Introduction
Sourangsu received his Bachelors degree in Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara in 2010. He received his M.Sc degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Calcutta in 2012. Subsequently, he joined PhD with Sagnik Dey at Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2013 and received the degree in 2019. His primary research interest is to quantify impact of particulate matter on human health in India using multi-pronged modelling techniques. He was a Nehru-Fulbright fellow at School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley with Kirk R. Smith. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher with Jos Lelieveld at Department of Atmospheric Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz.
Expert
My research goals are to model and understand the sources of ambient air pollutants, their major components, intercontinental transport of pollutants and quantify their impact on human health. I am also profoundly interested in projecting the impact of climate change on population exposure to air pollutants.
For supporting and driving region specific policies to mitigate the exposure to ambient PM2.5, I attempt to understand their major sources. Also, besides treating PM2.5 exposure as a ‘black box’, I try to understand the sources of its components, eg. black carbon, secondary and primary organic aerosols.
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change