Sayantan Sarkar
Assistant Professor
Dept: Earth Sciences (DES)
E-mail: sayantan.sarkar [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
1. Chemical characterization, mass balance and atmospheric transport of fine mode aerosol.2. Aerosol source apportionment using receptor modeling approaches, especially to distinguish local-scale urban emissions from regionally transported plumes.3. Measurement of atmospheric black carbon and other light absorbing species using chemical and optical approaches; Reconstruction of historical atmospheric black carbon.4. Distribution and sources of tropospheric halocarbons and other VOCs.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. (Environmental Science), Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2012
- M.Sc. (Chemistry), Sikkim Manipal University, 2007
- B.Sc. (Chemistry), Asutosh College (University of Calcutta), 2004
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
- Research Fellow, NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore (2015 - 2017)
- Research Affiliate, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA (2013 - 2015)
- Adjunct Research Scientist , Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York – Albany, New York, USA (2013 - 2015)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Global Change Programme, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India (2012 - 2013)
Awards and Honors:
- Sat Paul Mittal Fellowship in Environmental Sciences from Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population & Development (IAPPD) (2008)
Selected Publications:
- Rawat, P; Sarkar, S; Jia, S; Khillare, P S and Sharma, B. 2019."Regional sulfate drives long-term rise in AOD over megacity Kolkata, India." Atmospheric Environment, 209, 167-181
- Rana, A; Jia, S and Sarkar, S. 2019."Black carbon aerosol in India – a comprehensive review of current status and future prospects." Atmospheric Research, 218, 207-230
- Sarkar, S; Fan, W H; Jia, S; Blake, D R; Reid, J S; Lestari, P and Yu, L E. 2018."A quantitative assessment of distributions and sources of tropospheric halocarbons measured in Singapore." Science of the Total Environment, 619-620, 528-544
- Sarkar, S; Ahmed, T; Swami, K; Judd, C D; Bari, A; Dutkiewicz, V A and Husain, L. 2015."History of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in lake sediments, ~1880 to 2007." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 120, 5658-5669
- Sarkar, S; Khillare, P S; Jyethi, D S; Hasan, A and Parween, M. 2010."Chemical speciation of respirable suspended particulate matter during a major firework festival in India." Journal of Hazardous Materials , 184, 321-330
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