Dr. Harinder Singh

Associate Professor,

Biological Sciences
B.Sc. (Hons.)-Microbiology, M.Sc.-Biotechnology, Ph.D.-Microbiology

Areas of Specialisation

Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Microbiology

Academic/Research Experience

Dr. Harinder has been working with Sunandan Divatia School of Science from June 2016 and has over 22 years of research/teaching experience, which includes over 15 years post Ph. D work. He obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, where he worked in the area of cyanobacterial stress response. He worked in a private company as Research Scientist immediately after his Ph.D. Later, he worked as postdoctoral researcher at Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea and then at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. He had also worked as an Assistant Professor in an undergraduate college before obtaining his Ph.D.

Current Academic and Non-Academic Activities

Teaching various subjects like Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bioinformatics, R and Python, to B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. students of Biomedical Science and Biological Sciences
Program Chairperson - M.Sc. Biological Sciences
Member Secretary: BOS of the "M.Sc. Biological Sciences” program.
Guiding the research work of 6 Ph.d. students
BOS Member, Botany, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
BOS Member, Microbiology, Mithibai College, Mumbai
Reviewer for various journals like Frontiers in Microbiology, DNA Repair, Extremophiles, Molecular Biotechnology, Microbial Ecology, Journal of Medical Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Toxicity, Biofouling, Food Science and Technology, Freshwater Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Membership / Fellowship of Professional Societies

Life member of Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI), Society Of Biological Chemists (India)

Area of Research

Stress biology, Enzyme engineering, Oral Cancer. For more details, please visit:

https://science.nmims.edu/faculty-and-research/research-areas-and-groups/dr-harinder-singh/

Publications

Jeong S, Singh H, Jung JH, Jung KW, Ryu S, Lim S. (2024) Comparative Genomics of Deinococcus radiodurans: Unveiling Genetic Discrepancies Between ATCC 13939K and BAA-816 Strains. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, 1410024
Kamble A, Singh R, Singh H. (2024). Structural and Functional Characterization of Obesumbacterium proteus Phytase: A Comprehensive In-Silico Study. Molecular Biotechnology, 1-29
Cardoza E, Singh H. (2024). From Stress Tolerance to Virulence: Recognizing the Roles of Csps in Pathogenicity and Food Contamination. Pathogens 13 (1), 69
Shetty S, Kamble A, Singh H. (2023). Insights into the Potential Role of Plasmids in the Versatility of the Genus Pantoea. Molecular Biotechnology, 1-17
Sawant S, Dugad J, Parikh D, Srinivasan S, Singh H. (2023). Oral microbial signatures of tobacco chewers and oral cancer patients in India. Pathogens 12 (1),
Phanse SK, Sawant S, Singh H (Co-corresponding author), Chandra S. (2022). Physico-Chemical and Antimicrobial Efficacy of Encapsulated Dhavana Oil: Evaluation of Release and Stability Profile from Base Matrices. Molecules 2022, 27, 7679.
Kamble A, Singh H. (2022). Finding novel enzymes by in silico bioprospecting approach. In: Value-Addition in Food Products and Processing Through Enzyme Technology. Ed: M Kuddus and CN Aguilar. Pp 347-364.
Cardoza E, Singh H. (2022). Involvement of CspC in response to diverse environmental stressors in Escherichia coli. Journal of Applied Microbiology 132 (2), 785-801.
Sawant N, Singh H (Co-corresponding author), Appukuttan D. (2022). Overview of the Cellular Stress Responses Involved in Fatty Acid Overproduction in E. coli. Molecular Biotechnology. 64, 373-387.
Sawant S, Dugad J, Parikh D, Srinivasan S, Singh H. (2021) Identification & correlation of bacterial diversity in oral cancer and long- term tobacco chewers- A case- control pilot study. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 70, 001417
Cardoza E, Singh H. (2021) C Group-Mediated Antibiotic Stress Mimics the Cold Shock Response. Current Microbiology. 78 (9), 3372-3380..
Sawant S, Dugad J, Parikh D, Singh H. (2021) Absolute quantitation of oral bacteria involved in oral cancer by real-time PCR. Medicine in Microecology. 7, 100034.
Nagar A, Kamble A, Singh H. (2021) Preliminary screening, isolation and identification of microbial phytase producers from soil. Environ Exp Biol 19: 11–22
Kamble A, Singh H. (2020) Different Methods of Soil DNA Extraction.Bio-101. e3521
Kamble A, Sawant S, Singh H. (2020) 16S ribosomal RNA gene-based metagenomics: A review. Biomedical Research Journal. 7(1):5
Kamble A, Srinivasan S, Singh H. (2019) In-Silico Bioprospecting: Finding Better Enzymes. Molecular Biotechnology. 61(1):53-59.

For full list of publication, please visit:

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=vu5tFz4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Other Qualifications/Achievements/Fellowships

2003-08: Junior & Senior research fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
2002: Qualified CSIR-UGC NET-JRF (National Eligibility Test, Junior Research Fellowship)
2002: Qualified ICMR-JRF (Indian Council of Medical Research-Junior Research Fellowship)
2000-02: M.Sc. Scholarship from DBT (Department of Biotechnology), Government of India
1999-2000: One-year Post Graduate Diploma in Bio-Chemical Technology, University of Delhi, India

Official Email Id

Harinder.Singh@nmims.edu

Official Phone No.

022-4235-5938