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Profiles of the Organizing Committee members - IGAC Project

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Dr. Sachin S. Gun<strong>the</strong>; IIT-M, Chennai<br />

Courses taught/currently teaching<br />

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Air quality management (IIT Madras)<br />

Environmental chemistry and microbiology<br />

Ecology and environment<br />

Sponsored scientific projects (includes sanctioned and under review proposals)<br />

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Study <strong>of</strong> primary biological aerosol to characterize <strong>the</strong> diversity in particulate matter over<br />

Indian tropical region: assessment for climatic and health impact (DBT)<br />

DST-Max Planck Partner group establishment at IIT Madras (DST-Max Planck)<br />

The National Carbonaceous Aerosol Program (MoEF)<br />

Size-resolved CCN measurement over Indian continental and marine region (MoES)<br />

Characterizing properties <strong>of</strong> atmospheric aerosols for climatic and health impact over<br />

Indian tropical region (DST)<br />

Characterizing properties <strong>of</strong> atmospheric aerosols in south Indian region (IITM seed grant)<br />

Scientific projects involvement<br />

Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): Sampling <strong>of</strong> trace gases and aerosols from 320<br />

meters tall tower in middle <strong>of</strong> Amazon north <strong>of</strong> Manaus, Brazil. 2011 – 2012, Brazil<br />

Zotino Tall Tower (ZOTTO): Aerosol sampling for SEM and TEM analysis <strong>of</strong> aerosol to<br />

characterize physical and chemical properties <strong>of</strong> pristine air masses. Sep – Oct 2009, Zotino,<br />

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia<br />

Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment (AMAZE-08), Jan –Mar 2008, Amazon<br />

Forest, Manaus, Brazil<br />

Inter comparison workshop for various instruments used for measurements <strong>of</strong> physical<br />

properties <strong>of</strong> atmospheric aerosols. 10-23 Mar 2007, Leipzig, Germany<br />

Cloud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment, Feb-Mar 2007, Jungfraujoch (4200 asl),<br />

Switzerland<br />

Campaign <strong>of</strong> Air quality research in Beijing (Part <strong>of</strong> effort to diagnose and clean <strong>the</strong> air <strong>of</strong><br />

Beijing for 2008 summer Olympics), Aug-Sep 2006, Beijing, China.<br />

Program <strong>of</strong> regional integrated experiments <strong>of</strong> Air Quality over Pearl River Delta campaign,<br />

Jul-Aug 2006, Guagzhou, China<br />

Measurements <strong>of</strong> various pollutants under different environments (sugar industries, chemical<br />

industries, and pristine conditions), Jan-Feb 2005, Feb 2006, Around Pune region, India.<br />

Study <strong>of</strong> relation between ozone and secondary pollutants for chemical forecasting funded by<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Science and Technology (DST), Govt. <strong>of</strong> India, Jul 2003-Jul 2006, Indian<br />

Institute <strong>of</strong> Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.<br />

Installation and supervision <strong>of</strong> field mills at Satish Dhavan Space Center (SDSC),<br />

Shriharikota, 14-29 April 2003 (to ensure <strong>the</strong> optimal performance during satellite launch),<br />

Shriharikota, India.<br />

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