INDERJIT SINGH, Ph.D. Curriculum vitae

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1 Inderjit Singh Professor Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi , India OBJECTIVE To understand the underpinnings ecological and evolutionary processes through which naturalized and/or nonnative weeds, or invaders, achieve their competitive or general ecological success and influence native biodiversity. EDUCATION University of Delhi, Delhi , India Ph.D. Botany with specialization in Weed Ecology Panjab University, Chandigarh , India M.Sc. Botany University of Delhi, Delhi , India B.Sc. (Honours) Botany ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Head, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi - August 2012 onwards Director, Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems,University of Delhi - July 2005 onwards Member, Academic Council, University of Delhi; Biodiversity Foundation, Delhi Government, National Steering Committee of GOI-UNDP-CCF-II Project on Biodiversity Conservation through community based Natural Resource Management. Chairperson, various committees of the Department. Secretary, International Allelopathy Society, USA; RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE 23 years Page 1 of 26

2 Professor (July 2005 onwards), Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems,University of Delhi. Professor (July 2010 onwards), Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi: GerritParmile Wilder Chair Professor(August 2011 May 2012), Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A. Reader (Associate Professor; June 2002 March 2005), Department of Botany, University of Delhi. Reader (Associate Professor; February 2000 June 2002), Botany Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. OTHER ASSIGNMENTS Visiting Professor University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada July December 2014 Invasion Ecology INSA-DFG Visiting Scientist April 2007 July 2007 Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany Allelopathy Visiting Professor June 2001 July 2001 University of Massachusetts, USA Weed Ecology Assistant Professor August 1998 December 1999 The Royal University of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (KVL), Denmark Weed-Crop Interactions Science & Technology Agency Fellow November 1997 July 1998 Plant Ecochemicals Research Center, Sapporo, Japan Weed-Crop Interactions, Pollutants Visiting Professor May 1997 July 1997 Virginia Tech and State University, USA Weed allelopathy Visiting Professor May 1996 June 1996 Second University of Napoli, Italy Teaching Matusumae Fellow July 1995 November 1995 Hokkaido Tokai University, Sapporo, Japan Natural Products Chemistry Page 2 of 26

3 Post-Doctoral Fellow December 1994 October 1997 Lakehead University, Canada Ecology of Boreal Forests RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS Contributed toward understanding mechanisms through which naturalized and/or nonnative weeds achieve their competitive or general ecological success.also unraveled mechanisms to understand the underpinnings ecological and evolutionary processes of the anthropogenic redistribution of biota. In-depth/novel mechanisms for invasion Reallocation of nitrogen from cell wall to photosynthesis (growth) resulting in the increased competitive ability in an invasive species [PNAS 2009; Journal of Ecology 2011] Enhanced accumulation of native soil pathogens [Journal of Ecology 2008] Biogeographic variations in chemicals that are novel in invaded communities [Ecology 2011] Impact of nitrogen availability on biomass accumulation of exotic invader [AoB Plants 2013] Conditional allelopathy of tropical invader [Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2014] Roles of biogeographic and evolutionary approaches to study biological invasions [Ecology Letters 2011; Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2010, 2011; Plant Physiology 2012; Trends in Plant Science 2006] Allelopathy (Plant-plant chemical interactions) Designed novel bioassay for allelopathy [Planta 2009] Unraveled the importance of ecological functions inallelopathy [American Journal of Botany 1998, PLoS ONE 2009, 2010; Soil Biology & Biochemistry 2006; Biology & Fertility of Soils 2003; Forest Ecology & Management 1997; Agronomy Journal 2001a] Elucidated the role of plant chemicals in weed competitive success [American Journal of Botany 1992, 1994; Canadian Journal of Botany 1996, 1999, 2004; Weed Science 1996; PhysiologiaPlantarum 1994; Journal of Chemical Ecology 1992, 1991, 1996; Plant and Soil 1990; Agronomy Journal 2001a b; Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Perspectives & Systematics 2001, Weed Technology 1999, 2001] Studied ecophysiological mechanisms of action of Allelochemicals [PhysiologiaPlantarum 2002, Planta 2003; Environmental & Experimental Botany 2005; Plant Physiology & Biochemistry 2005] Page 3 of 26

4 Worked on the interference success of cropland weeds[plant and Soil 1995, 2004; Weed Technology 1999, 2001; Crop Protection 2001; Pesticide Science Management 2006; Biology & Fertility of Soils 2004; Canadian Journal of Botany 1999 and more] Elucidated mechanisms for the interference success of forest weeds [Journal of Chemical Ecology 1996; Canadian Journal of Forest Research 1996; Plant Ecology 1997; ActaOecologia 1999; American Journal of Botany 1998] PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Editorial work Associate/Section Editor Plant and Soil,Springer (Consulting and Section Editor 2001 to 2014) Biological Invasions, Springer( - present) AoB Plants, Oxford Press ( present) Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group ( present) NeoBiota, Pensoft Publishers( present) Journal of Plant Ecology Oxford Publishers(served as Associate Editor for few years) Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals (past and present) Oecologia, Journal of Ecology, Oikos, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Science, New Phytologist, Scientific Reports, American Journal of Botany, Plant and Soil, Agronomy Journal, Tropical Agriculture, Plant Ecology, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Journal of Environmental Quality, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 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, NeoBiota, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Crop Science & Agronomy, AoB Plants, Trends in Plant Science 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. KEYNOTE/PLENARY/INVITED LECTURES/TALK DELIVERED Page 4 of 26

5 NeoBiota Conference, Antalya, Turkey, November University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, October AleksandrasStulginskis University, Kauno, Lithuania, November South Agricultural University, Shenyang, China, September Lincoln University, Chritchurch, New Zealand, May * World Allelopathy Conference, Guanghzou, China, December University of Hawaii Manoa, USA, November University of Toronto, Scarbrough, Canada, January * IAP in Mediterranean Type Regions of the World, Trabzon, Turkey, Aug Asia-Pacific Forest Commission meeting, Thimphu, Bhutan from June First Asian Allelopathy Conference, Guanghzou, China, December National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) through the Department of Biology at Duke University, Durham, USA January th World Allelopathy Congress, Saratoga Springs, USA, September University of Fribourg, Switzerland; December 18, Horticultural Central Research Institute, Yalova,Turky; Weed Science Society of America Symposium, New York, USA; IV International Allelopathy Congress, WaggaWagga, Australia; International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany; Second University of Napoli, Napoli, Italy; International symposium on allelopathy research and application, Guangzhou, China; International Conference on theory and application of ecological agriculture, Nanchang, China; International conference on allelopathy, Lavras, Brazil, Third World Allelopathy Congress, Tsukuba, Japan; Weed Science Society of America, Toronto, Canada; First European Allelopathy Congress, Vigo, Spain; XX Polyphenol Congress, Freising- Weihenstephan, Germany; Organized a symposium and give a lecture at the Second World Allelopathy Congress, Lakehead University, Canada, Workshop on Rice Allelopathy, Manila, Phillippines; First World Allelopathy Congress, Cadiz, Spain; Botanical Society of America Meeting, University of Iowa, USA; LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES Page 5 of 26

6 Weed Science Society of America, Hawaii, USA; Weed Science Society of America, Reno, Nevada, USA; Weed Science Society of America, North Carolina, USA; European Weed Research Society Meeting, Basel, Switzerland; Weed Science Society of America, San Diego, California, USA; Polyphenol Group Congress, Lille, France; (Poster) Weed Science Society of America, Chicago, USA; Weed Science Society of America, Colorado, USA; International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Kyoto, Japan; Weed Science Society of America, Orlando, Florida, USA; International Society of Chemical Ecology Meeting, Laval University, Canada; Page 6 of 26