Bio-sketch
Dr. Leena Aggarwal was born in 1992 in Haryana, India. She completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Hansraj College, University of Delhi and M.Sc. from IIT Delhi, India in 2012 and 2014, respectively. She received her Ph.D from the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India in Feb, 2022. After gaining Ph.D., she worked as an Assistant Professor at Deshbandhu College, DU. Presently she is serving as Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Netaji Subhas University of Technology. Her research work mainly focuses on computational studies of protein-water system using statistical theories and molecular dynamics simulations.

Area of Interest: Computational Biophysics, Statistical Theories of Mapping Local Water Densities around Biomolecules.

List of Publications 

1.    L. Aggarwal and P. Biswas, Hydration thermodynamics of familial Parkinson’s disease linked mutants of α-synuclein J. Chem. Inf. Model. 61, 1850 (2021). (IF: 6.16)
2.    L. Aggarwal and P. Biswas, Hydration thermodynamics of the N-terminal FAD mutants of amyloid-β J. Chem. Inf. Model. 61, 298 (2021). (IF: 6.16)
3.    L. Aggarwal and P. Biswas, Interaction volume is a measure of the aggregation propensity of amyloid-β J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 11, 3993 (2020). (IF: 6.47)
4.    L. Aggarwal and P. Biswas, Effect of Alzheimer’s disease causative and protective mutations on the hydration environment of amyloid-β J. Phys. Chem. B 124, 2311 (2020). (IF: 2.99)
5.    L. Aggarwal and P. Biswas, Hydration water distribution around intrinsically disordered proteins J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 4206 (2018). (IF: 2.99)
6.    P. Pant and L. Aggarwal, Assessing the DNA structural integrity via selective annihilation of Watson-Crick hydrogen bonds: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations Biophys. Chem. 282, 106758 (2022). (IF: 2.35)
7.    A. Srivastava, L. Aggarwal and N. Jain, One-pot sequential alkynylation and cycloaddition: regioselective construction and biological evaluation of novel benzoxazole-triazole derivatives ACS Comb. Sci. 17, 39 (2015). (IF: 3.38)

Conferences/ Workshops/ Symposium

1.    Member of organizing team in two days international e-conference on “Recent Advancements in Chemical Sciences: Health, Environment and Society” ICRACS-2022 organized by Department of Chemistry, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi on 8th -9th April, 2022.
2.    Member of Organizing Committee in "Lecture III: Integrated Approach for Molecular Imaging" of Motivational Lecture Series held at Deshbandhu College on the occasion of National Science Day (28th Feb, 2022).
3.    Co-convener in International symposium on "Chemical Wisdom by Her" organized by Department of Chemistry, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi on 31st Jan, 2022.
4.    Member of Organizing Team in Webinar on "Stress Management and Building Resilience" organized jointly by Deshbandhu College and Pettigrew College on 28th Jan, 2022 under the aegis of Vidya Vistar Scheme.
5.    Member of Organizing Team in Webinar on “Understanding Sustainable Development Goals” organized jointly by Deshbandhu College and Pettigrew College on 21st Jan, 2022 under the aegis of Vidya Vistar Scheme.
6.    "Sodium Metal Handling & Disposal and Chem Lab Basic First Aid Skills" presented in Skill Up : A three day workshop on laboratory safety and management for Chemistry lab staff held at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi (Dec, 2021).
7.    "Effect of Mutations on Hydration Environment of Amyloid-beta" presented in the Symposium on Advanced Simulation Methods: DFT, MD and beyond (ASM-2019) held at IIT Delhi.
8.    "Hydration Water Distribution around Intrinsically Disordered Proteins" presented in the 16th Theoretical Chemistry Symposium held at BITS Pilani (2019).
9.    Participated in workshop on Computational Methodologies across Length Scales organized at BARC, Mumbai (2017).
10.    Participated in Instructional Workshop on Computational Methods in Drug Discovery organized at JNU, New Delhi (2016).
11.    Attended course on Statistical Mechanics of biomolecular solution and its application to in-silico drug design under GIAN scheme at JNU, New Delhi (2016).
12.    Participated in PU Tech Exhibition Student-Industry Interface at INDIA Expo Centre (2011).
13.    Participated in National Conference on Chemistry Education & Research Frontiers (2011).
14.    Attended academic lectures and interactive sessions at "THIRD SCIENCE CONCLAVE: A Congregation of Nobel Laureates" organized at IIIT Allahabad (2010).