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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Life Time Achievement Award, Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management
  • 2012 - Golden Jubilee Award, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
  • 2011 - Certificate of Merit, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
  • 2011 - Certificates of Innovation, World Meteorological Organization
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Maharana Udai Singh National Award, Maharana Mewar Foundation
  • 2006 - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, CSIR
  • 2005 - Norbert Gerbier-Mumm International Award, World Meteorological Organization
  • 2000 - Silver Jubilee Award, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
  • 1999 - Young Scientist Award, Muslim Association for Advancement in Science

Overview

Gufran Beig is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Studies in India and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their research encompasses subfields such as health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and pollution.

The main topics explored in their work include air quality and health impacts, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, COVID-19 impact on air quality, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, climate change and health impacts, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Their recent publications show an emphasis on air pollution, its sources, and its effects. Notable papers include:

  • Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2020, The Lancet Planetary Health)
  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions (2021, Environment International)
  • Ozone pollution over China and India: seasonality and sources (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Quantifying the high resolution seasonal emission of air pollutants from crop residue burning in India (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Mitigation of PM 2.5 and ozone pollution in Delhi: a sensitivity study during the pre-monsoon period (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, indicating a collaborative research approach. Key frequent coauthors are:

  • Saroj Kumar Sahu
  • Poonam Mangaraj
  • Aditi Rathod
  • Vrinda Anand
  • Ravi Yadav

Publications by Gufran Beig often appear in well-established journals such as:

  • Urban Climate
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Best Publications

  • Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990–2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study

    Lalit Dandona;Rakhi Dandona;G Anil Kumar;D K Shukla

  • The impact of air pollution on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Kalpana Balakrishnan;Sagnik Dey;Tarun Gupta;R S Dhaliwal

  • Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Anamika Pandey;Michael Brauer;Maureen L Cropper;Kalpana Balakrishnan

  • Review of mesospheric temperature trends

    G. Beig;Philippe Keckhut;Robert P. Lowe;R. G. Roble

  • Black carbon aerosols and the third polar ice cap

    Surabi Menon;Dorothy Koch;Gufran Beig;Saroj Sahu

  • Premature mortality in India due to PM2.5 and ozone exposure

    Sachin D. Ghude;D. M. Chate;C. Jena;G. Beig

  • Reductions in India's crop yield due to ozone

    Sachin D. Ghude;Chinmay Jena;D. M. Chate;G. Beig

  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions.

    Ranjeet S. Sokhi;Vikas Singh;Xavier Querol;Sandro Finardi

  • Emissions inventory of anthropogenic PM2.5 and PM10 in Delhi during Commonwealth Games 2010

    Saroj Kumar Sahu;Gufran Beig;Neha S. Parkhi

  • Detection of surface emission hot spots, trends, and seasonal cycle from satellite-retrieved NO2 over India

    Sachin D. Ghude;S. Fadnavis;G. Beig;S. D. Polade

  • Global Change in the Upper Atmosphere

    J. Laštovička;R. A. Akmaev;G. Beig;J. Bremer

  • The impact of power generation emissions on ambient PM2.5 pollution and human health in China and India.

    Meng Gao;Gufran Beig;Shaojie Song;Hongliang Zhang

  • Simultaneous measurements of ozone and its precursors on a diurnal scale at a semi urban site in India

    G. Beig;S. Gunthe;S. Gunthe;D. B. Jadhav

  • Emerging pattern of global change in the upper atmosphere and ionosphere

    J. Laštovička;R.A. Akmaev;G. Beig;J. Bremer

  • Ozone pollution over China and India: seasonality and sources

    Meng Gao;Meng Gao;Meng Gao;Jinhui Gao;Bin Zhu;Rajesh Kumar

  • Objective evaluation of stubble emission of North India and quantifying its impact on air quality of Delhi

    Gufran Beig;Saroj K. Sahu;Vikas Singh;Suvarna Tikle

  • Real-time monitoring of air pollutants in seven cities of North India during crop residue burning and their relationship with meteorology and transboundary movement of air.

    Khaiwal Ravindra;Tanbir Singh;Sahil Mor;Vikas Singh

  • Role of long-range transport and local meteorology in seasonal variation of surface ozone and its precursors at an urban site in India

    Ravi Yadav;L.K. Sahu;G. Beig;S.N.A. Jaaffrey

  • Quantifying the high resolution seasonal emission of air pollutants from crop residue burning in India.

    Saroj Kumar Sahu;Poonam Mangaraj;Gufran Beig;Anuja Samal

  • Ozone in ambient air at a tropical megacity, Delhi: characteristics, trends and cumulative ozone exposure indices

    Sachin D. Ghude;S. L. Jain;B. C. Arya;G. Beig

  • “Traffic intervention” policy fails to mitigate air pollution in megacity Delhi

    Sourangsu Chowdhury;Sagnik Dey;Sachchida Nand Tripathi;Gufran Beig

Frequent Co-Authors

Sachin D. Ghude
Sachin D. Ghude Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
D. M. Chate
D. M. Chate Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Lokesh K. Sahu
Lokesh K. Sahu Physical Research Laboratory
Guy Brasseur
Guy Brasseur Max Planck Society
Martin Schultz
Martin Schultz Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gabriele Pfister
Gabriele Pfister National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jan Laštovička
Jan Laštovička Czech Academy of Sciences
Kalpana Balakrishnan
Kalpana Balakrishnan Sri Ramachandra University
Sagnik Dey
Sagnik Dey Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Deewan Singh Bisht
Deewan Singh Bisht Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

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