Surinder P. Singh, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. G.B.Pant University of A&T, Pantnagar, India

Office T-204
Mayagüez, PR 00680
(787) 832-4040, Ext. 3767
E-Mail: surinder.singh@upr.edu  

Professional Experience

• 2008-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Materials, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

• 2005-2008 Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

• 2002-2005 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

• 2000-2002 Postdoctoral fellow, Polymers and soft materials section, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India

• 1998-2000 Assistant Professor, GLA Institute of management and technology, Mathura, India.

Professional Preparation

• Postdoctorate, Physics, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, INDIA
• Postdoctorate, Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR
• Ph.D., Physics, 1998, G.B.Pant University of A&T, Pantnagar, INDIA
• M.S., Physics/Biophysics, 1992, G.B.Pant University of A&T, Pantnagar, INDIA
• B.S., Science , 1988, Meerut University, Meerut, INDIA

Selected Publications

·         A. Jyoti, P. Pandey, S. P. Singh, S. K. Jain and R. Shanker, “Colorimetric Detection of Nucleic Acid Signature of Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli using Gold Nanoparticles” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010 ( In Press)

·         D. Barrionuevo, S. P. Singh and M. S. Tomar, “Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Spin-coated Anatase and Rutile Ti_1-xM_x O₂ (M= Fe, Mn, Co) Films” Proceedings MRS Fall Meeting, 2009. (In Press)

·         S. Chakraborti, T. Chatterjee, P. Joshi, A. Poddar, B. Bhattacharyya, S. P. Singh, V. Gupta, and P. Chakrabarti, “Structure and Activity of Lysozyme on Binding to ZnO Nanoparticles”  Langmuir,  DOI: 10.1021/la903118c, December 15, 2009.

·         Shibu Saha, Sunil K. Arya, S.P. Singh, K. Sreenivas, B.D. Malhotra, Vinay Gupta, “ Zinc oxide–potassium ferricyanide composite thin film matrix for biosensing applications” Analytica Chimica Acta, 653, (2009) 212-216.

·         P. Joshi, S. Chakraborti, P. Chakrabarti, D. Haranath, V. Shanker, Z. A. Ansari, S. P. Singh, and V. Gupta, “Role of Surface Adsorbed Anionic Species in Antibacterial Activity of ZnO Quantum Dots Against Escherichia coli” J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9, (2009) 6427-6433.

·         P. Joshi, Z. A. Ansari, S. P. Singh, and V. Shanker “Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Fluorescent Water Dispersible ZnO Quantum Dots” Adv. Sci. Lett. 2, (2009) 360-363.

·         S.  Saha, S. K. Arya, S. P. Singh, K. Sreenivas, B. D. Malhotra, V. Gupta, “Nanoporous cerium oxide thin film for glucose biosensor”, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24 (2009): pp 2040

·         Z. Matharu, S. K. Arya, S. P. Singh, V. Gupta, B. D. Malhotra, “Langmuir-Blodgett film based on MEH-PPV for cholesterol biosensor”, Anal. Chim. Act., 634, (2009): pp. 243-249

·         C. Dhand, S. K. Arya, S. P. Singh, B. P. Singh, M. Datta, B.D. Malhotra, Preparation of polyaniline/multiwalled carbon nanotube composite by novel electrophoretic route, Carbon, 46, (2008)1727-1735,

·         P. Pandey, S. K. Arya, Z. Matharu, S. P. Singh, M. Datta, B. D. Malhotra, Polythiophene gold nanoparticles composite film for application to glucose sensor, journal of Applied Polymer Science 110 ,2, (2008) 988 – 994.

·         P. Pandey, S. P. Singh, S. K. Arya, A. Sharma, M. Datta, and B. D. Malhotra, “Gold nanoparticle-polyaniline composite films for glucose sensing”, J. Nanosci. & Nanotechnol. 8, (2008): pp. 3158–3163.

·         A. Kaushik, R. Khan, V. Gupta, B. D. Malhotra, S. Ahmad, and S. P.Singh, Hybrid cross linked polyaniline-WO₃ nanocomposite thin films for NOx gas sensing, J. Nanoci. & Nanotech. 8, (2008), 1-5.

·         P. Pandey, S. P. Singh, S. K. Arya, A. Sharma, M. Datta, and B. D. Malhotra, Gold Nanoparticle-Polyaniline Composite Films for Glucose Sensing,  J. Nanosci. & Nanotechnol. 8, (2008)3158–3163.

·         S. P. Singh, S. K. Arya, P. Pandey, S. Saha, K. Sreenivas, B.D. Malhotra, V. Gupta “Cholesterol biosensor based on rf sputtered zinc oxide nanoporous thin film”,  Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, (2007): pp. 063901.

·         N. Prabhakar, K. Arora, S. P. Singh, M. K. Pandey, H. Singh, B. D. Malhotra, “Polypyrrole-polyvinyl sulphonate film based disposable nucleic acid biosensor”, Anal. Chimi. Acta., 589 (2007): pp 6.

·         S. K. Arya, A. K. Prusty, S. P. Singh, P. R. Solanki, M. K. Pandey, M. Datta, B. D. Malhotra, “Cholesterol biosensor based on N-(2Aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyl-trimethoxy- silane self-assembled monolayer”, Anal. Biochem., 363 (2007): pp 210.

·         P. Pandey, S. P. Singh, S. K. Arya, V. Gupta, M. Datta, S. Singh, B. D. Malhotra, “Application of thiolated gold nanoparticles for enhancement of glucose oxidase activity”, Langmuir, 23 (2007): pp 3333.

·         N. Prabhakar, K. Arora, S. P.Singh, H. Singh, B. D. Malhotra, “DNA entrapped polypyrrole- polyvinyl sulphonate film for application to electrochemical biosensor, Anal. Biochem, 366,1, (2007), 71-79.

·         H. Yadav, K. Sreenivas, V. Gupta, S. P. Singh, B. Sundarakannan and R.S. Katiyar, “Low frequency Raman scattering from acoustic phonons confined in ZnO nanoparticles”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97 (2006): pp 085502-1

Research Grants

1. 1.     Nanostructured Oxide Semiconductors for Miniaturized Biosensors, NSF-EPSCoR-IFN

2. 2.   CREST: Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical and Energy Driven Systems and Applications (Quantum dots for cancer photodynamic therapy (PDT)), NSF

TheThis research focus is on 1) the development and optimization of Cd-free QDs-based systems (ZnO/ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe) to be used in PDT. Cytotoxicological tests will also be performed to quantify the compatibility of produced QDs structures with selected biological systems. HeLa cervical carcinoma cells will be used for in-vitro testing of the PDT efficiency.

1. 3.  Combinatorial Metal Oxide Substrates to Enhance Osteogenic Stem Cell Functions, NIH

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The overall objective of this project is to develop a foundation for a biomaterial screening strategy based on combinatorial materials science. The efficacy of these novel material formulations will be determined in vitro using cell-culture models and by conducting a systematic investigation of the effects of the elemental composition of the biomaterial surface chemistry and topography on mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and functions pertinent to new bone formation.