top of page

Ritika Gautam Singh

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Previously, I was a research associate with Prof. Kim. D. Janda at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). My PhD was from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona, Tucson working with Prof. Elisa Tomat. My research interests are: Metals in Medicine, Biological Inorganic Chemistry, immunology and metal-based neuropharmacology. Recently, our group has also been interested in self-assembled metal complex based nanoaggregates. I was recently selected as an associate of Indian Academy of Science, Bengaluru.

2006 - 09 - B.Sc. (Hons), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

 

2010 - 12 - M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

 

2012 - 17 - Ph.D. The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

 

2017 - 19 - Research Associate: The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA

​

2019 - Visiting Scientist: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.

​

2019, September - Ongoing - Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur

Education

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2025 - Outstanding Early Career Researcher at 1st NOST-ECR hosted at IISER Bhopal, 27th - 29th June, 2025

  • 2025 - ​Nominated by RSC for Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) through Future Leaders                        in the Field (FLiTF) Scheme

  • 2025 - Visiting Professor Position at École Normale Supérieure - Université PSL Paris, France.

  • 2025 - Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) - 2025, Embassy of France in India

  • 2024 - Selected as an Early Career Chemist to represent CRSI/ICS in the 3rd Commonwealth Chemistry                              Congress that was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa during 11-14 May, 2025

  • 2024 - Associate of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore – 2024 - 27

  • Director’s Letter for an exceptionally good rating in teaching  for following courses.
    1.    CHM649: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry during 2023-24-I
    2.    CHM241: Basic Inorganic Chemistry – I during 2023-24-III
    3.    CHM691A: Frontiers in Inorganic Chemistry during 2022-23-I
    4.    CHM242A: Basic Inorganic Chemistry during 2022-23-II
    5.    CHM649A: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry during 2020-21-I    ​

  • 2023 - Recognized as 2023 Rising Stars in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry by American Chemical Society                         Journal ACS Organic & Inorganic Au.  ​​

  • 2023 - Recognized as 2023 Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Investigator by Chemical Communications

  • 2019 - Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship in Germany, 2019 - Waived

  • 2019 - DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship – September 2019 - 2024.

  • 2017 - COACH awardee: Career Launch and Acceleration, Fall ACS Meeting, Renaissance Washington, DC,                  Geraldine Richmond, August 19th, 2017.

  • 2017 - The ACS Southern Arizona Section Women Chemist Group  ACS Award, 2017.

  • 2017 - Southern Arizona American Chemical Society Section Younger Chemists Award, 2017

  • 2016 - Southern Arizona American Chemical Society Section Younger Chemists Award, 2016

  • 2015 - David F. O’Brien Scholar in Chemistry, 2015.

  • 2015 - Galileo Circle Scholar, 2015.

  • 2015 - Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award The University of Arizona, Fall 2015.

Upcoming Invited Talks and Lectures 

18th - 21st December 2025

Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XXII), Delhi University, New Delhi, India

27th - 31st October 2025

International Symposium in Metallomics 10th. École Normale Supérieure (ENS-PSL), Paris, France

16th - 17th August 2025

CERTEX Organized TA-Workshop, IIT Kanpur

15th August 2025

Keynote Speaker at Summer Pathways Program at University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, USA

11th - 12th July 2025

BioGroup meeting at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow

4th - 5th July 2025

36th Mid-Year Meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences Bengaluru to be held at IISc Bengaluru.

26th to 29th June 2025

NOST (National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST-ESR)) - Early Career Research Symposium to be held at IISER Bhopal.

11th - 14th May 2025

3rd Commonwealth Chemistry Congress (CCC2025) Cape Town, South Africa, 11-14 May 2025.

10th - 14th Dec 2024

Workshop for Navodaya Vidyalayas Teachers held at IIT Kanpur

10th - 14th Dec 2024

Workshop for Navodaya Vidyalayas Teachers held at IIT Kanpur

6th - 8th Dec 2024

PAN-IIT Meeting and Conference on Engineering in Medicine

25th - 27th Dec 2024

SPARC Project Symposium “Point-of-Care Healthcare Devices” & Pant Workshop Series on Medical Technology & Future Medicine

20th Nov 2024

IIT Kanpur – La Trobe University Research Academy Symposium On Healthcare Technology and Digital Engineering

20th Nov 2024

IIT Kanpur – La Trobe University Research Academy Symposium On Healthcare Technology and Digital Engineering

8th - 10th Nov 2024

90th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences: 8–10 November 2024 held during in NISER Bhubaneswar/IIT Bhubaneswar.

26th July 2024

IIT Kanpur - University of Melbourne Joint Online Colloquium Bansal Workshop Series on Clinical & Community Medicine 

3rd - 4th March 2024

International Conference on “Current Trends in Chemical Sciences for Sustainable Living” Shyam Lal College at University of Delhi.

7th - 11th Jan 2024

6th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2024) held at Kolkata, India

8th - 10th Nov 2024

6th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2024) held at Kolkata, India

Institute-level Responsibility

  • 2025 - Founding Executive Committee Member of Center for Educational Research and Teaching Excellence                   (CERTEX), 2024 - 26

  • 2025 - ​Member, Academic Brochure for Undergraduate Students "Your IITK Academic Compass"

  • 2025 - Member, Senate Students' Affairs Committee (SSAC),  2024 - 25

  • 2024 - Member, Student Placement Cell (SPC) - 2023-24

  • 2023 - Senate Scholarships and Prizes Committee (SSPC)

  • 2022 - Warden-In-Charge of Girls Hostel 1 (GH1), 2022 - 25

  • 2021 - Member of Senate Post-Graduate Committee (SPGC)

Membership of Professional Societies

  • Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London

  • Lifetime Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)

  • Lifetime Member, BioGroup-India

  • Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (2023 - 24)

Conferences/Science Camps/Workshops Organized

​​

  • Coordinator of TRIPS-2025, Technology, Research, Innovation, and Policy Summit with the theme “Bridging Research, Innovation, and Policy for a Sustainable Future".

  • Convener, Biological and Chemical Approaches to Combat AMR, GSMST, IIT Kanpur, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences (FMDHS), University of Melbourne, 26th July 2025

  • Convener, CERTEX Organized Teaching Assistant and Staff Workshop, IIT Kanpur, 16th - 17th August 2025

  • Convener, Women in Science Conference, Modern Trends in Chemical and Biological Sciences, 6th - 7th October 2023

  • Bruker Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Workshop User Training, IIT Kanpur, 27th - 28th February 2020 

Get in Touch

0512-259-2106

rgautam@iitk.ac.in

bottom of page