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, USA

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

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

2019, September - Ongoing - Assistant Professor: IIT Kanpur

Education

Visiting Professor Position at École Normale Supérieure - Université PSL Paris, France.
Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) - 2025, Embassy of France in India
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
Associate of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore – 2024
Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship in Germany, 2019 - Declined
DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship – September 2019 - 2024.
COACH awardee: Career Launch and Acceleration, Fall ACS Meeting, Renaissance Washington, DC, Geraldine Richmond, August 19th, 2017.
The ACS Southern Arizona Section Women Chemist Group ACS Award, 2017.
Southern Arizona American Chemical Society Section Younger Chemists Award, 2016, 2017.
David F. O’Brien Scholar in Chemistry, 2015.
Galileo Circle Scholar, 2015.
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award The University of Arizona, Fall 2015.

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

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

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