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Dr. Saurabh Sonwani
Chair & Assistant Professor
Zakir Husain Delhi College
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India
Dr. Saurabh Sonwani is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He has eight-year of research experience in the field of Atmospheric Chemistry, Processes and the Impact of Air Pollutants on Environmental Health. He also has three years of teaching experience in the field of Environmental Sciences. Dr.
Sonwani is also an active member of TOAR-II IGAC project, working for the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment, Associate member of Air Pollution Scientific Initiative (APSI), EnviroComp Institute, USA and Advisory Board Member in Environmental Sciences section at Cambridge Scholars Publishing House, England, U.K. Dr. Sonwani has completed his M. Phil. and Ph. D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and M. Sc. from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has been awarded by Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship in Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India and University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) in the discipline of Environmental Sciences. He has also presented his research work in several national and international conferences like AGU, AOGS, DUST, EGU, SGM, NSSS, IASTA, Asia Flux and INTROMET and awarded several national and international travel grants to participate in these conferences. Till now, he has published more than twenty research publications in reputed peer-reviewed journals. He has also contributed three books with publishers of international reputation. He has also conducted several internships, workshops, conferences and webinars for undergraduate, postgraduate students and early career researchers at the national and international levels.
Abhishek Mishra
Ph. D Student,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,
Mohali+917508082367
Skype id: abhishekmishra837
I am a Research Scholar & doctoral candidate working at Atmospheric chemistry and Emission Research group at IISER Mohali.
My present work is along the following dimensions:
- WRF-CHEM modelling of Trace gases over Indo-Gangetic plains
- In-situ measurements of Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), trace gases like ozone, Carbon monoxide and green house gases at a sub-urban site in Mohali.
I have also been a part of couple of field campaigns. WIFEX - Winter fog experiment 2015 and 2016 and CINDI-II (Cabauw Intercomparison of Nitrogen Dioxide Measuring Instruments 2).
My fundamental research interest is understanding the tropospheric chemistry & other processes which control the concentration of trace species using modelling & in-situ measurements.
Ms. Manisha Gaur
Ph.D Student
Environmental sciences Division
CSIR-Central Road Research Institute
Mathura Road, Delhi – 110025
Email: manisha.gaur@gmail.com; manishagaur.crri@gmail.com
I am Manisha Gaur from India. I wish to introduce myself as a young and passionate researcher in the field of environmental sciences. I am a Ph.D. student in AcSIR- Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi. Currently, I am writing thesis on profiling and characterization of volatile organic compounds in Delhi. This research is supported by the fellowships and grants from the University Grant Commission (UGC-NET JRF), Delhi. My academic credentials include a postgraduate degree, M.Sc. Environment Management from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University, New Delhi and a graduate degree, B.Sc. Life Sciences from University of Delhi. In addition, I have experience working as a project assistant in the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and research trainee for Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Delhi for a period of 6 months. I am very interested in conducting research in the field of Environmental Sciences.
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Maryam Sarfraz
National University of Science and Technology (NUST)
Islamabad, Pakistan
I am Maryam Sarfraz from Pakistan. I have completed my bachelor degree in Environmental Science and now, continuing my Master Degree in the same subject. Currently I am perusing my research part. From the start of my Course work, I was indulged in Climate Change and how this is triggering everything like butterfly effect. It was hard to select one dimension of climate science as every topic seemed challenging and innovative. However, Interconnection of Biosphere and Atmosphere, or one can say Amalgam of these sphere grabbed my attention and I chose my research topic. I am student of National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and working on my dissertation entitled “Spatial and Temporal trends of NO2 emissions over South Asia using Ozone Monitoring Instrument’ under the supervision of Dr. Muhammad Fahim Khokhar. I presented my Poster work in ACAM and now working on Publications.
Niharika Sharma
Doctoral Candidate
Senior Research Fellow
Geosciences Division
Physical Research Laboratory
Ahmedabad, India- 380009
Office Ph: +91-79-2631-4267
Email: niharika@prl.res.in, amc.nak@gmail.com
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Niharika_Sharma9
Niharika Sharma is a graduate student working in the Geosciences Division at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, which is a fundamental research unit under the Department of Space, Government of India. Her research interests broadly lies in understanding the cycling of nitrogen and carbon in terrestrial ecosystems. Her current research focuses on the estimation of gross nitrogen transformation rates in soils from different ecozones of India using stable isotope techniques. She also aims to investigate nitrous oxide emission budget and source identification using isotopes. Niharika has extensive experience of working on state of the art stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer attached to different peripherals such as Elemental Analyzer, Gas Bench, PreCon, Kiel Carbonate device for stable isotope measurements in different kinds of samples.
Saraswati Shrestha
National Atmospheric Resource and Environment Research Laboratory (NARERL)
Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Email: sara.shrestha649@gmail.com
I am Saraswati Shrestha from Nepal. Currently, I am involved in meteorological as well as air pollution dispersion modeling at National Atmospheric Resource and Environment Research Laboratory (NARERL) at Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. Being a Physics student, I came across to this particular field of interest of mine through a requirement of partial fulfillment of my master’s degree programme at Tribhuvan University. I started my research at NARERL through the elective course ‘Atmospheric Physics’ for the dissertation entitled “Study of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics and Air Pollution Potential over the Kathmandu Valley” under the supervision of Professor Ram Prasad Regmi since 2015. I could join some conferences as oral presenter at some conferences in Nepal, published two papers at a national journal and completed my graduation last year. Most recently, through my research work, I was able to participate at the ILEAPs workshop and conference 2017 at Oxford, UK.
Dr.Sayani Mukhopadhyay,
Associate Professor in Geography, Asutosh College,(affiliated to University of Calcutta)
Dr.Sayani Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor in Geography, Asutosh College,(affiliated to University of Calcutta) has been teaching and conducting research since 2000. She is the Chairperson, Post Graduate Expert Committee in Geography, Asutosh College.Dr. Mukhopadhyay has edited a book Geospectrum, the compendium volume of UGC sponsored National Conference on Recent Researches in Earth System Science, Kolkata. ISBN 81-87500-70-0 and has several research publications to her credit. She did her Ph.D. thesis on “People’s Perception on Flood and its Management in the Mayurakshi Basin” from the Viswa Bharati University. She has also co-authored a publication on the Climate change vulnerability in the flood plain region of West Bengal published by the WWF-India. She is working on a UGC Minor Research Project on “An Analysis Of Gender Disparity In Literacy And Its Reflections On Social Stratification : A Comparative Study In Haora Sadar Subdivision, Haora District And Barasat Sadar Subdivision,North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal,India.
Dr. Arti Choudhary
SERB-National Post Doctoral Fellow
Environmental Sciences Division
CSIR-Central Road Research Institute
Mathura Road
Delhi - 110025
Email: choudharyarti12@gmail.com
I am Arti Choudhary from India. I recently finished my PhD from the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. My research is focused on on-road emission characterization and emission modelling. This research is funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. I also worked in IIT Delhi on the source apportionment of aerosols as a part of my M.Tech dissertation project. I did M.Tech from Thapar University, Patiala. I also awarded SERB-National post-doctoral fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Currently, working on SERB-DST funded project, as a post-doctoral fellow in CSIR-CRRI New Delhi, India.
Dr.Vinod Kumar
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
IISER Mohali, Punjab
Vinod works on the regional modeling of air pollution and comparison with MAX-DOAS and satellite measurements. He graduated from IISER Mohali, India in 2017 where he worked on quantification of the impact of large-scale crop residue fires on atmospheric chemistry using OH reactivity, VOCs and trace gas measurements. He also focuses on the analysis of long-term measured dataset using these tools to quantify the effect of anthropogenic perturbations on the change in reactive pollutant loading and ozone formation potential in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Vinod was awarded Best Student Paper by International Journal of Mass Spectrometry for the year 2015.
When not thinking about science, he spends time on fitness training and makes his travel plans.
Abhinav Garg
Contact Number: 9899605809
Email Address: abhinavgarg.36@gmail.com
I am bachelors in Bio-Medical Sciences (B.Sc (H)), from University of Delhi, and learned about various physiological and biochemical processes (among others) within Human Body; from here I got curious to understand the relation between Environment and how its influence Living Beings. So to understand more about Environment, I did Masters in Environmental Biology, University of Delhi. In my masters I learned about how our Environment/Ecosystem works and impacts living beings and vice versa. Though predecessor is more dominating, so I took up my masters’ dissertation (from University of Delhi) in Understanding impacts of Anthropogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BTEX) on Plant and Human health. It was a small research work, with limited observations; so for a complete picture I took up my PhD. with theme - Assessing Indoor Air Pollution and Its Human Health Impacts with respect to Different Socio-Economic Classes in Urban Environment.
For now, I am working as Senior Research Fellow (UGC) – Environmental Studies and is about to submit my PhD.. During PhD., I have published many peer reviewed papers, along with participation to various International and National conferences/workshops/schools. In my PhD tenure I have received fellowship from three sources, one after another. I have also taught Environment as a subject to under-graduate students.
Akanksha Roy
I am Akanksha Roy from India. Currently I am pursuing my PhD in environment sciences from School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi under the supervision of Prof. Umesh Chandra Kulshrestha. My research is mainly focused on Atmospheric chemistry and climate change. I did my MSC in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Chaitri, Roy
Young Scientist
Center for Climate Change Research (CCCR),
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,
India
E-Mail: chaitri.cat@tropmet.res.in
Contact No.: +91-8806215596
My research is mainly focused on atmospheric chemistry, trace gases, upper troposphere lower stratosphere (UTLS), aerosols and their interaction with Indian monsoon. I am using climate models for addressing various scientific problems. Recently, I have investigated the changes in ozone in the UTLS, temperature, radiative forcing in response to changes in NOx emissions. This work is published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Also, I have worked on interactions of pre-monsoon aerosols in modulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall during El Niño which has been published in the journal Climate Dynamics.
Mahendra Ram
Ph.D. research scholar
IIT (BHU) Varanasi
I am Mahendra Ram from India. I did post-graduation (M. Tech) in chemical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT (BHU)), Varanasi, India.Currently, I am working on green energy production from waste biomass via gasification as a Ph.D. research scholar at IIT (BHU) Varanasi. This research is funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. After graduation (B. Tech), I also worked in Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Limited, Rehla, Palamau, India, as a process engineer, my duties were to monitor the whole process.
Manish Soni
PhD scholar
Department of Physics,
Birla Institute of Technology Mesra,
Ranchi, India
I am Manish Soni from India. I am a PhD scholar at Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, India. My research focuses on Modeling of particulate matter over North West India to study the air quality and its impacts over health. My recent findings suggest that the status of air quality is a serious health hazard for people particularly at the traffic intersection as well as near the high industrialization areas. Part of research is funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) , Government of India. Before doing PhD, I did MCA from Mohan Lal Sukhadia University(MLSU), Udaipur, Rajasthan. My research interests include analyzing satellite data especially for Aerosols, Numerical modeling of weather and climate, effect of aerosols on climate etc.
Palak Balyan
Research Scholar
University of Delhi
I, Palak Balyan, am a Research Scholar from University of Delhi, India. I am perusing my PhD from the Environmental Pollution Laboratory, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, in collaboration with University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS). My research focuses on “Bioaerosols enumeration, characterisation &their Health impacts in an Urban Environment”. My researchbroadly explores interactions between bioaerosol concentration, micro-environments, meteorological factors, and corresponding respiratory morbidities. My research deals with working on GIS applications for spatial data analysis, multi-level modelling and temporal analysis. My other area of interests are inorganic air pollution, Gene-environment Interactions and biochemical analysis of physiological intermediated. Currently,I am also working on MoEF&CC funded project, as a RA fellow.
Papori Dahutia
Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Physics,
Dibrugarh University, India
I am Papori Dahutia from India. I am currently pursuing PhD from the Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, India. My current research is focused on regional characterization of aerosols and its climatic implication over Northeast India. I am also working as a project assistant in ISRO-GBP Aerosol Radiative Forcing over India (ARFI) project.
Priyanka Sharma
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Environmental Studies,
University of Delhi
I Priyanka Sharma, is a Senior Research Fellow in Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi andpursuing my Ph.D. on the topic “Phytotoxic Effect of Atmospheric Particulate Matter”. After completing my Masters in environmental Studies from school of environmental studies, university of Delhi, I was awarded with UGC-NET fellowship to undertake my research in Environmental Sciences. My interest area comprises of Particulate matter and its heavy metal enrichment, Evaluating Tolerance and sensitivity of plants to air pollution, Dose Response study and Impact analysis of metal pollution on naturalized vegetation.
Saraswati
Ph.D. Scholar
AcSIR, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory,
New Delhi, India
I am Saraswati from India. I am currently pursuing my PhD from AcSIR, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India. My research is focused on the characteristic features of ambient NH3, which plays an active role in forming the secondary particulates through gas to particle conversion over Delhi, India. I also worked in CSIR-NPL on “Chemical properties of aerosol emitted from biofuels and ambient air over northern India” as a part of my M.Tech dissertation project. I did M.Tech from GJU, Hisar. I have also worked at CSIR-NPL as project Assistant on “study of distribution and sources of ambient ammonia over national capital region”. I also awarded Junior Research Fellowship by UGC, Government of India. Currently, working as a Senior Research fellow in CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India.
Sarkawt Hama
Ph.D. Scholar
University of Leicester (UK)
In November 2013 I started my work as a PhD student at the University of Leicester (UK) in the research group “Atmospheric Chemistry” of Prof Paul Monks. I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Surrey (UK) in the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE; www.surrey.ac.uk/gcare) group led by Prof Prashant Kumar. I am working on the UK-India NERC funded project: An Integrated Study of Air Pollutant Sources in the Delhi NCR (ASAP-Delhi). The project includes substantial monitoring and aims to understand the air pollution sources in and around the Delhi to support pollution mitigation strategies. Research interests Ultrafine particles (UFPs), Particle number and Black carbon in ambient air Chemical composition and source apportionment of Particulate Matter Atmospheric Chemistry of trace gases
Publications
1. Sarkawt. M.L Hama, Nan Ma, Rebecca L. Cordell, Gerard P.A. Kos, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Paul S. Monks, 2017. Lung deposited surface area in Leicester urban background site/UK: Sources and contribution of new particle formation. Atmospheric Environment, 151, 94-107.
2. Sarkawt M.L Hama, Rebecca L. Cordell, Gerard P.A. Kos, E.P. Weijers, and Paul S. Monks, 2017. Sub-micron particle number size distribution characteristics at two urban locations in Leicester. Atmospheric Research, 194, 1-16.
3. Sarkawt M.L Hama, Rebecca L. Cordell, and Paul S. Monks, 2017. Quantifying primary and secondary source contributions to ultrafine particles in the UK urban background. Atmospheric Environment, 166, 62-78.
4. J. Hofman, J. Staelens, R. Cordell, C. Stroobants, N, Zikova, Sarkawt M.L. Hama, K.P. Wyche, G.P.A. Kos, S. Van Der Zee, K.L. Smallbone, E.P. Weijers, P.S. Monks, E. Roekens, 2016. Ultrafine particles in four European urban environments: first results of a continuous long-term monitoring network. Atmospheric Environment, 136, 68-81.
5. R. L. Cordell, M. Mazet, C. Dechoux, Sarkawt M.L. Hama, J. Staelens, J. Hoffman, C. Stroobants, E. Roekens, G.P.A. Kos, E. Weijers, K.F.A. Frumau, P. Panteliadis, T. Delaunay, K. P. Wyche and P. S. Monks, 2016. Evaluation of Biomass Burning across North West Europe and Its Impact on Air Quality. Atmospheric Environment, 141, 276-286.
Dr. Monojit Chakraborty
post-doctoral fellow
Institute of Sustainable Agriculture,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
monojit.chakraborty@gmail.com; +91-9873442834 (m)
I’m post-doctoral fellow of Institute of Sustainable Agriculture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, working on sustainable agriculture to explore how farmers in Uttarakhand can intensify their farms in a sustainable way of farming by taking care of climate change issues. I’ve done Ph.D. in Environmental Science from BHU, Varanasi and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. I did masters in Environmental Science from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. I did graduation in Environment & Water Management from University of Burdwan, W.B. I’ve almost 11 years of research experiences in atmospheric science. In my prime research focus on the atmospheric science and climate change. GHGs and other trace gases emission inventory & research on natural & anthropogenic sources viz. river, lake, agriculture, municipal solid waste & waste water. Also worked on vehicular emissions, emission from thermal power plants, and emissions estimation from Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU) sector. I also worked in atmospheric chemistry and aerosol modeling and impact on glacier melting (ShauneGarang glacier, Himachal Pradesh).
Sunaina
Ph.D. Scholar
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
I am Sunaina from India. Currently I am pursuing my PhD in environment sciences from School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi under the supervision of Prof. Umesh c Kulshrestha. My research is mainly focused on Atmospheric chemistry and climate change. I have been worked with NAM science and technology centre which is an inter-governmental organization and funded by DST. I was a Research associate for the period of eight months during which I have got the opportunity to be the participant in ISTIC Training Programme on STI Policy and Management for Developing Countries (ITPS) held in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia.
Thuy-Huong Nguyen,
Researcher
Hanoi University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH),
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
Huong currently works in Laboratory of Remote sensing and Modeling of Surface and Atmosphere (REMOSAT), Department of Space and Aeronautics, at University of Science and Technology of Hanoi. She had four years of doing research, participating projects on environmental quality assessment and was awarded the first Master degree from Vietnam National University of Science. Then she chose climate change as her research interest in her second Master in Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, her research focused on detecting long-term regional precipitation change. Now she continues this research with outputs of Regional Downscaling Models http://cordex.org/domains/region-14-south-east-asia-sea/ to estimate Time of Emergence of different variables based on Regional Climate Models over Vietnam. She has passion in defining the timing and the vulnerable regions based on cost and benefit of climate change under different scenarios. She hopes to develop a method that can create the reliable result to communicate efficiently with policy makers and the community.
Ms. Rachana Kulkarni
Ph.D Student
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,
Dr. Homi Bhabbha Raod, Pashan, Pune, 411008
Email: rachana.kulkarni@tropmet.res.in; rachana13kulkarni@gmail.com
Mis Rachana Kulkarnihas earned master degree in Environmental Science and currently pursuing PhD on “Investigation of Microphysical and Chemical Properties of Winter Fog in Megacity Delhi” from the Department of Environmental Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. She is involved in Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) Government of India’s Winter Fog Experiment (WiFEX),which is escorted by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, and leading chemical and microphysical measurements at IGI Airport, New Delhi.All of her work on chemical and microphysical properties of fog is presently being used by modelling community to understand the challenges in numerical predication models for predicting visibility.
On the next level of research, Rachana is currently involved in Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India’s new endeavour on developing advance air quality forecasting setup for Delhi. More specifically, she is developing chemical data assimilation, particularly for satellite AOD and ground based PM25, in WeatherResearch Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) in collaboration with National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA. The goal of her work is to improve numerical predication of air quality and winter-time fog in Delhi. Rachana is recipient of several academic and cultural awards such as Avishkar best scientific innovation award (Year 2013 on the hands of the then President of India, Shrimati Pratibhatai Patil) and student of the year and Gold medal award during 2014. She has over 9 refereed publications, 4 conference papers and is a member of American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) of India.
Dr. Chinmay Mallik
Assistant Professor
Department of Atmospheric Science
School of Earth Sciences
Central University of Rajasthan
Dr. Chinmay Mallik is an Assistant Professor in the Central University of Rajasthan, a Government sponsored university located in the western part of India. He has obtained his Ph.D. at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India, which is a reputed research unit under the Department of Space, Government of India. During his Ph.D., he has investigated the impact of meteorology, atmospheric transport and chemistry on the fate of atmospheric trace gases like ozone and its precursors. He made the first comprehensive ship-borne measurements of ozone and its precursors (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons) in the Bay of Bengal during post-monsoon season to understand the impact of emissions from different parts of Asia on ozone production. He has worked extensively on atmospheric sulfur gases in India, having made the first time simultaneous measurements of atmospheric carbonyl sulfide and reduced sulfur gases in India using a gas chromatographic setup that he developed in-house at PRL. He has nearly five years’ experience as a post-doctoral researcher in the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry where he has investigated the role of atmospheric oxidation chemistry in pollution processing using measurements and modeling of the atmospheric hydroxyl radical, also known as the detergent of the atmosphere. Apart from his expertise in atmospheric chemistry measurements and modeling, Dr. Mallik also has experience in the field of micrometeorology, having been intensely involved in the successful establishment of a micrometeorological observatory in the Birla Institute of Technology at Mesra in the Eastern part of India. This observatory was established to study the dynamics of the Indian Summer monsoon. Dr. Mallik has also served as a reviewer of many reputed international journals like Atmospheric Environment, Climate Dynamics etc. He is currently engaged in setting up a state of art atmospheric science observatory in the Central University of Rajasthan to investigate the linkages between atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, climate change and human/plant health.
Dr. Madhavi Jain
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences
School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Email Id: madhavijain.90@gmail.com
Dr. Madhavi Jain received her doctorate in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi (India) in the year 2020. Before completing her Ph.D., she finished her M.Sc. in Environmental Studies and B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, both degrees from University of Delhi(India). She started working on Delhi’s land use land cover changes using remotely sensed satellite data and geospatial techniques in 2011. Since then she has expanded her research to study Delhi’s long term urban heat island studies,impact of urbanization on localized weather, impact of urban greening on city temperature, crop residue burning impact on air quality and multiple climate extremes impact on forest fire activity. She was awarded with Junior Research Fellowship in 2014-17 and Senior Research Fellowship 2017-19 by CSIR-UGC in the field of Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences. She was awarded the DST-IUSSTFBuilding Energy Efficiency Higher and Advanced Network (BHAVAN) Fellowship 2018 to visit Purdue University (USA). She has published several papers in top international peer reviewed journals, written book chapters and is a reviewer for Urban Climate journal. She is currently looking for a post-doctorate or a research associate position outside India.
Dr. Amrit Kumar
Assistant Professor
Amity Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Sciences and Technology (ACOAST) & Amity Centre for Environmental Science and Health (ACESH)
Amity University, Noida, India
Dr. Amrit Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Amity Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Sciences and Technology (ACOAST) & Amity Centre for Environmental Science and Health (ACESH). His research area is air quality; GIS; climate change ; Transport emission and Modelling; Airborne, Aerosols; Black Carbon; Nano/ultrafine particles; Health risks exposure. He has completed his Ph.D. from Department of Environmental Engineering at Delhi Technological University Delhi in 2018. He has published more than 16 papers and1 book chapter in high impact factor international and national journals. Dr. Kumar has received a couple of best research excellence on paper awards in 2019 and 2020 from Delhi Technological University. He has participated as well as an organised various Faculty development programme; workshop, webinar and conferences. Dr.Kumaralso has experience in the field of environmental pollution and climate change. He was actively involved as research fellow in research project entitled “Exploratory studies on climate change and adaptation of species complex. In addition, one DST Project titled “Strategic Knowledge for climate change on Agricultural and forest Ecosystem in Indo Gangetic Plains (IGP) of U.P.atCouncil Of Scientific And Industrial Research–National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR–NBRI) Lucknow 2009 to 2012.
Dr. Oindrila Nath
PostDoc at Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, India
Dr. Oindrila Nath did her Masters in Atmospheric Sciences from Ballygunge Science College, Calcutta University. She pursued her PhD at National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India. She has worked as a Research Associate for one-year at University of Bath, UK. Currently, Dr. Nath is working as Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT Delhi. Her area of research is quite expanded. During her PhD, she was investigating the middle atmospheric dynamics and chemistry during Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) events over tropics. She also studied long-term trends of chemical constituents in the tropical middle atmosphere. In recent days, she has shifted down to UTLS and Troposphere. She is interested in studying the tropical UTLS ozone variabilities due to influence of natural climatological factors viz. ENSO, QBO, IOD, BDC, and drastic polar phenomena like SSW.
Ms. Sharfaa Hussain
Research Scholar
Department of Environmental Science
Tezpur University, Assam, India
I am a researcher and a doctoral candidate at the Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University. My current research is along the dimensions of atmospheric pollution and utilisation of biomonitoring techniques. Having done my Bachelors and Masters in Botany along with my current research in Environmental Science, I tend to be naturally interested in research that merges Botany and Environment. I have a desire to further continue meaningful research using my knowledge in both the broad areas. My fascination for research started back in 2013 when I joined as an undergraduate intern in the Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi. I started my PhD research in the year 2016 and until now I have four publications. I consider iLEAPS as an excellent platform for early career scientist.
Dr. Niteshkumar Khonde
Geoscientist
Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany
Lucknow, India
Dr. Niteshkumar Khonde is a geoscientist currently working at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow, Utter Pradesh, India. He has done his master’s and doctoral degree from The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. He has completed post doctoral research at Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MA, USA. He has been awarded Young Scientist Project by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi. He was also a Visiting Scientist at State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongi University, Shanghai, China (2017-18). His broad research interest lies in- landscape dynamics, land-marine interactions, understanding geological evolution of marine marginal basins, sea-level change and provenance. Dr. Khonde published several research articles in national/international peer reviewed journals and also reviewed articles/book chapters for reputed publishers like- Geological Society of London, Springer and Elsevier. Recently he has been appointed as review editor in Frontiers in Earth Science for Geochemistry. Currently he is working on understanding geological evolution of the Great Rann of Kachchh basin through past 10,000 years. He is also collaborating in coastal research projects from southerneastern and western Indian coasts and large river delta studies from Myanmar and Africa.
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
Department of Higher Education
J&K, India
Currently, I am working as Assistant Professor in Environmental Sciences, Higher Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir, India. I have five years of teaching experience in the filed of Environmental Sciences both at postgraduate and undergraduate level. I have completed my Ph.D from the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India and M.Sc from Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu (J&K), India. I have been awarded with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship in the subject of Environmental Sciences conducted by UGC and State Eligibility Test (SET), for Lectureship in Environmental Sciences, in the State of J&K, India. I have published many research papers, book chapters and conference proceedings along with participation in various national and international conferences, workshops, training programs and faculty development programs (FDP). I have presented papers and posters in various national and international conferences and seminars. My research areas include waste management, sustainable landfilling, environmental toxicity and environmental monitoring. I am further interested indoing research on Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from non-engineered landfills and waste to energy.
Pooja V Pawar
Research Scholar,
IITM, Pune
I work as a PhD student from Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, India and pursuing Ph.D. in Chemical Technology at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, India.I have completed my M.tech (Environmental Science and Technology, 1st in merit) and B.E (Environmental Engg., 3rd in merit) from Shivaji University, India. I was selected as a research fellow for two weeks in University of Edinburgh, and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Penicuik, UK, 2018. I have also participated at Winter Fog EXperiment (WiFEX) campaign during 2016-2017. My research focuses on the role of atmospheric ammonia in the atmosphere within Southeast Asia and also in Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) region during wintertime using WiFEX measurements and chemical transport modeling (WRF-Chem).
Sreyashi Debnath
Research Fellow
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Pune, India
I am Sreyashi Debnath, a research fellow and doctoral student at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, India. I have completed my post-graduation in Atmospheric Sciences from University of Calcutta. My research is focussed on the atmospheric-chemistry climate interaction and its impact on the Indian Monsoon rainfall. I am using the WRF-Chem model for addressing the scientific questions pertaining to my field of research. Recently, I have examined how the inclusion of chemistry in a model alters the spatial distribution of the summer monsoon rainfall and reduces the mean bias of simulated rainfall and published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.
Besides my PhD work, I am actively involved in the“Air Quality Early Warning System” (AQEWS) project over Delhi, India where we provide air quality forecasts upto 72 hours lead time using high resolution WRF-Chem model based on chemical data assimilation. I have also actively participated in the WiFEX (Winter Fog EXperiment) campaign during the winter season of 2017-2018. I have participated in many reputed international and national conferences/workshops/training schools.