Sushant Singh, Ph.D.

Biography
Summary: Sushant Singh is currently leading the artificial intelligence competency of the healthcare and life
science segment of a leading IT company in the US. He earned two Ph.D. degrees: one from a US University
and another from an Indian University. Developing statistical, machine learning, and geospatial prediction
models are his areas of expertise. Dr. Singh is an accomplished author of nearly 50 peer-reviewed articles,
books, and book chapters. He also serves as a reviewer and an editor of various mainstream peer-reviewed
journals. He started world’s first scholarship on arsenic to support students who want to pursue research on
arsenic issues. He extends his support to undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students by mentoring them on
research methods and data analysis.
 Name: Sushant Singh
 Education:
 Ph.D. in Environmental Management, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
 Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, Magadh University, Patna, Bihar, India
 M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Magadh University, Patna, Bihar, India
 Current Position:
 Senior Architect/Data Scientist and the head of Artificial Intelligence Competency of Healthcare
& Life Sciences, Virtusa, New York, USA
 Areas of Expertise:
 Statistical modeling | Machine learning | Artificial intelligence | Geospatial modeling
 Healthcare | Life sciences | Environmental sustainability | Water pollution & management
 Publications:
 Refereed Journal Articles: 34
 Encyclopedia Entry: 1
 Conference Proceedings: 3
 Book edited: 1
 Books: 2
 Book Chapters: 5
 Conference Presentations: 30+
 Fellowships & Awards
 The top downloaded paper of 2018-2019 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
 Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Chemosphere Journal
 Graduate Student Research and Conference Fund Award, Graduate Student Organization,
Montclair State University, NJ, USA
 Alpha Epsilon Lambda, National Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students,
Montclair State University, NJ, USA
 Doctoral Assistantship, Montclair State University, NJ, USA
 Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi, India
 Peer Reviewing
 Bulletin of the World Health Organization
 Chemosphere
 Environmental Science and Technology
 Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
 Remote Sensing
 Science of the Total Environment
 Sustainable Water Resources Management
 Environment, Systems and Decisions
 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
 International Journal of Geo-Information
 Hydrogeology