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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Email: abp8fz@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 412-***-****

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Office: 1242 Benedum Hall

EDUCATION

2000-2005 Ph. D., Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Faculty Advisor: Prof. Marianthi G. Ierapetritou

Thesis Topic: Development of an Adaptive Chemistry Model for Reactive Flow Simulations

1996-1998 MS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Faculty Advisor: Prof. J.M. Modak

Thesis Topic: Modeling of Phenol Degradation using Immobilized Pseudomonas Putida

1992-1996 BChE, Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India

Faculty Advisor: Prof. A.K. Mitra

Thesis Topic: Study of Thermal Degradation of Polymers and Polymer Blends

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

2005 - 2008 Post

Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Engineering in Medicine,

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Supervisor: Prof. Martin L. Yarmush

Culture and differentiation of embryonic stem cells, neural and glial progenitor cells

2001 2005 Graduate research assistant

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University Reaction network modeling, Systems engineering, Optimization, Feasibility analysis

2000 2001 Graduate teaching assistant

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Courses supervised: Transport Phenomenon I, Transport Phenomenon II

1998 2000 Production Engineer, Haldia Petrochemicals Limited, WB, India

Responsible for commissioning of high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant

AWARDS

2009 NIH Director s New Innovator Award

2009 ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award

2004 - 2005 University and Bevier Fellowship for excellence in graduate research, Rutgers University, New Jersey

2003 2004 Johnson & Johnson Fellowship

2000 2004 Graduate Fellowship, Rutgers University, New Jersey

1998 Kulloor Memorial Award for best student in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

1996 1998 Graduate Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

RESEARCH GRANTS

NIH Grant DP2 New Innovator Award 2009-2014 ($2.2 M)

Defining Mechanisms Controlling Stem Cell Fate During Differentiation

(single PI)University of Pittsburgh Central Research Development Fund

2009-2011 ($16,000) Investigating the Mechanisms of Delta-Notch

Signaling in Islet Maturation: An Integrated Approach (single PI)Oak Ridge Associated University Ralph Powe Award 2009-2010

($10,000) Investigation of Mechanical Cues Governing Differentiation: An

Integrated Engineering and Cell Biology Approach (single PI)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Embryonic stem cell differentiationMathematical modeling of the stochastic differentiating populationAnalysis of regulatory network of differentiating stem cellsOptimization based algorithm for network identificationAgent Based Modeling for differentiation patterningUncertainty evaluation and robust model prediction in the presence of experimental uncertaintyReaction model reduction for hydrocarbon combustionProcess feasibility and flexibility analysis

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Citations: 52 Citations as of August 2009 (source: Web of Knowledge: Science Citation Index)

Banerjee I., Pal S., Maiti S. Computationally Efficient Black Box Modeling of Chemical and Mechanical Systems. Computers and Chemical Engineering, Submitted, 2009Banerjee, I. and M. Yarmush. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Insulin-producing Pancreatic Cells, Tissue Engineering, Under Revision, 2009.Banerjee, I., S. Maiti, N. Parashurama, M. Yarmush. Network

Sparsity Uncovers the Regulatory Architecture in Differentiating

Embryonic Stem Cells, PLOS Computational Biology, Under Revision, 2009.Song Q., B. Saygili, I. Banerjee, Q. Zhang, F. Berthiaume,

M. Yarmush. Low Power Laser Irradiation Stimulates the Proliferation of

Adult Human Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells in Culture, Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, Dec 2008.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. An Adaptive Reduction Scheme to Model Reactive Flow. Combust. & Flame., 144, 619, 2006.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. Feasibility Evaluation of Nonconvex Systems using Shape Reconstruction Techniques. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44, 3638, 2005.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. Model Independent Parametric Decision Making. Ann. Oper. Res., 132, 135, 2004.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. Development of an Adaptive Chemistry Model Considering Micromixing Effects. Chem. Eng. Sci, 8, 4537, 2003.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. Process Synthesis under Parameter Variability. Comput. Chem. Eng., 27, 1499, 2003.Balakrishnan, S., P. Georgopoulos, I. Banerjee and M.G.

Ierapetritou. Uncertainty Considerations in the Complex Kinetic

Mechanisms Reduction. AIChE J, 48, 2875, 2002.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. Design Optimization under Parameter Uncertainty for General Black Box Models. Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 41, 6687, 2002.Banerjee, I., J.M. Modak, K. Bandopadhyay. Mathematical

Model for Evaluation of Mass Transfer Limitations in Phenol

Biodegradation by Immobilized Pseudomonas Putida, J. Biotech., 87, 211, 2001.

PAPERS IN PREPARATION

Jaramillo M., Singh S., Kumta P., Banerjee I. Embryonic

stem cell differentiation on softer substrate favor endodermal

differentiation.Jaramillo M., Solovyev A., Mi Q., Banerjee I. Agent Based

Modeling framework captures the dynamics of embryonic stem cell

differentiation to embryoid body.S. Pal, I. Banerjee and S. Maiti. Origin of toughness in mussel byssus threads.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Banerjee, I. Mathematical Modeling of Reaction Networks. Simulation and Modeling, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2009.Banerjee, I. Development of an Adaptive Framework for Dimension Reduction of Complex Reaction Networks. Computational and Mathematical Biotechnology Lab, Northwestern University, Evanston, July 2005.Banerjee, I. A Framework for Adaptive Kinetic Model Reduction for Combustion, Engineering and Process Chemistry Meeting, ExxonMobil, New Jersey, January 2005.Banerjee, I. An Adaptive Framework for Dimension Reduction of Kinetic Models, PICASso Computational Seminars, Princeton University, New Jersey, November 2004.Banerjee, I. An Adaptive Chemistry Reduction Scheme for Reactive Flow Simulation. CPPG Seminar, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, New Jersey, May 2004.

INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

Banerjee, I. Design and Uncertainty: from Combustion Kinetics to Biological Networks. FOCAPD, Foundation of Computer Aided Process Design, Colorado, June 2009

REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Banerjee, I. Network Sparsity Uncovers the Regulatory

Architecture in Differentiating Embryonic Stem Cells. The Third

International Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in

Engineering, Colorado, August 2009.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. A Novel Feasibility

Analysis Approach Based on Dimensionality Reduction and Shape

Reconstruction. CM-017, page 85, ESCAPE 15, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. An Adaptive Reduction

Scheme to Develop Flexible Reduced Chemistry Models for Reactive Flow

Simulations. MS-036, page 247, ESCAPE 15, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. An Adaptive Chemistry

Scheme to Develop Flexible Reduced Chemistry Models for Reactive Flow

Simulations. 17th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Los Angeles, MA (2004).Banerjee, I., and M.G. Ierapetritou. Adaptive Chemistry Model Development for Combustion. 16th ONR Propulsion Meeting, Los Angeles, CA (2003).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Banerjee, I. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells towards Insulin-producing Pancreatic Cells. Midwest Tissue Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, March 2009.Banerjee, I. Determining Regulatory Networks Governing the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to Pancreatic Lineage. APS Meeting, Pittsburgh, March 2009.Banerjee, I., S. Maiti and M. Yarmush. Determining

Regulatory Networks Governing the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem

Cells to Pancreatic Lineage. AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 2008.Banerjee, I. and M. Yarmush. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells towards Insulin-producing Pancreatic Cells. AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 2008.Banerjee, I., S. Maiti and M. Yarmush. Determining

Regulatory Networks for the Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to

Pancreatic Lineage. BMES, St. Louis, October 2008.Banerjee, I., A.W. Tilles and M. Yarmush. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells towards Insulin-Producing Cells. AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, November 2007.Banerjee, I., M.G. Ierapetritou, I.P. Androulakis, and T.P. Huynh. A New Adaptive Representation of Complex Kinetic Models. AIChE Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, November 2005.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. Development of Adaptive Chemistry Model for Combustion Simulation. ACS Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting, New Jersey, May 2005.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. A Novel Feasibility

Analysis Approach Based on Dimensionality Reduction and Shape

Reconstruction. ESCAPE 15, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. An Adaptive Reduction

Scheme to Develop Flexible Reduced Chemistry Models for Reactive Flow

Simulations. ESCAPE 15, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. CFD Modeling of Combustion Systems using an Adaptive Chemistry Scheme. AIChE Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov 2004.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. Feasibility Evaluation of Non-convex Systems using Shape Reconstruction Technique. AIChE Annual Meeting, Austin, Nov 2004.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. An Adaptive Reduction

Scheme to Develop Flexible Reduced Chemistry Models for Reactive Flow

Simulations, FOCAPD, Princeton, July, 2004.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. A Framework for Coupling Adaptively Reduced Chemistry with Detailed Flow Field Models. AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov 2003.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. Adaptive Kinetic Model Reduction Considering Micromixing Effects. AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Nov 2002.Banerjee, I. and M.G. Ierapetritou. Design Optimization under Parameter Uncertainty for General Black Box Models. AIChE Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Nov 2002.Balakrishnan S., I. Banerjee and M.G. Ierapetritou. Coping with Uncertainty in the Description of Complex Kinetic Mechanisms. AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, Nov 2001.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Teaching Activity

2008 - present Undergraduate Advisor

2009 Fall Senior Control Course Che 0500 Systems Engineering:

Mentoring Graduate Students

Keith Task Since May 2009

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Maria Jaramillo Since January 2009

Department of Bioengineering

Mentoring Undergraduate Students

Danielle Yang Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh

June, 2009 August, 2009

Courtney Baker Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, CMU

June, 2009 August, 2009

Sydney Gibson University of Pittsburgh, EXCEL Program

June, 2009 July, 2009

Committee Service

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Preliminary Exam Committee, University of Pittsburgh, June, 2009Bioengineering Preliminary Exam Committee, Physiology Track, University of Pittsburgh, July, 2009Patrick Bartlow, PhD Proposal Defense Committee, Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, September, 2009

Membership in Professional Societies

Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)Member of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)Member of American Physics Society (APS)

Refereeing/ Reviewing Activity

Proposal Reviewer - Biomedical Engineering panel, National Science Foundation, Dec 2008

Biomedical Engineering panel, National Science Foundation, May 2009

IGERT pre-proposal review panel, National Science Foundation, June 2009

Journal Reviewer Journal of Biotechnology, Tissue Engineering, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Journal of Integrative Biology

Conference Activity

Co-Chair of session: Multi-scale and Complex Systems, Foundations of Computer Aided Process Design, Breckenridge, June, 2009Co-chair of session: Systems Engineering Approaches in Biology and Biomedicine, AIChE, Nashville, November, 2009Co-chair of session: Mathematical and Computational Biosystems Engineering, AIChE, Nashville, November, 2009.

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