Rajeev Kumar
Other Name: Rajeev K. Singla
E-mail: rajeevsingla26@gmail.com
Title: Assistant Researcher/Assistant Professor
Research Interest: Natural Products; Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics; Metabolic Disorders including Cancer; Neurological Disorders; Infectious Diseases; Public Health.
Education Experience:
1.2003.07-2007.05, Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), Maharshi Dayanand University, India
2.2007.08-2009.07, Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm. Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Manipal University (Now Manipal Academy of Higher Education), India
3.2013.12-2019.11, Ph.D., University of Delhi, India
4. 2020.01-2023.06, PostDoc, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China
Work Experience:
1. 2009.10-2010.06, Shri Gopichand College of Pharmacy, Uttar Pradesh, India as Lecturer
2. 2010.07-2010.12, Vaish Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Haryana, India as Lecturer
3. 2011.01-2011.10, Jaipur National University, Rajasthan, India as Lecturer
4. 2011.10-2012.06, Sadbhavna Institute of Management and Technology, Punjab, India as Assistant Professor and Vice Principal
5. 2012.07-2014.12, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (Now, Netaji Subhas University of Technology), New Delhi, India as SERB-Young Scientist/Principal Investigator
6. 2015.12-2018.08, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (Now, Netaji Subhas University of Technology), New Delhi, India as Senior Scientific Assistant
7. 2018.09-2019.11, School of Medicine and Allied Sciences, KR Mangalam University, Haryana, India as Assistant Professor and Purchase Coordinator (SMAS)
8. 2020.01-2023.06, Institutes for Systems Genetics, West China Hospital as Postdoctor
9. 2023.07-Present, Institutes for Systems Genetics, West China Hospital as Assistant Researcher/Assistant Professor
Research and Achievements:
100 SCI articles (Cumulative Impact Factor: > 400, as per Web of Science).
GATE Scholarship by MHRD, Govt. of India - 2007-09 with All India Rank 660
SERB-Young Scientist/Principal Investigator Fellowship from Science & Engineering Research Board (Ministry of Science & Technology), Govt. of India – July, 2012 to December, 2014
For Updated Profile: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/E-7271-2010
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35213984700
Best 5 Publications
1. Rajeev K. Singla, Shikha Joon, Baivab Sinha, Mohammad Amjad Kamal, Jesus Simal-Gandara, JianBo Xiao, Bairong Shen. Current Trends in Natural Products for the Treatment and Management of Dementia: Computational to Clinical Studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2023; 147: 105106. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105106
2. Rajeev K. Singla, Ronita De,……, Atanas G. Atanasov, Bairong Shen. The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST) and the power of Twitter networking exemplified through #INPST hashtag analysis. Phytomedicine. 2023, 108, 154520. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phymed.2022.154520
3. Rajeev K. Singla, Xiaoyan Wang, Rohit Gundamaraju, Shikha Joon, Christos Tsagkaris, Sahar Behzad, Johra Khan, Rupesh Gautam, Rajat Goyal, Jaruporn Rakmai, Ankit Kumar Dubey, Jesus Simal-Gandara, Bairong Shen. Natural products derived from medicinal plants and microbes might act as a game-changer in breast cancer: A comprehensive review of preclinical and clinical studies. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2022. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2097196
4. Ruchi Sharma, Rajeev K. Singla, Subhadip Banerjee, Baivab Sinha, Bairong Shen, Rohit Sharma. Role of Shankhpushpi (Convolvulus pluricaulis) in Neurological Disorders: An Umbrella Review Covering Evidence from Ethnopharmacology to Clinical Studies. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022; 140: 104795. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104795
5. Rajeev K. Singla, Bairong Shen. Monkeypox- A Global Emergency: What Nations Should Learn from Recent COVID-19 Pandemic? International Journal of Surgery. 2022; 106: Article ID: 106955. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2022.106955
Fundings
• Independently completed a project of 2.143 million INR, funded by Science & Engineering Research Board (DST), Government of India (Project No. SR/FT/LS-149/2011). Title of the project was “Combined Approach of 2D-QSAR and 3D-QSAR Techniques for the Design of 2-Pyrazolines as Inhibitors of Entamoeba histolytica ” (2012-2014)
• Main researcher/Key Member in the COVID-19 related project entitled “2019-nCoV 天然蛋白酶抑制剂的计算研究” (Project No. HX-2019-nCoV-057) funded by West China Hospital, Sichuan, China. PI of the Project: Prof. Bairong Shen (2020-2022).
Authored and Edited Books:
1. Rajeev K Singla, Ashok K Dubey, Sara M. Ameen, Shana Montalto, Salvatore Parisi. Analytical Methods for the Assessment of Maillard Reactions in Foods. Springer Briefs in Molecular Sciences: Chemistry of Foods. Springer International Publishing. E-ISBN: 978-3-319-76923-3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76923-3
2. Ramesh Kumar Sharma, Maria Micali, Bhupendra Kumar Rana, Alessandra Pellerito, Rajeev K. Singla. Indian Herbal Medicines- Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties. Springer Briefs in Molecular Sciences: Chemistry of Foods. Springer International Publishing. E-ISBN: 978-3-030-80918-8 ; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80918-8
3. Suni Mary Varghese, Salvatore Parisi, Rajeev K. Singla, A.S. Anitha Begum. Trends in Food Chemistry, Nutrition and Technology in Indian Sub-continent. Springer Briefs in Molecular Sciences: Chemistry of Foods. Springer International Publishing. E-ISBN: 978-3-031-06304-6; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06304-6
Book Chapters
1. Rajeev K. Singla, Bairong Shen. In Silico Analysis of Drug Delivery in Respiratory Diseases. In: Targeting Chronic Inflammatory Lung Diseases Using Advanced Drug Delivery Systems. Editor: Kamal Dua, Phil Hansbro, Mehra Haghi, Ridhima Wadhwa, Kylie Williams, Lisa Gai Pont. Elsevier. 2020, pp 163-169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820658-4.00008-X
2. Joon, S., Singla, R.K., Shen, B. (2022). Physical Activities and Prevention of Neurodegenerative Diseases. In: Shen, B. (eds) Translational Informatics: Sports and Exercise Medicine. Springer, Singapore. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9162-1_8
3. Shikha Joon, Rajeev K. Singla, Bairong Shen. Crateva adansonii Dc.: Bioactives and Pharmacological Activity. In: Biomolecules and Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants, 2-volume set. Vol 1. Editor: T. Pullaiah. Apple Academic Press (AAP). 2022; Page no. 423-434.
4. Shikha Joon, Rajeev K. Singla, Bairong Shen. In Silico Drug Discovery for Treatment of Virus Diseases. In: Translational Informatics, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Editor: Bairong Shen. Springer International Publishing Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8969-7_4 ; PMID: 35594021
5. Shikha Joon, Rajeev K. Singla, Bairong Shen. Vaccines and Immunoinformatics for Vaccine Design. In: Translational Informatics, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Editor: Bairong Shen. Springer International Publishing Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8969-7_5 ; PMID: 35594022
6. Shikha Joon, Enty Tjoa, Rajeev K Singla, Bairong Shen, Rakesh Bhatnagar. Plant-Based Antimicrobials for Sepsis Management: What progress have we made? Arti Gupta, Ram Prasad (Eds). In: Antimicrobials in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Research. CRC Press, 1st edition. 2023. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003268932-3
7. Joon, Shikha, Rajeev K. Singla, Enty Tjoa, Ketan C. Parmar, and Bairong Shen. "Alternative biological screening methods." In Computational Approaches in Drug Discovery, Development and Systems Pharmacology, pp. 95-137. Academic Press, 2023. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99137-7.00011-3
8. Rajeev K Singla, Hitesh Chopra, Ankit K. Dubey, Bairong Shen. Dihydrokaempferol. In: Handbook of Dietary Flavonoids. JianBo Xiao (Eds.). Springer International Publishing. (In Press)