Prior to joining BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization), Dr. Singh served as the Business Development Manager at Ashland Incorporated in The Growth Office.  Dr. Singh was appointed by the President and CEO as member of an innovative, corporate ten member team assembled to develop a new strategic direction for Ashland Incorporated, for identifying investment opportunities for $1.5B resulting from divesture of petroleum refining operations.  She held general management positions in the technology and business development areas of Ashland Incorporated, and served as Bioproducts Business Development Manager and Platform Technology Manager.  She started her career at The Dow Chemical Company, Central Research, as a Senior Research Chemist in the Engineering Thermoplastics Group.   

Dr. Singh received a bachelor’s of science degree in Honors Chemistry from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, a doctorate in Natural Products (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) and a post-doctoral in Polymer Science from McGill University, and holds 24 patents and publications.