Vinod Kumar joined the group in April 2012 and completed his PhD, entitled "Impact of Open Fires on Atmospheric Chemistry over the North-West Indo-Gangetic Plain Quantified Using Multi-Year OH Reactivity and Trace Gas Measurements" in December 2017. 

He is currently carrying out postdoctoral research at Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany: http://www.mpic.de/en/research/further-groups/satellite-remote-sensing/mitglieder/vinod-kumar.html

Publications 

Kumar, V., Beirle, S., Dörner, S., Mishra, A. K., Donner, S., Wang, Y., Sinha, V., and Wagner, T.: Long term MAX-DOAS measurements of NO2, HCHO and aerosols and evaluation of corresponding satellite data products over Mohali in the Indo-Gangetic plain, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 2020.

Kreher, K., Roozendael, M. V., Hendrick, F., Apituley, A., Dimitropoulou, E.,  Frieß, U.,   Richter, A., Wagner, T., Abuhassan, N., Ang, L., Anguas, M., Bais, A., Benavent, N., Bösch, T., Bognar, K., Borovski, A., Bruchkouski, I., Cede, A., Chan, K. L., Donner, S., Drosoglou, T., Fayt, C., Finkenzeller, H., Garcia-Nieto, D., Gielen, C., Gómez-Martín, L., Hao, N., Herman, J. R., Hermans, C., Hoque, S., Irie, H., Jin, J., Johnston, P., Butt, J. K., Khokhar, F., Koenig, T. K., Kuhn, J., Kumar, V., Lampel, J., Liu, C., Ma, J., Merlaud, A., Mishra, A. K.,  Müller, M.,  Navarro-Comas, M., Ostendorf, M.,Pazmino, A., Peters, E., Pinardi, G., Pinharanda, M., Piters, A., Platt, U., Postylyakov, O., Prados-Roman, C., Puentedura, O., Querel, R., Saiz-Lopez, A., Schönhardt, A., Schreier, S. F., Seyler, A., Sinha, V., Spinei, E., Strong, K., Tack,  Tian, X., Tiefengraber, M., Tirpitz, J., Gent J. V., Volkameri, R., Vrekoussis, M., Wang, S., Wang, Z., Wenig, M., Wittrock, F., Xie, P. H., Xu, J., Yela, M., Zhang, C. and Zhao, X., Intercomparison of NO2, O4, O3 and HCHO slant column measurements by MAX-DOAS and zenith-sky UV-Visible spectrometers during the CINDI-2 campaign, Atmos. Meas. Tech. 13, 2169–2208, 2020.

Sinha, V.,  Hakkim, H. and  Kumar, V., Advances in Identification and Quantification of Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted from Biomass Fires through Laboratory Fire Experiments, Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry, Volume 2: Organic Oxidation and Multiphase Chemistry, chapter 3, January 2019.

Kumar, V., Chandra, B. P. , Sinha, V., Large unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires, Scientific Reports, 8, 626, 2018.

Kumar, V., Sarkar, C., and Sinha, V., Influence of post harvest crop residue fires on surface ozone mixing ratios in the N.W. IGP analyzed using two years of continuous in-situ trace gas measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121,7, 2016.

Sarkar, C., Sinha V., Kumar, V., Rupakheti, M., Panday, A., Mahata, K. S., Rupakheti, D., Kathayat, B., and Lawrence, M. G., Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TOF-MS measurements during the SusKat-ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, isoprene and isocyanic acid in wintertime air of the Kathmandu Valley, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 3979-4003, 2016. 

Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Chandra, B. P. and Sinha, B., Quantifying the contribution of long-range transport to Particulate Matter (PM) mass loadings at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9501-9520, 2015.

Sinha, B., Sangwan, K. S., Maurya, Y., Kumar, V., Sarkar, C., Chandra, B. P. and Sinha, V., Assessment of crop yield losses in Punjab and Haryana using two years of continuous in-situ ozone measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9555-9576, 2015.

Kumar, V., Sinha, V., VOC-OHM: A new technique for rapid measurements of ambient total OH reactivity and volatile organic compounds using a single proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 374, 55-63, 2014.

Sinha, V., Kumar, V., & Sarkar, C. (2014). Chemical composition of pre-monsoon air in the Indo-Gangetic Plain measured using a new air quality facility and PTR-MS: high surface ozone and strong influence of biomass burning. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14(12), 5921-5941. doi: 10.5194/acp-14-5921-2014.

Sarkar, C., Kumar, V. , and Sinha, V. Massive emissions of carcinogenic benzenoids from paddy residue burning in North India. Current Science, 2013. 104(12): p. 1703-1706.

Conference Contributions
 
Kumar, V., Beirle, S., Sinha, V., Dörner, S., Donner, S., Mishra, A. K. and Wagner, T., Long-term MAX-DOAS measurements of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde from the North-West Indo-Gangetic Plain, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-12673, 2018.
 
Sinha, V., Kumar, V., Chandra, B. P., Large unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires, oral presentation in the 5th iLEAPS Science Conference, Oxford, UK, 11th - 14th September, 2017.

Kumar, V., Sinha, V., Mishra, A., Isoprene and acetaldehyde dominate VOC OH reactivities and Ozone production potentials in all seasons in the N. W. IGP, oral presentation in the 5th iLEAPS Science Conference, Oxford, UK, 11th - 14th September, 2017.

Sinha, V., Chandra, P., Kumar, V. and Sarkar,C., The impact of post harvest agricultural crop residue fires on volatile organic compounds and formation of secondary air pollutants in the N.W. Indo Gangetic Plain, AGU Fall Meeting, abstract A21A-0037, 2015.

Sarkar, C., Sinha, V., Kumar, V., Rupakheti, R., Panday, A., Mahata, K., Rupakheti, D., Kathayat, B. and Lawrence, M., Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TO-FMS measurements during the SusKat - ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, ketene, isoprene and isocyanic acid in wintertime air of the Kathmandu Valley, AGU Fall Meeting, abstract B43F-0611, 2015.  

Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Praphulla Chandra, B., and Sinha, B., 'Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to Particulate Matter (PM) enhancement at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin', Second Workshop On Atmospheric Composition And The Asian Monsoon (ACAM)”, Bangkok, 2015.
 
Pawar, H., Garg, S., Kumar, V., Sachan, H., Arya, R., Sarkar, C., Praphulla Chandra, B., and Sinha, B., 'Quantifying the contribution of Long-Range Transport to Particulate Matter (PM) enhancement at a suburban site in the North-Western Indo Gangetic Basin', National Climate Science Conference, IISC Bangalore, India, 2015.
 
Sklaveniti, S., Locoge, N., Stevens, P., Kumar, V., Sinha, V., Dusanter, S., Development of a portable instrument to measure ozone production rates in the troposphere, Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 17, EGU2015-5892, 2015.
 
Kumar, V., Sinha V., 'A new chemical kinetics approach for resolving nominal isobaric organic ions at ppt level sensitivity in mass spectrometry', poster presentation in 7th national seminar on Synergistic Aspects of Chemistry and Other Sciences (SACOS) 2015, Punjabi University Patiala, India. (Won First Prize)
 
Kumar, V., Sarkar, C., and Sinha V., 'Seasonal variation of tropospheric ozone and its precursor compounds at a suburban site in the Indo-Gangetic plain: effect of meteorology and anthropogenic activities', TROPMET 2015, Chandigarh, India. 
  
Kumar, V., Sinha,V., and Sarkar, C.Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in summer over the N.W. Indo‐Gangetic Plain (IGP), Second Annual Regional Atmospheric Science Workshop, Pokhra, Nepal, 2014. 

Kumar, V., Sinha,V., and Sarkar, C.: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in summer over the N.W. Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP 1st Climate Workshop on Science and Policy, Organized by Climate IDP at IIT- Bombay, 2014.

Kumar, V., Garg,S., Chandra, B., P. and Sinha, V.A large OH sink in summertime surface air of the northern Indo-Gangetic plain revealed through in-situ total OH Reactivity measurements, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting general assembly 2013. 

Kumar, V., Sarkar, C., Sachan, H., Kumar, D., Sinha, B.,PM over summertime India: Sources and trends investigated using long term measurements and multi-receptor site back trajectory analysis, Geophysical Research Abstracts,Vol.15, EGU-2013-640-1.

Kumar, V., Sarkar, C. and Sinha, V., Emission ratios and seasonal trends in Ozone, Nitrogen oxides and Carbon monoxide in North India using one year of continuous high -frequency in-situ measurements, 8th International Conference on Advances in Metrology, AdMet-2013 held at National Physical Laboratory, Delhi.  

Sarkar, C., Sinha, V., Kumar, V., Rupakheti, M., Panday, A., Rupakheti, D., Kathayat, B., Mahata, K. and Lawrence, M. G., ‘Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry in Kathmandu valley obtained using the first PTR-TOF-MS measurements in South Asia during SusKat-ABC campaign’ poster presentation 13th Quadrennial iCACGP Symposium and 13th IGAC Science Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry 2014 in Natal, Brazil

Chandra B., P.,  Kumar V.,  Sarkar C.,  Garg S.and  Sinha V., "India wide emission estimates of VOCs,SO2, NOx derived from in-situ measurements during Diwali-2013", 1st Climate Workshop on Science and Policy – Organized by Climate IDP at IIT-Bombay held on 6th and 7th March, 2014. 

Sarkar, C., Kumar, V., Chandra B., P. and  Sinha, V., ‘What controls the transition from low to high surface ozone during winter in the north–west Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP): meteorology, radical chemistry or emissions?’ poster presentation 13th Quadrennial iCACGP Symposium and 13th IGAC Science Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry 2014 in Natal, Brazil.

Sarkar C., Kumar V. and  Sinha V., ‘Enhanced formation of secondary air pollutants and aggravation of urban smog due to crop residue burning emissions in North India’: Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-646-1, 2013, Oral presentation at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 2013.  

Awards and Honours

2017: Received travel grant from DST, to present a talk at iLEAPS Open Science Conference in Oxford, UK.

2016: Received travel grant from Max Planck Institute for chemistry, Mainz to take part in CINDI_2 field campaign in cabauw, Netherlands.

2015: Cleared UGC NET June 2015.

2015: 2014 IJMS Best Student Paper Award.

2015: Won first prize in poster presentation in 7th national seminar on Synergistic Aspects of Chemistry and Other Sciences (SACOS) 2015, Punjabi University Patiala, India.

2014: Elected as a member of the organizing committee of the early career science workshop at iLEAPS 2014, in Nanjing, China.

2014: Received International Travel Grant from International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to participate in WRF-CHEM workshop at Kathmandu, Nepal and to present a talk SARAS workshop in Pokhra, Nepal. 

2014: Received International Travel Grant from Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Process Study to participate in 4th ILEAPS science conference in Nanjing, China.

2013: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry. 

2008-2018: Awarded the prestigious INSPIRE fellowship (Department of Science and Technology, India) 2008-2013 for Masters Study and INSPIRE fellowship (2014-2018) for pursuing doctoral studies. 

2011: Awarded Indian Academy of Science Summer Research Fellowship. 

Ranked within top 2% among 485,000 candidates in national IIT- JEE 2008 exam.