International Advisory Committee

Pratim-Biswas

Pratim Biswas (Chair)

University of Miami, USA

Amy-P.-Sullivan

Amy P. Sullivan

Colorado State University, USA

chak-chan

Chak Chan

King Abdullah University of Science and Tech, Saudi Arabia

Chih-Chieh-Chan

Chih-Chieh Chen

National Taiwan University,
Taiwan

Christof-Asbach

Christof Asbach

Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA), Germany

chuen-jin-Tsai

Chuen-Jinn Tsai

National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

claudia-mohr

Claudia Mohr

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Dra-Graciela-Raga

Graciela Binimelis de Raga

National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico

Jingkun-Jiang

Jingkun Jiang

Tsinghua University, China

Juliana-Jalaludin

Juliana Jalaludin

Universiti Putra, Malaysia

jungho-hwang

Jungho Hwang

Yonsei University, Korea

junji-cao

Junji Cao

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Maosheng_YAO

Maosheng Yao

Peking University, China

Marku-Kulmala

Marku Kulmala

Helsinki University, Finland

mihalopoulos-nikos

Nikos Mihalopoulos

University of Crete, Greece

noor_zaitun-yahaya

Noor Zaitun Yahaya

Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Rajshekhar-Balasubramaniam

Rajshekhar Balasubramaniam

National Univ of Singapore, Singapore

Shun-cheng-lee

Shun-cheng Lee

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou

T.C.-Hsiao-National-taiwan

T.C. Hsiao

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Takafumi-Seto-seto

Takafumi Seto

Kanazawa University, Japan

Tawatchai-Charinpanitkul

Tawatchai Charinpanitkul

Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

vishal-Verma-VVerma

Vishal Verma

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States

wuled-lenggoro

Wuled Lenggoro

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Y.S.-Mayya

Y. S. Mayya

IIT Bombay, India

Neeraj-Rastogi

Neeraj Rastogi (Convener)

PRL Ahmedabad, India

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Kalpana Balakrishnan

SRIHER, India

Title of the talk:
Air Pollution, Health and Air Quality Actions: Do we need more evidence or more risk communication?

Biodata: Professor Kalpana Balakrishnan is a senior global environmental health researcher with nearly 30 years of experience in leading large-scale field epidemiological studies in India. Her primary research involvement has been in the area of health effects of household and ambient air pollution and chemical risk assessment. She has designed and conducted multiple cohort studies and has also been involved with multi-country randomized control trials, to strengthen the evidence for efficacy of air pollution interventions on birth/early childhood and adult cardio-vascular outcomes. She is globally acclaimed for her contributions on developing novel exposure assessment approaches to characterize the complex multi-media exposures experienced by rural and urban populations in low- and middle-income countries She is currently engaged in research and training collaborations with a network of more than 50 national and international institutional partners to address national and global health research priorities. She is a distinguished fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in India.

Dr. Balakrishnan’s CV and profile can be downloaded here (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5905-1801)

Rochish M Thaokar

IIT Bombay Chemical Engineering

Title of the talk:
Studies on charged droplets, particle capture and Rayleigh breakup culiminating in the development of scaled-⁠up, electrospray-⁠based air-⁠cleaner device

Biodata: Rochish M Thaokar, is a professor in the department of chemical engineering, having joined in 2005. He did his BTech from LIT Nagpur, 1995, and ME, PhD from IISc Bangalore. He worked as a scientist in TRDDC Pune and conducted postdoctoral research at Max Planck Institute for Polymer research in Mainz, Germany. He has since graduated around 25 PhD students, in the area of electrohydrodynamics. He collaborates with Prof Mayya on electrodynamics of droplets and particles, looking at fundamentals and applications. He has worked in the past with Reliance Industries limited on crude oil electrodesalters.

Prof. Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

Greece

Title of the talk: Health impact of aerosols: A multiparametric approach over Greece

Prof. Nikolaos Mihalopoulos graduated from Chemistry department (University of Athens, 1984) and obtained a PhD (1989) from University Paris VII (France) in Atmospheric Sciences. In 1993 he was elected as Assistant Professor at the University of Crete and in 2003 as Full Professor. Between 2013-2023 he acted as Director of the Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Today is Research Director at IERSD/NOA.

His expertise is in the field of Atmospheric chemistry and physics and Global biogeochemical cycles. He is also visiting Professor at Cyprus Institute since 2011. He has participated in more than 60 research programs (in 45 as coordinator) and acted as a member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee in 15 National and International Conferences. He has published more than 450 original papers (more than 33000 citations, h-index = 103). He has supervised 20 PhD theses, 50 Master Theses and over 100 Diploma works.

He is President of IARA (International AeRosol Association) and of HAAR, (Hellenic Association of Aerosol Research) and National representative at JRC (Joint Research Center). He acted as member of the National Council for adaptation to the climatic change (2018-2019), as member and President of the Environment Committee of NATO (2004-2007) and member of the selection committee for advanced ERC grants (2019-2022).

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