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SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University Established by SAARC Nations

SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY

A University established by SAARC Nations

Dr. Trapti Aggarwal

Assistant Professor
PhD from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi in 2014

Contact Details

Trapti(at)sau.int
Faculty of Chemical Sciences, South Asian University, Rajpur Road, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110068, India.
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Dr. Trapti aggarwal is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at South Asian University (An international university established by SAARC nations), New Delhi, India. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in the synthesis of heterocyclic molecules through iodocyclization from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi. She worked as women postdoctoral fellow in Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi (2018-2022). Prior to women fellowship, she conducted postdoctoral fellowship in Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (2017-2018) on fluorine chemistry. 

Her research work focused on the synthesis of heterocyclic molecules through novel environment friendly synthetic strategies. In her Ph.D., she has designed the green protocol for the organic functional group transformation which has vide versatility. She has published 22 articles in leading international journals and actively presents her work at scientific conferences in India and abroad.

She has been awarded first prize for Ph.D. thesis by National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST) for Outstanding Thesis Award. She has attended the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany from 30th June- 5July 2013 through the grant awarded by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India).

Research Experience:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan (2017-2018)
  • Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi (2016-2017)
  • Worked as research associate in Jubilant Chemsys Pvt.Ltd. (2007-2008)

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi in 2014
  • M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi in 2007.
  • B.Sc. in Chemistry from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi in 2005.

Research Interests

  • Designing of heterocyclic molecules embedded with fluorine for biological screening.
  • Designing novel fluorinating reagents.
  • Development of new green methodology for the synthesis of heterocyclic molecules.
  • Investigation of mechanism through computational studies.

 

Teaching Experience

    • Taught postgraduate students in Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi (June 2023 -March 2025. Subject taught includes, “Spectroscopy of Organic compounds, Photochemistry and pericyclic reaction, New synthetic methods and reactions” and in the practical’s identification of functional groups in the organic compound along-with synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds by multi-component reaction.
    • Taught graduate students in, Hindu College, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi as guest lecturer (Nov 2021-March 2022). Subject taught include “Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry and hydrocarbons” and practicals.
    • Taught graduate students in, Hansraj College as Guest Lecturer (August 2014-April 2015)

    Recent Publications

    1. Murata, Y.; Hada, K.; Aggarwal, T.; Escorihuela, J.; Shibata, N.; Transition-Metal-Free Approach for Z-Vinyl Fluorides by Hydrofluorination of Alkynes bearing SF4 and SF5 Groups. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202318086.

    2. Aggarwal, T.; Hada, K.; Murata, Y., Sumii, Y.; Tanagawa, K., Niina, K.; Soichiro, M., Jorge Escorihuela, Shibata, N.  Regio- and Z-Selective Alkyne Hydroamination and Hydrophenoxylation using Tetrafluoro-λ6 -Sulfanyl Alkynes under Superbasic, Naked Anion Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202307090.

    3. Thakur, D.; Aggarwal, T.; Sushmita, Muskan, A. K. Verma, Unveiling the Three-Component Phosphonylation on Alkynylaldehydes: Toolbox toward Fluorescent Molecules. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2474-2486.

    4. Aggarwal, T.; Sushmita, Verma, A. K., Achivements in Deoxyfluorination using Variable Reagents for Organic Transformations, Org. Chem. Front. 2021,8, 6452-6468.

    5. Sushmita, Aggarwal, T.; Saini, K. M.; Verma, A. K., Radical Promoted Synthesis of Furoquinolines via Anomalous Dakin-type Reaction, Adv. Synth. Cat. 2021 363, 4555-4560

    6. Sushmita, Aggarwal, T.; Saini, K. M.; Verma, A. K., Olefin‐Oriented Selective Synthesis of Linear and Branched N‐Alkylated Heterocycles by Hydroamination, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 3312-3316.

    7. Sushmita, Aggarwal, T.; Kumar, S.; Verma, A. K., Exploring the behavior of the NFSI reagent as a nitrogen source, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2020, 18, 7056.

    8. Sushmita,* Aggarwal, T.,* Shibata, N.; and Akhilesh K. Verma, Triple-Bond Directed Csp2-N Bond Formation with N-Fluorobenzene sulfonimide as Aminating Source: One-Step Transformation Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 16063 – 16067. (* equal contribution)

    9. Aggarwal, T.; Sushmita, Verma, A. K., Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Carbazoles from Indoles, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 8330-8342.

    10. Kumar, P.; Aggarwal, T.; Verma, A. K., Chemoselective Azidation of o-Alkynylaldehydes over [3+2] Cycloaddition and Subsequent Staudinger Reaction: An Access to Benzonaphthyridines/Naphthyridines, J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82, 6388–6397.

    Awards & Honours

    • Awarded first prize for Ph.D. thesis by “National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST) for Outstanding Thesis Award in 2013” (Prize Money:1500 $)
    • Selected by Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) for attending 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany from 30th June- 5July 2013.
    • Presented research work in University of Regensburg, Germany during the Post-Lindau visit organized by DFG, German Research Foundation on 8th July 2013.

    Last Updated : 30 Jan 2026