Dr. Shantanu Jathar

Dr. Jathar is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). His research interests are in air quality engineering and atmospheric chemistry and at CSU he leads the Laboratory for Air Quality Research. He and his research group leverage laboratory experiments, field measurements, and numerical models to study the emissions, evolution, and properties of fine particles (or aerosols) arising from anthropogenic and natural sources. Current research projects range from studying the emissions, evolution, and properties of aerosols in smoke plumes to developing affordable instrumentation to measure outdoor (e.g., ozone) and indoor (e.g., bacteria) air.

 

He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering Pune, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he also worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California Davis. He has received research funding as a lead investigator and co-investigator through NOAA, DOE, NSF, EPA, NASA, State of Colorado, and private foundations. He has published more than 78 manuscripts in journals including Science, Nature Communications, and PNAS.