Dr. Vijai Singh is a Professor and Head of the Department of Biosciences, School of Science, and Dean (Research & Innovation) at Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, India. He served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biosciences at the same university. Earlier, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, and in the Department of Biotechnology at Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and the School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. Prof. Singh earned his Ph.D.
in Biotechnology (2009) from the ICAR&National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources and Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India, where his research focused on developing molecular and immunoassays for the diagnosis of Aeromonas hydrophila. His research interests are focused on the design of a novel biosynthetic pathway for production of medically and industrially important biomolecules. His laboratory is actively working on CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing tools and has developed CRISPR-based diagnostics for Klebsiella pneumoniae. Prof. Singh&s laboratory is strongly supported by national and state government funding agencies to drive research and innovations. With over 15 years of experience in research and teaching, his areas of specialization include synthetic biology, genome editing, metabolic engineering, and industrial microbiology. He has authored 232 Scopus-indexed publications, including 111 research articles, 27 books, 91 book chapters, and holds 3 patents. Prof.
Singh has received several prestigious awards, including the Bioclues Innovation, Research and Development Award (2023) by the BIOCLUES Society, the Vice Chancellor&s Best Research Award (2023) by Indrashil University, and the Agathiyar Chemical Biology Award (2023) by the Society of Chemical and Synthetic Biology. Prof. Singh serves associate Editor, editorial board members and reviewers for peer reviewed international journals.