Dr. Mukherjee completed his Ph.D. training in 1998 with Prof. Rajendra Prasad in the School of Life Sciences, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, a premier institution in India. During his Ph.D., Dr. Mukherjee purified and characterized the membrane-localized arginine transporter from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, a major fungal pathogen. After joining the Department of Dermatology at Case Western Reserve University in 1998, he continued his research with Prof. Mahmoud Ghannoum on protein biochemistry of C. albicans. His research efforts were supported by the Janssen Pharmaceutical-Dermatology Foundation Research Fellowship, and led to elucidation of the role of Candida phospholipase in the pathogenesis of candidiasis.