Keshav K. Singh

Keshav K. Singh
Keshav K. Singh
Alma mater	Rohilkhand University (BS); G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (MS); University of Wollongong (PhD);
Known for	Founding editor-in-chief of the journal Mitochondrion; Coining terms "mystondria", "mystopia", and "mipigenetics"; Research on mitochondrial role in aging and cancer;
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, Oncology
Institutions	University of Alabama at Birmingham (present); Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;
Website	www.keshavsingh.org

Keshav K. Singh is one of the global leaders in the field of mitochondria research and medicine. He is the Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair, Professor of Genetics, Pathology and Environmental Health and the Director of the Cancer Genetics Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Keshav K. Singh is also the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Mitochondrion., founder of the Mitochondria Research and Medicine Society (USA) and the Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine (India)

He is the author of more than 100 research publications and 3 books related to mitochondrial diseases, aging and cancer. He coined the terms "mystondria" or "mystopia" to explain the mysterious diseases of mitochondria and "mipigenetics" to explain the mito-nuclear epigenetic mechanisms underlying mitochondrial diseases.