Research Interest
Bacterial and contaminant transport in groundwater using simulated micromodels with emphasis on “bacterial chemotactic response" and "contaminants toxicity to bacteria".

Publications
Singh, R., and Olson, M.S., (2008). "Application of Bacterial Swimming and Chemotaxis for Enhanced Bioremediation", in Emerging Environmental Technologies V. Shah, editor, Springer Science and Business Media.

Singh, R., and Olson, M.S., (2008). “NAPL Toxicity Evaluation using Fluorescence Microscopy in Batch Experiments”. American Chemical Society, Aug 17-21 2008, Philadelphia, PA.

Singh, R., and Olson, M.S., (2008). “Application of Bacterial Swimming and Chemotaxis for Enhanced Bioremediation”. American Chemical Society, Aug 17-21 2008, Philadelphia, PA.

Singh, R., and Olson, M.S., (2007). "Molecular Probes: A Tool for Studying Toxicity of VOCs to P.Putida F1". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 10-14 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Olson, M.S., Sing, R., and Xu, M., (2007). "Viable Bacterial Distribution in a Chemical Gradient: Chemotaxis and Toxicity Effects". American Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, July 2007, Blacksburg, VA.

Singh, R.,Quaff, A. R., Guha, S., Harendranath C. S., (2007). “Stability of Granules in UASB Reactor Treating Low Strength Wastewater: Flow Variability and Low COD”. International Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges (CENeM) 11-14 January 2007, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Sibpur, India.

Singh, R., Xu, M., and Olson, M.S., (2006). "Microscale Imaging: Microbial Behavior near NAPL Surfaces". American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 11-15 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Singh, R., Quaff, A.R., Guha, S., Harendranath, C. S., Arockia, V. J. and Tiwari, M. K. “Stability of Granules in UASB Reactor Treating Low-Strength Synthetic Wastewater under Variable OLR and Low COD Conditions” (Submitted for peer review publication)

Singh, R., and Olson, M.S. “Kinetic Study of Trichloroethylene Toxicity to Pseudomonas Putida F1 using Molecular Probes ". (Manuscript in preparation).

Contact Information
E-Mail: rs443@drexel.edu