National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Vijay Singh
PRAVASI FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Hisar, Haryana, India on July 10, 1970. Educated at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, 1988-1992; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 1992-1998. B.Tech (1992); MS (1995); PhD (1998).

Executive Director of Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory; Founder & Distinguished Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC; Faculty Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology, UIUC; Professor, Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC; Deputy Director of Science & Technology, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), UIUC

Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC 1998; Visiting Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC, 1999-02; Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC, 2002-07; Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UIUC, 2007-13; Associate Director, Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL), UIUC, 2011-16; Director, Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL), UIUC, 2016-21

Awards/Honours: Scientific Advisory Board Member, National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute, Mohali, India; Founder Professor, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois, 2023; Paul A. Funk Award, College of ACES, University of Illinois, 2021; Founder Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2020; International Food Engineer Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2020; Funk Team Award, College of ACES, University of Illinois, 2020;Best Engineering and Technology Paper Award, ADM/Protein & Coproducts Division, American Oil Chemists’ Society, 2019; Applied Research Award, American Association of Cereal Chemists International, 2018; Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, Best Poster Award, 2018; Advisory Board, Great Lake Biomass Research Center, US Department of Energy, 2018; Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois, 2003-2023; Distinguished Professor of Bioprocessing, College of ACES, University of Illinois, 2016; Achievement Award, Bioenergy Society of Singapore, 2016; University Scholar, University of Illinois, 2015; Teaching Excellence Award, American Association of Cereal Chemists International, 2013; Xerox Award for Faculty Research, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2011;Ben and Georgeann Jones Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois, 2010; Advisory Board Member, Fulbright Commission, US-Brazil Biofuels Network, 2008; Selected by the National Academy of Engineering to Chair Session at Frontiers of Engineering Symposium at Microsoft Research Center; 2007;Research Excellence Award, College of ACES, University of Illinois, 2007; Young Scientist Award, American Association of Cereal Chemists International, 2007; Best Paper Award, ADM/Protein & Coproducts Division, American Oil Chemists’ Society, 2006; New Holland Young Researcher Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2005; Best Research Paper Award, CCSE Research Unit, ERRC, ARS, USDA, 2003; Young Faculty Excellence Award, Corn Refiners Association, 2003; Outstanding Poster Award, American Association of Cereal Chemists International, 1998.

Fellow: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2021; Cereals & Grains Association, 2018

Research Areas: Bioprocessing, Industrial Biotech

Address: Founder & Distinguished Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 338, AESB, 1304 West Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; [Tel: Off. (217) 333-9510; Email: vsingh@illinois.edu]