Tarun Gupta Associate Professor   B.Sc., University of Delhi, 1996 M.Sc., IIT Roorkee, 1998 M.Tech., IIT Bombay, 2000 Doctor of Science, Harvard University, 2004 Room: 310 Faculty Building Phone: (91-512) 259 7128 eMail:tarun[AT]iitk.ac.in Web: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~tarun/

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Development of instruments for aerosol measurement
• Engineering control of particles in ambient and indoor settings
• Physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric pollutants
• formation of secondary organic aerosol
• Personal exposure assessment and health effects of inhaled particles
• Source apportionment of air pollution
• formation and control of engine exhaust emissions, and risk assessment.

SELECTED AWARDS AND HONOURS

• INAE Young Engineer Award (2009) (Air Pollution Measurement and Control)
• INDO-US Frontiers of Science Symposium Joint Research Award (2009)
• IEI Young Engineers Award (2008) in Environmental Engineering discipline by The Institution of Engineers (India)
• INSA young scientist Medal 2011
  

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS [2004 Onwards] 

• Devi, J. Jai., Tripathi, S. N.,  Gupta, Tarun., Singh, B.N.,  Gopalakrishnan, V.,  and Tellus, S. Dey., “Observation-based 3-D view of aerosol radiative properties over Indian Continental Tropical Convergence Zone: Implications to regional climate, 2011. (in press)

• Edgar A. Diaz, Lemos, Miriam., Long, Mark., Coull, Brent., Ruiz, Pablo., Gupta, Tarun., Kang, Choong-Min., Vlassidis, Erick., and Godleski, J.J., “Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emission Source Aerosols (TERESA): Assessment of Breathing Pattern.”, Inhalation Toxicology (doi:10.3109/08958378.2010.578169), 2011.

• Gangwar, Jitendra., Gupta, Tarun., Gupta, Sudhir., and Agarwal, Avinash Kumar., “Emissions from Diesel vs. Biodiesel Fuel Used in a CRDI SUV Engine: PM Mass and Chemical Composition”., InhalationToxicology, Vol.23(8), 2011, pp.449-458.

• Gupta, Tarun., Jaiprakash and Dubey, Shefali., “Field Performance Evaluation of a newly Developed PM2.5 Sampler at IIT Kanpur.”, Science of the Total Environment (doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.020), Vol.409, 2011, pp.3500-3507.

• Godleski, John., Diaz, Edgar., Lemos, Miriam., Long, Chris. Ruiz, Pablo. Gupta, Tarun., Kang, Choong-Min., and Coull, Brent., “Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emission Source Aerosols (TERESA) -Power Plant Studies: Assessment of Cellular Responses”., Inhalation toxicology (doi:10.3109/08958378.2010.563804), 2011. 

• Singh, Vivek. Pratap., Gupta, Tarun., Tripathi, Sachchida Nand., Jariwala, Chinmay., and Das, Utpal., “Experimental Study of the Effects of Environmental and Fog Condensation Nuclei Parameters on Rate of Fog Formation and Dissipation using a New Laboratory Scale Fog Generation Facility.”, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Vol.11, 2011, pp.140-154.

• Gregory A. Wellenius, Edgar A. Diaz, Gupta, Tarun., Pablo A. Ruiz, Mark Long, Choong Min Kang, Brent A. Coull, John J. Godleski “Electrocardiographic and Respiratory Responses to Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions in a Rat Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions of Source Aerosols (TERESA) Study.”, Inhalation Toxicology (doi:10.3109/08958378.2010.554461), 2011.

• Kivevele, Thomas., Agarwal, Avinash, Kumar., Gupta, Tarun., and Mbarawa, Makame., “Oxidation Stability of Biodiesel Produced from Non-Edible Oils of African Origin”., SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-1202, 2011.

• Gupta, Tarun., Dikshit, Neelabh., Agarwal, Avinash Kumar., and Gupta, Sudhir., “The Secondary Organic Carbon (SOC) Formation from a CRDI Automotive Diesel Engine Exhaust.”, SAE Technical Paper 2011-01-0642, 2011.

• Agarwal, Avinash Kumar., Gupta, Tarun., and Kothari, Abhishek., “Particulate Emissions from Biodiesel Vs Diesel Fuelled Compression Ignition Engine.”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review (DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2011.04.002), 2011.