Anand Kumar

About

Anand is the Research & Operations Manager for the Rapid Air Improvement Network (RAIN) project (at UBC) which aims to integrate spatially-dense sensor networks, mobile monitoring and sophisticated instrumentation to map and characterize air pollutants with the detail needed to support effective interventions on short and long term timescales. Anand has a background in particulate matter measurement & instrumentation as well as aspects of heterogeneous ice nucleation in the atmosphere. His master’s research work (at IITK) was focussed on designing, developing and performing field evaluation of a multiple slit nozzle-based high volume PM2.5 inertial impactor assembly. An Indian patent was filed for the assembly design and is in final stage of approval. His Ph.D research (at ETHZ) focussed on heterogeneous ice nucleation on mineral dust and the impact of atmospherically relevant chemical species on the ice nucleation abilities of various mineral dusts. He further explored this topic in his postdoc (at UBC) by using Molecular Dynamics Simulation technique to elucidate physical behavior of mineral-solute-water systems at low temperatures on short time and length scales that are not directly accessible experimentally.

Employment

• University of British Columbia Research & Operations Manager
  2024 - 2029
• The University of British Columbia Installation Manager
  2022 - 2024
• The University of British Columbia PostDoctoral Fellow
  2019 - 2022
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich PostDoc
  2018 - 2019
• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Research Associate
  2014 - 2014
• Simplex Infrastructures Ltd Assistant Engineer
  2010 - 2011

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (15)

• Ice nucleation by smectites: the role of the edges
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2023
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• Effects of pH on Ice Nucleation by the α-Alumina (0001) Surface
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022 14 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c06417
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• The effect of (NH4)2SO4 on the freezing properties of non-mineral dust ice-nucleating substances of atmospheric relevance
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2021 37 citations DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-14631-2021
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• Molecular Simulations of Feldspar Surfaces Interacting with Aqueous Inorganic Solutions: Interfacial Water/Ion Structure and Implications for Ice Nucleation
  ACS Earth And Space Chemistry 2021 23 citations DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00216
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• Effects of Inorganic Acids and Organic Solutes on the Ice Nucleating Ability and Surface Properties of Potassium-Rich Feldspar
  ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2021 47 citations DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00034
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• The effect of (NH4)2SO4 on the freezing properties of non-mineral dust ice nucleating substances of atmospheric relevance
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 2021 0 citations DOI: 10.5194/acp-2021-245
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• Surface Composition Dependence on the Ice Nucleating Ability of Potassium-rich Feldspar
  ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2020 49 citations DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00077
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• Ice nucleation activity of silicates and aluminosilicates in pure water and aqueous solutions – Part 3: Aluminosilicates
  Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 2019 100 citations DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-6059-2019
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• Research Data supporting "Enhanced ice nucleation efficiency of K & Na/Ca feldspar, kaolinite and micas immersed in dilute NH3 and NH4+-containing solutions"
  ETH Zurich: Research Collection 2018 0 citations DOI: 10.3929/ETHZ-B-000260067
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• Research Data supporting "Ice nucleation activity of silicates and aluminosilicates in pure water and aqueous solutions. Part 2 – Quartz and amorphous silica"
  ETH Zurich: Research Collection 2018 0 citations DOI: 10.3929/ETHZ-B-000286931
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