Sayantan Sarkar

Assistant Professor

Environmental Engineering

Journal Article

1 Sharma, B., Mao, J., Jia, S., Sharma, S. K., Mandal, T. K., Bau, S., & Sarkar, S. (2024). Size-distribution and driving factors of aerosol oxidative potential in rural kitchen microenvironments of northeastern India. Environmental Pollution, 343, 123246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123246 View More
2 Sharma, B., & Sarkar, S. (2023). Disease burden and health risk to rural communities of northeastern India from indoor cooking-related exposure to parent, oxygenated and alkylated PAHs. Science of the Total Environment, 905, 167163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167163 View More
3 Dey, S., Ghosh, P., Rawat, P., Choudhary, N., Rai, A., Meena, R., Mandal, T. K., Mao, J., Jia, S., Rastogi, N., Sharma, S. K., & Sarkar, S. (2023). Optical source apportionment of aqueous brown carbon (BrC) on a daytime and nighttime basis in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) and insights from 13C and 15N isotopic signatures. Science of the Total Environment, 894, 164872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164872 View More
4 Zhang, Q., Jia, S., Chen, W., Mao, J., Yang, L., Krishnan, P., Sarkar, S., Shao, M., & Wang, X. (2023). Contribution of marine biological emissions to gaseous methylamines in the atmosphere: An emission inventory based on multi-source data sets. Science of The Total Environment, , 165285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165285 View More
5 Rana, A., Rawat, P., & Sarkar, S. (2023). Sources, transport pathways and radiative effects of BC aerosol during 2018-2020 at a receptor site in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain. Atmospheric Environment, 309, 119900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119900 View More
6 Sharma, B., Sarkar, S., & Bau, S. (2023). Understanding population exposure to size-segregated aerosol and associated trace elements during residential cooking in northeastern India; Implications for disease burden and health risk. Science of The Total Environment, 875, 162539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162539 View More
7 Rawat, P., Sharma, B., Dey, S., Rana, A., Mukherjee, A., Polana, A. J., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Are fireworks a significant episodic source of brown carbon?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 40252–40261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20183-4 View More
8 Sharma, B., Jia, S., Polana, A. J., Ahmed, M. S., Haque, R. R., Singh, S., Mao, J., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Seasonal variations in aerosol acidity and its driving factors in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain: A quantitative analysis. Chemosphere, 305, 135490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135490 View More
9 Rawat, P., Sharma, B., Dey, S., Rana, A., Mukherjee, A., Polana, A. J., Mao, J., Jia, S., Yadav, A. K., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2022). Are fireworks a significant episodic source of brown carbon? . Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 40252-40261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20183-4 View More
10 Ahmed, M. S., Bhuyan, P., Sarkar, S., & Haque, R. R. (2022). Seven-year study of monsoonal rainwater chemistry over the mid-Brahmaputra plain, India: assessment of trends and source regions of soluble ions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 25276-25295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-17385-7 View More
11 Dey, S., Mukherjee, A., Polana, A. J., Rana, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Yadav, A. K., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2021). Brown carbon aerosols in the Indo-Gangetic Plain outflow: insights from excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts, 23, 745. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EM00050K View More
12 Jia, S., Zhang, Q., Yang, L., Sarkar, S., Krishnan, P., Mao, J., Hang, J., Chang, M., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., & Chen, W. (2021). Deposition of ambient particles in the human respiratory system based on single particle analysis: A case study in the Pearl River Delta, China. Environmental Pollution, 283, 117056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117056 View More
13 Yang, L., Tham, J., Jia, S., Sarkar, S., Fan, W. H., Reid, J. S., Ong, C. N., & Yu, L. E. (2021). Peat-forest burning smoke in Maritime Continent: Impacts on receptor PM2.5 and implications at emission sources. Environmental Pollution, 275, 116626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116626 View More
14 Mao, J., Yang, L., Krishnan, P., Sarkar, S., Zhang, Q., Chen, W., Zhong, B., Jia, S., & Wang, X. (2021). Comparative study of chemical characterization and source apportionment of PM2.5 in South China by filter-based and single particle analysis. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9, 46. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00046 View More
15 Yadav, A. K., Sarkar, S., Jyethi, D., Rawat, P., Aithani, D., Siddiqui, Z., & Khillare, P. (2021). Fine particulate matter bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and carbonaceous species in Delhi’s atmosphere: seasonal variation, sources, and health risk assessment. Aerosol Science and Engineering, 5, 193-213. ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s41810-021-00094-6 View More
16 Mukherjee, A., Dey, S., Rana, A., Jia, S., Banerjee, S., & Sarkar, S. (2020). Sources and atmospheric processing of brown carbon and HULIS in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Insights from compositional analysis. Environmental Pollution, 267, 115440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115440 View More
17 Rana, A., Dey, S., Rawat, P., Mukherjee, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., Yadav, A. K., & Sarkar, S. (2020). Optical properties of aerosol brown carbon (BrC) in the eastern IndoGangetic Plain. Science of the Total Environment, 716, 137102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137102 View More
18 Kolakkandi, V., Sharma, B., Rana, A., Dey, S., Rawat, P., & Sarkar, S. (2020). Spatially resolved distribution, sources and health risks of heavy metals in size-fractionated road dust from 57 sites across megacity Kolkata, India. Science of the Total Environment, 705, 135805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135805 View More
19 Rana, A., Dey, S., Rawat, P., Mukherjee, A., Mao, J., Jia, S., Khillare, P., Yadav, A. K., & Sarkar, S. (2020). Optical properties of aerosol brown carbon (BrC) in the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain. Science of The Total Environment, 716, 137102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137102 View More
20 Jia, S., Zhang, Q., Sarkar, S., Mao, J., Hang, J., Chen, W., Wang, X., & Yang, L. (2020). Size-segregated deposition of atmospheric elemental carbon (EC) in the human respiratory system: A case study of the Pearl River Delta, China. Science of The Total Environment, 708, 134932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134932 View More
21 Chen, X., Zhong, B., Huang, F., Wang, X., Sarkar, S., Jia, S., Deng, X., & Shao, M. (2020). The role of natural factors in constraining long-term ozone trends over Southern China. Atmospheric Environment, 220, 117060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117060 View More
22 Zhang, Q., Sarkar, S., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Mao, J., Yang, L., Shi, Y., & Jia, S. (2019). Evaluation of factors influencing secondary organic carbon (SOC) estimation by CO and EC tracer methods. Science of The Total Environment, 686, 915-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.402 View More
23 Rawat, P., Sarkar, S., Jia, S., Khillare, P., & Sharma, B. (2019). Regional sulfate drives long-term rise in AOD over megacity Kolkata, India. Atmospheric Environment, 209, 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.04.031 View More
24 Tham, J., Sarkar, S., Jia, S., Reid, J. S., Mishra, S., Sudiana, I. M., Swarup, S., Ong, C. N., & Yu, L. E. (2019). Impacts of peat-forest smoke on urban PM2.5 in the Maritime Continent during 2012-2015: Carbonaceous profiles and indicators. Environmental Pollution, 248, 496-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.02.049 View More
25 Rana, A., Jia, S., & Sarkar, S. (2019). Black carbon aerosol in India – a comprehensive review of current status and future prospects. Atmospheric Research, 218, 207-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.12.002 View More
26 Jia, S., Wang, X., Sarkar, S., Zhang, Q., Huang, F., & Yang, L. (2018). Technical note: Comparison and interconversion of pH based on different standard states for aerosol acidity characterization. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 11125-11133. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11125-2018 View More
27 Jia, S., Sarkar, S., Zhang, Q., Wang, X., Chen, W., Huang, F., Zhang, Y., & Yang, L. (2018). Characterization of diurnal variations of PM2.5 acidity using an open thermodynamic system: A case study of Guangzhou, China. Chemosphere, 202, 677-685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.127 View More
28 Sarkar, S., Fan, W. H., Jia, S., Blake, D. R., Reid, J. S., Lestari, P., & Yu, L. E. (2018). A quantitative assessment of distributions and sources of tropospheric halocarbons measured in Singapore.. Science of The Total Environment, 619-620, 528-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.087 View More
29 Colenbrander, S., Gouldson, A., Roy, J., Kerr, N., Sudamant, A., Sarkar, S., Ghatak, A., Chakravarty, D., & Ganguly, D. (2016). Can low-carbon development be pro-poor? The case of Kolkata, India. Environment and Urbanization, 29, 139-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247816677775 View More
30 Sarkar, S., Ahmed, T., Swami, K., Judd, C. D., Bari, A., Dutkiewicz, V. A., & Husain, L. (2015). History of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in lake sediments, ~1880 to 2007. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 5658-5669. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023202 View More
31 Jyethi, D., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2014). Particulate phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the ambient atmosphere of a protected and ecologically sensitive area in a tropical megacity. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 13, 854-860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2014.09.008 View More
32 Jyethi, D., Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2014). Risk assessment of inhalation exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in school children. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21, 366-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1912-6 View More
33 Khillare, P., Hasan, A., & Sarkar, S. (2014). Accumulation and risks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace metals in tropical urban soils. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186, 2907-2923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-013-3589-1 View More
34 Sarkar, S., & Khillare, P. (2013). Profile of PAHs in the inhalable particulate fraction: source apportionment and associated health risks in a tropical megacity. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185, 1199-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2626-9 View More
35 Khillare, P., & Sarkar, S. (2012). Airborne inhalable metals in residential areas of Delhi, India: distribution, source apportionment and health risks. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 3, 46-54. https://doi.org/10.5094/APR.2012.004 View More
36 Khillare, P., Jyethi, D., & Sarkar, S. (2012). Health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals via dietary intake of vegetables grown in the vicinity of thermal power plants. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 50, 1642-1652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2012.01.032 View More
37 Sarkar, S., & Khillare, P. (2011). Association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and metallic species in a tropical urban atmosphere – Delhi, India. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 68, 107-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-012-9212-y View More
38 Sarkar, S., Khillare, P., Jyethi, D., Hasan, A., & Parween, M. (2010). Chemical speciation of respirable suspended particulate matter during a major firework festival in India. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 184, 321-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.039 View More

Book Chapter

1 Rana, A., Dey, S., & Sarkar, S. (2021). Optical properties of brown carbon (BrC) in aerosols and surface snow at Ny- Ålesund during the polar summer. , Understanding present and past Arctic environments (520). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822869-2.00022-0; ?> View More