Prithviraj Mukherjee

PhD candidate Papautsky Lab Department of Bioengineering

University of Illinois at Chicago

Home address: *** * ******** ******, *** 1, Chicago, Illinois – 60622 Email: adgndo@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prithviraj-mukherjee-0b495576/ Profile Summary

Researcher / Scientist with experience in microfluidic diagnostic device development.

Adaptable, committed and enthusiastic biomedical engineer with experience in managing both independent and collaborative research projects.

Scientific and technical communication skills as evidenced with 5 journal publications and 2 conference presentations

Member of CADMIM (NSF center).

Pro-active, self-starter, team player

Education

PhD, Bioengineering University of Illinois at Chicago 2016 – 2020(FALL)

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering University of Cincinnati 2011 – 2015

B. Tech, Electrical Engineering Maulana Abdul Kalam University of Technology 2007 – 2011

Technical skills

AutoCAD, SolidWorks, MasterCAM

Microfabrication

Lithography (SU-8 / dry film/ PDMS)

3D Printing, Micromilling (Microlution 5100), Laser ablation (VLS3.50)

Microfluidics

Microscopy, ImageJ

Biosample processing – Cell separation (A549

from diluted blood), Leukocyte

Immunofluorescence (CD45, CD3, CD66b

CD19)

Clinical sample handling and safety

FACS

Python, Matlab

Experience

Graduate Research Assistance (UIC: 2016- present) Microfluidic cell fractionation and focusing

Label free separation of leukocytes using only inertial microfluidic forces into 3 broad subtypes based on size. Designing, fabrication and optimization of iMF chip. Post separation evaluation of separation efficiency, purity with flow-cytometry analysis of antibody tagged leukocyte subtypes.

Microfluidic particle / cell focusing on triangular channels Prototyping and investigation of microchannels with non-traditional triangular channels. Developing rapid fabrication techniques and study focusing behavior or particles/cells in Newtonian and viscoelastic media. Microfluidic erythrocyte lysis

Microfluidic focusing of sperm cells

Testing of deodorants on artificial skin

Microfluidic particle focusing on Viscoelastic / non-Newtonian fluids

Graduate Research Assistance (UC: 2013- 2015)

Generation of Drug Loaded Echogenic Liposomes using Microfluidic Hydrodynamic Flow Focusing Project in collaboration with the Image-guided Ultrasound Therapeutics Laboratories (Cardiovascular Center, University of Cincinnati). Prototyping microfluidic chip for liposome generation using hydrodynamic flow focusing technique. Drug loaded liposome with a gas core (Octafluoropropane) for echogenicity and targeted drug delivery. Target droplet size -

<10 µm diameter.

IT assistant (Linder College of Business, UC: 2012-2013) Publications

Journal Articles

J. Zhou, P. Mukherjee, H. Gao, Q. Luan, and I. Papautsky, “Label-free microfluidic sorting of microparticles”, APL Bioengineering, 2019, 3(4), 041504.

P. Mukherjee, F. Nebuloni, H. Gao, J. Zhou, and I. Papautsky, “Rapid prototyping of soft lithography masters for microfluidic devices using dry film photoresist in a non-cleanroom setting,” Micromachines, 2019, 10(3), 192.

P. Mukherjee, X. Wang, J. Zhou, and I. Papautsky, “Single stream inertial focusing in low aspect-ratio triangular microchannels,” Lab Chip, 2019, 19, 147-157.

M. M. Khansari, L. V. Sorokina, P. Mukherjee, F. Mukhtar, M. R. Shirdar, M. Shahidi and T. Shokuhfar, “Classification of Hydrogels Based on Their Source: A Review and Application in Stem Cell Regulation” The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2017, 69 (8) 1340-1347.

M. A. Kandadai, P. Mukherjee, H. Shekhar, G. J. Shaw, I. Papautsky, C. K. Holland, “Microfluidic manufacture of rt-PA

-loaded echogenic liposomes”, Biomedical Microdevices, 2016, 18, 48. Refereed Conference Proceedings and Presentations

P. Mukherjee and Ian Papautsky, “Inertial Microfluidic Fractionation of Leukocytes”, 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2018), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 11-15 November, 2018.

P. Mukherjee and Ian Papautsky, “Cell Separation and Enrichment in Sheath-flow Inertial Microfluidic Platform,” Microfluidics for Hematology, Boston, MA, April 23-24, 2018.

P. Mukherjee and I. Papautsky, “Single stream inertial focusing in triangular microchannels,” 21th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2017), Savannah, GA, October 25-29, 2017.

P. Mukherjee, X. Wang, and I. Papautsky, “Single stream inertial focusing in triangular microchannels,” 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2015), Gyeongju, Korea, October 25-29, 2015.

P. Mukherjee, M. A. Kandadai, G. J. Shaw, C. K. Holland, and I. Papautsky, “Generation of drug loaded echogenic liposomes using microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing,” 19th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2015), Gyeongju, Korea, October 25-29, 2015. Conference Presentations without Proceedings Publication

Prithviraj Mukherjee and Ian Papautsky, “Sheath flow aided microfluidic platform”, Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon), Orlando, FL, March 8-12, 2018.

“CADMIM Overview Poster”, NSF I/UCRC Bi-Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, April 2017. Awards

2019 CCTS Pre-doctoral Education for Clinical and Translational Scientist Program (PECTS), UIC College of Medicine

2018 UIC Graduate Student

Council Travel Award, UIC

2017 NSF I/UCRC Travel Award

References: Provided upon request

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