Tarun Gupta

About

Tarun Gupta is currently serving as an Professor (HAG) in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur. He is also Dean Research and Development at IIT Kanpur. He has earned his Doctor of Science (Environmental Health) Degree in 2004 from Harvard University School of Public Health and Master of Technology (Environmental Science and Engineering) Degree in 2000 from Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. He has till date authored more than 200 peer reviewed international journal publications. He served as a reviewer for more than 40 reputed ISI indexed journals. He has been bestowed upon with salient recognition like VNMM Award (2019), N C Nigam Chair Professorship (2019), INAE Innovator and Entrepreneur Award (2018), INYAS membership (2016), NASI SCOPUS Young Scientist (2015), INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2011) and INAE Young Engineer Award (2009). His broad research interests are development of instruments for aerosol measurement, formation of secondary organic aerosol, personal exposure assessment and health effects of inhaled particles, source apportionment of air pollution, formation and control of engine exhaust emissions, and human risk assessment.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Professor
  2006 - Present

Education

• Harvard School of Public Health Doctor of Science
  2000 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (224)

• Estimating the hygroscopic properties of ambient PM2.5 at a downflow site in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain
  Atmospheric Pollution Research 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2026.103163
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• Atmospheric Emissions from Crop Residue Burning and Other Agricultural Activities in India: Why Do Croplands Still Deserve Closer Attention?
  Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00797
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• Particulates and Gaseous Emission from the Indian Cropland Agricultural Sector and Health Burden Attributable to Emitted Primary PM2.5
  ACS ES&T Air 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsestair.5c00107
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• Upcycling ambient particulate matter pollutants into high-performance carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage and oxygen evolution catalysis
  Surfaces and Interfaces 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106116
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• Review of Current and Future Indoor Air Purifying Technologies
  ACS ES&T Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.4c00460
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• Health effects of selected environmental Exposomes Across the Life courSe in Indian populations using longitudinal cohort studies: GEOHealth HEALS Study protocol
  BMJ Open 2024 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087445
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• Identifying the sources of PM2.5 at a COALESCE site in the Brahmaputra Valley Region using dispersion normalized PMF
  Atmospheric Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120501
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• Mass and Light Absorption Properties of Atmospheric Carbonaceous Aerosols over the Outflow Regions of Indo-Gangetic Plain
  Atmospheric Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120413
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• Total carbon characterization and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity assessment for particulate matter produced from Alcohol-Diesel blend
  Fuel 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2024.131050
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• Assessment of entrainment of key PAHs emanating from major combustion sources into the ambient air
  Fuel 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128430
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