new delhi delhi university scientist professor inderjit singh has been conferred with the prestigious humboldt research award 2022 in addition the ecologist is invited to undertake research in collaboration with german scientistsprofessor singh of has been elected the recipient for his past research accomplishments the humboldt research award includes the prize money of 60000 euro about 49 lakh inr with the possibility of further support during the prize winners lifethe humboldt research award also known as humboldt prize is a prestigious award given by the alexander von humboldt foundation germany to internationally acclaimed scientists and scholars outside of germany to recognize their lifetimes research achievementssingh a plant ecologist at the department of environmental studies du focuses his research on understanding how plant species become invasive and cause environmental harm his research programme is an interdisciplinary multifaceted attempt with a global coverage to understand ecologicalevolutionary processes of nonnative invasive plants achieving success and influencing native communities his research has demonstrated that plant chemistry forms the basis of understanding the success of native or nonnative species at various levels of ecological organization and that ecological processes and abiotic and biotic soil factors mediate the role of plant chemicals in the environmentsingh has global research collaborations and has published more than 100 papers in most reputed journals he has been previously award with the whittaker distinguished ecologist award by the ecological society of america in 2015speaking to the toi singh said it is good to see your work being recognised adding that in germany he will continue to work on plant invasion my research will continue to be on the chemistry of plant invasion why exotic plants are successful and how the chemistry leads to the success