Mahi R. Singh

Mahi R. Singh
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    Websitewww.physics.uwo.ca/~msingh/

    Mahi R. Singh (b. 1949) is a professor of physics at Western University researching nanoscience. He was awarded the Fulbright US-Canada Research Chair for 2021-2022.[1][2]

    Early life

    Singh was born in 1949 in Hamirpur, India.[3] He received his B.Sc. degree in T.D. College campus; and both M.Sc. (1970) and PhD (1976) degrees from Banaras Hindu University in condensed matter physics.[4]

    Academic career

    Singh was awarded Humbold Fellow in Stuttgart University from 1979 to 1981. Between 1981 and 1985 he was a Research Associate and Lecturer at McGill University. From 1982 to 1983 he worked in High Magnetic Field Lab, Université Paul Sabatier as a visiting scientist. He also worked as Research Associate at University of North Carolina.[4]

    He joined the University of Western Ontario as associate professor in 1985. Currently he is professor in this university. He was also a visiting professor at Texas Center for Superconductivity from June till November in 1992. He also worked as a chief researcher at Superconductors Division of Hitachi, Tokyo between November 1992. During May and August in 2022, he became Fulbright US-Canada Research Chair in Vanderbilt University.[1]

    His visiting positions include Texas Center for Superconductivity (1992), University of Oxford (1993-1994), and Dubna and Ioffe Institute Saint Petersburg (2019).[5]

    Research

    Research topics include:

    Selected honors and awards

    • NIST Visiting Researcher, NIST USA, 2022[8]
    • Fulbright US-Canada Research Chair, 2020-2021[3]
    • External Expert for Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, 2020-2021
    • Royal Society Visiting Scientist/Professor. 1993-1994
    • Chief Researcher, Hitachi, Tokyo in 1992–1993
    • Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1979[9][10]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Fulbright Canada Alumni Database".
    2. ↑ "RECENT CANADIAN FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS in 2021-2022".
    3. 1 2 "BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF SINGH". India News Paper:Amar Ujala(Allahabad Edition). Jan 16, 2022. p. 08.
    4. 1 2 "Mahi R. Singh biography".
    5. ↑ "Mahi R. Singh Hilaris SRL".
    6. ↑ "Research Activities - Mahi R. Singh - Western University (uwo.ca)".
    7. ↑ "Mahi R. Singh - Google Scholar".
    8. ↑ "National Institute of Standards and Technology (nist.gov)". NIST. 23 September 2009.
    9. ↑ "Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung".
    10. ↑ "Awards of Singh".