Vivek Kumar SinghVivek Kumar Singh joined University of Lucknow, India in 2021 as an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics. Prior to this, Dr Singh served at SMVD University, India from July 2008-December 2021. Dr Singh has more than 14 years of teaching ad research experience at University level. Dr. Singh completed his D. Phil. University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. In last decade, Dr Singh has worked extensively on applications of XRF, LIBS, TOF-SIMS, UV-Visible, and FTIR Spectroscopy for the study of several biological specimens such as gallstones, kidney stones, teeth, bones, plants, salts and others. His research interests are in X-Ray spectrometry, lasers, and spectroscopy. His current research interests include multi-spectroscopy studies of biological samples, organic samples, medicinal plant samples, agricultural samples, and food products. Trace and heavy metal determination in bio samples, food products (for quality check), and medicinal plant samples are the major thrust areas of Dr Singh. He has published more than 85 International research papers and reviews articles in renowned International Journals with good impact factor. He has authored several book chapters in books published by Springer and Elsevier. He has successfully edited books on "Nanomaterials and Environmental Biotechnology" published by Springer Nature and "X-Ray Fluorescence in Biological Sciences: Principles, Instrumentations and Applications" published by Wiley & Sons Inc. An edited volume on "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS): Concepts, Instrumentation, Data Analysis and Applications" is in press by Wiley & Sons Inc. He is also life member of several academic and professional societies. Dr Singh is a recipient of the prestigious "Raman Fellowship" awarded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India for the year 2015-16 for Post-Doctoral Research in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) operated by University of California, Berkley, USA. He has also visited some reputed Universities and institutions in USA and delivered lectures at conferences held in USA. Read More Read Less
