{"id":110167,"date":"2024-04-08T08:58:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=person&#038;p=110167"},"modified":"2024-04-08T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:58:41","slug":"singh-narendra","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/singh-narendra\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Narendra Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Narendra has over 10 years of experience in mineral sustainability and circular economy. His research work primarily focuses on the recycling of minerals, life cycle analysis, and material flow analysis of products containing critical and technological metals. His research shows that strategies such as coordination of eco-design, source reduction, and useful lifetime extension can be key to efforts toward climate neutrality for the electronics industry, which is currently among the top eight sectors accounting for more than 50% of the global carbon footprint.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Skills &amp; qualifications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-5\">Awards &amp; associations<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Narendra Singh&#8217;s biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>2022 to ongoing: Sustainable Resource Management Specialist, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>2018 to 2021: Research Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology<\/li>\n<li>2016 to 2018: Postdoc researcher, Shenzhen University<\/li>\n<li>2012 to 2016: PhD Environment Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<li>2010 to 2016: MSc Environmental Science, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Decarbonisation and Resource Management challenge and circular economy.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability analysis of critical and technological metals particularly those required for \u2018decarbonisation\u2019, and criticality assessment.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental impact assessment of products containing critical minerals and their flow analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental, social and governance issues associated with extraction and processing of primary and secondary raw materials in the UK and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing data availability on mineral commodities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ORCID: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6519-9722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0009-0002-6519-9722<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Key papers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Singh, N, Lusty, P, Josso, P. 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/535033\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoping study on metals used in specialist alloys in the aerospace industry<\/a>. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 54pp.<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Oladele, A, Ogunseitan, M H W, and Yuanyuan, T. 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.horiz.2022.100016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable materials alternative to petrochemical plastics pollution: A review analysis<\/a>. <em>Sustainable Horizons<\/em>. 2, 100016. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.horiz.2022.100016\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.horiz.2022.100016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Oladele, A, Ogunseitan, M H W, and Yuanyuan, T. 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10643389.2021.1885325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medical waste: Current challenges and future opportunities for sustainable management<\/a>. <em>Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology.<\/em> 52:11, 2000\u20132022.<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Yuanyuan, T, Zhang, Z, and Zheng, C. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.resconrec.2020.105071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 Waste Management: Effective and Successful Measures in Wuhan, China<\/a>. <em>Resources, Conservation &amp; Recycling, <\/em>163, 10507.<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, and Oladele A, Ogunseitan, M H W, and Yuanyuan, T. 2020. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/10643389.2020.1788913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Systematic review of pregnancy and neonatal health outcomes associated with exposure to e-waste<\/a>. <em>Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technolo<u>gy<\/u><\/em><em>.<\/em> 1\u201325. <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/10643389.2020.1788913\"><em>http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/10643389.2020.1788913<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Tang Yuanyuan, T, and Oladele, A. Ogunseitan. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.0c03022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmentally Sustainable Management of Used Personal Protective Equipment<\/a>. <em>Environmental Science and Technolo<u>g<\/u><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Duan, H, and Yuanyuan, T. 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envint.2020.105559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toxicity Evaluation of E-waste Plastics and Potential Repercussions for Human Health<\/a>. <em>Environment International<\/em>. 137, 105559<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Duan, H, Oladele A, Ogunseitan, J L, and Yuanyuan, T. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhazmat.2019.120898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toxicity trends in E-Waste: A comparative analysis of metals in discarded mobile phones<\/a>. <em>Journal of hazardous materials<\/em>. 380, 120898.<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Yuanyuan, T, and Li, J. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F0734242X19871600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uncovering Material Flow Analysis of Waste Cathode Ray Tubes Television in China<\/a>. <em>Waste Management and Resources<\/em>. 38(3), 1\u20138<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, Duan, H, Yin, F, Song, Q, and Li, J. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.8b02516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Characterizing the materials composition and recovery potential from waste mobile phones: A comparative evaluation of cellular and Smart Phones<\/a>. <em>ACS Sustainable Chemistry &amp; Engineering<\/em>. 2018, 6, 13016\u201313024<\/li>\n<li>Singh, N, and Li, J. 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jclepro.2017.01.122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An efficient extraction of lead metal from waste Cathode ray tubes (CRTs) through the mechano-thermal process by using carbon as a reducing agent<\/a>. <em>Journal of Cleaner Production<\/em>. 148, 103\u2013110.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/12420.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 Dr Narendra Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=yS5jIGQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Narendra-Singh-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>SimaPro, USEtox and Stan software<\/li>\n<li>ArcGIS, Tableau, and SPSS software<\/li>\n<li>R programming<\/li>\n<li>Waste Reduction Model (WARM) and Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) Model for Lead metal toxicity<\/li>\n<li>Burden of Disease analysis in Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)<\/li>\n<li>Pyrometallurgy: mechano-thermal and mechano-chemical processes to separate the metals from waste streams.<\/li>\n<li>Weibull distribution and Bass diffusion model for lifetime probability distribution and forecasting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-5\"><div class=\"col-12\"><ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Recognized as \u201cHigh-Level Professional in Shenzhen\u201d from Shenzhen Government, China. 2021.4<\/li>\n<li>Editorial board member of \u201cJournal of Health and Environmental Research\u201d, 2019-Present.<\/li>\n<li>Editorial board member of Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2020-Present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":110232,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8435,37431,70646,80163,79749,74934","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[1615],"level":[],"location":[154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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