Dr. Saurabh Singh

Research professional with extensive experience at CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. Expertise in data analysis and experimental design leads to impactful scientific outcomes. Strong laboratory management and communication skills drive successful project execution and enhance collaborative efforts across diverse teams.

• Award- Research Associate-I, THDC India Limited (THDCIL), Rishikesh, 2024-2025
• One Month Workshop on Basics to Advanced Bioinformatics, Machine Learning and Mobile App Development in Biology, Nextgenhelper Pvt. Ltd., 11/10/25 - 11/30/25
• Life time member, The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), 2020-onwards
• Global Outreach - Student Member (Annual Member), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2024-2026
• CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), 01/2021
• Certificate course on Small Molecule Analysis by NMR Spectroscopy & Mass Spectroscopy, CSIR-Central Drug Research institute, Lucknow, 10/06/21 - 10/08/21
• Certificate course on Fundamentals of care, management and Handling of small laboratory Animals used in Biomedical Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, 12/16/19 - 12/20/19
• CSIR-Junior Research fellowship, CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), 12/2017

• Microbiome of soil waste dumpsite and adjacent river habitat harbors dynamic plastic degrading bacterial diversity and abundant functional enzymes., Science of the Total Environment, 2025
• Engineering Interventions for Enhanced Sophorolipid Biosynthesis: From Native Producers to Recombinant Platforms, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2025
• Association of Epithelial to Mesenchymal transition Markers on Prognosis and Clinicopathological Characteristics in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Head and Neck Pathol, 2025
• Enzymatic degradation of PET by hydrolase from Brucella intermedia IITR130 and its genomic insights., Biodegradation, 2025
• Unravelling biochemical and molecular mechanism of a carboxylesterase from Dietzia kunjamensis IITR165 reveal novel activities against polyethylene terephthalate., Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2024
• Genomic insights on gene clusters and pathways for the biodegradation of plastic compounds: unravelling the metabolic versatility in a Dietzia kunjamensis IITR165., Current Research in Biotechnology, 2024
• Characterization of Multiple Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Degrading Achromobacter xylosoxidans IITR150: Novel Insights from Whole Genome Analysis., Indian J Microbiol, 2025
• Insights into molecular mechanism of plasticizer biodegradation in Dietzia kunjamensis IITR165 and Brucella intermedia IITR166 isolated from a solid waste dumpsite., Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2023

• Metagenomic Insights into Bacterial Community Dynamics and Structural Shifts in Plastic-Enriched Marine Microcosms from the Chennai Coastal Ecosystem., Saurabh Singh, Pallavi Srivastava & Natesan Manickam
• Untargeted LC–MS QTOF-Based Metabolomic Profiling of Ditezia kunjamensis IITR165 Under Terephthalate Stress Reveals Dose-Dependent Metabolic Adaptations., Saurabh Singh, Neha Gupta, Devendra Kumar Patel, Natesan Manickam
• Chemical and biological cargo on microplastics: current evidence for the trojan-horse pathway to human exposure, Saurabh Singh,Varsha Tripathi, Pallavi Srivastva, Divya Pandey, Archana Roy, Mika Sillanpääe

Date of birth: 12/06/91

Marital status: Married

• Dr. Natesan Manickam, Chief Scientist & Professor, Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, India, nmanickam@iitr.res.in, (+91)-9450110787, (+91)-9651144787
• Prof. Pravindra Kumar, Professor, Head, Institute Instrumentation Center, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, pravindra.kumar@bt.iitr.ac.in, pravshai@gmail.com, 91-1332-285072 (O); 285803(R), Cell (91-9897168055)
• Dr. J Venkatesh Pratap, Chief Scientist, Molecular and Structural Biology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, India, jvpratap@cdri.res.in, 0522-2772450, (+91)-7398761185