Background:

Dr. Lochan Singh is selected as DST-STI Post-doctoral Fellow (6th Cohort) at IISc and posted at DST-Center for Policy Research (CPR) at University of Hyderabad (since 28th August 2024). Before joining as fellow, she had worked for nearly 4 years as Assistant Professor cum Research Executive (Contract basis) in Contract Research Organization (CRO) at National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM, an Institute of National Importance) at Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana (India). She completed her PhD in 2020 on topic “DeterminationofPolycyclicAromaticHydrocarbonsinProcessedFood,BeveragesandKitchenexhaust” from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (AES) at NIFTEM. The work is also recognized in news and other media coverage:
• Kebabs safe but risk varies sample to sample: Study. Published 12.03.23, 03:55 AM, The Telegraph, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/kebabs-safe-but-risk-varies-sample-to-sample-study/cid/1921913
• Science Last Fortnight: PAHs in Indian Food: Causing cancer?. https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/01/0011.pdf

Her M.Sc work (thesis based) at Navsari Agriculture University (NAU, Gujarat) focused on “Isolation and molecular characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from rhizospheric soil”.
Her specialization fields and broad interests encompass multi-disciplinary work in the areas of Policy Research, Start-up ecosystem, Industry-Academia Linkages & Outreach (for sponsored research projects, technology transfer, consultancy), Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (Health,RiskAssessment), Food Processing (Foodcontaminantsandtoxicants, Food Biotechnology, Food Chemistry, Food Sustainability, Wasteutilization), CookingEnvironment(Fumesanddepositions),Analytical Methods, PlantBiotechnology and Phosphate solubilizing microbes. She was also selected/awarded Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Direct Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF) in 2019 for trans-disciplinary research TDR-81 subject code. She has cleared General Aptitude Test (GATE) in 2013 in Biotechnology subject and also won best poster award (First position) in National conference on sustainability issues in food processing sector (SIFPROS-2015), NIFTEM, Kundli, HR.

She has co-guided one B.Tech and one M.Tech student on their projects during her tenure at NIFTEM on project titles “System for Instantaneous Identification of Milk and Common Milk Adulterants using Neural Networks (SIIMANN) based on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy” and “Development on plant based cheese analogues”, respectively. She has also developed training module: Training Syllabus for Mission Karmayogi: Capacity Development Plan (Advance Training Module) titled “Schemes of Ministry of Food Processing Industry (MOFPI) and its convergence with other ministries/departments”. She has published 6 book chapters (Publishers: Taylor and Francis, Wiley, Royal Society of Chemistry), 1 book (Lambert Publishing House) and nearly 41 articles in peer reviewed national and international journals such as Trends in Food Science and Technology, Food Chemistry, Risk Analysis, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, Food Control etc. She is a review editor in Journal “Frontiers in Sustainable Food systems” and has been reviewer to many journals such as Journal of Food Science and Technology, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Molecules, BMC Public Health, Food Chemistry, Discover Food, International journal of biological macromolecules, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Food Analytical Methods, RSC Advances, Cogent Food & Agriculture, Heliyon and Food Science & Nutrition. She is a life member of AssociationofFoodScientistandTechnologist(AFSTI) and IndianScienceCongress(ISC), and was affiliate member RoyalSocietyofChemistry(RSC) in 2021. She actively participates and organizes/coordinates webinars, trainings and other outreach activities.

Scientist Ranking:

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