Dr. Surjit Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, India. His research specializes in plant stress biology, molecular genetics, and microbial biotechnology, with a focus on iron homeostasis and bioremediation. He earned his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan, where he studied the regulation of iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Prior to his current position, Dr. Singh was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica's Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center and also served as a Visiting Faculty at GNIPST, Kolkata. He has received multiple recognitions, including the TIGP PhD Fellowship (2015) and the Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021). He has published over a dozen research articles and book chapters, contributing significantly to the scientific community's understanding of plant and microbial stress responses. Dr. Singh has secured funding, including the SERB-SRG Grant (2023–2026), for research on iron homeostasis in rice. In addition to his research, his technical expertise includes a range of molecular biology and analytical techniques, and he actively participates in international conferences and invited talks, contributing to the ongoing dialogue in sustainable agriculture and environmental health.
