Dr. N. D. Pradeep Singh

Academic Positions

 

March 2018- Present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

 

May 2013- Feb 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

 

Jul 2007- May 2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

 

Nov 2005-May 2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK May 2005- Oct 2005: Senior Scientist, FRLHT, Bangalore, India

 

Jan 2002-Jan 2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, US

 

Education

 

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, 1997- 2001. Advisor: Dr. Geetha Gopalakrishnan.

 

M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, 1994-1996. Advisor: Dr. A. Anandhan.

 

B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, 1991-1994.

 

Awards and Honors

 

Dr S. S. Deshpande Award, India (Oct 2023)

 

Bronze Medal, CRSI, India (July 2020)

 

SERB Distinguished Investigator Award (SERB DIA Fellow)(2018)

 

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)

 

Top Teaching Feedback Award (2015, 2017, and 2018)

 

DST-RSC Indo-UK Scientific Seminar (2015)

 

ACS 3-Year Membership Award (2014- 2016)

 

Associate: Indian Academy of Sciences (2009)

 

Indo-UK Science network Programme (RSC- 2009)

 

 

Research Interests

 

• Synthesis of new Fluorescent photoremovable protecting groups
• Synthesis and applications of Photoacid generators
• Controlled release of Agrochemicals by Sunlight
• Visible light Induced Generation of alkyl Triplet Nitrenes
• Photoredox catalysis for functionalization of small organic molecules

 

Presentations

 

1. Singh, Pradeep. N. D. (Invited Lecture), Next Generation Photoremovable Protecting Groups, NOST XVIII Organic Chemistry Conference, IISER Bhopal,August 24-27, 2017.

2. Singh, Pradeep. N. D. (Invited Lecture), Organic nanoparticles as Photoresponsive drug delivery systems, Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, Stonehill College in Easton MA, United States 19-24th july 2015.

3. Singh, Pradeep. N. D. (Invited Lecture), Targeted Photoresponsive nano drug delivery systems, International Scientific seminar India-UK, Weetwood Hall and Conference Centre Hotel, Leeds, 16-18th February 2015.

4. Singh, Pradeep. N. D. (Invited Lecture), Fabrication of new photoresponsive nanocarriers for drug delivery, FICS 2014, IIT Guwhati, Dec 4-6th 2014.

5. Singh, Pradeep. N. D. (Invited Lecture), Single Component Photoresponsive Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles: Drug delivery System8th Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC-2014), IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India Nov 10-13th 2014

6. Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Klima, R. F.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Photolytic Studies of a- Azido-Propiophenone Derivatives ACS National Meeting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August, 2004

7. Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Jagadis Sankaranarayanan.; Sarah Mandel.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Photolytic studies of a-azido prophiophenone-Direct detection of triplet nitrenes. 3rd Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio, May, 2004.

8. Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Ability V. Jadhav.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Beta vinyl Azides: Theoretical, Product and Matrix studies and Infrared Isolation Spectroscopy Investigation. Ralph and Helen Oesper symposium, Cincinnati, October, 2003.

9. Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Abhijit Jadhav.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Photolytic studies of vinyl azides. 2nd Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio, April, 2003.

10. Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Environmental Friendly Synthesis Of 2H-Azirines.Ralph and Helen Oesper symposium, Cincinnati, October, 2002.

11. Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Christman, R. M.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D. Trapping of Triplet Alkyl Nitrenes using Molecular Oxygen.1st Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio, April, 2002.