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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Veerabhadran Ramanathan is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Recent publications authored or co-authored include:

  • "Enhanced photocatalytic efficiency of hydrothermally synthesized g-C3N4/NiO heterostructure for mineralization of malachite green dye" (2021) in Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • "Highly facile Ag/NiO nanocomposite synthesized by sol-gel method for mineralization of rhodamine B" (2021) in Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
  • "Conformational stability and structural analysis of methanethiol clusters: a revisit" (2021) in RSC Advances
  • "Electrodeposition of Graphitic Carbon Nitride and its In situ Decoration with MnO2 Nanostructures: A Tailored Interface for Dopamine Sensing" (2023) in Surfaces and Interfaces
  • "Bismuth based novel substrate for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy" (2022) in Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Veerabhadran Ramanathan often collaborates with a range of co-authors, notably:

  • Poonam Bhadoria
  • Arti Saroj
  • Manish K. Tripathi
  • Brijesh Kumar Mishra
  • Suresh Kumar Pandey

The scientist's works have been frequently published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • RSC Advances
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • ChemistrySelect

Veerabhadran Ramanathan has been recognized with several honors during their career, including fellowships and memberships in scientific academies such as:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2002)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1992)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1989)

Best Publications

  • Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Katherine Richardson;Johan Rockström;Sarah E. Cornell

  • Aerosols, climate, and the hydrological cycle

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;P. J. Crutzen;J. T. Kiehl;D. Rosenfeld

  • Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon

    V. Ramanathan;G. Carmichael

  • Cloud-radiative forcing and climate: results from the Earth radiation budget experiment.

    V. Ramanathan;R. D. Cess;E. F. Harrison;P. Minnis

  • The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Asa Persson;Asa Persson;Lisa Deutsch;J Zalasiewicz

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

  • Atmospheric brown clouds: impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle.

    V. Ramanathan;C. Chung;D. Kim;T. Bettge

  • Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo-Asian haze

    V. Ramanathan;P. J. Crutzen;J. Lelieveld;A. P. Mitra

  • Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security

    Drew Shindell;Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna;Elisabetta Vignati;Rita van Dingenen

  • Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change: Global and Regional Perspectives

    V. Ramanathan;Y. Feng

  • Trace gas trends and their potential role in climate change

    V. Ramanathan;R. J. Cicerone;H. B. Singh;J. T. Kiehl

  • Global air pollution crossroads over the Mediterranean

    J. Lelieveld;H. Berresheim;S. Borrmann;P. J. Crutzen

  • Warming trends in Asia amplified by brown cloud solar absorption

    Veerabhadran Ramanathan;Muvva V. Ramana;Gregory Roberts;Dohyeong Kim

  • Thermodynamic regulation of ocean warming by cirrus clouds deduced from observations of the 1987 El Niño

    V. Ramanathan;W. Collins

  • Seasonal variation of cloud radiative forcing derived from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

    E. F. Harrison;P. Minnis;B. R. Barkstrom;V. Ramanathan

  • Improving our fundamental understanding of the role of aerosol−cloud interactions in the climate system

    John H. Seinfeld;Christopher Bretherton;Kenneth S. Carslaw;Hugh Coe

  • Effects of fossil fuel and total anthropogenic emission removal on public health and climate.

    J. Lelieveld;J. Lelieveld;K. Klingmüller;A. Pozzer;R. T. Burnett

  • Brown carbon: a significant atmospheric absorber of solar radiation?

    Y. Feng;V. Ramanathan;V. R. Kotamarthi

  • Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;W. K.M. Lau;V. Ramanathan;G. Wu

  • The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia

    Jos Lelieveld;Paul J. Crutzen;V. Ramanathan;M. O. Andreae

  • Reduction of Tropical Cloudiness by Soot

    A. S. Ackerman;O. B. Toon;D. E. Stevens;A. J. Heymsfield

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Crutzen
Paul J. Crutzen Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Robert D. Cess
Robert D. Cess Stony Brook University
William D. Collins
William D. Collins Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
James J. Schauer
James J. Schauer University of Wisconsin–Madison
David G. Victor
David G. Victor University of California, San Diego
Gregory C. Roberts
Gregory C. Roberts Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Gregory R. Carmichael
Gregory R. Carmichael University of Iowa
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Jos Lelieveld
Jos Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Jeffrey T. Kiehl
Jeffrey T. Kiehl University of California, Santa Cruz

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