Education:

• Ph. D. (Environmental Science) – SES, JNU, New Delhi

• M. Phil. (Environmental Science) – SES, JNU, New Delhi

• M. Sc. (Applied Geology) – University of Allahabad, Allahabad

• B. Sc. (Physics, Math, Chemistry) – Purvanchal University, Jaunpur

Postdoctoral Research:

• School of Environmental Science (SES), JNU, New Delhi

• Institute for Methodologies in Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Council for National Research (CNR), Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy

• Department of Environmental Science and Energy Research (ESER), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

• Centre for Atmospheric Science, IIT Delhi, New Delhi

Research Interest:

• Microphysics of aerosols, physical and chemical characterization of aerosols, bio aerosols, indoor air pollution, source apportionment and air pollution meteorology.

Professional Activities:

Projects:

1. Physical and Chemical Characterization of Aerosols over Delhi in Different Size Ranges, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India.

2. Application of Aerosol Optical Depths (ground and satellite   based) for the estimation of size segregated Suspended   Particulate Matters (SPM) in Delhi, University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India (2008-Contnue).

Reviewer for Journals:  

1. Science of Total Environment
2. Journal of Hazardous Materials
3. Journal of Environmental Management

Member: Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre  (BARC), Mumbai, India.

Awards and Honors:

• Young Scientist Project under DST’s fast Track Scheme in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

• National Level Eligibility Test of Council and Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Earth Sciences.

Publications:

• Arun Srivastava, V.K. Jain and Anchal Srivastava, SEM-EDX Analysis of Various Sizes Aerosols in Delhi, India, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, (doi: 10.1007/s10661-008-0239-0).

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Source apportionment of suspended particulate matters in a clean area of Delhi: a note, Transportation Research Part D – Transport and Environment 13(1), 59-63 (2008). 

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Size distribution and source identification of total suspended particulate matter and associated heavy metals in the urban atmosphere of Delhi, Chemosphere, 68, 579-589 (2007).

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Seasonal trends in coarse and fine particle sources in Delhi by the chemical mass balance receptor model, Journal of Hazardous Materials,144 (1-2), 283-291 (2007).

• Sandeep Gupta, Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Study of particle size distribution of indoor aerosol due to combustion of cooking fuels, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (doi: 10.1007/s10661-007-9915-8).

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, A study to characterize the suspended particulate matters in an indoor environment in Delhi, India, Building and Environment, 42, (5), 2046-2052 (2007).

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, A study to characterize the influence of outdoor SPM and associated metals on the indoor environments in Delhi, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering, 47 (3), 222-231 (2005).

• Arun Srivastava, V. K. Jain and H. N. Dutta, Surface wind characterization at an Antarctic coastal station Maitri, Mausam, 55 (1), 95-102 (2004).

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Relationships between indoor and outdoor air quality in Delhi, Indoor & Built Environment, 12(3), 159-165 (2003).

• Arun Srivastava, Sandeep Gupta and V. K. Jain, Source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter in coarse and fine size ranges over Delhi, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, (in press).

Papers in Conferences / Symposia

• Arun Srivastava and V. K. Jain, Application of SEM-EDX and XRD techniques to demonstrate the over growth of atmospheric soot and its coalescence with crystal silicate particles in Delhi, 3^rd  International Symposium on Nanotechnology, Occupational and Environmental Health, Aug 29 to Sep 1, 2007, Taipei, Taiwan.

• Arun Srivastava, Sandeep Gupta and V. K. Jain Source apportionment of total suspended particulate matter in coarse and fine size ranges over Delhi, 5^th Asian Aerosols Conference (AAC-2007), 26–29 Aug 2007, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

• Arun Srivastava and V.K. Jain, Source apportionment of suspended particulate matters in a clean area of Delhi using chemical mass balance receptor model, AAAR 26^th Annual Conference, Sep 24 - 28, 2007, Reno, Nevada, USA

• Sandeep Gupta, Arun Srivastava and V.K. Jain, A study of SPM and heavy metals due to combustion of cooking fuels” 7^th International Aerosol Conference (IAC-2006), St. Paul, Minnesota Sep 2006.

• Sandeep Gupta, Arun Srivastava and V.K. Jain, Study of Particle Size Distribution of Indoor Aerosols due to Combustion of Cooking fuels, 4^th Asian Aerosols Conference (AAC-2005) Dec. 2005, Mumbai, India.

• Sandeep Gupta, Arun Srivastava and V.K. Jain, Study of Size Distribution of Suspended Particulate Matter and heavy metals from Combustion of Cooking fuels in Indoor Environment, (AARC-2005), Austin (USA) Oct- 2005.

• Arun Srivastava and V.K. Jain, Size distribution of suspended particulate matters and metals in Atmospheric Aerosols in Delhi, (IASTA-2004) Nov. 2004, IIT Kanpur, India.

• Attended an international conference on Aerosol Behavior in Confined Environments, (IASTA-2000) February 2000, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, India.

• Attended an international workshop on Instrumentation for Aerosol Characterization, February 2000, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, India.

• Attended an UNESCO workshop on Global-Problematique Educational Network Initiative (GENIe) in School of Computer and System Sciences, JNU, New Delhi from Dec. 16 to 18, 1997.

• Arun Srivastava, Mayurakshi Dutta and V.K. Jain, The particle size distribution over an indoor environment in JNU, New Delhi, (Vision-2000), May, 2001 Deptt of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.