Dr. Amreen Kaur Bains received her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India, and her M.Sc. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, India. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2022 from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali under the supervision of Prof. Debashis Adhikari. Her doctoral research focused on redox-active ligand-enabled borrowing-hydrogen transformations mediated by hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), contributing to the development of sustainable catalytic methodologies. Following her Ph.D., she joined the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Garret M. Miyake. Her research integrates photochemical catalysis with mechanistic investigations using advanced spectroscopic techniques to enable the rational design of sustainable, visible-light-driven catalytic systems. Broadly, her work bridges redox-active ligand-mediated catalysis and organic photoredox chemistry, united by the goal of precisely controlling electron transfer and reactivity through molecular design.

Dr. Bains has received several recognitions for her scientific contributions, including the KVRSS Research Award (Chemistry Winner, 2021), the Indian Chemical Society Research Excellence Award (2021), and the Best Oral Presentation Award at J-NOST (2022). She is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, where her research interests include photoredox catalysis, electrophotocatalysis, transition-metal catalysis, and synthetic organic chemistry.