Educational background
- M.Sc. Physics, Meerut University (1974)
- Ph.D. (Science), Panjab University, Chandigarh (1980)
Professional background
- Lecturer, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1980–94)
- Reader, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1994–2002)
- Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2002 onwards)
- Director CIL/SAIF/RSIC/UCIM, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2008 onwards)
- Scientist (CERN Fellow), European Organization in Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland (1984–85)
- CERN Associate, CERN, Geneva (1985–90)
- Visiting Scientist, FNAL, USA (1992–93)
- Visiting Scientist (Short Term), KEK (High Energy Accelerator Organization), Japan (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- Visiting Scientist (Short Term), University of Geneva, INFN, Italy (1986, 1994)
- Visiting Scientist (Short Term), CERN, Switzerland (1987, 1996–2010)
Important awards and fellowships of academies
- Felicitated by Panjab University Syndicate for discovery of top quark at Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (USA) (1995)
- Bharat Jyoti Award (2006)
Main area of work
Experimental high-energy physics: Instrumentation
Significant recent publications
- Evidence for B0 → chi(c1) pi0 at Belle
R. Kumar, J.B. Singh, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 78, 091104 (2008) - Observation of B+- → psi(2S) pi+- and search for direct CP violation
V. Bhardwaj, J.B. Singh, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 78, 051104 (2008) - Observation of B+- → chi(c1) pi+- and search for direct CP violation
R. Kumar, J.B. Singh, et al.
Phys. Rev. D 74, 051103 (2006) - Observation of chi(c2) production in B-meson decay
Belle Collaboration (K. Abe et al.; J.B. Singh and S. Kumar)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 011803 (2002) - Large Hadron Collider physics program: Compact muon solenoid experiment
J.B. Singh
Pramana 54, 519 (2000) - Discovery of top quark
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2632 (1995) and Phys. Rev. D 52, 4877 (1995)