Neha Singh

Education

• Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Dairy Manufacturing)
• M.S. in Microbiology
• B.S. in Bioinformatics

Research Interests

• Microbial food safety, pathogen control in complex food systems and molecular analysis of pathogens in food processing environments.

   

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

• International Association for Food Protection
• Institute of Food Technologists
• American Dairy Science Association

Awards

Research Awards

• 2018 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Graduate Oral Contest, 3rd Place.
• 2018 SDSU Gamma Sigma Delta Annual Poster Competition Award, SDSU, 3rd place.
• 2018 SDSU, 3min thesis award, 1st place.
• 2018 SDSU Joseph F. Nelson Graduate Scholarship Award.
• 2017 American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), 3min Graduate Thesis Award, 3rd Place.
• 2017 Sanford Research, Graduate Competition Award.

Teaching Award

• 2018 SDSU Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, SDSU.

Academic Awards

• 2018 Dairy Recognition and Educational Foundation Scholarship Award.
• 2017 Dairy Recognition and Educational Foundation Scholarship Award.

Publications

Jha, S., Singh, N., and Anand, S., 2023. Occurrence of aerobic bacterial endospores in dried dairy ingredients. International Journal of Dairy Technology. Volume 0: 1-5.

Singh, N., Anand, S., Kraus, B., and Sutariya S., 2021. Evaluating the recovery potential of injured cells of Listeria innocua under product temperature- abuse conditions and passage through simulated gastrointestinal fluids. Journal of Dairy Science 104 (3): 2787-2793.

Verma, P., Singh, N., and Anand, S., 2021. A competitive exclusion study reveals the emergence of Bacillus subtilis as a predominant constitutive microorganism of a whey reverse osmosis membrane biofilm matrix. Journal of Dairy Science 104 (1): 221-227.

Neha, N. and Anand, S, 2019. Entrapment of Listeria cells within air pockets of ice cream mix matrix may lead to potentially heat-injured cells. Journal of Dairy Science 102 (11):9721–9726.

Neha, N., Anand, S., Djira, G, Kraus, B., and Sutariya, S., 2018. Listeria cross contamination levels in raw ice cream mix can serve as a predictor of their potential presence as heat-injured cells. Journal of Dairy Science 101 (11):9659–9669.

Book Chapters

Singh, N., Anand, S., 2022. Analytical Methods: Microbiological. In: McSweeney, P.L.H., McNamara, J.P. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, vol. 4. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 1–9.

Singh, N., Anand, S., 2022. Enterobacteriaceae. In: McSweeney, P.L.H., McNamara, J.P. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, vol. 4. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp.482–489.