Jai Prakash

About

Currently, Jai Prakash is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science under the School of Earth Science at Central University of Rajasthan. He has more than 4-years of research experience from Centre for Science and Environmental (CSE), New Delhi, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
He has authored 20 journal articles, 2 book chapters, 15 international conferences, and reviewer of 10 ISI-indexed journals. He is awarded SERB-NPDF, 2 International travel grants, and 2 best poster awards in the international conferences.
He is a doctorate from IIT Delhi and M.Tech. from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in Environmental Science and Engineering. He has done M.Sc. in Physics from CCSU Meerut.

Employment

• Central University of Rajasthan Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present
• Centre for Science and Environment Programme Manager
  2021 - 2022
• Washington University in St Louis Visiting Research Scientist
  2019 - 2021
• University of Gothenburg Resident Scientist
  2017 - 2018
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Senior Project Scientist
  2016 - 2017
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Senior Project Associate
  2009 - 2010

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi PhD
  2010 - 2017
• Indian School of Mines Dhanbad M.Tech.
  2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (31)

• Assessment of Fine Aerosol in Two Different Climate Regions of India Using MERRA-2 Products, Ground-based Measurements, and Machine Learning
  Aerosol Science and Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s41810-024-00279-9
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• Temporal dynamics and source characteristics of fine particulate matter using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF)
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2025.102539
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• Assessing the spatial transferability of calibration models across a low-cost sensors network
  Journal of Aerosol Science 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2024.106437
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• Calibrating low-cost sensors using MERRA-2 reconstructed PM2.5 mass concentration as a proxy
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2023.102027
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• Real-Time Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter from Low-Cost Particle Sensors Using Machine Learning
  Aerosol Science and Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s41810-024-00271-3
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• Neglected atmospheric microplastic pollution in South Asia reflects a wider failure
  Ecological Informatics 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101949
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• PM sensors as an indicator of overall air quality: Pre-COVID and COVID periods
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2022.101594
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• Characteristics of PM2.5 emitted from the combustion of vehicular fuel and solid biomass: Thermally fractionated carbon, δ13C values, and filter-based light absorption
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2022.101443
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• A global perspective of the current state of heavy metal contamination in road dust
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18583-7
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• Characterization of Propane Fueled Flames: A Significant Source of Brown Carbon
  Atmosphere 2022 DOI: 10.3390/atmos13081270
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