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Principal Investigator

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Namrata Singh

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur - 208016, India

Education:

 

  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2018)

  • M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2012)

  • B.Sc. Hons., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2010)
     

Professional Experience:

 

  • Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, Aug. 2024 onwards

  • Scientist, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, 2023-2024

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022-2023

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial College London, London, UK, 2020-2022

  • Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2018-2019

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Awards and Honors:

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  • Manohar Parrikar Yuva Scientist Award Finalist (2023), Goa, India.

  • Karolinska Institute Research Foundation Grant (2022–24), Stockholm, Sweden.

  • MSCA Vinnova Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022–24), Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova, Sweden.

  • Karolinska Institute Travel Grant (2022), for global research visit.

  • IUPAC–Solvay International Award for Young Chemists (2020), one of five globally selected for impactful doctoral dissertations in chemical sciences.

  • Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2020–22), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (Not availed).

  • ETH Zürich Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020–22), ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Not availed).

  • Metrohm Young Chemist Award (2019), for innovation in research, Metrohm India and IIT Bombay, India.

  • Weizmann Institute of Science Travel Award (2019), to attend the Weizmann–India Joint Exchange Meeting, Rehovot, Israel.

  • ACS Best Poster Award (2019), 24th CRSI National Symposium, IIT Madras and CSIR–CLRI, Chennai, India.

  • RSC Invited Lecture (2019), 13th CRSI RSC Joint Symposium, IIT Madras and CSIR–CLRI, Chennai, India.

  • Best Poster Award and Pitch Talk (2018), Metals in Medicine, Gordon Research Conference, Andover, New Hampshire, USA.

  • Best Poster Award (2017), Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC–XVII), NCL, IISER, SPPU, Pune, India.

  • Best Poster Award (2017), Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Day, IISc, Bangalore, India.

  • IASc–INSA–NASI Summer Research Fellowship (2011), Indian Academy of Sciences, at IIT Kharagpur, India.

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