Debananda Roy

Assistant Professor
Dept: Earth Sciences (DES)
E-mail: debanandaroy [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality; Particulate Matter (PM10, PM2.5); Air Pollution Modeling (Dispersion and Receptor); Airborne Emerging Pollutants (Microplastics and Black Carbon); Air Quality in the Underground Transportation System; Bioaerosol Monitoring; Transboundary air pollutents; Soil and Sediment Characterization; Human Health (Cancer, Non-cancer, Probability to Infection (QMRA)) and Ecological Risk Assessment and Modeling.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. (Air Quality Management and Modeling), Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad), 2014
- M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad), 2010
- B.Tech. (Leather Technology), Govt. College of Engineering and Leather (West Bengal University of Technology), 2006
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Research Professor, Yonsei University, South Korea (2024 - 2025)
- Postdoctoral Researcher , Yonsei University, South Korea (2016 - 2024)
- Assistant Professor, Marwadi Education Foundation and Group of Institutions, Rajkot, Gujarat (2013 - 2016)
- Technical Executive, C&E Ltd. (2006 - 2008)
Awards and Honors:
- International Postdoctoral Fellowship from National Research Foundation (NRF), South Korea (2016)