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Dr Baljit Singh

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0871-883X

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Dr. Baljit Singh is a Principal Investigator & Senior Business Development-Research Manager at TU Dublin. He joined TU Dublin in January 2007-08 and since then he is contributing to the applied research, teaching, business development/management, and IP commercialization activities. Dr. Singh contributed immensely to the establishment and stability of Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway ‘MiCRA Biodiagnostics’ at TU Dublin and worked with a range of start-ups, SMEs, and multinational companies. He delivered numerous industry collaborative research projects and a key contributor to the innovation technologies developed at MiCRA. 

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR @ RESEARCH CENTRES & RESEARCH HUBS (TU DUBLIN)

  • Health, Engineering & Materials Science (HEMS) Research Hub
  • MiCRA Biodiagnostics Technology Gateway
  • Nanolab Research Centre
  • Centre for AMR and One Health Research (CAMROH)
  • School OF Food Science & Environmental Health
  • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Centre for Sustainable Packaging and Bioproducts (CSPB)
  • TU Dublin Research & Innovation and Enterprise Academy
  • Physical to Life Sciences Research Hub

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Business development and management.
  • Project management and technical leads/reports.
  • Grant proposals & funding applications.
  • Performance management. Client networking & customer relationship management.
  • Reinforce links with industry and collaborative opportunities.
  • Promotional & marketing activities.
  • IP management/commercialization and tech-transfer involvements.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • BSc (KUK, India).
  • MSc (Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, India).
  • MTech (Advanced Chemical Analysis, IIT-Roorkee, India, 2007).
  • PhD (Electrochemical Sensors/Biosensors & Nanomaterials, TU Dublin, 2008-11).
  • PostDoc (Electrochemical Sensors/Biosensors development. 

VARIOUS POSITIONS @ TU DUBLIN (IRELAND)

  • Principal Investigator & Senior Business-Development-Research Manager
  • Principal Investigator, Business-Development & Project Manager
  • Principal Investigator
  • Lecturer (Advanced Analytical Techniques & Electrochemistry)
  • Associate Lecturer (Chemistry)
  • Senior Postdoctoral Research-Fellow (Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund).
  • Postdoc (Industry- Enterprise Ireland Supported Projects).

PREVIOUS ROLES (INDIA)

  • Lecturer (Chemistry) - D.A.V. College Pehowa (KUK), India.
  • Research Project - Ranbaxy Research Laboratories Limited (R&D), Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
  • Research Project - IIT-Roorkee, India.

 EDITOR/EDITORIAL ROLES & MEMBERSHIPS 

  • Editorial Board Member: Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio)
  • Editorial Board Member: Bacteria (MDPI)
  • Guest Editor: Bioelectrochemistry (ELSEVIER)
  • Guest Editor: Biosensors(MDPI)
  • Guest Editor: Chemosensors (MDPI)
  • Associate Editor for Nanomaterials (Frontiers in Nanotechnology)
  • E-Conference Scientific Committee Member - 2nd International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors & Analytical Chemistry (2023)
  • Awarded Editorial Board Membership - Science Publishing Group (USA, 2019).
  • Memberships: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). American Chemical Society (ACS). The Electrochemical Society (ECS), IEEE, European Fuel Cell Forum (EFCF) and Society of Chemical Industry (SCI). 

RESEARCH SUPERVISION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT (TU DUBLIN)

  1. Industry-related Projects>50 (PI/Co-PI/PM/BD).
  2. Postdoctoral Supervision (Industry): 7(PI/Co-PI/PM).
  3. Research Assistants: >10(PI/PM, Industry-collaborative-projects).
  4. Academic PhDs Supervision: 5(joint, ongoing) & Academic Postdoctoral Mentorships 2 (joint, ongoing).
  5. Academic Undergraduate & Postgraduate Projects: >30 (Group-students).

PUBLICATIONS-PATENTS & REVIEWING

  • Peer-Reviewed Publications: Around 70
  • Patents: 3 (Sensors/Fluidic-Diagnostic Systems & Formulation Development)
  • Invention/IDFs: >10. 
  • Licences-contribution+Spin-out involvements: 5
  • Thesis Examiner: 1 (UNISA, South Africa). 
  • Book-chapter: 1 (Elsevier).
  • Special Issues: 4 (MDPI + Elsevier).
  • Reviewed number of Journal Articles & International Expert (Electrochemical Sensors & Biosensors).

FUNDING TRACK-RECORD

Strong industry track record & collaborations for applied research & commercialisation activities. Key Funding Involvements @TU DUBLIN:

  • Enterprise Ireland (EI) Technology Gateway Funding (>€3.5 million, Phase 1-3, 2008 onwards).
  • Numerous EI supported Industry Innovation Vouchers & IPP Feasibilities (>€200K, PI/PM).
  • Enterprise Ireland Capital Call 2019: Potentiostat Equipment Suite (€53200, CE-2019-0053, PI/PM).
  • Commercialisation Fund (Enterprise Ireland) - TOXOR Biosensor Technology (€385135, PI/PM/BD).
  • Commercialisation Fund (Enterprise Ireland) - BOVALERT (€314837, Lead Researcher/Scientist).
  • DPTC Funding - SIGNALMAN: Sensors for micro-organisms detection (€80000, Co-PI/PM).
  • Enterprise Ireland IPP – AFX: Food Allergens (€101310, Co-PI/PM).
  • Enterprise Ireland Commercial Case Feasibility (CCF): EXTRACTIX – SE-MI-FERM (€15000, PI/BD).
  • Enterprise Ireland EXPRESS Partnership: HSV-2 BIOCHIP (€27000, Co-PI/BD).
  • Direct Industry Funding: Pregnancy Monitoring–Dynamic Range (€23142, PI/PM).
  • Direct Industry Funding: Antibacterial activity evaluation of Formulation (€12401, PI/PM).
  • ARISE PhD Joint-Supervision: Developing digital multicolor strip test for mycotoxins determination (TUD, €135500). 

AWARDS/HONOURS HIGHLIGHTS 

  • Recognised and introduced as ACS sensors author. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssensors.9b00444
  • ACS Reviewer: ACS Certificate of Recognition (Reviewer), ACS Publications.
  • RSC Reviewer Award: Awarded RSC Reviewer Certificate, RSC Publications.
  • ACS cover pages: Recent research work selected as ACS Sensors cover-page.
  • RSC cover page: Recent collaborative research work selected as RSC Analytical Methods cover page.
  • Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena: Project Lead Scientist - BOVALERT platform technology, wins animal health award in start-up category at the Innovation Arena, National Ploughing Championship 2014.
  • Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena 2018: Certificate of achievement - TOXOR Technology (PI/Project Manager), Finalist at Innovation Arena, NPC 2018.
  • Best Overall Invention Award (Team), Big-Idea Inventor Competition, DIT Hothouse (Hanna, Moore & Curley, 2013).
  • Community Award for valuable contribution, Irish Punjabi Association & Punjabi Radio Ireland, 2022, Dublin, Ireland.
  • The Waggle Dance”: How bees use the waggle dance as Google Maps for pollen, RTÉ Brainstorm, May 10, 2019. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0425/1045676-how-bees-use-the-waggle-dance-as-google-maps-for-pollen/
  • Selected 3 times consecutively (PhD) for oral presentation in 61st (DIT, 2009) 62nd (Queen's Uni. Belfast, 2010) & 63rd (UCD) Irish Universities Chemistry Research Colloquia
  • Awarded MHRD Fellowship (Govt. India). Qualified GATE-2005, GATE-2003, DRDO SET-2004 competitive exams.

COLLABORATIONS

Dr. Singh played a pivotal role in nurturing talent and showcasing research strengths by aligning efforts with the broader institutional mission to advance research, development, and innovation (RD&I). Dr. Singh has strong national and international collaborations which strengthen the RD&I activities across various schools, research centres and research hubs at TU Dublin. His contributions played very significant and important role in securing funding, advancing RD&I & publications, and promoting collaborative excellence and achievements at TU Dublin.

  • Research collaborations nationally (throughout Ireland) and globally (Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Egypt, India, USA, China, South Africa, South Korea, Tunisia), demonstrating collaborative networks & excellent leadership.

 

Research Interests

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS & EXPERTISE 

  • Sensors and biosensors development for human & animal diagnostics, pharma/biopharma, dairy/agri-food, and water & environmental analysis.
  • Rapid and portable electrochemical sensors & biosensors.
  • Biomarkers detection, diagnostics development and point-of-care (POC) devices.
  • Design-engineering and prototyping of electrode detection and microfluidic-reagent systems.
  • Diagnostic microbiology & immuno-assay/sensor development.
  • Nanomaterials & advanced materials for sensor/device development
  • Carbon materials/functionalization and nanoparticle decoration.
  • Chemical formulation and product development & validation
  • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
  • Analytical Industry services.

 

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Technological University Dublin

Award Date: 21 Oct 2011

Master, M.Tech (Advanced Chemical Analysis) - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, INDIA, IIT Roorkee

Award Date: 17 Nov 2007

M. Sc (Chemistry), INDIA, Kurukshetra University

Award Date: 31 Dec 2002

External positions

Research Project, Ranbaxy Research Laboratories Limited (R&D), Gurgaon, Haryana, India

2006

Lecturer (Chemistry) , D.A.V. College Pehowa (KUK)

2002 → 2005

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