Pooja Pawar
Research Scholar
pooja.pawar@tropmet.res.in
About
A chess player (Think before any activity is her greatest ability)!
Indian Ammonia girl passionate to work in atmospheric chemistry.
Pursuing Ph.D. in Chemical Technology on topic titled “Understanding atmospheric ammonia and its role in atmospheric chemistry using observations and chemical transport modelling” at Department of Chemical Technology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Scientific Careers
Research fellow , Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune India
Nov 2017 - Present
M-tech Project Student, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune India
July 2016 - May 2017
Jr. Engineer (Environmental), Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, Kolhapur
1 July 2015 - 15 August 2015
Project Engineer (Environmental), at IIT Bombay
2 June 2014 - 1 June 2015
Work Expertise
Observations:
Experience in MARGA data analyses from WiFEX measurements
Used IASI satellite data products
Worked on more than 70 CPCB station data of ammonia in India and 30 NNDMN station data of China
Modelling:
Weather Research and forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem)
Experience in Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS)
Academic Records
Ph.D. (ongoing), department of Chemical Technology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Research institute : Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
Dissertation title: Understanding atmospheric ammonia and its role in atmospheric chemistry over Southeast Asia.
Advisors: Dr. Sachin D Ghude
Year of registration : Jan 2020
M.Tech., Environmental Science and Technology, Department of Technology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Dissertation title: Detection of Atmospheric NH3 from IASI satellite and its validation using chemistry transport model over India
Advisors: Dr. Sachin D Ghude
2016-2017
B.E., Environmental Engineering, Kolhapur Institute of Technology (KIT), Shivaji University, Kolhapur
2012-2014
List of Publication
- Gunwani P., Govardhan G. , Chinmay Jena, Santosh Kulkarni, Sreyashi Debnath, Prafull Yadav, Pooja Pawar Jadhav, Manoj Khare, Akshara Kaginalkar, Rajesh Kumar, Dilip Chate and Sachin D. Ghude Sensitivity of WRF/Chem to different Meteorological Initial Conditions and PBL parameterization schemes, Atmospheric Environment under review (2022)
- Nivdange Sandip, Chinmay Jena, Pooja Pawar , Gaurav Govardhan, Sreyashi Debnath, Santosh Kulkarni, Prasanna Lonkar, Akash Vispute, Narendra Dhangar, Avinash Parde, Prodip Acharja, Vinod Kumar, Prafull Yadav, Rachana Kulkarni, Manoj Khare, N. R. Karmalkar Nationwide CoViD-19 lockdown impact on air quality in India MAUSAM 73.1 (2022): 115-128, (2022) [Link ]
- R. Latha, A. Mukherjee, K. Dahiya, S. Bano, Pooja Pawar , R. Kalbande, S. Maji, G. Beig, B.S. Murthy On the varied emission fingerprints of particulate matter over typical locations of NCR (Delhi) – A perspective for mitigation plans Journal of Environmental Management (2022) [Link ]
- Pooja V. Pawar , Sachin D. Ghude, Gaurav Govardhan, Prodip Acharja, Rachana Kulkarni, Rajesh Kumar, Baerbel Sinha, Vinayak Sinha, Chinmay Jena, Preeti Gunwani, Tapan K. Adhya, Eiko Nemitz, and Mark A. Sutton "Hydrochloric acid emission dominates inorganic aerosol formation from ammonia in the Indo-Gangetic Plain during winter" Chem. Phys. Discuss. (2022) [Link ]
- Pooja V. Pawar , Sachin D. Ghude, Chinmay Jena, Andrea Mring, Mark A. Sutton, Santosh Kulkarni, Deen Mani Lal, Divya Surendran, Martin Van Damme, Lieven Clarisse, Pierre-Franois Coheur, Xuejun Liu, Gaurav Govardhan, Wen Xu, Jize Jiang, and Tapan Kumar Adhya Analysis of atmospheric ammonia over South and East Asia based on the MOZART-4 model and its comparison with satellite and surface observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, (2021) [Link ]
- Móring Andrea, Hooda Sunila, Raghuram Nandula, Adhya Tapan Kumar, Ahmad Altaf, Bandyopadhyay Sanjoy K., Barsby Tina, Beig Gufran, Bentley Alison R., Bhatia Arti, Dragosits Ulrike, Drewer Julia, Foulkes John, Sachin D. Ghude, Gupta, R., Jain, N., Kumar, D., Kumar, R. M., Ladha, J. K., Mandal, P. K., Neeraja, C. N., Pandey, R., Pathak, H., Pooja Pawar et al., Nitrogen challenges and opportunities for agricultural and environmental science in India, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 505347.16 pp. (2021) [Link ]
- Beig, G., Sahu, S. K., Dhote, M., Tikle, S., Mangaraj, P., Mandal, A., Dhole, S., Dash, S., Korhale, N., Rathod, A. et al. Pooja Pawar et al. SAFAR-high resolution emission inventory of Megacity Delhi for 2018, Spec. Sci. Report, SAFAR-Delhi-2018-A, ISSN, 252–1075, (2018)
- Latake, P. T., Pooja V. Pawar and Ranveer, A. C. The Greenhouse Effect and Its Impacts on Environment Int. J. Innov. Res. Creat. Technol., 5(2), 5965, (2016) [Link ]
- Pooja V. Pawar , Latake, P. T. and Ranveer, A. C. Odour Pollution and Its Measurement, Int. J. Res. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol., 3(Xii), 221229 (2015)
Research
- Atmospheric ammonia
- Gas-particle interaction
- Atmospheric Chemistry and modelling
- Air-quality monitoring
Achievements
State level Chess player.
Selected for 8 mins oral presentation at the Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon (ACAM) session in the IGAC 2021 Conference held on 14 September 2021.
Participated in Chennai GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub: Workshop on Regional Nitrogen Modelling, 2019.
Selected as junior research fellow for two weeks in University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2018.
Participated in the joint workshop of the INDIA-UK Virtual Nitrogen centres, held at the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi, Oct 2017.
Ranked 1st in TECHFEST 2017 at Department of Technology, Kolhapur for Best Project in Mtech Environmental Science and Technology.
Stood 1st in merit in Shivaji University in Mtech (EST) and 3rd in B.E (Environmental Engineering).