Hema Priyamvada R

About

I'm an environmental bio-technologist working on the air quality research. My broad research areas are, 'Aerosol instrumentation' , 'Aerosol in materials', 'Aerosol in medicine' and 'Bioaerosol detection'. As a team at Clarkson University, we are trying to develop aerosol based targeted therapy for the tuberculosis disease. Simultaneously, we are addressing the issue of ‘hospital acquired infections’, using a novel, low-cost, handy, bioaerosol collector and aerosol sensor called ‘TRAC-B, a project that is funded by NSF SBIR’.This commercial-off-the-shelf device was built by our team in association with the start-up POTSDAM SENSORS (https://www.potsdamsensors.com/). Besides research, writing and voracious reading, keeps me buoyant..! Find my science and non-science blogs at http://the-dna-lady.com/

Employment

• Clarkson University Post doctoral researcher
  2018 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras Project Officer
  2017 - 2018

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Madras PhD
  2012 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (7)

• Design and evaluation of a new electrostatic precipitation-based portable low-cost sampler for bioaerosol monitoring
  Aerosol Science and Technology 2021 DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2020.1812503
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• Assessment of PM and bioaerosols at diverse indoor environments in a southern tropical Indian region
  Building and Environment 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.04.016
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• Characterization of bacterial diversity and ice-nucleating ability during different monsoon seasons over a southern tropical Indian region
  Atmospheric Environment 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.08.026
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• Seasonal variation of the dominant allergenic fungal aerosols - One year study from southern Indian region
  Scientific Reports 2017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11727-7
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• Terrestrial macrofungal diversity from the tropical dry evergreen biome of Southern India and its potential role in aerobiology
  PLoS ONE 2017 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169333
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• Morphological characteristics of bioaerosols from contrasting locations in southern tropical India - A case study
  Atmospheric Environment 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.071
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• Sonophotocatalytic treatment of methyl orange dye and real textile effluent using synthesised nano-zinc oxide
  Coloration Technology 2015 DOI: 10.1111/cote.12139
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