Dr. Yogendra Pratap Singh

Assistant Professor
Vellore Institute of Technology, Jan 2025 to Present

Post Doctoral Experience
Penn State University, Feb 2022 - Dec 2024

Ph.D. - 2021
Tissue Engineering
IIT Guwahati

M.Sc. - 2013
Biotechnology

Amity University Noida

B.Sc. - 2011
Zoology
Madras Christian College, Chennai

Assistant Professor

Vellore of institute of technology- Jan 2025 to Present

Post Doctoral Experience

Pennsylvania State University – Feb 2022 to Dec 2024

Certifications

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (CLSSBB) – TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd. (October 2025) (Certificate No. IN/51022/524354).

Editorial Experience

• Early Career Editorial Board Member – Bioactive Materials (KeAi Publishing, IF-18.9)
• Youth Editorial Board Member – International Journal of Bioprinting
• Review Editor in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
• Review Editor in Biomedical Nanotechnology for Frontiers in Nanotechnology
• Guest editor for the Special Collection “Recent Advances in 3D Bioprinting and Tissue Biofabrication” in Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology (SAGE Publication)
• Journal Reviewer for 15+ peer-review journals including Biomaterials (Elsevier), Acta Biomaterialia (Elsevier), Bioactive Materials (KeAi), Biofabrication (IOP), Bioengineering & Translational Medicine (AIChE), PLoS One, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, ACS Omega, Biomedical Materials (IOP), Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, and several MDPI journals.

1. Selected for the Biomimicry Institute's (Montana, USA) Launchpad program 2023, designed to help scientists, inventors, and innovators bring their nature-inspired ideas into reality.
2. Awarded IIT Guwahati Best PhD Thesis Award 2022 (BSBE) in the 24th Convocation.
3. Awarded Newton Bhabha Ph.D. Placement Programme 2017-18 by DBT, Government of India and British Council, UK for research hosted by The University of Sheffield, UK.
4. Awarded Raman-Charpak Fellowship 2017-18 by DST, Government of India and SST, French Embassy in India, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Development, Government of France (implemented by IFCPAR/CEFIPRA) hosted by IRMB, INSERM U1183, Montpellier, France.
5. Best poster award at the International Conference on Biomaterials, Biodiagnostics, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine (BiTERM 2016), IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.
6. Team (Silk-Bots) presented work on “3D Bioprinting” and was awarded “Best project from IIT Guwahati” in TechExpo 2018 (Techniche 2018).
7. Team (Silk-Bioengineers) presented work on “Tissue Engineering of Organs” and was awarded 2nd position in the senior category in Techexpo 2017 (Techniche 2017) at IIT Guwahati.
8. Team awarded 2nd position in the Technology Incubation Competition at IIT Guwahati-Technology Incubation Centre (IITG-TIC 2016) for silk-based affordable tissue grafts and healthcare products.
9. GATE 2014 Qualified, Score: 407, All India Rank: 1073

Invited Talk on “From Cells to Organs: Engineering Living Tissues through 3D Bioprinting” on 19th December 2025 at Auxilium College (Autonomous), Vellore, organized by the PG and Research Department of Zoology.
Delivered a talk titled ‘Bridging the Gap: Where Medicine Meets Engineering to Transform Healthcare’ in a Ph.D./Direct Ph.D./Ph.D. (Deep Tech) webinar organized by PG Admissions, VIT Vellore on 18 November 2025
Invited Talk on “AM in Healthcare in VALUE ADDED PROGRAM ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING on 6th of Aug 2025, organized by School of Mechanical Engineering, VIT Vellore, Sponsored by AUTODESK
Invited talk in "Advances in Bioinspired Surfaces" workshop, funded by the SPARC program and jointly organized by SHINE, SMEC and CBCMT, VIT Vellore on January 23, 2025.
Navigating Scientific Independence & Postdoctoral Funding: From R01 to the K99 Journey organized by Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, Pennstate University on Oct 04, 2023.
Speed Talk: “Micropuncture-induced Vascularization of Calvarial Bone Grafts” at the Centre for Neural Engineering (CNE) Retreat 2022, Toftrees Golf Resort, State College on 8-15-2022.
Speaker: “High-throughput Bioprinting of Islets for Fabrication of Pancreatic Devices for Type 1 Diabetes” at Center for Biodevices Outcomes Day 22nd September 2022 at The HUB, Penn state.
Invited speaker to the “3D PRINTING WORLD 2019” -5th International Conference, Show & Awards held on 29th November 2019 @ The Orchid Hotel, Mumbai, on the topic “Silk based 3D Bioprinting of human load-bearing tissues”.

Dr. Yogendra Pratap Singh

Bio-Inspired Medical Devices Lab