Dr. Uttama Mukherjee is a seasoned academician, a Chemistry professor, who holds a doctoral degree in Computational Chemistry. Post her Master's in Organic Chemistry, she was actively involved in the drug discovery and development industry, before delving full-time into her doctoral studies and research. Post Ph. D., she was working as a Chemistry Research Editor at one of the leading publication support company in Mumbai.

Currently, she is working as a Scientist  in a Govt. - funded project at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) - Pune (India).

She is the author of several research papers published in peer-reviewed international journals of repute. Some of these are -

1. Theoretical Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Reactivity in Methylpiperidines: A Conformational Investigation. J. Phys. Chem. A (ACS), 127, 14, 3123–3132, 2023.

2. Metal Nanocomposites—Emerging Advanced Materials for Efficient Carbon Capture. Metal Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, pp 91-127, 2022.

3. Invoking Chemical Principles to Predict the Anions of Dihydrooxazole Family as Prospective Carbon Capture Moieties. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Elsevier, 1206, 113472, 2021.

4. A Computational Approach to Design Energetic Ionic Liquids. Journal of Molecular Modeling, (Springer), 19, 2317-2327, 2013.

5. Computational Studies on Nitro Derivatives of 1-Hydroxy-1,2,4-triazole. Journal of Energetic Materials, (Taylor & Francis Group), 30, 265-281, 2012.

6. Computational Study of Proton and Methyl Cation Affinities of Imidazole-based Highly Energetic Ionic Liquids. Journal of Molecular Modeling, (Springer), 17, 2687-2692, 2011.

She has presented her research papers and posters at various conferences and symposia across the country including Hyderabad Central University (Hyderabad, 2011), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC-Mumbai, 2013), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU, New Delhi - 2023) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Madras - 2023, IIT-Guwahati - 2024).

She has taught Chemistry at various undergraduate and postgraduate colleges and institutes in India (Mumbai, Pune).  She is passionate about teaching and has been doing so since her college days. She is admired by her peers for her unique ability to teach Chemistry in simple language. She now looks forward to reaching out further and helping students across the world achieve their learning objectives in Chemistry successfully.