Kunwar P. Singh
Scientist & Head
Environmental Chemistry Division
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre
Post Box 80, Mahatma Gandhi Marg
Lucknow-226001 (UP)
INDIA
Phone: 0091-522-2508916 (O)
            0091-522-2391324 (R)
Fax:     0091-522-2628227
e-mail:
[email protected]
            [email protected]
Research Interests
  
* Water Quality Assesment and Modeling
    * Modeling Fate and Transport of Organic Pollutants in the Environment
    * Water/Wastewater Decontamination
    * Chemometrics and Multivariate Modeling
    * Source Apportionment Modeling
   

Education
 
* M.Sc. (Analytical Chem.), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 1973.
    * M.Phil. (Chem.), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 1975.
    * Ph.D. (Chem), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 1977.
    * PG Diploma (Environ. Sci. & Tech.), IHE, Delft, The Netherlands, 1984.
    * M.Sc. (Environ. Sci. & Tech./Math. Modeling), IHE, Delft, The Netherlands, 1989.
Recent Research Publications (2005)
1. K. P. Singh, A. Malik, D. Mohan, R. Takroo 'Distribution of Persistent Organochlo rine Pesticide
     Residues in Gomti River, India'
Bull. Environ. Contamn. Toxicol. 74:146-154 (2005).

2.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik, D. Mohan, S.Sinha 'Persistent Organochlorine Pesticide  Residues in Alluvial  
    Groundwater Aquifers of Gangetic Plains, India'
Bull. Environ. Contamn. Toxicol. 74:162-169 (2005).

3.
K.P. Singh, A. Malik, D. Mohan, S. Sinha, V. K. Singh  'Chemometric data analysis of pollutants in
    wastewater-a case study'
Anal. Chim. Acta. 532:15-25 (2005).

4.  D. Mohan,
K. P. Singh, V. K. Singh 'Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution using low
     - cost activated carbons derived from agricultural waste materials and activated carbon fabric cloth'
   
Industrial & Engg. Chem. Res. 44:1027-1042 (2005).

5. V. K. Singh,
K. P. Singh, D. Mohan  'Status of heavy metals in water and bed sediments of River
    Gomti-A tributary of the Ganga river, India'
Environ. Monit. Assess.  105:43-67 (2005).

6.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik, S. Sinha 'Water Quality Assessment and Apportionment of Pollution Sources of
    Gomti River (India) using Multivariate Statistical Methods - A Case Study' 
Anal. Chim. Acta 538:355-
    374 (2005).


7.
K. P. Singh, D. Mohan, S. Sinha, G.S Tandon, D. Ghosh  'Removal of pyridine  derivatives from  aqueous
    solution by activated carbons developed from agricultural waste  materials'
Carbon. 43:1680-1693
    (2005).


8.
K. P. Singh, D. Mohan, V. K. Singh , A. Malik  'Studies on Distribution and Fractionation of Heavy
    Metals in Gomti River Sediments- A Tributary of the Ganges, India'.
J. Hydrology 312:14-27 (2005).

9.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik, S. Sinha,  V.K. Singh, R. C. Murthy  'Estimation of source of heavy metal conta-
    mination in sediments of Gomti river (India) using principal component analysis'
Water Air Soil Poll.
   166:
321-341(2005).

10. D. Mohan,
K.P. Singh, D. Ghosh 'Removal of alfa-picoline, beta-picoline and gama-picoline from
      synthetic wastewater using low cost activated carbons derived from coconut shell fibers'
Environ.
     Sci. Technol
. 39: 5076-5086 (2005).

11.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik, V.K. Singh, D. Mohan, S. Sinha 'Assessment of Groundwater Quality in Alluvial
      Aquifer of Gangetic Plain in North India using Multivariate Statistical Methods'
Anal. Chim. Acta 550:
      82-91(2005).


12.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik, VK Singh 'Chemometric analysis of hydrochemical data of an alluvial river- a
      case study'
Water Air Soil Poll. (2005) in press

13.
K. P. Singh, A. Malik , D. Mohan, V.K. Singh 'Evaluation of Groundwater Quality in Northern Indo-
      Gangetic Alluvium Region'
Environ. Monit. Assess. (2005) in press

14. S. Sinha, A.K. Gupta, K. Bhatt, K. Pandey, U.N. Ray,
K. P. Singh 'Distribution of metals in the edible
       plants grown at Jajmau, Kanpur (India) receiving treated tannery wastewater: relation with physico-
       chemical properties of soil'
Environ. Monit. Assess. (2005) in press

Research Publications (2001-2004)
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