Sameer Patel
Department : Chemical Engineering
Research Interests
● Aerosol and air quality
● Air pollution control
● Low-cost air quality monitors
● Environmental policies and regulations
Professional Summary
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Jan 2021 to present)
Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Colorado Boulder, (Mar 2018 – Dec 2020)
Lecturer, University of Colorado Boulder, (Jan 2020 – May 2020)
Post-Doctoral Associate, Washington University in Saint Louis, (Dec 2017 – Mar 2018)
R&D Trainee, Corning Inc., (Jun 2017 – Aug 2017)
Project Engineer, IIT Bombay, (Oct 2011 – Jul 2012)
Visiting Research Scholar, Purdue University, (Jul 2011 – Sep 2011)
Publications
1. Patel, S., Sankhyan, S., DeCarlo, P., Farmer, D., Goldstein, A., Katz, E., Nazaroff, W., Tian, Y., Vanhanen, J., and Vance, M. (2020) ” Indoor particulate matter during HOMEChem: Concentrations, size distributions, and exposures.” Environmental Science and Technology 54(12), 7107-7116
2. Jiayu, L., Mattewal, S., Patel, S., and Biswas, P. “Evaluation of Nine Low-cost-sensor-based Particulate Matter Monitors.” (2020), Aerosol and Air Quality Research 20 (2), 254-270
3. Karacokac, B., Patel, S., Nathan, R., Y., and Biswas, P. (2019) “Investigating the Effects of Cookstove Emissions on Ocular and Cancer Cells.”, Scientific Reports 9(1), 1870
4. Patel, S., Leavey, A., Sheshadri, A., Kumar, P., Kandikuppa, S., Tarsi, J., Mukhopadhyay, K., Johnson, P., Balakrishnan, K., Schechtman, K.B. and Castro, M., Yadama, G., and Biswas, P. (2018) “Associations between household air pollution and reduced lung function in women and children in rural southern India.”, Journal of Applied Toxicology 38 (11), 1405-1415
5. Patel, S., and Biswas, P. (2018) “A simplified combustion model integrated with a particle growth dynamic model for top-lit updraft cookstoves.”, Energy 157: 658-668
6. Patel, S., Li, J., Pandey, A., Pervez, S., Chakrabarty, R., and Biswas, P. (2017) “Spatio-Temporal Measurement of Indoor Particulate Matter Concentrations Using a Wireless Network of Low-Cost Sensors in Households Using Solid Fuels.”, Environmental Research 152: 59-65
7. Patel, S., Khandelwal, A., Leavey, A., and Biswas, P. (2016) “A model for cost-benefit analysis of cooking fuel alternatives from a rural Indian household perspective.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 56: 291-302
8. Patel, S., Leavey, A., He, S., Fang, J., O’Malley, K., and P. Biswas (2016) “Characterization of gaseous and particulate pollutants from gasification-based improved cookstoves.” Energy for Sustainable Development 32: 130-139.
Complete List of Publications