Dr. Singh is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the director of the Materials and Systems Engineering Lab (MaSEL) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), where his research group is developing state-of-the-art computational and experimental tools to solve grand challenges of the 21st century: (1) develop carbon sequestration methods, (2) manage the nitrogen cycle, (3) provide access to clean water, and (4) engineer better medicines.
Dr. Singh obtained his B. E. degree in chemical engineering from Sardar Patel University in 2005, M. Tech. Degree in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2008 and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Purdue University in 2013. His research resulted in 7 patents (3 licensed), > 60 publications, 2 book chapters, 5 open-source software, >100 presentations at international conferences, and 28 invited talks. His research lab has been awarded multi-million dollars to support the development of disruptive technologies through a strong/continued collaboration with 7+ multinational companies. He has supervised 5 Ph.D. students and is currently advising 5 Ph.D. students, 3 postdocs, and several undergraduate students. He is a faculty advisor for AIChE Chem-E-Car and an editorial board member for 5 scientific journals, including Chemical Engineering Research & Design (Elsevier) and Sustainable Chemistry (MDPI). He is also the CTO of eN-RAMPS, a company that focuses on the scale-up and commercialization of technologies developed in his lab at UIC.