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Ritika Gautam
PhD (The University of Arizona)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Office
608 ,
Rajeev Motwani Building
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Specialization
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Education
PhD (2017) The University of Arizona, USA
MSc (2012) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Selected Publications
Gautam, R.; Petritis, S. J.; Tomat, E., Redox-Switchable Cyan Fluorescence of a BODIPY Analog Inspired by Propentdyopent Pigments.European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry., 2019, 68-72 (2019)
Gautam, R.; Petritis, S. J.; Astashkin, A. V.; Tomat, E., Paramagnetism and Fluorescence of Zinc(II) Tripyrrindione: A Luminescent Radical Based on a Redox-Active Biopyrrin.Inorganic Chemistry., 57, 15240-15246 (2018). * Highlighted on the cover page of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.
Gautam, R.; Astashkin, A. V.; Chang, T. M.; Shearer, J.; Tomat, E. Interactions of Metal-Based and Ligand-Based Electronic Spins in Neutral Tripyrrindione π-Dimers.Inorganic Chemistry., 56, 6755–6762 (2017).
Gautam, R.; Tsuhen M Chang.; Astashkin, A. V.; Lincoln. K. M.; Tomat, E. Propentdyopent: A heme metabolite as an electron reservoir in transition metal complexes.Chemical Communications., 52, 6585-6588 (2016).
Gautam, R.; Loughrey, J. J.; Astashkin, A. V.; Shearer, J.; Tomat, E. Tripyrrindione as a redox-active ligand: Palladium (II) coordination in three redox states.Angewandte Chemie., 127, 15107-15110 (2015).
Gautam, R.; Akam, E. A.; Astashkin, A. V.; Loughrey, J. J.; Tomat, E. Sirtuin inhibitor sirtinol is an intracellular iron chelator.Chemical Communications., 51, 5104–5107 (2015).
Awards & Fellowships
INSPIRE Faculty Grant Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology (DST), 2019
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2019 (Declined)
The ACS Southern Arizona Section Women Chemist Group GPSC Student Showcase 1st Place ACS Award, 2017.
David F. O’Brien Scholar Award for an outstanding fourth year PhD student in Chemistry at the University of Arizona, 2015.
Galileo Circle Scholar for the excellence in scientific research at the University of Arizona, 2015.
Distinguished Teaching Assistant award for excellence in teaching in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona, 2015
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur, 2019 onwards
Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 2018- 2019
Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, 2017- 2018
Designated Campus Colleague, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2017-2018