Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Institute of Science, Department of Botany

Dr Prashant Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Botany at Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. Dr. Singh has a strong background in plant physiology, molecular biology, seed dormancy, and plant molecular pathology. He was well trained in world-leading research labs in UK, USA and Taiwan. Dr. Singh has been recipient of several prestigious research awards, including Overseas Research Award (ORS), UK, USDA-NIFA, USA-NSF, BBSRC-UK and Taiwan- NSC Postdoctoral fellowship award. Dr. Singh has been published number of peer-reviewed research article in high impact journals. His research paper was classified by the Plant Cell in the top five papers and included in the Nature Index. Dr. Singh has also secured a US patent for his research work. He has been elected as a Fellow of Linnaean Society (FLS), London and as a Member of Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), London.