Adya Singh

Prof. Dr. Adya P. Singh

adya.singh@boku.ac.at

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences

Institute of Biophysics
Muthgasse 11
1190 Vienna
Austria

EDUCATION

  •  PhD (Botany), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, 1969
  • MSc (Agriculture – Plant Physiology), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1963
  • BSc, (Agriculture), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1961

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Honorary Research Fellow, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, March 2016-
  • Emeritus Scientist, SCION (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), Rotorua, New Zealand, September 2012-
  • Brain Pool Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (South) on an award from Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) (October 2012 –October 2013)
  • Senior Scientist, Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand, 1992-2012
  • Research Scientist, Forest Research Institute, Ministry of Forestry (formerly New Zealand Forest Service), Rotorua, New Zealand, 1980-92
  • Associate Researcher Professor, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, USA, 1977-78
  • Assistant Researcher Professor, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, USA, 1974-77
  • Post-Doctoral Associate with Professor Dr. H. Lloyd Mogensen, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, 1973-74
  • Scientific Pool Officer, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, 1972-73
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow with Professor Dr. Lalit M. Srivastava, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, 1969-72

 

VISITING POSITIONS

  • Korea Federation of Science and Technology Socities (KOFST)’ Brain Pool Professor, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea (South), 2012-2013
  • Invited Distinguished Scientist, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, 2012
  • Invited Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea (South) – 3 months stay from 1 September 2011
  • Invited Guest Scientist, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, 2010
  • Invited Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany, 2009
  • Invited Guest Scientist (5 visits), Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea (South), 1996, 1998, 2007, 2009 ( 2 visits in 2009 – January and November)
  • JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) Short-Term Invitation Fellow, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2005
  • KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) Brain Pool Scientist, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea (South), 2001-2003
  • Visiting Scientist, Forest Research Institute-Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2000
  • Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1996
  • Guest Scientist (6 visits), Johann Heinrich von Thunen Institute (VTI) (Formerly Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products), Hamburg, Germany, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009
  • Guest Scientist (5 visits), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, 1986, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2006
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station Texas, USA, 1978-1979

 

AWARDS/HONORS

  • “Brain Pool Professor” award from Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), 2012
  • Appointed (on invitation) Chair of the Certification Oversight Committee of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS), 2009
  • Elected to IAWS Board in 2008 (6 year-term)
  • New Zealand Association of Scientists’s prestigious Shorland Medal, 2005
  • “Special Award” from New Zealand Forest Research Institute, 2005
  • JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Invitation (short-term) Fellowship, 2005
  • “Special Science Award” from New Zealand Forest Research Institute, 2003
  • “Brain Pool Scientist” award from Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, 2001
  • ISAT (International Science and Technology) Linkages awards (six awards) through the Royal
  •       Society of New Zealand, 1997,1998,2000,2004, 2010
  • Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science in1996
  • New Zealand Forest Research Institute’s inaugural science award (Achievement in Science for
  •        Collaboration between Individuals), 1994
  • Research and travel awards from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (five awards between 1986 and 2006)
  • Ron Cockcroft award from the International Research Group on Wood Preservation, 1991
  • David Henry award from NZ Forest Products Ltd, 1986
  • Research Fellowship of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India, 1963

OVERSEAS SCIENTISTS HOSTED

Over the last twenty years scientists from China, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Sweden and Thailand have visited my laboratory, spending 2 weeks to 12 months, some visiting on more than one occasion.