Rn Mukherjee
Department of Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Rabindra Nath Mukherjee earned his BSc and MSc degrees from Burdwan University, after which he joined Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry as a PhD student. He worked on transition metal chemistry and electrochemistry under the supervision of Animesh Chakravorty and obtained his PhD (1983) from the Calcutta University. He continued in the same laboratory as a post-doctoral Research Associate (1983-85) and worked on bioinorganic chemistry in the group of RH Holm of Harvard University (1985-87) also as a post-doctoral Research Associate. On returning to India, Mukherjee joined Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor, he rose to the position of Associate Professor (1993) and Professor (1995).
Research Interest
Inorganic Chemistry, Bio-inorganic Chemistry
