Prof Sagnik Dey

Prof. Sagnik Dey is Institute Chair Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi. He received his M. Sc. in Applied Geoscience from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M. Tech. and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He worked as Postdoctoral Scientist at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA for three years before joining IIT Delhi. His research interests are to understand 'air quality, climate change and health nexus' and 'remote sensing of the Earth's climate system'. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed research articles (h-index - 45 as per google scholar). He received INSA Young Scientist Medal in 2008, NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in 2012, Dr. Sudhansu Kumar Banerji MoES outstanding young faculty fellowship for the period 2011-2013, and Teaching Excellence Award from IIT Delhi in 2016. He is an international collaborator of NASA's MAIA satellite mission and served as an expert member of WHO Global Platform on Air Quality and Health. He is a collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prof. Dey has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professsional Excellence Fellowship for 2017-18. Prof. Dey is the coordinator of Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi. He is an Associate Faculty of School of Public Policy and Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre (TRIPC), IIT Delhi. He is a member of WHO Southeast Asia non-communicable diseases Regional Technical Advisory group and co-convener of CAPHER-India network. He is serving as Deputy Editor of the Journal of Health and Pollution (NIH journal), Associate Editor of Atmospheric Environment (Elsevier journal) and of Heliyon (Cell press), and Editorial board member of GeoHealth (AGU journal), Scientific Reports (Nature journal) and Earth System Dynamics (EGU journal). He is serving as a member of the scientific advisory committee of the ICMR National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal and the National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad and of the Academic COunil of TERI School of Advanced Studies.

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New work showing that the cumulative impact of individual PM2.5 species may be higher than the impact of PM2.5 mass as a surrogate on child health in India got conditionally accepted in Nature Communications

SAANS Phase 2 project funded by the Central Pollution Control Board commences with the objective to develop hourly PM2.5 database for India

A new project on generating indigenous evidence on air pollution health impacts in India and understanding climate co-benefits of mitigation pathways funded by Clean Air Fund to commence soon

Multi-instutional project on understanding effects of extreme heat on maternal, placental and fetal phyiology, lactation and new born health in India got approved for funding by Welcome Trust

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Description Prof. Sagnik Dey is Institute Chair Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi. He received his M. Sc. in Applied Geoscience from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M. Tech. and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. He worked as Postdoctoral Scientist at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA for three years before joining IIT Delhi. His research interests are to understand 'air quality, climate change and health nexus' and 'remote sensing of the Earth's climate system'. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed research articles (h-index - 45 as per google scholar). He received INSA Young Scientist Medal in 2008, NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in 2012, Dr. Sudhansu Kumar Banerji MoES outstanding young faculty fellowship for the period 2011-2013, and Teaching Excellence Award from IIT Delhi in 2016. He is an international collaborator of NASA's MAIA satellite mission and served as an expert member of WHO Global Platform on Air Quality and Health. He is a collaborator of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Prof. Dey has been awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professsional Excellence Fellowship for 2017-18. Prof. Dey is the coordinator of Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA), IIT Delhi. He is an Associate Faculty of School of Public Policy and Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre (TRIPC), IIT Delhi. He is a member of WHO Southeast Asia non-communicable diseases Regional Technical Advisory group and co-convener of CAPHER-India network. He is serving as Deputy Editor of the Journal of Health and Pollution (NIH journal), Associate Editor of Atmospheric Environment (Elsevier journal) and of Heliyon (Cell press), and Editorial board member of GeoHealth (AGU journal), Scientific Reports (Nature journal) and Earth System Dynamics (EGU journal). He is serving as a member of the scientific advisory committee of the ICMR National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal and the National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad and of the Academic COunil of TERI School of Advanced Studies. Interested students may contact directly for opportunity to join our RESEARCH (REmote SEnsing for AeRosol, Climate and Health impact study) group. Disclaimer:I represent my own opinions Latest RESEARCH Group News New work showing that the cumulative impact of individual PM2.5 species may be higher than the impact of PM2.5 mass as a surrogate on child health in India got conditionally accepted in Nature Communications SAANS Phase 2 project funded by the Central Pollution Control Board commences with the objective to develop hourly PM2.5 database for India A new project on generating indigenous evidence on air pollution health impacts in India and understanding climate co-benefits of mitigation pathways funded by Clean Air Fund to commence soon Multi-instutional project on understanding effects of extreme heat on maternal, placental and fetal phyiology, lactation and new born health in India got approved for funding by Welcome Trust