Seema Singh
About Seema Singh
Seema Singh is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in Biomass Science and Conversion Technologies at Sandia National Laboratories. She has held various leadership roles in bioenergy research, including positions at the DOE Joint BioEnergy Institute and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Title and Current Roles
Seema Singh holds the title of Distinguished Member Of The Technical Staff in Biomass Science and Conversion Technologies at Sandia National Laboratories. Simultaneously, she is a Deputy Vice President, Deconstruction, and Director- Biomass Pretreatment and Process Development at the DOE- Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, CA. Additionally, she is affiliated with Berkeley Lab as a Senior Scientist.
Previous Positions
Seema Singh has held multiple significant roles. At Sandia National Laboratories, she was the Acting Manager of the Biomass Science & Conversion Technologies Department in 2020. She served as a Detailee in the Biological and Environmental Research Division of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from 2017 to 2019. At Joint BioEnergy Institute, she has previously been the Deputy Vice President, Deconstruction, and Director of Biomass Pretreatment and Process Development. She also held a role as Director of Material Science & Dynamic Studies of Biomass Pretreatment.
Education and Expertise
Seema Singh has a diverse educational background. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Physical Chemistry/Biophysics from the University of New Mexico. She further studied Coherent Raman Microscopy at Harvard University and Computer Integrated Systems for Microscopy & Manipulation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Additionally, she participated in The Berkeley Executive Leadership Program and studied Proteomics at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Postdoctoral Experience
Seema Singh completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Computational Materials Modeling Department at Sandia National Laboratories from 1996 to 1999. Following this, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Advanced Materials Labs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from 2002 to 2005.