PhD in Environmental Science (IIT (ISM) Dhanbad)
Hydrogeochemistry
Contamination of water resources by geogenic and anthropogenic activities
Groundwater-seawater interaction
Aquifer vulnerability
Water quality and health
Mining, Water resources management and GIS
Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, JNU, Since March 2020.
Guest Scientist in the Institute of Geography and Geology at University of Greifswald, Germany, June 2025.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Experienced Researcher at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile, for 2 months in 2019.
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, 2016 to 2020.
Welcome Fund in 2025 by the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Young Scientist Award 2025 by Marthoma Sabha, Kerala.
Young Scientist Award 2022 by the Indian National Chapter - International Association of Hydrogeologists (INC-IAH).
Best Lightning Talk Award 2024 in the category Environmental Science and Environmental Sustainability by Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), European Commission.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship.
Erasmus Mundus (AREaS+) Doctoral Exchange Scholarship at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Member of the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS).
Steering Committee member of the Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network (ECHN), International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH).
Chair of the Research Funding Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA). Since September 2023, to continue.
Received MCAA Working Group Award 2024 as Chair of the Research Funding Working Group.
Working group member in COST Action “Offshore freshened groundwater: An unconventional water resource in coastal regions? (OFF-SOURCE)”.
One of the Three Country Representatives of the Erasmus Mundus Association for India.
Founding member of the Young Water Professionals (YWP) Chapter in India of the International Water Association (IWA).
Awarded a small grant from the DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, for the high-impact paper publication.
Tiwari A K and Singh A K (2014) Hydrogeochemical investigation and groundwater quality assessment of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India (Springer) 83:329-343
Tiwari A K, De Maio M, Singh P K, Mahato M K (2015) Evaluation of Surface Water Quality by Using GIS and a Heavy Metal Pollution Index (HPI) Model in a Coal Mining Area, India. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Springer) 95(3):304-310.
Tiwari A K, Singh P K, Mahato M K (2016) Environmental geochemistry and quality assessment of mine water of the West Bokaro coalfield, India. Mine Water and the Environment (Springer) 35:525–535.
Tiwari A K, Singh P K, De Maio M (2016) Evaluation of aquifer vulnerability in a coal mining of India by using GIS based DRASTIC model. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer) 9(6):1-15.
Tiwari A K, Pisciotta A, De Maio M (2019) Evaluation of groundwater salinization and pollution level on Favignana Island, Italy. Environmental Pollution (Elsevier) 249: 969-981.
Micallef, A, Person, M, Haroon, A, Weymer BA, Jegen M, Schwalenberg K, Faghih Z, Duan S, Cohen D, Mountjoy JJ Woelz S, Gable C, Averes T, Tiwari A K (2020) 3D characterisation and quantification of an offshore freshened groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight. Nature Communications (Nature publication) 11:1372.
Tiwari A K, Suozzi E, Fiorucci A, Lo Russo S (2020) Assessment of groundwater geochemistry and human health risk of an intensively cropped alluvial plain, NW Italy. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2020.1775484
De Maio M and Tiwari A K (2020) Applied Geology: Approaches to Future Resource Management, (Edited Book), Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43953-8