Pankaj Singh is a microbial ecologist who focuses on Plant-microbe interaction and the role of plant microbiome in plant sustenance and stress tolerance. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral research associate as a part of the Soil Science Challenge at the School of Agriculture and Environment. Pankaj has done his PhD from Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University after securing a Postgraduate Research Scholarship from Western Sydney University for his PhD. His thesis entitled “Drivers of microbiome assembly in plants” focused on distinct factors involved in governing plant microbiome assembly, especially endophytes across different native and exotic Australian flora ranging from grasses to trees. Pankaj has additionally honed his research skills in plant science and bioinformatics at a premier institute in India, where he designed and conducted experiments, analyzed data, and presented results in a conference and a presentation series.

Pankaj is a microbial ecologist and computational biologist driven by his passion for plant-microbe interactions. His research skills and interest have been focused on the perspective of the three-way interaction between plants, soil, and microbes deciphered using multi-omics approaches such as metagenomics, transcriptomics, and multivariate statistics. Pankaj has a demonstrated interest in plant and soil microbiomes, particularly understanding the ecological process that governs microbiome assembly and how new knowledge can be leveraged to improve ecosystem functions and sustainability.

Biotechnology in the Natural Environment (ENVT5001)

Science in Practice (SCIE5005)

Pankaj has conducted more than 15 workshops across his career. During his tenure at UWA he has been involved heavily in training higher degree research students in form of workshops. He has coducted 2 workshops for HDR students UWA-School of Agriculture and Environment

1. Introductory workshop on data analysis and visualization using R (May 2024)
2. Introductory workshop on bioinformatics and microbiome analysis (July 2024)