Name : Inderjit Singh
Telephone : +91-11-27667689
E-Mail : inderjitdu@gmail.com
Address (office) : Department of Environmental Biology, and Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India

Education

B.Sc. Hons. (Botany), 1984, University of Delhi, Delhi
M.Sc. (Botany), 1986, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Ph.D. 1993, University of Delhi, Delhi

Current position

Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi
Director, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), University of Delhi

Scientific Awards/Recognitions

• Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, Banglore, India; 1995
• Matusmae International Fellowship Award, Matusmae Foundation, Japan; 1995
• STA (Science & Technology Agency) Fellowship Award, Government of Japan, 1997
• Grodinzky Award, International Allelopathy Society, USA; 1999
• Outstanding Young Weed Scientist, Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), USA; 2001
• INSA-DFG Exchange Fellowship (2007) to visit Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology,
  Jena for 3 months.
• National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University, Durham, USA has provided a fellowship to discuss the project “Toward a general theory of biological invasions” (January 9-16-2009).

Editorial responsibities

• Section Editor – Plant and Soil (Springer)
• Associate Editor – Biological Invasions (Springer)
• Associate Editor – Journal of Plant Ecology (Oxford)
• Associate Editor – International Journal of Botany

Scientific Services

• Secretary, International Allelopathy Society, USA; 2006 – present.
• Member, GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee), Govt. of India.
• Reviewer (past and present) - American Journal of Botany, Plant and Soil, Agronomy Journal, Tropical Agriculture, Plant Ecology (formerly Vegetatio), Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Journal of Environmental Quality, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Field Crops Research, Weed Technology, Weed Science, Environmental & Experimental Botany, Biochemical Systematics & Ecology, Journal of Crop Science & Agronomy, Annals of Botany, Weed Research, Journal of Experimental Botany, Presilia, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Crop Science & Agronomy, Oecologia, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Science

Invited/Plenary Lectures

• Delivered a keynote address at the “New mechanisms exotic invasive might employ for their success” during the workshop on IAP in Mediterranean Type Regions of the World, Trabzon, Turkey, August 2 – 6 2010.
• Delivered a key note lecture, “Pathways of plant invasions and factors contributing to success of invasion” at the workshop on invasive held during the Asia-Pacific Forest Commission meeting, Thimphu, Bhutan from June 8 – 11 2010.
• First Asian Allelopathy Conference, Guanghzou, China, December 18 – 22 2009.
• National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) through the Department of Biology at Duke University, Durham, USA has invited Dr Inderjit as a visiting scholar for one week, January 9-16 2009 to participate in the discussion on Ecology of Biological Invasions.
• 5th World Allelopathy Congress, Saratoga Springs, USA, September 21-25 2008.
• University of Fribourg, Switzerland; December 18, 2007.
• National Workshop on allelopathy with international participation, Ataturk Horticultural Central Research Institute, Yalova, Turky; 13.06.2006 – 15.06.2006
• Weed Science Society of America Symposium, New York, USA; 11.02.2006 – 16.02.2006
• IV International Allelopathy Congress, Wagga Wagga, Australia; 21.08.2005 – 26.08.2005
• International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria; 16.07.2005 – 23.07.2005
• Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany; 14.07.2005 – 15.07.2005
• Second University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy; 12.07.2005 – 13.07.2005
• International symposium on allelopathy research and application, Guangzhou, China; 27.04.2004 – 29.04.2004
• International Conference on theory and application of ecological agriculture, Nanchang, China; 24.04.2004 – 26.04.2004
• International conference on allelopathy, Lavras, Brazil, 13.04.2004 – 16.04.2004
• Third World Allelopathy Congress, Tsukuba, Japan; 26.08.2002 – 31.08.2002
• Weed Science Society of America, Toronto, Canada; 06.02.2000 – 13.02.2000
• First European Allelopathy Congress, Vigo, Spain; 20.06.2001 – 25.06.2001
• XX Polyphenol Congress, Freising- Weihenstephan, Germany; 10.09.2000 – 18.09.2000
• Second World Allelopathy Congress, Lakehead University, Canada, 05.08.1999 – 15.08.1999
• Workshop on Rice Allelopathy, Manila, Phillippines; 24.11.1996 – 28.11.1996
• First World Allelopathy Congress, Cadiz, Spain; 14.09.1996 – 23.09.1996
• Botanical Society of America (BSA) Meeting, University of Iowa, USA; 31.07.1993 – 12.08.1993
• Lectures delivered in the International Conferences
• Weed Science Society of America, Hawaii, USA; 7.2.2005 – 11.2.2005
• Weed Science Society of America, Reno, Nevada, USA; 07.02.2002 – 17.02.2002
• Weed Science Society of America, North Carolina, USA; 10.02.2001 – 16.02.2001
• European Weed Research Society (EWRS) Meeting, Basel, Switzerland; 27.06.1999 – 02.07.1999
• Weed Science Society of America, San Diego, California, USA; 07.02.1999 – 15.02.1999
• Polyphenol Group Congress, Lille, France; 31.08.1998 – 06.09.1998
• Weed Science Society of America, Chicago, USA; 07.02. 1998 – 14.02.1998
• Weed Science Society of America, Colorado, USA; 07.02.1993 – 15.02.1993
• International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Kyoto, Japan; 05.07.1992 – 15.07.1992
• Weed Science Society of America, Orlando, Florida; 10.02.1992 – 22.02.1992
• International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Laval University, Canada; 10.08.1990 – 25.08.1990

Lectures delivered in the International Conferences

• Weed Science Society of America, Hawaii, USA; 7.2.2005 – 11.2.2005
• Weed Science Society of America, Reno, Nevada, USA; 07.02.2002 – 17.02.2002
• Weed Science Society of America, North Carolina, USA; 10.02.2001 – 16.02.2001
• European Weed Research Society (EWRS) Meeting, Basel, Switzerland; 27.06.1999 – 02.07.1999
• Weed Science Society of America, San Diego, California, USA; 07.02.1999 – 15.02.1999
• Polyphenol Group Congress, Lille, France; 31.08.1998 – 06.09.1998
• Weed Science Society of America, Chicago, USA; 07.02. 1998 – 14.02.1998
• Weed Science Society of America, Colorado, USA; 07.02.1993 – 15.02.1993
• International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Kyoto, Japan; 05.07.1992 – 15.07.1992
• Weed Science Society of America, Orlando, Florida; 10.02.1992 – 22.02.1992
• International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Laval University, Canada; 10.08.1990 – 25.08.1990