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Prof . N. D. Pradeep Singh

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Academic Positions

Education

Awards and Honors

Research Interests

Presentations

Prof. 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

1997- 2001

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai

Advisor: Dr. Geetha Gopalakrishnan.

1994-1996.

M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai

Advisor: Dr. A. Anandhan

1991-1994.

B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai,

Awards and Honors

July 2024

Selected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

2023

Guest editor for a special issue on "Stimuli responsive materials for biomedical applications" in Journal of Materials Chemistry B

 Oct 2023

Dr S. S. Deshpande Award, India 

July 2020

Bronze Medal, CRSI, India

2018

SERB Distinguished Investigator Award (SERB DIA Fellow)

2018

Member of the National Academy of Sciences 

2015, 2017, and 2018

Top Teaching Feedback Award

2015

DST-RSC Indo-UK Scientific Seminar

2014- 2016

ACS 3-Year Membership Award

2009

ACS 3-Year Membership Award

RSC- 2009

Indo-UK Science network Programme

Research Interests

01.

  • Synthesis of new Fluorescent photoremovable protecting groups

02.

  • Synthesis and applications of Photoacid generators

03.

  • Controlled release of Agrochemicals by Sunlight

04.

  • Visible light Induced Generation of alkyl Triplet Nitrenes

05.

  • Photoredox catalysis for functionalization of small organic molecules

Presentations

01.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

November 20, 2024

(Invited Lecture), Next Generation Photoremovable Protecting Groups, NOST XVIII Organic Chemistry Conference, IISER Bhopal

02.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

April 7-8, 2023

(Invited Lecture) One and Two-Photon Responsive Photoremovable Protecting Groups for the Controlled Release of H 2 S in Redox Chemical Biology of Health and Disease, IISER Pune.

03.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

October 6-9, 2022

(Invited Lecture), Temporal Release of Cell Cycle Regulator α-lipoic acid: NIR-light
Activatable Quinoxaline Based Nano-prodrug Delivery System in Complex Chemical Systems (IGW-CCS-2022): Indo-German Workshop, IIT Madras, India

04.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

September 9, 2021

(Invited Lecture), One and Two-Photon Responsive Photoremovable Protecting Groups
and their biological applications in Organic chemistry lecture series, IISC Bangalore, India

05.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

March 20, 2021

(Invited Lecture), Photoresponsive fluorescent organic nanoparticles: a smart platform for biomedical and agrochemical applications in CV-19 Lectures series on “LIGHT AS
REACTANT AND PRODUCT”

06.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

March 10, 2021

(Invited Lecture), Light responsive fluorescent organic nanoparticles: a smart platform for biomedical and agrochemical applications in virtual author workshop by the editors, Wiley-VCH, IIT Kharagpur, India

07.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

December 28, 2020

(Invited Lecture), One- and Two-Photon Uncaging of Carbon Monoxide (CO) with Real-
Time Monitoring RTCS-OBC 2020 First Virtual Convention of the ICS

08.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

December 12-14, 2019

(Invited Lecture), One and Two Photon Responsive Photoremovable Protecting Groups
and their Biological Applications, IISER Trivandrum, India

09.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

March 19, 2019

(Invited Lecture), Second generation Photoremovable protecting groups for biological,
materials and agrochemicals applications, IIT Kharagpur, India

10.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

March 27, 2018

(Invited Lecture), Flouroscence Photoremovable Protecting groups and their Biological
Applications, Vidyasagar University, India

11.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

November 2018

(Invited Lecture), One and Two-Photon Responsive Photoremovable Protecting Groups
and their biological applications, IISER Pune

12.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

August 24-27, 2017

(Invited Lecture), Next Generation Photoremovable Protecting Groups, NOST XVIII Organic Chemistry Conference, IISER Bhopal

13.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D.

July 19-24, 2015

(Invited Lecture), Organic nanoparticles as Photoresponsive drug delivery systems, Gordon Research Conference on Photochemistry, Stonehill College in Easton MA, United States .

14.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D

16-18th February 2015

(Invited Lecture), Targeted Photoresponsive nano drug delivery systems, International Scientific seminar India-UK, Weetwood Hall and Conference Centre Hotel, Leeds,

15.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D

 Dec 4-6th 2014.

(Invited Lecture), Fabrication of new photoresponsive nanocarriers for drug delivery, FICS 2014, IIT Guwhati,

16.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D. 

 Nov 10-13th 2014

(Invited Lecture), Single Component Photoresponsive Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles: Drug delivery System8th Asian Photochemistry Conference (APC-2014), IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India 

17.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Klima, R. F.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

 August, 2004

Photolytic Studies of a- Azido-Propiophenone Derivatives ACS National Meeting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

18.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Jagadis Sankaranarayanan.; Sarah Mandel.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

May, 2004.

Photolytic studies of a-azido prophiophenone-Direct detection of triplet nitrenes. 3rd Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio,

19.

Singh, Pradeep. N. D.; Ability V. Jadhav.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

October, 2003.

Beta vinyl Azides: Theoretical, Product and Matrix studies and Infrared Isolation Spectroscopy Investigation. Ralph and Helen Oesper symposium, Cincinnati,

20.

Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Abhijit Jadhav.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

April, 2003

Photolytic studies of vinyl azides. 2nd Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio, 

21.

Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

October, 2002

Environmental Friendly Synthesis Of 2H-Azirines.Ralph and Helen Oesper symposium, Cincinna

22.

Singh, Pradeep . N. D.; Christman, R. M.; Ault, B. S.; Gudmundsdottir, A. D.

April, 2002.

Trapping of Triplet Alkyl Nitrenes using Molecular Oxygen.1st Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting, Ohio,

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