Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry
School of Basic Sciences
- B.Sc. Medical, DAV College Abohar, Punjab, India
- B.Ed. Govt. College of Education, Faridkot
- M.Sc. Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala
- Qualified CSIR-UGC-NET and GATE in Life Sciences
- Ph.D. Biotechnology, Panjab University Chandigarh,Thesis: ‘Microbial degradation of organophosphate pesticides and nitro-aromatic compounds.’
Teaching Experience
From September 2012 to October 2022 worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Joined as Associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Punjab from October 2022.
Research Experience
11 years
Any Other Experience
One year experience as Scientific Assistant, at Punjab Pollution Control Board.
My research has focused primarily on following three area.
(1) Environmental and Applied Biochemistry- Microbial Biodegradation and Remediation of environmental Pollutants, Biofuel production, and Effluent treatment technology,
(2) Plant Biochemistry -Microplastics and Fluoride contamination in tomato plant: its effects on rhizosphere metagenome, and metabolomics and transcriptome analysis in plant.
(3) Identification of new compounds in plants with biological activity using the metabolomics (HPLC, GCMS, NMR) approach.
(4) Molecular Genetic Analysis of Stress Responsive Transcription Factor Family in Avena sativa L and targeted editing of its genome.
Won best project award from sustainable development in Agricultural Engineering by Indian Society for technical education
Won ‘Young Scientist Award’ in National Conference.
Developed e-content and delivered seven modules (Lectures) in the field of Environmental Nanotechnology for the paper NanoBiotechnology, under epgPathshala project of MHRD, Govt. of India. The MHRD under its National Mission on Education through ICT has executed this project through UGC.
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Papers
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G Singh, Mithun, A Devi, Tamana, YThakur, S Khurana, Vikas, B Singh, M Joy (2024) Synthesis of Acetylene-Functionalized Schiff base for Selective Detection of Al(III) and Exploring Its Antibacterial Properties via In Silico and In Vivo Approach. ChemistrySelect, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202404449. I.F-2.1
- Kumar A, R Das, Sharma R, Singh B* (2024) Impact of microplastics, fluoride, and mancozeb on tomato plant growth and rhizosphere microbial dynamics: A metagenomic analysis. Pedosphere, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedsph.2024.09.001. I.F. 5.2
- G Singh, Heena, B Singh, D Baliyan, S Gupta, S Sahoo, Vikas, C Espinosa-Ruíz (2024) Naked eye Fe(III) recognition and anticancer efficacy evaluation via diazenyl-propargyl appended imine functionalized moiety. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 412, 125867. I.F. 5.3
- G Singh, P Malik, S Khurana, P Markan, T Diskit, KN Singh, B. S Gill, D Baliyan (2024) Chalcone derived bis-organosilane and its magnetic nanoparticles: Unveiling precision in selective Cu (II) ion detection and elucidating biocompatibility. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2024.125124. I.F. 4.1
- Stein Emil Vollset (2024) Forecasting the impacts of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050 - a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021." The Lancet Public Health. 9 (10); 729-744. DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00166-X I. F. 25.4
- (2024) Global, Regional and National Burden of Non-Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and its Risk Factors – A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Circulation, American Heart Association. (Submitted Authorship). I.F 39.92
- Hmwe H Kyu et al. (2024) Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. (submitted authorship form) The Lancet Infectious Diseases. I.F. 13.21
- Feigin V.L. et al. (2024) Global, regional and national stroke burden and disability-adjusted life- years lost attributable to risk factors in 204 countries, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. 23, (10): 973 - 1003. The Lancet Neurology. I.F. 44.1
- G Singh, Heena, B Singh, D Baliyan, S Gupta, S Sahoo, Vikas, C Espinosa-Ruíz, M A Esteban (2024) Naked eye Fe(III) recognition and anticancer efficacy evaluation via diazenyl-propargyl appended imine functionalized moiety. doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.125867.Journal of Molecular Liquids. I.F. 6.63
- Brauer, M. et al. (2024). Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2162-2203. I.F. 168.9
- Vollset, S. E. et al. (2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 403(10440), 2204-2256. I.F. 168.9
- Singh G, J Stanzin, A Devi; S Sharma, D Sharma, B Singh, B Mohan (2024) Bis-Schiff base for Selective Detection of Al (III) and Citric acid: Real Sample Analysis, Anticancer Potential and Docking Study. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 122148. I.F. 2.8
- Schumacher et al. (2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. I.F. 168.9
- M Bokolia, Baliyan D, Kumar A, Das R, Kumar R, B Singh*, (2024) Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticles using Microbes and Plants: Mechanisms and Multifaceted Applications. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry.https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2024.2305238 I.F. 2.73
- Kumar G, Singh P, Bhargava G, B Singh, Kaur J, Kumar R (2024) Advancements in Visible-Light-Induced Oxidation of Aromatic Alcohols: Insights into Photo-redox transformative Pathways. (2024) Inorganica Chimica Acta. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2024.121935 I.F. 2.8
- Bokolia, M., Kumar, A., Singh, B*. (2023). Plant tolerance to salinity stress: Regulating transcription factors and their functional role in the cellular transcriptional network. Gene Reports, 101873. I.F. 1.3
- Singh, B*. Kumar A (2023) Advances in Microplastics Detection: A Comprehensive Review of Methodologies and Their Effectiveness. Trends in Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117440 I.F. 13.1
- M Bokolia, Singh, B*. A Kumar, Goyal N, K Singh, R Chhabra (2023) Genome-wide identification of NAC transcription factors in Avena sativa under salinity stress. Plant Stress https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stress.2023.100276. I.F. - 5.2
- Kumar G, Bhargava G, Kumar R, B Singh, (2023) Deep eutectic solvents with ultrasonic energy as an environmentally benign and green approach for the synthesis of bisthioglycolic acid derivatives. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, 1-11. I.F. 2.5
- Kumar V, Maity A, Kumar, A, S Saha, P Kay, B Singh, Tirtha Mukherjee (2023). Critical review on uranium and arsenic content and their chemical mobilization in groundwater: A case study of the Malwa region Punjab, India. Science of Total Environment. 885:163885. I.F. 10.75
- A Kumar, D Singh, R Bhandari, A K Malik, S Kaur B Singh*, (2023) Bisphenol A in canned soft drinks, plastic-bottled water, and household water tank from Punjab, India. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 9:100205. I.F. 5.4
- Singh S, Singh D, Kumar A, B Singh*, Kumar R, Kaur S (2023) Removal of Organic dyes and endocrine disrupter by nanocomposite of Ag(0)-Fe(0)/Fe3O4@GO synthesized using a facial green technique employing Camellia sinensis leaf extract Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 14(6): 1729–1733.
- Kaur P, Singh K B. Singh* (2022) Microplastics in soil: impact, microbial diversity and degradation. Pedosphere 32(1), 49-60. I.F. 6.02
- B Singh*, K Singh (2022) Microplastics contamination in soil affects growth and root nodulation of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum‐graecum L.) and 16 s rRNA sequencing of rhizosphere soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 7, 100146. I.F. 5.4
- Bhandari R, B Singh* (2022) Effect of heavy metals treatments on fenugreek plant. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 7, 100114. I.F. 5.4
- A Kumar, AK Malik, B Singh* (2021) Recent advances in the analysis of plant alkaloids by capillary electrophoresis and micellar electrokinetic chromatography. Separation Science Plus 4 (11-12), 401-412. I.F. 1.9
- Singh, G., Pawan, Mohit, Sushma, Singh, B., GonzálezSilverac, D, Kaur, A. (2021). Anthracene‐Based Triazolyl Triethoxysilanes as Selective and Colorimetric Sensor for Cysteine: Rationalization towards Stability Factors, Therapeutics Evaluation and Molecular Docking. ChemistrySelect, 6(33), 8899-8911. I.F. 2.3
- D Monga, P Kaur, B Singh* (2021) Microbe mediated remediation of dyes, explosive waste and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 100092. I.F. 4.6
- G Singh, G Sharma, P Kalra, P Satija, B Singh, D Aulakh, M Wreidt (2020) Click‐Derived Uracil‐Appended Organosilatranyl Scaffolds: Synthesis, Antibacterial Characteristics, Pb2+ Binding and Fabrication of Hybrid Silica Nanoparticles. ChemistrySelect 5 (1), 284-292. I.F. 2.3
- Sharma R, Singh B*, (2013) Removal of Ni (II) ions from aqueous solutions using modified rice straw in a fixed bed column. Bioresource Technology 146: 519–524. I.F. 11.88
- Singh B*, Singh K (2016) Microbial degradation of herbicides. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 42(2):245-61. I.F. 7.3
- Singh B, Kaur J, and Singh K* (2014) Microbial Degradation of an Organophosphate Pesticide, Malathion. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 40 (2), 146-154. I.F. 7.3
- Singh B, Kaur J, Singh K* (2012) Microbial remediation of explosives waste. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 38(2): 152–167. I.F. 7.3
- Kumar A, Kumar S, Vaidya V, Singh B, Kaur R, Kaur J, Singh K (2016) De novo Transcriptome Analysis Revealed Genes Involved in Flavonoid and Vitamin C Biosynthesis in Phyllanthus emblica (L.) Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 481. I.F. 6.6
- Singh B, A Kumar*, AK Malik (2014) Recent advances in sample preparation methods for analysis of endocrine disruptors from various matrices. Critical reviews in analytical chemistry 44 (3): 255-269. I.F. 6.5
- JS Dhau, A Singh, A Singh, N Sharma, P Brandão, Singh B (2015) A Mechanistic Study on Synthesis, Single Crystal X-ray and Anticarcinogenic Potential of Bis(2-pyridyl)selenides and –Diselenides. RSC Advances, 5: 78669-78676. I.F. 4.4
- Singh B, Kaur J, and Singh K* (2012) Biodegradation of malathion by Brevibacillus sp. strain KB2 and Bacillus cereus. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28 (3), 1133-1141. I.F. 4.8
- G. Singh, P. Satija, B. Singh, S. Sinha, R. Sehgal, S.C. Sahoo, (2019), Design, crystalstructures and sustainable synthesis of family of antipyrine derivatives: Abolish to bacterial and parasiticinfection, Journal of Molecular Structure doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127010. I.F. 3.8
- Singh B*, V Thakur, G Bhatia, D Verma, I Sharma, K Singh (2016) Eco-friendly and Cost-effective Use of Rice Straw in the Form of Fixed Bed Column to Remove Water Pollutants. Journal of Bioremediation and Biodegradion, 7:374. I.F. 3.7
- Kumar S, Kalra S, Singh B, Kaur J, Kumar S, Singh K* (2015) RNA sequencing-based root transcriptome analysis for identification of genes involved in saponins biosynthesis. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 16(1):37-55. I.F. 3.6
- Singh B*, A Kumar, AK Malik (2017) Flavonoids biosynthesis in plants and its further analysis by capillary electrophoresis. Electophoresis, 38 (6): 820-832. I.F. 3.5
- Singh B*, Kaur J, and Singh K (2010) Production of biodiesel from used mustard oil with acid catalyst and its performance analysis in IC engine. Journal of Energy Resource Technology (American Society for Mechanical Engineering) 132: 31001-31005. I.F. 3.8
- Singh B, Kaur J, Singh K* (2012) Transformation of malathion by Lysi1nibacillus sp. isolated from soil. Biotechnology Letters, 34 (5): 863-867. . I.F. 2.8
- Singh B, Kaur J and Singh K* (2011) 2,4,6 trinitrophenol degradation by Bacillus species isolated from firing range. Biotechnology Letters, 33 (12), 2411-2415. . I.F. 2.8
- Singh B* (2013) Degradation of clodinafop propargyl by Pseudomonas sp. strain B2. Bulletin in environmental contamination and toxicology 91 (6) 730-733. I.F. 2.8
- G Singh, K Chowdhary, P Satija, A Singh, B Singh (2018) Synthesis and Immobilization of Benzothiazole‐Appended Triazole‐Silane: Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking Approach. ChemistrySelect, 3 (5): 1609-1614. I.F. 2.3
- K Singh, A Kumar, M Kajal, B Singh (2018) Characterization and expression analysis of chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase genes in Phyllanthus emblica (L.) Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 28, (1) 105–113 |. I.F. 2.8
- Kumar A, Singh B, Singh K*, (2015) Functional characterization of flavanone 3-hydroxylase gene from Phyllanthus emblica (L.) Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 24 (4) 453-460. I.F. 2.8
- Singh B, Kaur J, and Singh K* (2013) Bioremediation of malathion in soil by mixed Bacillus culture. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology. 4 (5), 674-678. I.F. 1.8
- G Singh, Promila, A Saroa, J Singh, S Rani, B Singh (2015) Synthesis, X-Ray Structure and Anti-Bacterial Studies of 1, 3-Thiazolylpropylsilatranes. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 190 (11): 1971-1979. I.F. 1.5
- GJ Singh*, Girdhar S, Sharma R, Przemysław S, Singh B (2014) Carbofunctional silatrane possessing imidazole moiety: synthesis, characterization and antibacterial studies. Phosphorous, silicon and related elements, 189 (11): 1732-1745. I.F. 1.5
- GJ Singh*, Girdhar S, Saroa A, Girdhar S, Singh B (2013) Higher-coordinate complexes of silicon(iv) with n-salicylidene-2-aminopyridine: synthesis, characterization, reactivity, and antibacterial studies. Phosphorous, silicon and related elements. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10426507.2013.844145. I.F. 1.5
- Singh R, Puri JK*, C Chahal VK, Sharma RP, Kohli S, Kant R, Singh B, (2012) Synthesis, characterization, reactivity and antibacterial studies of triethylammonium-3-silatranylproyldithiocarbamate with a detailed description of X-ray crystal structure, spectroscopic and quantum mechanical studies of 3-(silatranyl) propylammonium chloride. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal Organic and Nanometal Chemistry DOI:10.1080/15533174.2011.618474. I.F. 2.5
- Singh B, Kaur R, and Singh K* (2008) Characterization of Rhizobium strain isolate from the roots of Trigonella foenum graecum (fenugreek) African Journal of Biotechnology 7(20): 3674-3679. I.F. 1.7
- Singh B*, (2019) Removal of chromium from aqueous solutions using modified water hyacinth in a fixed bed column. Pb. Univ. Res. J (Sci.) 69:23-34.
- Kalpana, Singh R, Singh B, Kumar A (2014) Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes along with their Antibacterial Activities. International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology 4(3): 1950-1954.
- Singh B*, (2014) Review on microbial carboxylesterase: general characteristic and role in organophosphate pesticides degradation. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 2(1):1-6.
- Kumar A, Singh A, Singh B, (2014) Assessment of therapeutic potential of Phyllanthus emblica (Amla): A natural Godsend. International journal of cell science and biotechnology. 3: 1-14.
- Singh B* (2014) Production of biodiesel from plant oils-an overview. Journal of Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering. 1: 33-42.
- Kumar A, Kaur H, Kaur S, Singh K, Singh B*, (2014) Biodegradation of cladinafop propargyl by Aeromonas sp. isolated from field crop. Frontiers of Biological and Life Sciences 2(4):67-70.
- Singh B*, Sekhon GS (2013) Estimation of heavy metals contamination in groundwater in Patiala region of Punjab, India. Earth Resources 1(1):1-4.
Book Chapters
- M Bokolia , A Kumar, D Baliyan, B Singh* (2024),Isolation and characterization of mycotoxins and their control. Fungal contamination of food and pharmaceuticals. Elsevier, The Netherlands. In press
- Pallavi, Singh B* (2022) Chemical treatment of biomedical waste. Waste management and resource recycling in the developing world. Elsevier, USA. (In Press).
- Singla S, Baliyan A, Singh B* (2022) Phytoremediation: importance and general mechanisms. Innovative Bio-Based Technologies for Environmental Remediation. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). (In press)
- Singh B* (2022) DNA Digital Data Storage: Breakthroughs in Biomedical Research. Biomedical Translational Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4345-3_9
- Kaur P, Monga D, Singh B* (2021) Biosensors for the detection of selenium in environment. Selenium Contamination in Water pp-169-180 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119693567.ch9
- Kaur P, Dawar A, Singh B* (2021) Various Remediation Measures for Groundwater Contamination. Groundwater Geochemistry. Wiley Professional, Reference & Trade (Wiley K&L), 2021. [VitalSource Bookshelf].
- Kaur P, D Monga, Singh B*, (2021) Microbes as natural degraders of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) “Microbe mediated remediation of environmental contaminants.” Elsevier USA, ISBN: 9780128211991.
- Saini A, Doda A, Singh B* (2018) Recent advances in microbial remediation of textile azo dyes. Phytobiont and Ecosystem Restitution, Springer International Publishing, 45-62.
- Bhatia S, Kalia M, Singh B* (2018) Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons: current status and recent advances. Phytobiont and Ecosystem Restitution, Springer International Publishing, 275-293.
- Singh B*, Singh K (2017) Bacillus: as bioremediator agent of major environmental pollutants. Bacilli and Agrobiotechnology" Springer International Publishing 1: 35-55
- Singh B*, Singh K (2017) Microbial Remediation of Trace Metals from Aquatic System: An Overview Chemical Pollution Control with Microorganisms, Nova Science Publishers, 1: 6-9.
- Singh B, Kaur J, and Singh K* (2014) Microbial degradation of explosives: TNP, RDX, and CL-20. Biological Remediation of Explosive Residues, Springer International Publishing, 87-111.
- Kaur R, Kaur G, Singh K, Singh B* (2020) Plant Growth and Development Under Suboptimal Light Conditions. In: Kumar M., Kumar V., Prasad R. (eds) Phyto-Microbiome in Stress Regulation. Environmental and Microbial Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2576-6_10.
- Maity, A., & Singh, B. (2025). Bioplastics/biodegradable plastics: a sustainable approach to plastic and their waste management. Microplastics, 355-375.
- Sharma, R., & Singh, B. (2025). Conventional and advanced management techniques and policies adopted at the global level for microplastics. In Microplastics (pp. 281-298). Elsevier.
Edited Book
Microplastics: Origin, Risks, and Mitigation. Elsevier, (2024) Pages 531-554, ISBN 9780443298042, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-29804-2.00027-5.Edited by Dr. Baljinder Singh
Tools/Tests
University Level
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National
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International
01
Singh B, Kaur K, and Singh K* (2009) Degradation of organophosphate pesticide, malathion, by Bacillus spp. isolated from soil. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Chania, Crete, Greece, 3-5 September.
University Level
5
National Level
5
Outstanding reviewer status in Journal of Hazardous material (Impact Factor 10.5), Recognized reviewer in Water Research (Impact Factor 13.4), Bioresource Technology (11.8), Exploration and Exploitation (Impact Factor 3.2), Applied Surface Science (Impact Factor 2.6), Desalination and water treatment, etc.
Delivered seminar presentation on “Production of biodiesel from used mustard oil and its performance in IC engine” National conference on applied bioscience prospectives and challenges. 2012-02-04.
Delivered invited Lecture on “Biodiesel: safe fuel” at MCM DAV College for Women, 36A, Chandigarh. 2013-09-18
Delivered invited Lecture on ‘Biodiversity” at Govt. Adarsh School Bathinda. 29/05/2014
Delivered invited Lecture on “Biological measures to tackle environmental pollutants” at Department of Biotechnology, University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra on 19th April 2019.
Delivered invited lecturer on “Biological measures to tackle rice straw burning problems” on science day 28th feb 2020 at SUS Group of colleges, Tangori.
Delivered seminar presentation on “Biodiesel production” at DAVIET Jalandhar. 29/05/2013
Delivered invited Lecture on “Smart Classes” at J.K. Memorial Global School, Bagarian, Punjab 2022-04-16.
Delivered invited Lecture on “Online teaching and learning” Govt. Industrial training Institute (W) Kheowali, Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab 2022-05-06
Delivered invited Lecture on “Digital Literacy” at Khalsa Sewak Jatha Secondary School, Patiala, Punjab 2022-04-05.
Delivered invited Lecture on “Various e-learning mode at school level” at B. N. Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Patiala, Punjab 2022-04-12.