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