Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Singh is a research fellow at Chubu Institute for Advanced Studies, Chubu University, Japan. Dr. Singh's career has evolved from Life science (First degree) to Biotechnology (M.Sc. and M. Tech degree), and finally to Environmental science and Engineering (Ph.D. on Organic aerosol processing and effect of ambient submicron particles on human health and associated risk assessment). He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow from prestigious laboratories of NUS Singapore and IMT Lille Douai France. He was awarded with prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Individual-European Fellowship at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)/IRCELyon, France, and extended his work in the area of Environmental Research and Public health.
Research Interests
Aerosols and Bioaerosol
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Receptor Model Source Apportionment for Air Quality Management
Aerosol-Cloud interactions (Climate Studies/Climate Change)
Environmental toxicology and health risk assessment
Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Air Pollution
Selected Publications
1. Gérard V, Noziere* B, Fine L, Ferronato C, Singh DK, Frossard A, Cohen RC. Eija A, Lihavainen H, Kivekäs N, Aurela M, Brus D, Frka S, Kušan AC (2019). Concentrations and adsorption isotherms for amphiphilic surfactants in PM1 aerosols from different regions of Europe. Environmental Science & Technology, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03386 . (IF: 7.149)
2. Deshmukh DK, Kawamura K, Gupta T, Haque MM, Singh DK, Tsai YI* (2019). High Loadings of Water-soluble Oxalic Acid and Related Compounds in PM2.5 Aerosols in Eastern Central India: Influence of Biomass Burning and Photochemical Processing. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 10.4209/aaqr.2019.10.0543.
3. Rajeev P, Rajput P, Singh DK, Singh AK and Gupta T* (2018). Risk assessment of submicron PM-bound hexavalent chromium during wintertime. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 24, 1453-1463.
4. Rajput P, Singh DK, Singh AK and Gupta T* (2018). Chemical composition and source-apportionment of sub-micron particles during wintertime over Northern India: New insights on influence of fog-processing. Environmental Pollution, 233, 81-91. (Impact Factor: 4.2)
5. Choudhary V., Rajput P., Singh D.K., Singh A.K. and Gupta T* (2018). Light absorption characteristics of brown carbon during foggy and non-foggy episodes over the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Atmospheric Pollution Research,9, 494-501.
6. Singh DK, Kawamura K*, Yanase A and Barrie L (2017). Distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic Ketones, carboxylic acids and trace metals in Arctic Aerosols: Long-Range Atmospheric Transport and Photochemical Degradation/Production at Polar Sunrise". (ACS) Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (16), 8992-9004. (Impact Factor: 7.149)
7. Singh DK* and Gupta T (2017). Role of ammonium ion and transition metals in the formation of secondary organic aerosol and metallo-organic complex within fog processed ambient deliquescent submicron particles collected in central part of Indo-Gangetic Plain. Chemosphere, 181, 725-737. (Impact Factor: 4.2)
8. Singh DK and Gupta T* (2016). Effect through inhalation on human health of PM1 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons collected from foggy days in northern part of India. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 306, 257-268. (Impact Factor: 6.06)
9. Singh DK and Gupta T* (2016). Source apportionment and risk assessment of PM1 bound trace metals collected during foggy and non-foggy episodes at a representative site in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Science of the Total Environment, 550, 80-94. (Impact Factor: 5.09)
10. Singh DK and Gupta T* (2016). Role of transition metals with water-soluble organic carbon in the formation of secondary organic aerosol and metallo-organics in PM1 sampled during post monsoon and pre-winter time. Journal of Aerosol Science, 94, 56-69. (Impact Factor: 2.27)
11. Rajput P, Mandariya A, Kachawa L, Singh DK*, Singh AK and Gupta T (2016). Chemical characterization and source-apportionment of PM1 during massive loading at an urban location in Indo-Gangetic Plain: Impact of local sources and long-range transport. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology 2016, 68, 30659, (Impact Factor: 3.34)
12. Singh DK, Sharma S, Habib G and Gupta T* (2015). Speciation of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present during fog time collected submicron particles. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22, 12458-12468. (Impact Factor: 2.83)
13. Gupta T* and Singh DK (2015). Organic species emitted as a part of combustion residue: fate and transformation in the ambient air. Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 1, 10-18.
14. Rajput P, Mandaria A, Kachawa L, Singh DK, Singh AK and Gupta T* (2015). Wintertime source-apportionment of PM1 from Kanpur in the Indo-Gangetic plain. Climate Change, 1(4), 503-507.
15. Singh DK, Lakshay and Gupta T* (2014). Field performance evaluation during fog-dominated wintertime of a newly developed denuder-equipped PM1 sampler. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21, 4551-4564. (Impact Factor: 2.83)
16. Singh DK and Mallick N* (2014). Accumulation potential of lipids and analysis of fatty acid profile of few microalgal species for biodiesel feedstock. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Research, 4(1), 37-44.