VIKAS GOEL

About

Dr. Vikas Goel is an atmospheric scientist with over a decade of research experience in air quality monitoring, aerosol characterization, source apportionment, instrument development, and secondary aerosol formation. He is currently a Research Scientist in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, where he leads the development and testing of a miniaturized gas chromatograph (GC) for near–real-time chemical analysis of aerosols and oversees laboratory operations. Dr. Goel has extensive expertise in both field and laboratory studies and has worked with a wide range of state-of-the-art instrumentation, including ACSM, Xact, PTR-ToF-MS, Aethalometer, SMPS and PAM reactors. He also has experience applying machine learning and deep learning techniques to analyze complex environmental datasets. His doctoral research at CSIR–National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, focused on the physico-chemical properties of atmospheric particles and their implications for aerosol optics, including optical modeling using T-matrix and DDA approaches. Dr. Goel has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and has received multiple international travel awards, reflecting his active contributions to the global aerosol research community.

Employment

• Virginia Tech Research Scientist
  2025 - Present
• Virginia Tech Postdoc Associate
  2024 - 2025
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Principal Project Scientist
  2023 - 2024
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Postdoc
  2021 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Research Associate
  2021 - 2021

Education

• University of Delhi Masters of Science
  2012 - 2014
• University of Delhi Bachelor of Science
  2009 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (19)

• Impact of indoor plant-induced relative humidity on PM concentration in indoor urban environment
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.APR.2025.102468
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• Physico-chemical characterization of atmospheric particles during two intense dust storms in the vicinity of Thar Desert
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.APR.2025.102532
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• Variability of Carbonaceous Aerosols in Two Distinct Climatic Zones of the North-Western-Himalaya (India): An Expedition during Summer 2022
  Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 2025 DOI: 10.56042/IJPAP.V63I3.15681
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• Deposition of Particulate Matter on Roadside Plant Leaves in Urban Environment (New Delhi): Implications to Plant Health
  Aerosol Science and Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1007/S41810-025-00318-Z
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• Two different approaches for source apportionment of ambient black carbon in highly polluted environments
  Atmospheric Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120863
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• Study of secondary organic aerosol formation and aging using ambient air in an oxidation flow reactor during high pollution events over Delhi
  Environmental Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118542
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• Variations in Black Carbon concentration and sources during COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi
  Chemosphere 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129435
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• Variation in chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 during the COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi
  Environment International 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106541
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• Source apportionment of black carbon over Delhi: A case study of extreme biomass burning events and Diwali festival
  Urban Climate 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100926
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• Particle composition and morphology over urban environment (New Delhi): Plausible effects on wheat leaves
  Environmental Research 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111552
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