Dr. B Praphulla Chandra
Research Interests
- Emissions and chemistry of volatile organic compounds and sub-micron organic aerosol
- Analytical atmospheric chemistry
- Multiphase chemistry
Short vitae
- 2007–2010 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthi Nilayam Campus, Puttaparthi, AP, India
- 2010–2012 Master of Science (Chemistry) at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthi Nilayam Campus, Puttaparthi, AP, India
- 2013–2018 Ph.D (Analytical and Atmospheric Chemistry) at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India
- 2018–2020 Post-Doc (Analytical and Atmospheric Chemistry) at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Projects
- Currently working on AeroMass R&D project which involves the development of a single particle time of flight mass spectrometer for the chemical analysis of aerosols
Key Publications
- Patnana, Durga Prasad, and B. P. Chandra*. "Determination of mass concentrations of airborne PET microplastics using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)." Environmental Science: Atmospheres 4.12, 1352-1357, 2024. (Accepted for cover page too)
- Durga Prasad and B.P. Chandra*. Carcinogenicity and non-carcinogenicity health risks due to PM2.5 bound trace metals at a sub urban site in Northwest Indo-Gangetic Plain, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 1-12, 2024.
- Durga Prasad Patnana, Tripathi, P., Jaffe, D. A., & B.P. Chandra*. (2023). Determination of Nylon 66 Microplastics in the Inhalable Fraction of Particulate Matter Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Analytical Letters, 1-9, 2023.
- Durga Prasad Patnana, B.P. Chandra* Pooja Chaudhary, Baerbel Sinha, Vinayak Sinha, Optimized LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of endocrine disruptors and PAHs bound to PM2.5: Sources and health risk in Indo-Gangetic Plain, Atmospheric Environment, 119363, 2022.
- Chandra, B. P., Crystal C., Jafee D., and Mulligan J., Optimization of a Method for the Detection of Biomass-Burning Relevant VOCs in Urban Areas Using Thermal Desorption Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Atmosphere, 11, 276, 2020 (Impact factor: 3.11).
- Sharma, Gaurav; Sinha, Baerbel; Jangra, Pallavi; Hakkim, Haseeb; Chandra, B.P; Kumar, Ashish; Sinha, V., Gridded emissions of CO, NOx, SO2, CO2, NH3, HCl, CH4, PM2.5, PM10, BC and NMVOC from open municipal waste burning in India, Environmental Science and Technology, 9, 53, 4765-4774, 2019.
- Haseeb Hakkim; V.Sinha, Chandra, B.P; Ashish Kumar; A.K. Mishra; Baerbel Sinha; Gaurav Sharma; Harshita Pawar; Bharti Sohpaul; Sachin D Ghude; Prakash Pithani; Rachna Kulkarni; R.K. Jenamani; M Rajeevan, Volatile organic compound measurements point to fog-induced biomass burning feedback to air quality in the megacity of Delhi, Science of the Total Environment, 689, 295-304, 2019.
- Chandra B.P., Sinha, V, H. Hakkim, H., Kumar, A., Pawar, H., A. Mishra, A. K., Sharma, G., Pallavi.,Garg,S., Ghude, S. D., Chate, D. M., Pithani,P., Kulkarni,R., Jenamani, R. K and Rajeevan, M., Odd-even traffic rule implementation during winter 2016 in Delhi did not reduce traffic emissions of VOCs, carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide, Current science, 114, 6, 1318-1325, 2018.
- Kumar, V., Chandra, B. P., and Sinha, V.: Large unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires, Scientific Reports, 8, 626, 2018. (Impact factor: 4.99; Top 35% cited on Scopus))
- Chandra, B.P., Sinha, V., Hakkim, H. and Sinha, B., Storage stability studies and field application of low cost glass flasks for analyses of thirteen ambient VOCs using proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 419, 11-19, 2017.
University of Rostock
Institute of Chemistry
Division of Analytical and Technical Chemistry
Department Life Light & Matter
Dr. B Praphulla Chandra
Albert-Einstein-Straße 25
18059 Rostock
Office 233
Tel.: +49 (0) 381 498 - 8978
chandra.praphulla@uni-rostock.de