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Shikha Dhiman
Born
Delhi, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Delhi, JNCASR
Scientific career
Fieldssupramolecular chemistry, bioinspired materials,
Doctoral advisorProf. Subi J. George
Other academic advisorsProf. E. W. (Bert) Meijer

Shikha Dhiman (born 1993 in Delhi) is an Indian physical-organic chemist, known for her work in the fields of supramolecular chemistry, materials chemistry and lifelike materials. Dhiman, who is a young yet reknowned professor of Supramolecular Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Junior Faculty of the Max Planck Graduate Center Mainz[1] in Germany. Her research interests are driven from understanding how nature works and utilizing this knowledge for creating synthetic lifelike and bioinspired systems and materials. Her focus is to understand structure and dynamics at the molecular level and to correlate them with their function using advanced techniques.

Education

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She studied Chemistry at the Hindu College, University of Delhi for her Bachelor's degree and then moved to Bangalore in 2014 to do an Integrated Ph.D. at the New Chemistry Unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). For her Ph.D., she worked with Prof. Subi J. George with a focus on developing strategies for non-equilibrium transient systems and materials.

Career

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Her love for science then took her to the Netherlands in 2020, where she joined Prof. E. W. (Bert) Meijer's team at the Eindhoven University of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher. While in Eindhoven, she received several awards, including the Marie-Curie fellowship, ICMS fellowship, WIMA award[2],[3] and was selected as a Rising Star[4] by the University of Freiburg, Germany. In 2023, she became a Junior Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and in 2024, she was selected for the Thieme Chemistry Award.[5] Since 2024, she is a Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Her scientific contributions are highlighted by various journals, and news.[6][7][8][9]

Selected publications

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  • Adenosine-phosphate-fueled, temporally programmed supramolecular polymers with multiple transient states.[10]
  • Transient helicity: fuel‐driven temporal control over conformational switching in a supramolecular polymer.[11]
  • Dilution-induced gel-sol-gel-sol transitions by competitive supramolecular pathways in water.[12]
  • Self-sorted, random, and block supramolecular copolymers via sequence controlled, multicomponent self-assembly.[13]
  • Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization.[14]

Genral contributions

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She is very excited and supportive for students interested in STEM and academia. She enlightens them through her blogs,[15] youtube channel[16] and videos[17].[18]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.mpgc-mainz.de/
  2. ^ "Wima | Dwi".
  3. ^ "Premiere of the Women Interactive Materials Award (WIMA) - an international stage for young female scientists | DWI". www.dwi.rwth-aachen.de. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  4. ^ "Freiburg Rising Stars Academy".
  5. ^ "Thieme Chemistry Journals Award - Thieme Chemistry - Georg Thieme Verlag".
  6. ^ Moscatelli, Alberto (2017-02-07). "A temporary change of hands". Nature Nanotechnology: 1. doi:10.1038/nnano.2017.12. ISSN 1748-3395.
  7. ^ "Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139 (46): 16433. 2017-11-22. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b12041. ISSN 0002-7863.
  8. ^ "Chemists find a contrary effect: How diluting with water makes a solution firm". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  9. ^ "Mimicking nature for programmable and adaptive synthetic materials". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  10. ^ Dhiman, Shikha; Jain, Ankit; Kumar, Mohit; George, Subi J. (2017-09-12). "Adenosine-Phosphate-Fueled, Temporally Programmed Supramolecular Polymers with Multiple Transient States". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139 (46): 16568–16575. doi:10.1021/jacs.7b07469. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 28845662.
  11. ^ Dhiman, Shikha; Jain, Ankit; George, Subi J. (2016-12-29). "Transient Helicity: Fuel-Driven Temporal Control over Conformational Switching in a Supramolecular Polymer". Angewandte Chemie. 129 (5): 1349–1353. doi:10.1002/ange.201610946. ISSN 0044-8249.
  12. ^ Su, Lu; Mosquera, Jesús; Mabesoone, Mathijs F. J.; Schoenmakers, Sandra M. C.; Muller, Cyprien; Vleugels, Marle E. J.; Dhiman, Shikha; Wijker, Stefan; Palmans, Anja R. A.; Meijer, E. W. (2022-07-08). "Dilution-induced gel-sol-gel-sol transitions by competitive supramolecular pathways in water". Science. 377 (6602): 213–218. Bibcode:2022Sci...377..213S. doi:10.1126/science.abn3438. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35857543.
  13. ^ Sarkar, Aritra; Sasmal, Ranjan; Empereur-mot, Charly; Bochicchio, Davide; Kompella, Srinath V. K.; Sharma, Kamna; Dhiman, Shikha; Sundaram, Balasubramanian; Agasti, Sarit S.; Pavan, Giovanni M.; George, Subi J. (2020-04-01). "Self-Sorted, Random, and Block Supramolecular Copolymers via Sequence Controlled, Multicomponent Self-Assembly". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142 (16): 7606–7617. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c01822. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 32233467.
  14. ^ Jain, Ankit; Dhiman, Shikha; Dhayani, Ashish; Vemula, Praveen K.; George, Subi J. (2019-01-25). "Chemical fuel-driven living and transient supramolecular polymerization". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 450. Bibcode:2019NatCo..10..450J. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08308-9. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6347607. PMID 30683874.
  15. ^ https://suprachemfreak.wordpress.com/
  16. ^ "SuprachemFreak". YouTube.
  17. ^ "How to do PhD in Germany | Complete Guide | Paid PhD | ft. Jun. Prof. Dr. Shikha Dhiman". YouTube. 28 August 2023.
  18. ^ "How to apply for Post Doc. | Ft. Dr. Shikha Dhiman | TU Eindhoven | Marie Curie Fellow". YouTube. 6 November 2022.
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