Shailendra Singh,

As the Senior Director of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), Dr. Singh oversees laboratory and research safety, occupational safety and risk management, and facility support services. His team supports the University’s mission to establish a safe and healthy environment for the university community and to lead compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

Prior to joining UF, Dr. Singh was the Director of EH&S at Carnegie Mellon University and developed various new safety programs. He also established the EH&S program at Brammer Bio and lead a team of EH&S professionals to manage the Chemical Hygiene Program at the University of Delaware. Before that, he worked as a laboratory safety specialist at UF and was a part of the EH&S team that manages over 3000 labs.

Before moving to the EH&S world, Dr. Singh worked as a Research Scientist in the Department of Chemistry at UF, where we developed new technologies for heterocyclic synthesis, ionic liquids, and green technology. He was also part of a team in the College of Pharmacy at UF to develop new drugs for cancer and iron-overload treatment. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles in international journals.

Dr. Singh has a PhD in physical science, an MBA, and recently completed an MPH from Johns Hopkins University. He is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager and has a certification for Chief Risk Officer. He is an affiliate faculty in the Department of Environmental and Global Health at UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. He has volunteered during natural disaster emergencies in Florida and has served as a judge at various Science and Engineering Fairs.