BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Name: Singla, Poonam

Email ID: adcey2@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile No: 758-***-****

Education/Training

Institution and Location

Degree

Year

Field of Study

PGGCG-11, Panjab University, Chandigarh B.Sc 2012

Bachelor of Science

(Medical, 84.5%)

Punjabi University, Patiala M.Sc 2014

Organic Chemistry

(80.4%)

Panjab University, Chandigarh Ph.D

Thesis

Submitted

(20/02/2020)

Organic Chemistry

Personal Statement

I would describe myself as resourceful, self motivated and hardworking researcher with expertise in synthesis of steroid conjugates. Having the ability to prioritize and work to tight deadlines. I am able to work both as independent as well as a part of a team. I always like to get the task I have been given to be done in a professional and efficient manner. I always thrives at the chance of learning new skills. Positions and Employment

2015 Assistant Professor in Asian Educational Institute Patiala, affiliated to Punjabi University, Patiala. 2015-18 Project Fellow in project entitled “Small molecule inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase: Development of new synergistic combinations of IDO inhibitors and TLR agonists as potential vaccine adjuvants”

2018 Guest faculty, Applied chemistry, University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh.

2015-20 Research Scholar (Ph.D), Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Awards and Honors

2015 Qualified Gate with AIR 483.

2016 Qualified HPPSC-SET.

2016 Qualified CSIR National eligibility test (NET) with AIR 24. 2016 Won best poster award in national science conference at GNC, Budhladha. 2019 Won best poster award in national conference at GNDU, Amritsar. List of conferences and workshops attended

1. Presented a Poster in “Industry Academia Interaction Programme (IAIP-2016)” organized by Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 27th February, 2016. 2. Participated in National Workshop on “X-Ray Diffraction, Dynamic Light Scattering, Scanning- and Transmission Electron Microscopies (NXDST-2016)” Organized JJointly by Department of SAIF/CIL/UCIM/USIC and UGC-CAS Supported Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 15th-16th March, 2016.

3. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Amphiphilic Molecules and Self-Assembly: Principles and Applications” delivered by Prof. Michael Gradzielski, Technische University, Berlin, Germany, 22nd- 28th March, 2016.

4. Participated in National Workshop on “Applications of NMR and LCMS for Structural Elucidation of Small Molecules (NMRLCMS-2016)” Organized by Department of SAIF/CIL, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 22nd-27th August, 2016.

5. Presented Poster in Professor Ram Chand Paul National Symposium on “Current Advances in Chemical Sciences” Organized by Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 24th-25th February, 2017.

6. Presented Poster as well as Delivered Oral Talk and Won Best Poster Presentation Award in National Seminar on “Responsible Research and Innovation In Science and Technology (RRIST-2017)” Organized by Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak College, Budhlada. 18th March, 2017. 7. Presented Poster in the National Symposium on “Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery” held at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine University, Katra, 30th-31st March, 2017. 8. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis” Delivered by Prof. Roderick W. Bates, National Technological University, Singapore, 26th June-1st July, 2017. 9. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery ”Delivered by Prof. Sanjay V. Malhotra, Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Cancer Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CS 94305-5847, 24th-30th October, 2017. 10. Won Best Poster Presentation Award in the VIIIth National Symposium on “Advances in Chemical Sciences” held at Department of Chemistry, GNDU, Amritsar, 15th-16th February, 2019. 11. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases from Bench to Bedside” Delivered by Prof. Dr. Nima Rezaei, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 18th-22nd February, 2019.

12. Presented Poster in Professor Ram Chand Paul National Symposium on “Chemistry for Future” Organized by Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1st-2nd March, 2019. 13. Participated in the DBT Sponsored National Workshop on “Foldscope” and Symposium on “Applied Biotechnology” Organized by Research and Development Cell IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur, Rajasthan, 15th-16th March, 2019.

14. Participated in First SPARC International Workshop on “Vaccine Chemistry and Immunology” Jointly Organized by Department of Chemistry and SAIF/CIL, Panjab University, Chandigarh Under the aegis of CRIKC, 16th April, 2019.

15. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Chemistry and Biology of Complex Glycans” Delivered by Prof. Kuberan (Kuby) Balagurunathan, University of Utah, USA. 19th-23rd September, 2019. 16. Participated in International Workshop on “Peptide and Nanotechnological Approaches for Novel Theranostics” conducted under SPARC (MHRD) Sponsored Project in Collaboration with Osaka Univerty, Japan and held at Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 31st October, 2019.

17. Participated in GIAN International Workshop on “Communicating Scientific Research: Presentations, Papers, Posters, and Proposals” Delivered by Prof. Michael Alley, Penn State University, USA, 11th-15th November, 2019.

18. Presented a Poster in International Conference ICONICA 2020: A Global Summit on “Next-Gen Paradigms in Health Care” held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 12th-14th February, 2020. Publications

1. Singla, P.; Kaur, M.; Kumari, A.; Kumari, L.; Pawar, S. V.; Singh, R.; Salunke, D. B. Facially Amphiphilic Cholic Acid-Lysine Conjugates as Promising Antimicrobials. (Manuscript accepted in ACS Omega, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b03425). 2. Singla, P.; Salunke, D. B. Recent Advances in Steroid Amino Acid Conjugates: Old Scaffolds with New Dimensions. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2020, 187, 111909.

3. Singla, P.; Dalal, P.; Kaur, M.; Arya, G.; Nimesh, S.; Singh,R.; Salunke, D.B. Bile Acid Oligomers and Their Combination with Antibiotics To Combat Bacterial Infections. J. Med. Chem. 2018, 61, 10265−10275.

4. Kaur, A.; Poonam; Patil, M. T.; Mehta, S. K.; Salunke, D. B. An efficient and scalable synthesis of potent TLR2 agonistic PAM2CSK4. RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 9587-9596. 5. Singh, A. K.; Singla, P. Biodegradation of diuron by endophytic Bacillus licheniformis strain SDS12 and its application in reducing diuron toxicity for green algae. Environ. Sci. Pollut Res. Int. 2019, 26, 26972- 26981.

6. Salunke, D. B.; Patil, M. T.; Poonam; Pore, V. S. Design and synthesis of new lanosterol/triazole conjugates. Pb. Univ. Res. J (Sci.), 2016, 66, 9-15. 7. Singla, P.; Kanwar, R.; Sharma, R.; Mehta, S. K.; Salunke, D. B. Proficiency of nanostructured Lipid Carriers for the Formulation of Amphiphilic Bile Acid Oligomers (Manuscript communicated). References

Dr. Deepak B. Salunke

Department of Chemistry

Panjab University, Chandigarh

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Mobile No. 819-***-****

Prof. Paloth Venugopalan

Department of Chemistry

Panjab University, Chandigarh.

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Mobile No. 987-***-****

Dr. Rachna Singh

Department of Microbial

Biotechnology

Panjab University, Chandigarh

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