Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (2006); M.Sc, GNDU, Amritsar (2008); Ph.D., GNDU, Amritsar (2014)

Position held: Assistant Professor (Chemistry) (From 2020 till date)

Field of Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Research Interests: Heterocyclic and Macrocyclic chemistry

Selected Publications (Five):

1. Rani M, Utreja D and Sharma S (2022) Role of indole derivatives in agrochemistry: Synthesis and future insights. Curr Org Chem (accepted) (NAAS rating: 8.226)
2. Sharma S and Utreja D (2021) Synthesis and antiviral activity of diverse heterocyclic scaffolds. Chem Biol Drug Des 1-51. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.13953 (NAAS rating: 8.81)
3. Anamika, Utreja D, Ekta, Nisha and Sharma S (October 2018) Advances in synthesis and potentially bioactive Coumarin derivatives. Curr. Org. Chem. 22, 2507-2534 (NAAS rating: 8.15)
4. Kaur J, Utreja D, Dhillon NK and Sharma S (Feb 2019) Synthesis of Indole Derivatives and their evaluation against Root Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Lett.Org. Chem 16, 759-767. (NAAS rating: 6.73)
5. Arora S, Sharma S, Mithu V S, Hee-Lee C and Singh K (2015) Selective functionalization of methylene bridges of calix[6]arenes. Isolation and identification of stable conformers of methyl ether of p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene. Chem. Commun. 4227-4230. (NAAS rating: 12.83)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions

• Qualified Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in 2008.
• Qualified Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) in 2011.
• Awarded Gold Medal in B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry.
• Awarded Merit Certificate in M.Sc.(Hons.) Chemistry