CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Kanwarpal Singh

Address

Bartlett Hall, Room 806 Massachusetts General Hospital Wellman Center for Photomedicine 40 Blossom Street Boston, MA 02114

Contact Information

E-Mail:singh.kanwarpal@mgh.harvard.edu

Education

1. Ph.D. (September2007-August 2012): INRS-EMT, Quebec, Canada

2. Master in Laser Science and Application, 2004-2006:DAVV, India, Average

Grade 9.57/10

3. Master in Physics, 2002-2004: Meerut University, India, Percentage marks 75.1%

4. Bachelor in Science (Specialization: Computer application), 1999-2002:

Kurukshetra University, India. Percentage marks 68.9%

Prizes won

1) Innovation challenge award,Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, 2012, $1500

2) Vision Network Prize, Reseau Vision, Montreal, 2013, $500 3) Best oral paper presentation award, Annual Vision network meeting, Montreal,

2012, $300 4) Incubic/Milton Chang travel grant to travel to Conference on Laser and Electro

Optics 2009, $500 5) Ministre de l'ducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) travel grant to visit

Medical university of Vienna, Austria, 2009, $2000 6) Best Student oral presentation (Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont day)2010,

$1500

7) Best oral presentation (Ophthalmology day, University of Montreal)2011, $ 500 8) School for Training in Experiments with Lasers and Laser Applications

(STELLA) travel grant to visit STELLA summer school, Como, Italy, 2011, Euro 750

9) Reseau Vision Travel grant for ARVO conference, Reseau Vision (Vision Network), Montreal, 2012, $750

Distinctions and Credentials

Research awards

1. Post Doctoral Fellowship, Le Fonds de la recherche en sant du Qubec, Canada, Effective: 04/2013, Ending: 03/2015

2. Doctoral research award, Le Fonds de la recherche en sant du Qubec, Canada, Effective: 04/2009, Ending: 03/2012, $60,000

3. Doctoral research award, Le Fonds qubcois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies, Canada, Effective: 05/2008, Ending:08/2008, $6,666

4. Graduate aptitude test in engineering scholarship, University grant comission, India, Effective: 07/2004, Ending: 06/2006, $4,000

Credential

1. Certificate in animal handling, Research Center Hpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Canada, 2007

2. Certificate in optical fiber sensors and application, Defence research and development organization, India, 2004

Work Experience

1. Post Doc fellow, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, January 2013- until now

2. Research Assistant, INRS-nergie, Matriaux et Tlcommunications, Varennes, Quebec. 09/2006 - 08/2007

Patent

1. G. Sharma, K. Singh, T. Ozaki, R. Morandotti, Spectral domain interferometric method and apparatus for characterizing THz radiations, US61/678,156.

Published refereed articles

1. K. Singh, C Dion, A.Godin, F.Lorghaba, D.Descovich, M.Wajszilber, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino and M. Lesk Pulsatile Movement of the Optic Nerve Head and the Peripapillary Retina in Normal Subjects and in Glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Nov 27;53(12):7819-24.

2. K. Singh, G. Sharma. I. Al-Naib, R. Morandotti, T. Ozaki THz detection using spectral domain interferometry. Opt Lett. 2012 Oct 15;37(20):4338-40

3. K. Singh, C. Dion, T. Ozaki, M. Wajszilber, M.R. Lesk, S. Costantino. Measurement of ocular fundus pulsation in normal subjects using a novel Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Nov 21;52(12):8927-32

4. K. Singh, C. Dion, M.R. Lesk, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino. Spectral-domain phase microscopy with improved sensitivity using two-dimensional detector arrays. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82, 2011

5. K. Singh, C. Dion, S. Costantino, M. Wajszilber, M.R. Lesk, T. Ozaki. Development of a novel instrument to measure the pulsatile movement of ocular tissues. Experimental Eye Research, Volume: 91, 63-68, July 2010

6. K. Singh, Sharma G, Ibrahim A, Al-Naib I, Morandotti R, Vidal F, Ozaki T. Self-referenced spectral domain interferometry for improved signal-to-noise measurement of terahertz radiation. Opt. Lett. 2013;38:27052707.

7. Dion C, Singh K, Ozaki T, Lesk MR, Costantino S. Analysis of Pulsatile Retinal Movements by Spectral-Domain Low-Coherence Interferometry: Influence of Age and Glaucoma on the Pulse Wave. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(1)

8. J. Mazzaferri, D. Kunik, J. Belisle, K. Singh, S. Lefran ois, S. CostantinoAnalyzing speckle contrast for HiLo microscopy optimization. Optics Express, 19 (15): 14508-14517 (2011).

9. L. M. Rivas, K. Singh, A. Carballar, J. Azana. Arbitrary-Order Ultrabroadband All-Optical Differentiators Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE (19), Issue: 16. 1209-1211, 2007

10. L. Jay, A. Brocas, K. Singh, J-C Kieffer, I Brunette, T Ozaki. " Determination of porcine corneal layers with high spatial resolution by simultaneous second and third harmonic generation microscopy". Optics Express 16, (21). 16284-16293, 2008

11. Fabio Ferri, Andrea DAngelo, Michael Lee, Antonio Lotti, Marta C. Pigazzini, K. Singh and Roberto Cerbino Kinetics of colloidal fractal aggregation by Differential Dynamic Microscopy. Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 199, 139-148 (2011)

Conferences

12. K. Singh, M. Wajszilber,V. Verheecke, M. Lesk and T. Ozaki Non Invasive Diagnostics Instrument for Measuring Biomechanical Properties of the Eye and their Effect on Intraocular Pressure, Photonics north, Montreal, 2008

13. K. Singh, C. Dion, S. Costantino, M. Wajszilber, M. Lesk and T. Ozaki Retinal Movement Measurement in a Live Rat Using Fourier Domain Low Coherence Interferometry, ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, 2009

14. K. Singh, C. Dion, S. Costantino, M. Wajszilber, M. Lesk and T. Ozaki. In-vivo measurement of the retinal movements using Fourier domain low coherence interferometry, CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, 2009

15. K. Singh, C. Dion, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino, M.R. Lesk, Study of ocular tissues dynamics using fourier domain low coherence interferometry, ISER Biennial Meeting, Montreal, 2010

16. K. Singh, C. Dion, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino, M.R. Lesk, Measurement of the Pulsatile Movement of Ocular Tissues With Fourier-Domain Low-Coherence Interferometry, ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, 2010

17. K. Singh, C. Dion, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino, M.R. Lesk, Study of Fundus Pulsation with Fourier Domain Low Coherence Interferometry, ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, 2011

18. K. Singh, C. Dion,M. Wajszilber, T. Ozaki, S. Costantino, M.R. Lesk, Comparison of ocular pulse amplitude in glaucoma and normal subjects , ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, 2012

19. K. Singh, C. Dion, T. Ozaki, M.R. Lesk, S. Costantino,Measurement of the fundus pulse amplitude using Fourier domain optical coherence tomography for glaucoma diagnosis, Photonics North, Montreal, 2012

20. G. Sharma, K. Singh, I. Al-Naib, A. Ibrahim, R. Morandotti and T. Ozaki, THz detection using spectral domain interferometry, OTST 2013, Kyoto, Japan (2013).

21. Luis M. Rivas, K. Singh, Alejandro Carballar, Jos Azaa. First and Higher-

Order All-Optical Temporal Differentiators Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings. Oral, in the Proceedings of CLEO/QELS 2007

22. Jay L, Dion C, Brocas A, Singh K, Kieffer JC, Brunette I, Ozaki T.,"High spatial resolution corneal imaging by simultaneous second and third harmonic generation microscopy." 3rd International Conference on Femtosecond Lasers in Ophthalmology (ICFLO-2009),Bordeaux, France, June 2009)

23. A. Brocas, L. Jay, K. Singh, I. Brunette and T. Ozaki, "Multiphoton microscopy for in vivo imaging of ophthalmologic tissues", Poster, in the Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Femtosecond Lasers in Ophthalmology, Montreal, June, 2007

24. A. Brocas, L. Jay, K. Singh, E. Mottay, I. Brunette and T. Ozaki, "Highresolution corneal imaging by second harmonic generation and third harmonic generation microscopy", Focus on Microscopy, Awaji, Japan, April, 2008

25. L. Jay, A. Brocas, K. Singh, I. Brunette and T. Ozaki, "High resolution noninvasive imaging of the cornea by epi-detected second harmonic generation and third harmonic generation", (ARVO), Fort Launderdale, USA, April, 2008

26. A. Brocas, L. Jay, K. Singh, I. Brunette et T. Ozaki, "Imagerie cornenne in vitro par microscopie de seconde et de tierce harmonique" (invited), 76e Congrs de l'ACFAS, Qubec, May 2008

27. L. Jay, A. Brocas, K. Singh, I. Brunette and T. Ozaki, "In-vitro SHG/ THG imagingof porcine cornea", in the Proceedings of CLEO/QELS 2008, San Jose, 2008

Computer skills

Automated system designing with Labview

Image processing with Labview and MatLab