Education: B.Sc., Panjab University, Chandigarh (2000); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2003); Ph.D., Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejon, South Korea (2014)

Positions held:

• • • Assistant Professor, PAU Ludhiana (2021 till now)
    • Max-Planck DST Fellow, IISER Mohali(2016-2021)
    • Postdoc Fellow,IISER Mohali (2014-2016)
• Field of Specialization: Femtosecond Lasers, Nano-Processing of Biomaterials, Laser assisted synthesis of nanomaterials

• Research Interests:

• Synthesis of nano-materials using Lasers
• Nano-drilling of Pollen using laser to insert DNA/ Gene
• Development of optical sensing method for screening disease in plants or animals
• Modelling of Biomaterials using COMSOL- Multiphysics

• Member

• American Journal of Optics and Photonics (2022-2024) Editorial Board Member
• Internal Quality Assessment Cell (IQAC) member, S. Govt College. Jagraon designated bu DPI, Panjab University

• Number of National and International Patents held: 8

• Singh K P, Sidhu M S and Kumar B (2022) Nanoprocessing and heterostructuring of silk with light. European Patent #: EP3426597B1, Granted on 31.08.2022
• Singh K P, Sidhu M S and Panda B (2020), eSDFP’s , US Patent Application U.S. Application No. 17/219,108 , March 31.2021
• Singh K P, Sidhu M S (2019) Silk based Nanobiosensors and Methods of Preparation thereof. (Awarded in continuation : US Patent # US10493558B2)
• Singh K P, Sidhu M S and Kumar B (2019) Nanoprocessing and heterostructuring of silk with light. (Awarded, July 2019, US10493558B2)

• Publications

• Dadhich B K, Panda B, Sidhu M S and Singh K P (2023) Nanodiamonds enable femtosecond-processed ultrathin glass as a hybrid quantum sensor. Scientific Reports 13 (1), 6286 (Impact factor : 4.996)
• Gupta RK, Bhatt R, Sidhu MS, Dhingra N, Alataway A, Dewidar AZ et al (2023) Evaluating Biogas Slurry for Phosphorus to Wheat in a Rice–Wheat Cropping Sequence. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 1-9, (Impact factor : 3.9)
• Tyagi A, Sidhu MS, Mandal A, Kapoor S, Dahiya S, Rost JM, Pfeifer T anf Singh KP (2022) Attosecond stable dispersion-free delay line for easy ultrafast metrology. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 8525 (Impact Factor: 4.996)
• Sidhu M S and Dhingra Nitish (2022) Ablation of materials using Femtosecond lasers and electron beams In “Terahertz, Ultrafast Lasers and Their Medical and Industrial Applications” Ed. Harun S W, Book chapter Intech Open DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.106198
• Pandove G, Kaur S, Yadav B K, Sidhu M S* (2022) Impact of liquid microbial inoculants of Azotobacter sp. and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia on soil fertility and productivity-cum-economics of cluster beans. Journal of Crop Improvement, 1-20. (NAAS: 6.636)
• Mandal A, Sidhu M S, Rost J M, Pfeifer T and Singh K P (2021)Attosecond delay lines: Design, characterization and applications, The European Physical Journal Special Topics 230 (23), 4195-4213(Impact factor. 2.43)
• Dahiya S, Sidhu M S, Tyagi A , Mandal A, Nandy B, Rost J M, Pfeifer T and Singh K P (2020) In-line ultra-thin attosecond delay line with direct absolute-zero delay reference and high stability. Opt Lett 45: 5266-69. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.403842 (Impact factor. 3.714)
• Panda B, Sidhu M S, Munjal P, Sokhi S and Singh K P (2019) Time-resolved nano-Newton force spectroscopy in air and vacuum using a load cell of ultramicro- balance. Review Sci. Instrument. 90: 043117 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086260 (Impact factor. 1.587)
• Sidhu M S and Singh K P (2019) Ablation of silicon and ultrathin fibers using single femtosecond pulse, Indian J. Phys. 93: 1619 –24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-019-01419-5 (Impact factor. 1.407)
• Sidhu M S, Munjal P and Singh K P (2018) High-fidelity large area nano-patterning of silicon with femtosecond light sheet. Appl Phy A 124: 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1459-3 (Impact factor. 2.584)
• Sidhu M S, Kumar B and Singh K P (2017) The processing and heterotructuring of silk with light. Nature Materials 16: 938-45. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4942 (Impact factor. 47.656)

Awards and Honours

• Korean KRISS-UST fellowship for Doctoral Study
• UST-Overseas training fellowship for “Internship course in clinical field – Ophthalmology” (Nov. 2009 – Jan 2010)
• KRISS-Travelling Grant for Optical and Photonic International Congress- Apr-21-25, 2014.