Ressourcenökonomie | Dr. rer. nat. Seema Singh

Dr. rer. nat. Seema Singh

Postdoctoral fellow

Address
Research Interests
Academic Career
Academic Background
Other Activities
Awards and Memberships
Publications
Selected Publications

Address

	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture Department of Agricultural Economics Division of Resource Economics Philippstr. 13 D-10099 Berlin Germany
Phone	+49-30-2093-6305
Fax	+49-30-2093-6497
Email	seemasingh90 (at) gmail.com

Research Interests

Environmental Health, Climate Change related Health Impacts , Sustainable Development, Megacities, Adaptation, especially Community-based Adaptation

Academic Career

Since 02.11	Postdoctorate Fellow at the at the Division of Resource Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin.
04.07 02.11	Maternity leave.
04.06 04.07	Research Associate at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India. (Project: Capability, Governance, and Nanotechnology Developments: A Focus on India)

Academic Background

Ph.D.

Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine at the Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf
Doctoral Dissertation on "Toxicological Effects of Nanoparticles: In Vitro Studies with Titanium Dioxide" Award of Degree: Dr. rer. nat., 2005

Master

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal India
Subject: Microbiology [Distinction-82%]
Award of Degree: Master of Science, 2001

Bachelor

University of Rajasthan, Jaipur India
Subject: Zoology and Industrial Microbiology [Distinction-81%]
Award of degree: Bachelor of Science (Honours), 1998

Teaching

Other Activities

Oral Presentations/ Poster Presentations/ Workshops

International Conference Towards Sustainable Global Health, Bonn, Germany
Nanotechnology Conclave 2007, New Delhi, India
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2007, New Delhi, India
International Workshop on nanotechnology water and development, Chennai, India
Biosafety and Biotech regulations, New Delhi, India
International Conference on Agriculture for Food, Nutritional Security and Rural Growth, New Delhi, India
Third International Conference on Early Warning (EWC III), Bonn, Germany
Public Private Partnership - Program (PPP) der Bundesregierung (BMZ und GTZ), Göttingen, Germany
Erneuerbare Energien und Umweltschutz (im bereich des Clean Development Mechanism), Göttingen, Germany
10^th International Congress of Toxicology, Tampere, Finland
1^st International Conference on Molecular research in Environmental Medicine, Dsseldorf, Germany
44^th Spring Meeting of the German Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT), Mainz, Germany
European Graduate School of Toxicology Seminar, Maastricht, Netherlands
International Workshop on Environmental Monitoring and Silica Dust Exposure Assessment, Wuhan, China
7^th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Wiesbaden, Germany
Nanotox 2004, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Fachkongress Nanotechnik und Anwendungen in Chemie, Pharma und Medizin, Mnster, Germany

Courses and Trainings

Social Analysis Systems (SAS), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India
Course on Laboratory Animals, GV-SOLAS, Dsseldorf, Germany
Program summer course Epidemiology for toxicologists, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences IRAS, Utrecht University, Netherlands
New Tools and Techniques for Protein Research, Köln Germany
12^th EUROTOX Training and Discussion Session on Protective Agents in the Diet, Witten-Bommerholz, Germany
Cell Toxicology, Leiden, Netherlands
Molecular Toxicology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis course, Leiden, Netherlands
Medical and forensic toxicology course; UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
11^th EUROTOX Training and Discussion Session on Diet and Cancer Dortmund, Germany
Primary cell culture techniques; Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et de Toxicologie Cellulaire; Universitaris, France

Since 10	Volunteer work at NGO (Svackshee in Alwar, India) with an aim to promote voluntary action and community based knowledge in improving their own lives.
09.05 -12.05	Integration course at WIPA GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf, Germany
07.05 - 09.05	Worked on Project Functional Analysis of INSL-6 Gene at The Institute for Human Genetics, University Göttingen, Germany
09.98 - 02.99	DAAD intern at The Institute for Human Genetics, University Göttingen, Germany

Awards and Memberships

Awarded for Highly Successful Publication in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology (cited more than 60 times)
Scholarship at The Institute for Human Genetics, University Göttingen, Germany (2001)
Scholarship for merit at The Institute Of Microbiology and Biotechnology Barkatullah University Bhopal, India (1999, 2000 and 2001)
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship (1998-1999)
Rajasthan University Merit Award (1996,1997 and 1998)