Education

• Ph.D., Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown
• M.S. (Fisheries Resources Management), CIFE, Mumbai, India
• B.S. (Fisheries) Dr. BSKKV (Agricultural University), Dapoli, India

Research Interests

• Application of human microbiome in body fluid identification, human individualization, and trace evidence analysis
• Molecular systematics and microbiology of blow flies and flesh flies
• Method development for recovery of human DNA from challenging samples
• Method development for postmortem interval (PMI) prediction 

Select Publications

• Simao, F., Leveroni, S., Woo, M., Frausto, D., Mundy, A., MacStudy, M., Twene, C., Malchow, A., Sanjurjo, A., Singh, B., and Simmons, T. (2026) Using DNA to restore the identity and dignity of Richmond's ancestors: The East Marshall Street Well Project.Forensic Science International: Genetics, DOI:1016/j.fsigen.2026.103422.
• Rose, S., Johnson, H., Cartozzo, C., Swall, J., Simmons, T., and Singh, B.(2025) Testing the Efficacy of Bone Surface Swab Sampling of Microbial Colonization to Determine Postmortem Submersion Interval (PMSI) in Lentic and Lotic Environments. Journal of Forensic Science, DOI: 1111/1556-4029.70039.
• Wohlfahrt, D., Tan-Torres L., Green, R., Brim K., Bradley, N., Brand, A., Abshier, E., Nogales, F., Babcock, K., Brooks, J. P., Seashols-Williams, S., and Singh, B. (2023). A bacterial signature-based method for the identification of seven forensically relevant human body fluids. Forensic Science International: Genetics, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2023.102865
• Singh, B., Minick, K., Strickland, M., Wickings, K.G., Crippen, T.L., Tarone, A.M., Benbow, M., ^@Sufrin, N. and Tomberlin, J.K., and Pechal, J. (2017). Temporal and spatial impact of human cadaver decomposition on soil bacterial and arthropod community structure and function. Frontiers in Microbiology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.02616
• Singh, B.and Wells, J.D. (2013). Molecular systematics of the Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea): Evidence from one mitochondrial and three nuclear genes. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50, 15-23.
• Cartozzo, C., Simmons, T., Swall, J., and Singh, B. (2021). Postmortem Submersion Interval (PMSI) estimation from the microbiome of Sus scrofa bone in a fresh water river. Forensic Science International.
• Seashols-Williams, S., Green, R., Wohlfahrt, D., Brand, A., Tan-Torres, A. L., Nogales, F., Brooks, J. P., and Singh, B. (2018). An accurate bacterial DNA quantification assay for HTS library preparation of human biological samples. Electrophoresis, 39 (2), 2824-2832.
• Singh, B., Minick, K., Strickland, M., Wickings, K.G., Crippen, T.L., Tarone, A.M., Benbow, M., @Sufrin, N. and Tomberlin, J.K., and Pechal, J. (2017). Temporal and spatial impact of human cadaver decomposition on soil bacterial and arthropod community structure and function. Frontiers in Microbiology.
• Singh, B., Crippen T., Zheng, L., Fields A., Yu, Z., Ma, Q., Wood, T.K., Dow, S., Flores, M., Tomberlin, J.K., and Tarone, A.M. (2015). A metagenomic assessment of the bacteria associated with Lucilia sericata and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 99(2), 869-883.
• Singh, B. and Wells, J.D. (2013). Molecular systematics of the Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea): Evidence from one mitochondrial and three nuclear genes. Journal of Medical Entomology, 50, 15-23.

Affiliations

• Member of North American Forensic Entomology Association (NAFEA)
• Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)

Courses

• FRSC675 - Forensic Serology and DNA Analysis
• FRSC591/FRSC505 - Forensic Entomology
• FRSZ/BIOZ438 - Forensic Molecular Biology
• FRSC385 - Forensic Serology
• FRSC300 - Survey of Forensic Science