Hemen Sarma

About

Dr. Hemen Sarma is Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Bodoland University (BU), Kokrajhar, Assam, India. He was affiliated with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), USA (2017–2018). He is a co-author of multiple The Lancet publications, including four landmark Global Burden of Disease 2023 (GBD 2023) studies, contributing evidence that informs national and global health-policy discussions on mortality trends, infectious-disease disruptions, and the growing burden of chronic diseases. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS, 2022) and has been listed among the Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists (2023–2025).

His research integrates biochar innovation, plant–microbe–materials science, environmental toxicology, and One Health–aligned environmental risk assessment. He leads projects funded by DBT, DST/ANRF-SERB, DBT-NER, and ASTEC, advancing sustainable agriculture, remediation of contaminated soils, and low-cost sensing of heavy metals in water. Internationally, he has strengthened BU’s collaborations through MoUs with Hokkaido University (Japan), the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), and the University of Dodoma (Tanzania). He served as a UNESCO–TWAS Visiting Expert (2024) and is a Visiting Fellow at Hokkaido University, Japan (2026).

Employment

• Bodoland University Professor
  2025 - Present
• University of Texas at El Paso Post Doc
  2017 - 2018
• N N S College Assistant Professor
  2012 - Present

Education

• University of Texas at El Paso Post Doc
  2017 - 2018
• Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Post Doc
  2011 - 2012
• North-Eastern Hill University Post Doc
  2009 - 2010
• Gauhati University Ph D
  2002 - 2008

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (159)

• Micro, Nano, and Biodegradable Plastics: Hidden Threats to Plant Health and Soil Function
  Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s44169-025-00105-4
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• Eco-restorative plant-microbe-biostimulant system for nitro-PAHs detoxification: a one health approach to urban soil carbon recovery
  Environmental Research 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.124820
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• Bio-inspired fluorescent agent derived from Mucuna pruriens for PeT-mediated sensitive detection of Cu(II) ions in environmental water
  Chemosphere 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2026.144973
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• Electrochemical sensor technologies for early detection of food allergens and spoilage: Advancing food safety and security
  Next Research 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.nexres.2026.101677
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• Laboratory-to-field evaluation of ZnO nanoparticles for management of Fusarium solani–associated tea dieback
  Next Bioengineering 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.nxbio.2026.100023
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• Microbial community shifts and nutrient alteration in rice rhizospheres induced by Fe functionalized magnetic nanocarbon derived from rice husk
  Journal of Environmental Management 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128840
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• Microbial dehalogenation of halogenated organic pollutants: a review
  Environmental Chemistry Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10311-025-01880-1
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• Carbon quantum dots as multifunctional nanomaterials for sustainable optoelectronic biosensing and green photonics
  Communications Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s43246-025-01056-y
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• Environmentally benign synthesis of blue fluorescent graphene quantum dots for nitroaromatic sensing (p-nitroaniline and 2,4,6-trinitrophenol) and their nanophytotoxicity analysis
  The Analyst 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6AN00045B
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• Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
  Lancet Infectious Diseases 2026 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00689-9
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