Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (2003); M.Sc, GNDU, Amritsar (2005); Ph.D., GNDU, Amritsar (2010)

Position held: Chemist (From 2011-till date)

Field of Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Research Interests : Heterocyclic Chemistry

Research Projects:
1.Structural modifications of dihydropyrimidinones to evaluate their potential as metal ion capturing agents and their antifungal activity funded by DST fast track (completed in 2017)

Selected Publications (Five) :

1. Ekta, Utreja D and Singh K (2022) Synthesis of Sulfonamide based Chemosensor for sensing of toxic Hg²⁺ ions in Soil extract. J Photochem Photobiol A: Chem 426:113784. (NAAS rating: 10.966)
2. Samita, Utreja D and Dhillon NK (2022) An efficacious protocol for the reduction of benzothiazole using Mg/MeOH and their antinemic activity against Meloidogyne incognita. Russ J Bioorg Chem 48(1): 135-142. (NAAS rating: 7.254)
3. Kaur K, Utreja D, Dhillon N K and Pathak R K (2022) 3-Hydroxy-3-alkylindolin-2-ones: Regioselective synthesis, molecular docking and nematicidal studies against Meloidogyne incognita. J Environ Sci Health B. 1-13. (NAAS rating: 8.506)
4. Kaur K, Utreja D, Dhillon N K, Pathak R K, Singh K (2021) N-alkyl isatin derivatives: Synthesis, nematicidal evaluation and protein target identifications for their mode of action. Pest. Biochem. Physiol. 171: 104736. (NAAS rating: 10.97)
5. Ekta and Utreja D (2021) Fluorescence based comparative sensing behavior of the nano-composites of SiO₂ and TiO₂ towards toxic Hg²⁺ ions. Nanomaterials 11: 3082. (NAAS rating: 10.32).

Awards/Honours/Distinctions :

1. 1st position in M. Sc. (H.S.) Chemistry (Gold Medalist)
2. Awarded with Late Shri Sunder Nayyar Memorial Trophy for obtaining first position in M. Sc. (H. S.) Chemistry in G. N. D. U. Amritsar