Dr. Asmita Singha
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad
Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. 826004
Institute Profile:
https://ccb.iitism.ac.in/ccb_faculty_details
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mYuI5jQAAAAJ&hl=en
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor (January 2024 to present); Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (March 2020 to April 2023); Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, USA
Supervisor: Prof. Edward I. Solomon
Title: "Tuning the Type I Reduction Potential of Multicopper Oxidases: Uncoupling the Effects of Electrostatics and H-Bonding to Histidine Ligands"
Education:
Ph.D. (2014 to 2019); School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India
Supervisor: Prof. Abhishek Dey.
Title: "Spectroscopic Characterization and Theoretical Investigation of Electronic Structures and Reactivities of Fe Containing Metalloporphyrins"
Master of Science (2012 to 2014) in Chemistry; Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Supervisor of Masters thesis: Prof. Gopalan Rajaraman
Title: "Probing the mechanism of C-H bond activation by diiron (IV) complexes"
B.Sc. (2009 to 2012) in Chemistry; Presidency College, Kolkata affiliated with the University of Calcutta.
Academic Achievements:
All India 1st rank in Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) in 2012
CSIR 17 in National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2013