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Dr. Saurabh Sonwani

Assistant Professor

Department of Environmental Sciences

Zakir Husain Delhi College

University of Delhi

New Delhi-110002, India

Email: sonwani.s19@gmail.com ; Mob: 09560058904

 

EDUCATION

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2019            Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) in Environmental Sciences, entitled "Carbonaceous Aerosol Wet Scavenging and Sources

                     during  Monsoon and Non-Monsoon Season in Delhi Region" at the School of Environmental Sciences,

                     Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

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2014            Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in Environmental Sciences, dissertation entitled “Characteristics of Polycyclic             

                     Aromatic  Hydrocarbons with respect to their sources in the ambient atmosphere of Delhi" at the School of                                             Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 

                                    

2011             Master of Science (M. Sc) in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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2004           Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) with Chemistry, Zoology and Botany from Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur,                         Uttar Pradesh, India

 

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

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1. Act as one of the experts from India in Expert Group Meeting on Space-derived Data for Air Pollution Monitoring, 7th August 2020 using virtual platform organized by United Nations of Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

 

2. Associates Advisory Board Member in project: Air Pollution Scientific Initiative (APSI), in The EnviroComp Institute, CA, USA (Since August 2020).

 

3. Advisory Board Member in the section ―Environmental Sciences‖ at Cambridge Scholars Publishing House, England, UK from January 2018. (Nature of work: as an editor and authors (in the field of Environmental Sciences) in book writing and publishing as per the nature of assignments) 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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Aim to conduct research that is directly connected with impact of air pollution on environmental health. My interests pertain to: characterization, source apportionment of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) and gaseous pollutants with major focus on carbonaceous aerosol and Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Ozone, Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and in Delhi, India. Identification of the role of natural events like rain, dust storm and fog in changing air quality and related environmental impacts, especially human health is also another topic of my interest.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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1. Experience as Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Studies, Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi, Period: Jan 2020-till present (Current Affiliation).

 

2. Experience as Lecture (Guest); taught undergraduate students at Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi from August 2019-November 2019 [Subject taught: Environmental Sciences].

 

3. Experience as Lecture (Guest); taught undergraduate students at Zakir Hussain Delhi College, University of Delhi from Feb. 2019-April 2019 [Subject taught: Environmental Sciences].

 

4. Experience as Lecture (Guest); taught undergraduate students at College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi from Jan 2018-April 2019[Subject taught: Environmental Studies]

 

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS (Total Citations: 184; h-index: 9

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  1. Sonwani S, Madaan S, Arora J, Suryanarayan S, Rangra D, Mongia N, Vats T and Saxena P (2021) Inhalation Exposure to Atmospheric Nanoparticles and Its Associated Impacts on Human Health: A Review. Front. Sustain. Cities 3:690444. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2021.690444.

  2. Sonwani, S., & Saxena, P. (2021). Water-insoluble carbonaceous components in rainwater over an urban background location in Northern India during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-16.

  3. Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., Srivastava, A., Jain, M., Srivastava, A., Bharti, A., ... & Bhardwaj, S. (2021). Impact of crop residue burning in Haryana on the air quality of Delhi, India. Heliyon, 7(5), e06973.

  4. Sonwani, S., Saxena, P., & Shukla, A. (2021). Carbonaceous aerosol characterization and their relationship with meteorological parameters during summer monsoon and winter monsoon at an industrial region in Delhi, India. Earth and Space Science, 8(4), e2020EA001303.

  5. Sonwani, S., Yadav, A., & Saxena, P. (2021). Atmospheric brown carbon: a global emerging concern for climate and environmental health. Management of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) in Environment, 1, 225-247.

  6. Goel, A., Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., Rathi, S., Srivastava, A., Bharti, A. K., ... & Srivastava, A. (2021). Health Benefits Due to Reduction in Respirable Particulates during COVID-19 Lockdown in India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21.

  7. Sonwani, S., & Saxena, P. (2021). Characterisation of Carbonaceous Aerosol during Summer Monsoon and Winter Monsoon at an Industrial Region of Delhi, India. 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January-4 February, 43, 35.

  8. Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., Arora, J., Madaan, S., & Srivastava, A. (2021). Air Quality Index: A Mathematical Tool to study Annual and Seasonal Trends in Delhi, India. 43rd COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 28 January-4 February, 43, 36.

  9. Bharti, A., Bhardwaj, S., Srivastava, A., Banerjee, S., & Sonwani, S. (2021). Investigating the Problem of Crop Residue Burning in an Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP)—An Emerging Concern to Air Quality.

  10. Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., & Srivastava, A. (2020, December). Variation in Criteria Air Pollutants during Major Firework Festival and Significance of Transboundary Air Mass Movement on Air Quality in Megacity of Northern India. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2020, pp. A177-0009).

  11. Saxena, P., & Sonwani, S. (2020). Remediation of ozone pollution by ornamental plants in indoor environment. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 6(4), 497-508.

  12. Saxena, P., Chakraborty, M., & Sonwani, S. (2020). Phytotoxic effects of surface ozone exposure on rice crop—a case study of tropical megacity of India. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 8(5), 322-334.

  13. Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., Sharma, S. K., Kumar, P., & Chandra, N. (2020). Carbonaceous aerosol variations in foggy days: a critical analysis during the fireworks festival. Fresenius Environ Bull, 29(8), 6639-6656.

  14. Saxena, P., Srivastava, A., Verma, S., Singh, L., & Sonwani, S. (2020). Analysis of atmospheric pollutants during fireworks festival ‘Diwali’at a residential site Delhi in India. In Measurement, analysis and remediation of environmental pollutants (pp. 91-105). Springer, Singapore.

  15. Sonwani, S., & Kulshrestha, U. C. (2019). PM 10 carbonaceous aerosols and their real-time wet scavenging during monsoon and non-monsoon seasons at Delhi, India. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 76(3), 171-200.

  16. Sonwani, S., & Maurya, V. (2018). Impact of air pollution on the environment and economy. Air Pollution: Sources, Impacts and Controls, 113.

  17. Sonwani, S., & Kulshrestha, U. (2018). Morphology, elemental composition and source identification of airborne particles in Delhi, India. J Indian Geophys Union, 22(6), 607-620.

  18. Sonwani, S., & Kulshrestha, U. C. (2017, December). Wet scavenging of organic and elemental carbon during summer monsoon and winter monsoon seasons. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2017, pp. A21L-01).

  19. Saxena, P., Sonwani, S., & Kulshrestha, U. C. (2017). Impact of tropospheric ozone and particulate matter on plant health. Sustaining future food security. Nova Publisher, New York, 19-60.

  20. Sonwani, S. (2016). Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere of South Delhi, India. In 2nd International Conference on Atmospheric Dust-DUST2016. ProScience (Vol. 3, pp. 111-116).

  21. Sonwani, S., & Prasad, R. (2016). Low-cost renewable hydrogen production using solar photovoltaic panel. Current Science, 712-716.

  22. Sonwani, S., Amreen, H., & Khillare, P. S. (2016). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban atmospheric particulate of NCR, Delhi, India. 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 41, A1-1.

  23. Sonwani, S., & Kulshreshtha, U. (2016). Particulate matter levels and it’s associated health risks in East Delhi. In Proceedings of Indian aerosol science and technology association conference on aerosol and climate change: insight and challenges. IASTA Bull (Vol. 22, No. 1-2, pp. 269-272).

  24. Sonwani, S., & Saxena, P. (2016). Identifying the sources of primary air pollutants and their impact on environmental health: a review. IJETR, 6(2), 111-130.

  25. Sonwani, S., Saxena, P., & Kulshrestha, U. (2016). Role of global warming and plant signaling in BVOC emissions. In Plant responses to air pollution (pp. 45-57). Springer, Singapore.

  26. Sonwani, S., Kumar, P., Sharma, P., Hooda, H., & Parveen, B. ACID RAIN AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: A Review; India 2020: Environmental Challenges, Policies and Green Technology, Imperial Publication.

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TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS IN REPORTS

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1. Pallavi Saxena, Ananya Srivastava and Saurabh Sonwani*, 2020, Impact of Dust Storms on Air Quality and Human Health in Delhi, In: Compendium of Good Practices & Case Studies/ Papers on Aspects Related to Health Adaptation to Climate Change and Disasters, Published by WHO, NIDM, Delhi and Springer. (accepted).

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BOOKS

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1. Saurabh Sonwani and Pallavi Saxena (2021), Greenhouse Gases: Sources, Sinks and Mitigation, Springer Nature, Singapore publisher (ISBN No: 978-981-16-4482-5) (Edited Book).

 

2. Saurabh Sonwani and Anuradha Shukla (2021), Airborne Particulate Matter: Source, Chemistry and Health, Springer Nature, Singapore publisher (ISBN No: 978-981-16-5386-5); (Edited Book).

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3. Savindra Kumar, Laxmi Hooda, Saurabh Sonwani, Devender and Ratnum Kaul Wattal (2020), India 2020: Environmental Challenges, Policies and Green Technology, Imperial Publications, India (ISBN No: 978-81-932621-1-5 (Edited Book).

 

4. Pallavi Saxena and Saurabh Sonwani (2019), Criteria Air Pollutants and their Impacts on Environmental Health, Springer Nature, Singapore publisher (ISBN No: 978-981-13-9991-6) (Authored Book)

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PAPER/POSTER PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS

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1. Saurabh Sonwani, 2020, “SEM-EDX analysis of PM10 and rainwater particulates in Delhi, India” iLEAPS Twitter conference (8th April 2020) (Poster).

 

2. Saxena P. and Sonwani S. 2019. Variation of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Foggy Days in and around Special Episodic Event. NOAA, Boulder, USA, ESRL Global Monitoring Annual Conference 2019. May 21-22nd, 2019. (Poster)

 

3. Saurabh Sonwani and U.C. Kulshrestha, 2019. Carbonaceous aerosol variations and sources during monsoon and non-monsoon seasons over Delhi, NCR. CIAAS Meeting 2019, IIT Delhi, India,. 22-24 March 2019. (Platform).

 

4. Saurabh Sonwani and U.C. Kulshrestha, 2019. Characterization and morphological analysis of airborne particles over Delhi, India. 20th National Space Sciences Symposium (NSSS2019) DASS, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. 29 to 31 Jan2019 (Poster).

 

5. Saurabh Sonwani* and U.C. Kulshrestha, 2018. Real-Time Wet Scavenging of Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon during Monsoon and Non-Monsoon Seasons at Delhi. 16th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. 30th Nov.- 01 Dec. 2018 (Platform).

 

6. Saurabh Sonwani* and U.C. Kulshrestha, 2017. Wet scavenging of organic and elemental carbon during summer monsoon and winter monsoon seasons. American Geophysical Union (AGU2017), New Orleans, USA. 11-15 Dec. 2017. (Platform).

 

7. Saurabh Sonwani and P. S. Khillare, 2017. Source identification and health risk of particulate bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban atmosphere of Delhi. Air pollution, Climate and Health in Southern Asia and the HKH: Workshop & Science‐Policy Dialogue, ICIMOD Headquarters, Lalitpur, Nepal. 27‐30 November 2017. (Poster)

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8. Saurabh Sonwani* and U.C. Kulshrestha, 2017. Identifying carbonaceous contents in rain water at an urban background site, Delhi, India. International conference Asia, Oceana Geosciences Society (AOGS2017), Singapore. 07–11 Aug. 2017. (Poster).

 

9. Rajesh Vaishnav, Som Kumar Sharma, Prashant Kumar, Shikha Raizada and Saurabh Sonwani* 2017. Middle atmospheric thermal structure variations over western Indian region. International conference Asia, Oceana Geosciences Society (AOGS2017), Singapore. 07–11 Aug. 2017. (Poster).

 

10. Saurabh Sonwani and P.S. Khillare, 2017. Identification of interaction between atmospheric PAHs and meteorological parameters in a tropical megacity, India. INTROMET-2017, Space Application Centre (SAC), ISRO, Ahmadabad. 07–10 November 2017. (Poster).

 

11. S. Sonwani* and U. Kulshreshtha, 2016. Particulate matter levels and it’s associated health risks in East Delhi. Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA 2016) on Aerosols and Climate Change: Insights and Challenges, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad. December 6 – 8, 2016. (Poster).

 

12. Saurabh Sonwani* and Umesh Kulshrestha, 2016. Wet scavenging of carbonaceous aerosols during dust storm showers in Delhi. 53rd Annual Convention of IGU along with 1st Triennial Congress of FIGA, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand. November 8-10, 2016 (Poster).

 

13. Saurabh Sonwani*, 2016. Atmospheric particulate PAHs and associated health risks through inhalation exposure in Delhi, India. RAER2016, Centre for the Environment Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India, 4th to 5th June 2016 (Poster).

 

14. Saurabh Sonwani*, 2016. Relationships between atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and meteorological parameters in New Delhi, India. International conference (NSSS2016) at Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Thiruvanthapuram. 9th -12th Feb 2016. (Poster).

 

15. Saurabh Sonwani*, P. S. Khillare and D. S. Jyethi, 2015. Particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban ecosystem of Delhi. International Workshop (AsiaFlux 2015), IITM, Pune and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), 22nd to 27th November 2015 (Poster).

 

16. Saurabh Sonwani*, P. S. Khillare and D. S. Jyethi, 2015. Health risk assessment due to inhalation exposure of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) at urban background site of Delhi. International Seminar on Climate Change (CC 2015), Union Christian College, Umiam, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. 15th to 17th October 2015 (Platform).

 

17. Saurabh Sonwani and Ram Prasad, 2012. Electrolytic Hydrogen production via SPV panel and its utilization in hydrogen stove. National Seminar on Environmental Concerns and Sustainable, Development Issues and Challenges for India, Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, BHU, Varanasi, India. 2nd -4 th March, 2012 (Poster).

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ROLE AS SUPERVISER AND TRAINER

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1. Supervised a winter internship 2017-18 entitled “Determination of Air Mass Movement Using Hysplit Trajectory Over Delhi NCR” to an undergraduate student at Hindu College, University of Delhi.

 

2. Worked as a valued trainer cum volunteer in the INSPIRE internship program (17 th–21st February, 2014) sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, conducted by the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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MEMBERSHIPS

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1. Annual member of American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA

 

2. Annual member of Asia, Oceana Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore.

 

3. Lifetime membership of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), India.

 

4. Lifetime member of Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) - Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of India (AEACI), BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, India.

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TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS

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1. Successfully completed “Air pollution, Climate and Health in Southern Asia and the HKH: Workshop & Science‐Policy Dialogue” workshop from 27th -30th November 2017, organized by ICIMOD Headquarters, Lalitpur, Nepal.

 

2. Successfully completed BRNS-AEACI Tenth School on Analytical Chemistry (SAC-10) organized by the Analytical Chemistry Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai-85 and Sponsored by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, India.

 

3. Competed three days training course on “Hydrological Investigations for Conservation and Management of Lakes” organized by National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee during26-28 March, 2012 at Roorkee.

 

4. Completed the basic training course on “Remote Sensing, Geospatial Information System and Global Positioning System” conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, sponsored by National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) and organized by UGC staff college, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from 04/10/2010 to 09/12/2010.

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EXPERIENCE AS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SCHOOL/COLLEGE/WORKPLACE

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1. Participated as a volunteer to onsite management at Asia Oceana Geosciences Society (AOGS) a 14th Annual Meeting from 06 to 11 Aug. 2017 at Singapore.

 

2. Participated in organizing technical session in International seminar “Technology, Energy and Sustainable Rural Environment” during February 23-25, 2011 organized by Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

 

3. Participated as a volunteer for a smooth organization of event Jan-Jan JNU (the first open day event) of Jawaharlal Nehru University, held on November 21st, 2016, and organized by JNU, New Delhi, India.

 

4. Participated as a Camp facilitator in 1 week INSPIRE-SEAT internship Science Camp 2010 organizedduring14th -20th November, 2010 by academic staff college, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi under aegis of DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

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