Ruchi Shukla

Meticulous and hardworking Chemist bringing 20+ years of expertise in Analytical and Physical Organic Chemistry. Skilled multitasker with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Proven history of maintaining equipment and lab areas in alignment with regulatory guidelines. Adaptive team player with in-depth knowledge of HPLC, GCMS and LCMS.

• Milwaukee Analytical Chemistry Conference — Mass Spec at Your Fingertips, University of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 25/01/2019
• Art as Context for General Chemistry, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, 05/06/2016 - 10/06/2016
• Forensic Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 18/06/2017 - 23/06/2017

• Institute Scholarship for M.Tech., I.I.T. New Delhi, INDIA
• Institute Scholarship for Ph.D., I.I.T. New Delhi, INDIA
• Senior Research Fellowship awarded by CSIR (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research) INDIA
• American Institute of Chemists” (AIC) award for excellence in Postdoctoral research work (2008)
• Teaching Excellence and Developmental Guidance awards from Chemistry Seniors, Class of 2012
• Teaching Excellence and Developmental Guidance awards from Chemistry Seniors, Class of 2013

• Pyrene-Like HOMO Governs Polaron Delocalization in Model Graphitic Strips: A Combined Experimental and Computational Analysis, M. V. Ivanov, Ruchi Shukla, S. V. Lindeman, D. Wang, R. Rathore, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, 43, 24527-24534, 2018
• Dihedral Angle-Controlled Crossover from Static Hole Delocalization to Dynamic Hopping in Biaryl Cation Radicals, M. R. Talipov, T. S. Navale, M. M. Hossain, Ruchi Shukla, M. V. Ivanov, Rathore, Rajendra, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 56, 1, 266-269, 2017
• Interplay between Entropy and Enthalpy in (Intramolecular) Cyclophane-Like Folding versus (Intermolecular) Dimerization of Diarylalkane Cation Radicals, T. S. Navale, M. R. Talipov, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Rajendra, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 35, 19558-19565, 2016
• Cucurbit[6]uril as a Fire Retardant Material, G. Cai, Z. Matusinovic, D. Yi, T. Mariappan, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, and C. A. Wilkie, ACS Symposium Series 1118, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2012
• Polystyrene/molybdenum disulfide and poly(methyl methacrylate)/molybdenum disulfide nanocomposites with enhanced thermal stability, Z. Matusinovic, Ruchi Shukla, E. Manias, C. G. Hogshead, C. A. Wilkie, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 97, 2481-2486, 2012
• Charge Delocalization in Self-Assembled Mixed-Valence Aromatic Cation Radicals, T. S. Navale, K. Thakur, V. S. Vyas, S. H. Wadumethrige, Ruchi Shukla, S. V. Lindeman, and R. Rathore, Langmuir, 28, 71-83, 2012
• Probing the Arenium Ion (Proton Transfer) versus the Cation radical (Electron Transfer) Mechanism of Scholl Reaction Using DDQ as Oxidant, L. Zhai; Ruchi Shukla, S. H. wadumethrige, R. Rathore, J. Org. Chem., 75, 14, 4748-4760, 2010
• Direct Observation of Electron-Transfer Induced Conformational Transformation (Molecular Actuation) in a Bichromophoric Electron Donor, Ruchi Shukla, K. Thakur, V. J. Chebny, S. A. Reid, and R. Rathore, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 14592–14595, 2010
• Crossover from Single-step Tunneling to Multi-step Hopping for Molecular Triplet Energy Transfer, J. V. Weis, S. H. Abdelwahed, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, M. A. Ratner, M. R. Wasielewski, Science, 328, 1547-1550, 2010
• Cooperative Interaction of Hydronium Ion with an Ethereally Fenced Hexaarylbenzene-Based Receptor: An NMR and Theoretical Study, J. Krˇı´zˇ, P. Toman,† E. Makrlı´k,‡ J. Budka, Ruchi Shukla,| and R. Rathore, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 5327–5334, 2010
• Isolation and X-ray Structural Characterization of a Dicationic Homotrimer of 2,3,6,7-Ttetramethoxy-9,10-Dimethylanthracene Cation radical, M. J. Modjewski, Ruchi Shukla, S. V. Lindeman, R. Rathore, Tetrahedron Lett., 50, 6687-6690, 2009
• Terphenyl crowns: A New Family of Receptors Containing Ethereal Canopies that Direct Potassium Cation onto Benzenoid Platforms for Cation– Interactions, Ruchi Shukla, S. V. Lindeman, R. Rathore, Chem. Commun., 5600-5602, 2009
• Oxidative C-C Bond Formation (Scholl Reaction) with DDQ as an Efficient and Easily Recyclable Oxidant, L. Zhai; Shukla, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Org. Lett., 11, 3474-3477, 2009
• Molecular Actuator: Redox-Controlled Clam-Like Motion in a Bichromophoric Electron Donor, V. J. Chebny, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Org. Lett., 11, 1939-1942, 2009
• X-ray Structural Characterization of Charge Delocalization onto the Three Equivalent Benzenoid Rings in Hexamethoxytriptycene Cation Radical, V. J. Chebny, T. S. Navale, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Org. Lett., 11, 2253-2256, 2009
• Synthesis, Optical, and Electronic Properties of Soluble Poly-p-phenylene Oligomers as Models for Molecular Wires, M. Banerjee, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 1780-1786, 2009
• Octahydro[1,4:5,8]dimethanoanthraquinone as a Cheap and Readily Available Electron-Transfer Oxidant for Biaryl Synthesis from Organocuprates, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Synthesis, 3769-3774, 2008
• Photochemical Elimination of Leaving Groups from Zwitterionic Intermediates Generated via Electrocyclic Ring Closure of α, β-Unsaturated Anilides, J. Jia, M. Sarkar, M. G. Steinmetz, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, J. Org. Chem., 72, 8868-8879, 2008
• Synthesis, Electronic Properties, and X-ray Structural Characterization of Tetraarylbenzo[1,2-b: 4,5-b’]difuran Cation Radicals, Ruchi Shukla, S. H. Wadumethrige, S. V. Lindeman, and R. Rathore, Org. Lett., 10, 3587-3590, 2008
• A Laser Flash Photolysis Study of Through-Space Electronic Coupling in Cofacially Juxtaposed Cis-Stilbenoid Hydrocarbons, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, Gordon Research Conference Photochemistry, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, July 10-15, 2005
• Preparation and Study of Chiral Cholestrol-Fluorene Derivatives and their Cation-Radical Salts, P. Debroy, D. M. Brody, D. Redington, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, 37th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 31-June 2, 2006
• Design and Syntheses of Hexaarylbenzene-Based Receptors with Ethereal Fence for Effective Binding of Metal Cations, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, 37th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 31-June 2, 2006
• Photochemical elimination of leaving groups from zwitterionic intermediates generated via electrocyclic ring closure of α, β-Unsaturated anilides, M.G. Steinmetz, J. Jia, Ruchi Shukla, R. Rathore, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 17-21, 2008