

Dr. Neha Patel, Ph.D
Assistant Professor , Department of Medicinal Chemistry
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NIPER A -
neha.patel@niperahm.res.in -
NIPER Ahmedabad, Opposite Air force Station, Palaj -
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382355
Experience
- January 2026- Present
Assistant Professor
NIPER-Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- April 2025- December 2026
Expert-Science & Technology
Novartis Healthcare Private Limited, India
- June 2022- March 2025
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- June 2021- May 2022
Postdoctoral Scientist
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Oct 2018- Jan 2021
Research Investigator
Biocon-Bristol Myers Squibb Research & Development Centre (BBRC), Syngene Intl. Bengaluru, (K.A.) Analytical R&D for process development unit
Honours
- Received an honorarium from the American Chemical Society for being an author of Chemical Reviews in 2018.
- Best Poster Award at the 5th International Conference on Modelling of Chemical and Biological Reactivity (MCBR-5), 2017, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai.
- Best Poster Award at the Indo-US Conference on Molecular Modelling and Informatics in Drug Design (M2ID2), 2014, NIPER S.A.S. Nagar.
- Presented an invited talk at IIT Delhi – October 2024.
- Received Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), 2022.
- Received Department of Science and Technology – International Travel Grant (DST–ITS), 2016.
- Received Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-2015) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.
- Secured All India Rank–03 in NIPER-JEE, 2013 for Ph.D. admission and All India Rank–213 in NIPER-JEE, 2011 for M.S. (Pharm).
- Secured All India Rank–73 (Percentile: 99.8; Total applicants appeared: 40,048) in Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT), 2011.
- Received an honorarium from the American Chemical Society for being an author of Chemical Reviews in 2018.
Publications
- Dinitrogen Activation with Low-Valent Strontium
M. Morasch, T. Vilpas, N. Patel, J. Maurer, S. Thum, M.A. Schmidt, J. Langer, S. Harder
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202506989 (10.1002/anie.202506989) IF = 16.9 - Reduction of CO2 and Related Compounds with a Low-Valent CaI Synthon
S. Thum, J. Mai, N. Patel, J. Langer, S. Harder
ChemistryEurope, 2025, 3, e202500080 (10.1002/ceur.202500080) IF = Not available - On the existence of low-valent magnesium–calcium complexes
J. Mai, B. Rösch, N. Patel, J. Langer, S. Harder
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4724-4734 (10.1039/D3SC00909B) IF = 9.97 - Access to a Labile Monomeric Magnesium Radical by Ball-Milling
D. Jędrzkiewicz, J. Mai, J. Langer, Z. Mathe, N. Patel, S. DeBeer, S. Harder
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202200511 (10.1002/anie.202200511) IF = 16.9 - Formation and Reactivity of Non-Stabilized Monomeric Alumoxane Intermediates.
S. Grams, J. Maurer, N. Patel, J. Langer, S. Harder
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2022, 648, e202200035. IF = 1.36 - Low-Level Quantification of tert-Butyl Nitrite in a Pharmaceutical Intermediate.
N. Patel, T. Chokkalingam, S. Das, S. Saha, K. Jayaraman, H. Bhutani
Org. Process Res. Dev. 2021, 25, 2415-2424 (10.1021/acs.oprd.1c00158) IF = 3.86 - J. Comput. Chem. 2020, 41, 2624-2633 (10.1002/jcc.26417) IF = 3.67
- Electronic and Ligating Properties of Carbocyclic Carbenes: A Theoretical Investigation.
S. Bhagat, M. Arfeen, G. Das, N. Patel, P.V. Bharatam
J. Comput. Chem. 2019, 40, 726-733 (10.1002/jcc.25756) IF = 3.67 - NL + Systems as New Generation Phase-Transfer Catalysts.
- Divalent NI Compounds: Identifying new Carbocyclic Carbenes to Design Nitreones using Quantum Chemical Methods.
N. Patel, M. Arfeen, T. Singh, S. Bhagat, A. Sakhare, P.V. Bharatam - N. Patel, R. Sood, P.V. Bharatam
Chem. Rev. 2018, 118, 8770-8785 (10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00169) IF = 72.08 - Can Remote N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Coordinate with Main Group Elements? Synthesis, Structure and Quantum Chemical Analysis of N+ centre complexes.
N. Patel, M. Arfeen, R. Sood, S. Khullar, A.K. Chakraborti, S.K. Mandal, P.V. Bharatam
Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 6418-6425 (10.1002/chem.201705999) IF = 5.02 - C-N Coordination Bonds in (CCC)-N+-(L) Complexes.
N. Patel, B. Falke, P.V. Bharatam
Theor. Chem. Acc. 2018, 137, 34 (10.1007/s00214-18-2208-1) IF = 2.15 - Additive Controlled Switchable Selectivity from Cyanobenzenes to 2-Alkynylpyridines: Ruthenium (II) Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions of Diynes and Alkynylnitriles.
D. Bhatt, N. Patel, H. Chowdhury, P.V. Bharatam, A. Goswami
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 1876-1882 (10.1002/adsc.201800228) IF = 5.98 - Design, Synthesis, and Structural Analysis of Divalent NI Compounds and Identification of a New Electron Donating Ligand.
P.V. Bharatam, M. Arfeen, N. Patel, P. Jain, S. Bhatia, A.K. Chakraborti, S. Khullar, V. Gupta, S.K. Mandal
Chem. Euro. J. 2016, 22, 1088 (10.1002/chem.201503618) IF = 5.02 - Metal-free Oxidative Cyclization of Acetophenones with Diamines: A Facile Access to Phenylpyridines.
R. Sharma, N. Patel, R.A. Vishwakarma, P.V. Bharatam, S.B. Bharate
Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 1009-1012 (10.1039/C5CC08498A) IF = 6.07 - Characterization of Forced Degradation Products of Torasemide through MS Tools and Explanation of Unusual Losses observed during Mass Fragmentation of Drug and Degradation Products through Density Functional Theory.
M. Kurmi, N. Patel, S. Jhajra, P.V. Bharatam, S. Singh
J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 2016, 145, 209-218 (10.1016/j.jpba.2017.06.015) IF = 3.57 - Solvent-Free Peptide Synthesis Assisted by Microwave Irradiation: Environmentally Benign Synthesis of Bioactive Peptides.
A. Mahindra, N. Patel, N. Bagra, R. Jain
RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 3065-3069 (10.1039/C3RA46643D) IF = 4.04
Book Chapter
- Role of microbiome-gut-brain axis in autism spectrum disorder
J. Chand, N. Patel, P. Khare, Editor(s): Neeraj Mishra, Anoop Kumar, Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and CNS Disorders, Academic Press, 2025, 145-160
Achievements
- Presented an invited talk at IIT Delhi – October 2024.
- Received Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF), 2022.
- Received Department of Science and Technology – International Travel Grant (DST–ITS), 2016.
- Received Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-2015) from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.
- Secured All India Rank–03 in NIPER-JEE, 2013 for Ph.D. admission and All India Rank–213 in NIPER-JEE, 2011 for M.S. (Pharm).
- Secured All India Rank–73 (Percentile: 99.8; Total applicants appeared: 40,048) in Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT), 2011.
- Received an honorarium from the American Chemical Society for being an author of Chemical Reviews in 2018.
- Best Poster Award at the 5th International Conference on Modelling of Chemical and Biological Reactivity (MCBR-5), 2017, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai.
- Best Poster Award at the Indo-US Conference on Molecular Modelling and Informatics in Drug Design (M2ID2), 2014, NIPER S.A.S. Nagar.

