

200

2016

770-779

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.004

20

Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Vikram Kumar, and Debasish Das

Process engineering strategy for high cell density-lipid rich cultivation of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG via model guided feeding recipe and substrate driven pH control

Algal Research

16

2016

317-329

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.024

21

Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Niharika Chandra, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Vikram Kumar, Debasish Das

Process engineering for photoautotrophic cultivation of high cell density lipid rich biomass of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG

Bioenergy Research

8

2015

726-739

22

Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Vikram Kumar, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Debasish Das

Evaluation of indigenous microalgal isolate Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG as a cell factory for biodiesel production and scale up in outdoor conditions

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

41

2014

499-511

10.1007/s10295-013-1397-9

23

Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Aloke K Ghoshal, Debasish Das

Evaluation and optimization of two stage sequential in situ transesterification process for fatty acid methyl ester quantification from microalgae

Renewable Energy

68

2014

560-569

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.037

24

Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Aloke K Ghoshal, Debasish Das

High cell density lipid rich cultivation of a novel microalgal isolate Chlorella sorokiniana FC6 IITG in a single-stage fed-batch mode under mixotrophic condition

Bioresource Technology

170

2014

115-124

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.066

25

Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Debasish Das

Preferential utilization of intracellular nutrients supports microalgal growth under nutrient starvation: multi-nutrient mechanistic model and experimental validation

Bioresource Technology

173

2014

245-255

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.095