Biography 

Dr. Banerjee is a bioinorganic chemist and his research interest is in the fields of transition metal uptake and metal utilization by Gram negative bacteria. He was born in Calcutta, India, where he obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in inorganic chemistry. After PhD, he completed two postdoctoral research positions, at Duke University, USA; and University of Calgary, Canada. 

Publications

1. Kerkan, K. Hart, D. W. Martin, B. Aidoo, B. L. Garcia, S. Roy, S. Dasgupta, J. Pajski, S. Hematian, N. Schaaf, S. Banerjee. 2025. In Vitro Structural and Functional Studies of a Novel Cupredoxin, FtrB, From Brucella abortus 2308., ACS Omega, 10, 12653.
2. Banerjee, A. Kerkan, K. Hart. Notes of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data reported in “New insights into the mechanism of iron transport through the bacterial Ftr system present in pathogens” for recombinant wild-type RgFtrB. 2024 (under preparation).
3. Swamy, E. Moore, E. Lebeau, S. Banerjee, L. Frost, J. Moro, M. Patrick, G. Cartmill, T. Moore, R. O’Hara. (2024) Making Chemistry Authentic, Equity-Focused Strategies in the Classroom. Pearson Education.
4. Banerjee, M. A. C. Reyes. 2024. Reply to Comment on: "A Special Topic Class in Chemistry on Feminism and Science as a Tool to Disrupt the Dysconcious Racism in STEM". J. Chem. Ed.,101, 4538.
5. A. Reyes, S. Banerjee, J. Hall, Y. H. Odeh, A. Garcia, A. Benton, A. Moffett, D. McCunney, D. Bose. 2023, A special topic class in chemistry on feminism and science as a tool to disrupt the dysconcious racism in STEM. J. Chem. Ed., 100, 112.
6. Banerjee, M. N Chanakira, J. Hall, A. Kerkan, S. Dasgupta, D. W. Martin. 2022, A Review on Bacterial Redox Dependent Iron Transporters and Their Evolutionary Relationship. J. Inorg. Biochem., 229, 111721.
7. Crumbliss, S. Banerjee. 2021, A perspective essay on the use of Ga³⁺ as a proxy for Fe³⁺ in bioinorganic model studies and its successful use for therapeutic purposes. J. Inorg. Biochem., 219, 111411.
8. Banerjee, R. J. Garrigues, M. N. Chanakira, J. J. Negron-Olivo, Y. H. Odeh, A. M. Spuches, R. M. Roop II, J. E. Pitzer, D. W. Martin, S. Dasgupta. 2020, Investigating the roles of the conserved Cu²⁺-binding residues on Brucella FtrA in producing conformational stability and functionality. J. Inorg. Biochem., 210, 11162.
9. Paul, S. Banerjee, H. J. Vogel. 2016, Ligand binding specificity of theEscherichia coli periplasmic histidine binding protein, HisJ. Prot. Sci., 64, 268-279.
10. Banerjee, S. Paul, L. T. Nguyen, B. C. H. Chu, H. J. Vogel. 2016, FecB, a periplasmic ferric-citrate transporter from E. coli,can bind different forms of ferric-citrate as well as a wide variety of metal-free and metal-loaded tricarboxylic acids. Metallomics, 8, 125-133.
11. Banerjee, A. J. Weerasinghe, C. J. P. Siburt, R. T. Kreulen, S. K. Armstrong, T. J. Brickman, L. A. Lambert, and A. L. Crumbliss. 2014, Bordetella pertussis FbpA binds both unchelated iron and iron-siderophore complexes. Biochemistry, 53, 3952-3960. 
12. L. Mollan, Y. Jia, S. Banerjee, G. Wu, R. T. Kreulen, A.-L. Tsai, J. S. Olson, A. L. Crumbliss, A. I. Alayash. 2014, Redox Properties of Human Hemoglobin in Complex with Fractionated Dimeric and Polymeric Human Haptoglobin. Free Radic. Biol. Med., 69, 265-277. 
13. Bonaventura, R. Henkens, A. I. Abdu, S. Banerjee, A. L. Crumbliss.2013, Redox Reactions of Hemoglobin: Mechanism of Toxicity and Control. Antioxid.  Redox Sig. (Forum review article), 18, 2298-2313. 
14. L. Mollan, S. Banerjee, G. Wu, C. J. P. Siburt, A. Tsi, J. S. Olson, M. J. Weiss, A. L. Crumbliss, A. I. Alayash.2013, Alpha-hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP) markedly decreases the redox potential and reactivity of alpha subunits of human HbA with hydrogen peroxide. J. Biol. Chem., 288, 4288-4298.
15. Banerjee, C. J. Parker Siburt, S. Mistry, J. M. Noto, P. DeArmond, M. C. Fitzgerald, L. A. Lambert, C. N. Cornelissen, A. L. Crumbliss. 2012, Evidence of Fe³⁺interaction with the plug domain of the outer membrane transferrin receptor protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae:  Implications for Fe transport. Metallomics, 4, 361-372.