Modern Chemistry & Applications

Umesh Kulshrestha

Biography

Dr Umesh Kulshrestha is a Professor at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has received his Ph D degree in Chemistry from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra. He has worked as CSIR scientist at IICT, Hyderabad. He has also worked at Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden and National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during his post doctoral period. He has been associated with various international and national programs on atmospheric sciences including INDOEX, ABC, IGAC-DEBITS-CAD, CAAP, Surya and ICARB etc. Prof Kulshrestha is a recipient of a number of awards viz. START Young Scientist Award by IGBP-START, USA, Thomas Kuhn Honor Pin by IUAPPA and International Academy of Sciences, CSIR Young Scientist Award, and M S Krishnan Gold Medal by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU). He has been a reviewer of IPCC AR5 and Review Editor of WMO/UNEP Integrated Assessment Report on Black Carbon and Ozone 2011. He is a Series Editor of Springer Environmental Chemistry series, Guest Editor of Advances in Meteorology. He has been associated as Editorial Board member with the J Indian Geophysical Union, IORE J Environmental Science, Energy Environment and Carbon Credits, Indian J Chemistry-A. He is a reviewer for a number of journals e.g. J Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosol and Air Quality Research and Climate Change etc. Prof. Kulshrestha is an elected Fellow of IGU. He has co-authored two books which are published by Springer.

Research Interest

His research interests include Chemistry and Climate Change, Air Pollution Monitoring, Atmospheric dust and depositions, Transport and Chemical Transformations, Chemistry of Rain and Snow, Reactive Nitrogen, Air Pollution Biomonitoring, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Bioaerosols, Metal Aerosols, Carbonaceous aerosols.