Shamsh Pervez

Dr. Shamsh Pervez, professor and head of the School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India, has over 30 years of academic and research experience in the fields of physical chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, air quality monitoring and assessment, receptor modeling source apportionment, and environmental health. Dr. Pervez was awarded the U.S. Fulbright fellowship in the 2010 Environmental Leadership program and worked at Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA. As professor of chemistry, Dr. Pervez teaches post-graduate and M.Phil students, enrolled for advanced degrees in chemical and environmental sciences. As the leader of the Air Quality Research Laboratory, he leads more than 100 research studies to: 1) characterize suspended atmospheric particles for source attribution and their effects on health; 2) evaluate the optical, molecular and thermal properties of atmospheric black and brown carbon; 3) determine the toxic elements in human target organ, blood, urine, and bronchial washouts among pollution affected communities; 4) develop new methods for removal of toxic metals from contaminated water; and 5) measure emissions from mineral based coal-fired industries to evaluate contaminated air, water streams, and soils. Examples of six major research projects include: 1) Source Apportionment of Classified Atmospheric Dust Fractions using Selected Receptor Models; 2) Spatial Variability and Impact Study of Anthropogenic Mercury in Selected Environments; 3) Evaluation of Biomass Burning Emissions to Address Sources of Atmospheric Brown Carbon and Associated Impacts on Regional Climate; 4) A Novel Hyphenated Single Drop Micro Extraction - Diffuse and Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Technique for Analysis of Multiatomic Metaloxy Anions; 5) Study of Physico-chemical Characterization of Respirable Dusts in Selected Environments; and 6) Environmental Pathway and Human Response Studies on the Impact of Water Borne Fluoride Amongst Inhabitants of Korba Chhattisgarh with total outlay ~ US$ 210,000 were carried out under the leadership of Dr. Pervez. Dr. Pervez was the principal author or coauthor of ~103 peer-reviewed journal articles which have >1300 citations; served as reviewer for over 20 peer-reviewed journals; and delivered over 50 presentations at technical conferences and training sessions.