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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology

Overview

Ananda M. Chakrabarty was affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of energy, with particular attention to topics such as pollution, general energy, renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental aspects, as well as energy engineering, power technology, and global planetary change.

Their work addressed various themes, including:

  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Global Energy Security and Policy
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Public Policy and Administration Research
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Frequent collaborators in Chakrabarty's research included:

  • Shardul Tiwari
  • Chelsea Schelly
  • Mostafa Sahraei-Ardakani
  • Ge Ou
  • Jianli Chen

The scientist published in a range of academic venues, which included:

  • Journal of Asian Energy Studies
  • International Review of Public Administration
  • Future Energy
  • The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice
  • Environment and Society

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Chakrabarty were:

  • "Feminizing Decentralized Renewable Energy Programs: A Study of a Community Renewable Energy Project from India," 2023, Journal of Asian Energy Studies
  • "Power in Policymaking: Origin and Influence," 2023, The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice

Other notable papers in relevant fields, though authored by different researchers but within similar thematic areas, included works published between 2022 and 2025 on co-creation in public value, power system resilience, and book reviews related to environment and society.

Chakrabarty received the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Role of alginate lyase in cell detachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    A. Boyd;Ananda M. Chakrabarty

  • Exopolysaccharide production in biofilms: substratum activation of alginate gene expression by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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  • Alginate synthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a key pathogenic factor in chronic pulmonary infections of cystic fibrosis patients.

    T B May;D Shinabarger;R Maharaj;J Kato

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: role of the alginate exopolysaccharide.

    A Boyd;A M Chakrabarty

  • The algR gene, which regulates mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, belongs to a class of environmentally responsive genes.

    V Deretic;R Dikshit;W M Konyecsni;A M Chakrabarty

  • Gene algD coding for GDPmannose dehydrogenase is transcriptionally activated in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    V Deretic;J F Gill;A M Chakrabarty

  • A Transmissible Plasmid Controlling Camphor Oxidation in Pseudomonas Putida

    J. G. Rheinwald;A. M. Chakrabarty;I. C. Gunsalus

  • Involvement of the exopolysaccharide alginate in the virulence and epiphytic fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

    Jing Yu;Alejandro Peñaloza‐Vázquez;Ananda M. Chakrabarty;Carol L. Bender

  • Biodegradation of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid in soil by a pure culture of Pseudomonas cepacia.

    D. K. Chatterjee;J. J. Kilbane;Ananda M. Chakrabarty

  • The algT (algU) gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a key regulator involved in alginate biosynthesis, encodes an alternative sigma factor (sigma E)

    C. D. Hershberger;R. W. Ye;M. R. Parsek;Zhi-Dong Xie

  • Characterization and regulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa algC gene encoding phosphomannomutase

    Nicolette A. Zielinski;A. M. Chakrabarty;Alan Berry

  • Noncationic peptides obtained from azurin preferentially enter cancer cells.

    Brad N. Taylor;Rajeshwari R. Mehta;Tohru Yamada;Fatima Lekmine

  • PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PHOSPHOMANNOSE ISOMERASE-GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHO-D-MANNOSE PYROPHOSPHORYLASE : A BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYME IN THE ALGINATE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

    Dean Shinabarger;Alan Berry;Thomas B. May;Randi Rothmel

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa: genes and enzymes of alginate synthesis

    Thomas B. May;A.M. Chakrabarty

  • Bacterial cupredoxin azurin as an inducer of apoptosis and regression in human breast cancer

    Vasu Punj;Suchita Bhattacharyya;Djenann Saint-Dic;Chenthamarakshan Vasu

  • Nucleoside diphosphate kinase: role in bacterial growth, virulence, cell signalling and polysaccharide synthesis

    A.M. Chakrabarty

  • High osmolarity is a signal for enhanced algD transcription in mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.

    A Berry;J D DeVault;A M Chakrabarty

  • Genetic Basis of the Biodegradation of Salicylate in Pseudomonas

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  • Enhanced removal of Exxon Valdez spilled oil from Alaskan gravel by a microbial surfactant.

    S. Harvey;I. Elashvili;J. J. Valdes;D. Kamely

  • Organization and nucleotide sequence determination of a gene cluster involved in 3-chlorocatechol degradation.

    Unknown

  • Nucleotide sequencing and characterization of Pseudomonas putida catR: a positive regulator of the catBC operon is a member of the LysR family.

    R. K. Rothmel;T. L. Aldrich;J. E. Houghton;W. M. Coco

  • Detoxification of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid from contaminated soil by Pseudomonas cepacia.

    J. J. Kilbane;D. K. Chatterjee;Ananda M. Chakrabarty

  • Utilization of human respiratory secretions by mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa of cystic fibrosis origin.

    D E Ohman;A M Chakrabarty

Frequent Co-Authors

George W. Sundin
George W. Sundin Michigan State University
Vojo Deretic
Vojo Deretic University of New Mexico
Carol L. Bender
Carol L. Bender Oklahoma State University
Junichi Kato
Junichi Kato Hiroshima University
Gilbert S. Omenn
Gilbert S. Omenn University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Akira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama Hosei University
Matthew R. Parsek
Matthew R. Parsek University of Washington
Ian W. Sutherland
Ian W. Sutherland University of Edinburgh
Magdy M. Mahfouz
Magdy M. Mahfouz King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Craig W. Beattie
Craig W. Beattie University of Illinois at Chicago

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