Prof. Dr. Prashant Kumar Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of Atmosphere

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Prashant Kumar has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Air Quality” of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). His term started in September 2020.

Prof. Dr. Prashant Kumar
Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE), University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Website: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/prashant-kumar
E-mail: p.kumar@surrey.ac.uk

Professor Prashant Kumar is Chair in Air Quality and Health and the founding Director of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey, UK. He is the Head of the GCARE’s Air Quality Laboratory and the Deputy Director of Research for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Since March 2018, he is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Engineering at the Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.

His current research projects are focused in broad multidisciplinary areas of air pollution monitoring/modelling, low-cost sensing, nature-based solutions, climate change mitigation and developing innovative technological and passive (e.g. green infrastructure) solutions for air pollution exposure control for both developing and developed world.

The editorial team warmly welcomes Professor Prashant Kumar as the Editor-in-Chief of the “Air Quality” section and looks forward to his contribution to the continued success of Atmosphere.