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Dr Sneha Gautam

Karunya University, Marwadi Education Foundation's Group of Institutions, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2978-844X
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Dr. SNEHA GAUTAM is Professor (Research) & Head in the Water Institute and Division of Civil Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He is a Professor in the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. (Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.Tech. (Environmental Science and Engineering) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as a Researcher at INCLEN and the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, and further postdoctoral research at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan.
Dr. Gautam’s name has been consecutively listed (2021–2025) among the Top 2% Scientists of the World by Stanford University. He has received several prestigious recognitions, including the Young Scientist Award (2023) by the Academy of Sciences, Chennai, Young Scientist Award (2022), IEI Special Appreciation Award (2021), IEI Young Achiever Award (2020), IEI Young Scientist Award (2019), the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Elsevier, and an International Travel Grant from the Government of India.
He serves as an Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, and Guest Editor for several high-impact international journals, including those published by Nature (Scientific Reports), Springer (Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Environmental Development and Sustainability, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, SN Applied Sciences), Elsevier (Gondwana Research, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology), and Wiley (Geological Journal).
With over 210 research articles in reputed international journals (h-index: 48; i10-index: 164; citations: 8561+), Dr. Gautam has established a strong global research network, and his work has been featured in Al Jazeera, The Times of India, and Trinity.
His research interests encompass the atmospheric environment, focusing on climate-weather interactions, air and water pollution measurement and modeling, bioaerosols, personal exposure assessment, urban and rural air quality, microplastics, emerging contaminants in air & water, and sensor-based environmental monitoring technologies.

Employment

  • Karunya University Professor (Research)
    2025 - Present
  • Marwadi Education Foundation's Group of Institutions Assistant Professor
    2017 - 2019
  • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Post Doc Fellow
    2016 - 2017
  • The INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi Environmental Health Scientist (Grade -1)
    2015 - 2016

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur PhD
    2010 - 2015
  • Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad M.Tech.
    2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

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Publications (55)