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Aparajeo Chattopadhyay

Scientist, Petrenko Lab

PhD, Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India, 2018

Office Location
B03 Hutchison Hall

Research Overview

I am an atmospheric chemist as well as an experimental physical chemist with extensive experience in laboratory-based investigations of atmospheric chemical processes related to air quality and climate change.  In the Ice core and atmospheric chemistry laboratory, I plan to work with atmospheric and ice core samples to understand trends in methane (CH4), a major greenhouse gas as well as hydroxyl (OH) radical which is the main atmospheric oxidant.  My research will also include measuring kinetic isotope effect for OH+CH4 reaction to improve model uncertainties in CH4 budget.  I shall also be involved in atmospheric monitoring of key greenhouse gases.  In future, I plan to study chemistry of atmospheric pollutants and emerging greenhouse gases in the laboratory as well.

 

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric chemistry: air quality and climate change
  • Global methane (CH4) budget
  • Hydroxyl (OH) radical abundance in the past and modern atmosphere
  • Gas kinetics, photochemistry, and spectroscopy
  • Ice cores
  • Atmospheric monitoring

Selected Publications

  • A. Chattopadhyay, V. C. Papadimitriou, J. B. Burkholder*, , Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 2023, 55, 392-401.
  • A. Chattopadhyay, Y. Bedjanian, M.N. Romanias, A.D. Eleftheriou, V.S. Melissas, V.C. Papadimitriou, J. B. Burkholder*, , Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2022, 126, 5407-5419.
  • A. Chattopadhyay, T. Gierczak, P. Marshall, V.C. Papadimitriou, J. B. Burkholder*, , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021, 23, 4901-4911.
  • A. Chattopadhyay, V. C. Papadimitriou, P. Marshall, J. B. Burkholder*, Int. J. Chem. Kinet. 2020, 52, 623-631.
  • A. Chattopadhyay*, M. Samanta, K. Mondal, T. Chakraborty*, J. Chem. Sci. 2018, 130, 54.
  • A. Chattopadhyay*, P. Chatterjee, T. Chakraborty*, J. Phys. Chem. A. 2015, 119, 8146−8155.

Past Appointments

Research Scientist, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory and CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. 2018-2023

Memberships

  • Member, American Geophysical Union, USA (AGU), 2019 – present.
  • Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (MRSC), 2020 - present.
  • Associate Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (AMRSC), 2016 - 2020.

Awards

  • Researcher Development Grant, 2022, by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
  • Newton International Fellowship Award, 2018, by the Royal Society, UK, and SERB, India (declined).
  • International Travel Grant from the SERB, Govt. of India for attending the 24th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics and Related Phenomena 2016 at the University of York, UK.
  • Best Poster Presentation Award at the National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (NSRP) 2015 held at IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Best Poster Presentation Award at the National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (NSRP) 2013 held at NEHU, Shillong, India.
  • CSIR - Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) 2011 through NET by CSIR, Govt. of India for pursuing Ph.D. in Universities and Research Institutes in India.