Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (1986); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (1989); Ph.D., Lincoln University, New Zealand (1997)
Positions held: Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (1990-1999), Associate Professor (1999-2007), Professor (2007-till date)
Field of Specialization: Soil Fertility/Chemistry
Research Interests: (Maximum up to three areas of interest)
- Soil and water pollution
- Monitoring nutrient status of field, vegetable and fruit crops
- Heavy metals and Arsenic chemistry of underground, sewage and river water
Research Projects:
- Water quality status of Sutlej and Beas: past and present trend analysis for future prediction
- Monitoring of Sewage Treatment Plants installed in the State of Punjab
- Addressing food security through nutritionally enriched improved cultivars and technologies for Swasth Bharat
Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):
Harsimran Kaur, Sumita Chandel, Dinesh Kumar Benbi, Dhanwinder-Singh, Manpreet Kaur, Kuldip Singh and S. S. Marwaha (2023) Quantifying and trend analyzing dynamics of water quality variables of two Indus basin rivers of Indian Punjab. Sustainable Water Resources Management https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-023-00893-4 (Impact factor 2.4)
Kuldip Singh, Dhanwinder-Singh, A.S. Toor, O.P. Choudhary and S. Chandel (2023) Improvement in soil fertility under long-term intensive irrigated agriculture Punjab (North-west India) scenario. Journal of Environmental Biology 44: 229-237 (NAAS rating 5.57)
Priya, Rajinder Kumar and Dhanwinder-Singh (2023) Silicon uptake and accumulation in sugarcane for resistance against top borer Scirpophaga excerptalis walker and its influence on larval mandibles. Silicon https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-023-02479-3 (NAAS rating 8.94)
Manmeet Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Dhanwinder-Singh, Mingbao Feng and Sharma V. K (2022) Magnesium ferrite-nitrogen–doped graphene oxide nanocomposite: effective adsorptive removal of lead (II) and arsenic (III). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 29: 48260–48275 (NAAS rating 10.22)
Baljit Singh, Balwinder Kaur and Dhanwinder Singh (2020) Assessment of different multipurpose tree species for phytoextraction of lead from lead-contaminated soils. Bioremediation Journal 24:1-16 (NAAS rating 7.91)
Navneet Kaur, Manpreet Kaur and Dhanwinder-Singh (2019) Fabrication of mesoporous nanocomposite of graphene oxide with magnesium ferrite for efficient sequestration of Ni (II) and Pb (II) ions: Adsorption, thermodynamic and kinetic studies. Environmental Pollution 49: 1650-1659 (NAAS rating 10.36)
Manpreet Kaur, Sucheta Sharma and Dhanwinder-Singh (2018) Influence of selenium on carbohydrate accumulation in developing wheat grains. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 49: 1650-1659
Balwinder-Kaur, Baljit-Singh, Navneet-Kaur and Dhanwinder-Singh (2018) Phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soil through multipurpose tree species. Agroforestry Systems 92: 473–483
Sucheta Sharma, Anju Sharma and Dhanwinder-Singh (2018) Effect of sodium selenate on photosynthetic efficiency, antioxidative defence system and micronutrients in maize (Zea mays). Biologia 73: doi.org/10.2478/s11756-018-0017-6
Gaganpreet-Kaur, Katyal P and Dhanwinder-Singh (2017) Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Profile of Effluents from Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6: 1403-1413.
Devenda, S K, Kuldip-Singh, Dhanwinder-Singh & Pervinder-Kaur 2017 Screening of Basmati Rice Varieties for their Arsenic Accumulation in Punjab, North-West India, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 48:20, 2381-2389.
Sumandeep Kaur, Dhanwinder-Singh and Kuldip-Singh 2017. Effect of selenium application on arsenic uptake in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189 (9) DOI: 10.1007/s10661-017-6138-5.
Awards/Honours/Distinctions: Awarded New Zealand Commonwealth Scholarship -1993 for pursuing Ph.D (Soil Science) at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand | 
