38. The lure of 'Healthier Smoke': Comparative physical, chemical, and oxidative potential characterization of emissions from herbal and tobacco cigarettes
Alok Kumar Thakur, P.S. Ganesh Subramanian, Vishal Verma, and Sameer Patel
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 513, 2026, 142424, ISSN 0304-3894.
37. From one building to many: transferability of a deep reinforcement learning agent for optimizing pollutant exposure and energy consumption
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra and Sameer Patel
Environmental Science Advances, Volume 5, Issue 5, 2026, Pages 1292-1305, ISSN 2754-7000.
36. Optimizing Trade-off Between Pollutant Exposure and Energy Consumption in Buildings: Uncertainty Informed Reinforcement Learning and Robustness Analysis of Control Policies
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra and Sameer Patel
Building and Environment (2026): 114224
35. Performance of low-cost PM2.5 monitors during the HOMEChem experiment
Jonathan D. Gingrich*, Elizabeth Graham, Erin Boedicker, Sameer Patel, Richard L. Corsi, Delphine K. Farmer, and Marina E. Vance
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 75 (12): 917–31
34. Optimizing pollutant exposure, energy consumption, and thermal comfort in a house via deep reinforcement learning control
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra, Nipun Batra, Sameer Patel
Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 114, 2025, 114074, ISSN 2352-7102,
33. Predicting Spatiotemporal Concentrations in a Multizonal Residential Apartment Using Conventional and Physics-Informed Deep Learning Approach
Alok Kumar Thakur and Sameer Patel*
ACS EST Air 2025, 2, 9, 1996–2008
32. Need for a Holistic Approach to Assessing Sustainable, Green, and Healthy Buildings
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra, and Sameer Patel
Environ. Health 2025, 3, 3, 218–226
31. Future of clean energy for cooking in India: A comprehensive analysis of fuel alternatives
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra, Pratim Biswas, Sameer Patel
Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume 81, 2024, 101500, ISSN 0973-0826
30. Insights into low-cost pm sensors using size-resolved scattering intensity of cooking aerosols in a test house
Alok Kumar Thakur, Jonathan Gingrich, Marina E Vance, Sameer Patel
Aerosol Science and Technology, 58(7), 739–751.
29. Dynamic optimization of personal exposure and energy consumption while ensuring thermal comfort in a test house
Nishchaya Kumar Mishra, Marina E. Vance b, Atila Novoselac, Sameer Patel
Building and Environment, Volume 252, 2024, 111265, ISSN 0360-1323
28. Characterization of particulate matter in a multizonal residential apartment: transport, exposure, and mitigation
Alok Kumar Thakur and Sameer Patel*
Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(9), 1026–1041.
27. Indoor Air Quality in Urban India: Current Status, Research Gap, and the Way Forward
Alok Kumar Thakur and Sameer Patel*
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2023, 10, 12, 1146–1158
26. Aerosol emissions and their volatility from heating different cooking oils at multiple temperatures
Sumit Sankhyan, Kayley Zabinski, Rachel E. O'Brien, Steven Coyan, Sameer Patel, and Marina Eller Vance
Environmental Science: Atmospheres (2022): 2, 1364-1375.
25. Assessment of PM2.5 concentrations, transport, and mitigation in indoor environments using low-cost air quality monitors and a portable air cleaner
Sumit Sankhyan, Julia K. Witteman, Steven Coyan, Sameer Patel, and Marina Eller Vance
Environmental Science: Atmospheres (2022): 2, 647-658.
24. Filtration performance of layering masks and face coverings and the reusability of cotton masks after repeated washing and drying
Sumit Sankhyan, Karen N Heinselman, Peter N Ciesielski, Teresa Barnes, Michael E Himmel, Hannah Teed, Sameer Patel, Marina E Vance
Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 21, 210117 (2021).
23. Quantification of Cooking Organic Aerosol in the Indoor Environment using Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometers
Erin F. Katz, Hongyu Guo, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas A. Day, Wyatt L. Brown, Erin Boedicker, Matson Pothier, David M. Lunderberg, Sameer Patel, Kanan Patel et al.
Aerosol Science and Technology (2021): 1-23.
22. Measurements and Simulations of Aerosol Released while Singing and Playing Wind Instruments
Tehya Stockman, Shengwei Zhu, Abhishek Kumar, Lingzhe Wang, Sameer Patel, James Weaver, Mark Spede et al.
ACS Environmental Au (2021). 1, 1, 71–84.
21. Aerosol dynamics modeling of sub-500 nm particles during the HOMEChem study
Sameer Patel, Donghyun Rim, Sumit Sankhyan, Atila Novoselac, Marina E Vance
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (2021).23, 1706-1717.
20. Indoor black carbon and brown carbon concentrations from cooking and outdoor penetration: insights from the HOMEChem study
Sumit Sankhyan, Sameer Patel, Erin Katz, Peter F. DeCarlo, Delphine Farmer, William W. Nazaroff, and Marina Eller Vance
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (2021).23, 1476-1487.
19. Fates and spatial variations of accumulation mode particles in a multi-zone indoor environment during the HOMEChem campaign
Erin K. Boedicker, Ethan W. Emerson, Gavin R. McMeeking, Sameer Patel, Marina E. Vance, and Delphine K. Farmer
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts (2021). 23, 1029-1039.
18. Indoor emissions of total and fluorescent supermicron particles during HOMEChem.
Yilin Tian, Caleb Arata, Erin Boedicker, David M. Lunderberg, Sameer Patel, Sumit Sankhyan, Kasper Kristensen et al.
Indoor Air (2021): 31 (1), 88-98.
17. Indoor source characterization and quantification of cooking organic aerosol contributes to more accurate ambient source apportionment with aerosol mass spectrometers
Erin Katz, Hongyu Guo, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Doug A Day, Wyatt Brown, Erin Boedicker, Matson A Pothier, David M Lunderberg, Kanan Patel, Sameer Patel, L Hildebrandt Ruiz, Marina Vance, Delphine Farmer, Allen H Goldstein, Jose L Jimenez, Peter DeCarlo
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, abstract #A204-02
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AGUFMA204...02K/abstract
16. Indoor particulate matter during HOMEChem: Concentrations, size distributions, and exposures
Sameer Patel, Sumit Sankhyan, Erin K. Boedicker, Peter F. DeCarlo, Delphine K. Farmer, Allen H. Goldstein, Erin F. Katz et al.
Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 12 (2020): 7107-7116.
15. Surface emissions modulate indoor SVOC concentrations through volatility-dependent partitioning
David M. Lunderberg, , Kasper Kristensen, Yilin Tian, Caleb Arata, Pawel K. Misztal, Yingjun Liu, Nathan Kreisberg, Erin F. Katz., Peter F. DeCarlo, Sameer Patel, Marina E. Vance, William W Nazaroff, and Allen H. Goldstein
Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 11 (2020): 6751-6760.
14. Evaluation of nine low-cost-sensor-based particulate matter monitors
Jiayu Li, Simar K. Mattewal, Sameer Patel, and Pratim Biswas
Aerosol and Air Quality Research 20, no. 2 (2020): 254-270.
13. Glass surface evolution following gas adsorption and particle deposition from indoor cooking events as probed by microspectroscopic analysis
Victor W. Or, Michael Wade, Sameer Patel, Michael R. Alves, Deborah Kim, Sarah Schwab, Hannah Przelomski et al.
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 22, no. 8 (2020): 1698-1709.
12. Impact of improved cook stove intervention on reduction of exposure to PM2.5 among rural women and children in Andhra Pradesh, India
K, Mukhopadhyay; P, Johnson; S, Natarajan; S, Saidam; K, Balakrishnan; P, Biswas; S, Patel; P, Kumar; S, Kandikuppa; K, Schechtman; G, Yadama
Environmental Epidemiology 3():p 277-278, October 2019
11. Investigating the effects of stove emissions on ocular and cancer cells
Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Sameer Patel, Nathan Ravi, and Pratim Biswas
Scientific reports 9, no. 1 (2019): 1-12.
10. Overview of HOMEChem: House observations of microbial and environmental chemistry
Delphine K. Farmer, Marina E. Vance, Jon PD Abbatt, Andrew Abeleira, Michael R. Alves, Caleb Arata, Erin Boedicker, S Bourne, F Cardoso-Saldaña, R Corsi, PF DeCarlo, Allen H. Goldstein, Vicki H. Grassian, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Jose Luis Jimenez, Tara F. Kahan, Erin F. Katz, James Mattila, William Nazaroff, Atila Novoselac, Victor W. Or, RE O’Brien, Sameer Patel, Sumit Sankhyan, Philip S. Stevens, Yilin Tian, Chen Wang, Shan Zhou, Y Zhou.
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 21, no. 8 (2019): 1280-1300.
9. Associations between household air pollution and reduced lung function in women and children in rural southern India
Sameer Patel, Anna Leavey, Ajay Sheshadri, Praveen Kumar, Sandeep Kandikuppa, Jaime Tarsi, Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay et al.
Journal of Applied Toxicology 38, no. 11 (2018): 1405-1415.
8. A simplified combustion model integrated with a particle growth dynamic model for top-lit updraft cookstoves
Sameer Patel, and Pratim Biswas
Energy 157 (2018): 658-668.
7. Aerosol emissions factors from traditional biomass cookstoves in India: insights from field measurements
Apoorva Pandey, Sameer Patel, Shamsh Pervez, Suresh Tiwari, Gautam Yadama, Judith C. Chow, John G. Watson, Pratim Biswas, and Rajan K. Chakrabarty.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, no. 22 (2017): 13721-13729.
6. Organic and inorganic speciation of particulate matter formed during different combustion phases in an improved cookstove
Anna Leavey, Sameer Patel, Raul Martinez, Dhruv Mitroo, Claire Fortenberry, Michael Walker, Brent Williams, and Pratim Biswas
Environmental Research 158 (2017): 33-42.
5. Comparing on-road real-time simultaneous in-cabin and outdoor particulate and gaseous concentrations for a range of ventilation scenarios
Anna Leavey, Nathan Reed, Sameer Patel, Kevin Bradley, Pramod Kulkarni, and Pratim Biswas
Atmospheric Environment 166 (2017): 130-141.
4. Spatio-temporal measurement of indoor particulate matter concentrations using a wireless network of low-cost sensors in households using solid fuels
Sameer Patel, Jiayu Li, Apoorva Pandey, Shamsh Pervez, Rajan K. Chakrabarty, and Pratim Biswas
Environmental Research 152 (2017): 59-65.
3. Characterization of gaseous and particulate pollutants from gasification-based improved cookstoves
Sameer Patel, Anna Leavey, Siqin He, Jiaxi Fang, Kyle O’Malley, and Pratim Biswas
Energy for Sustainable Development 32 (2016): 130-139.
2. A model for cost-benefit analysis of cooking fuel alternatives from a rural Indian household perspective
Sameer Patel, Anish Khandelwal, Anna Leavey, and Pratim Biswas
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 56 (2016): 291-302.
1. A comparative study of use of fuel additives in straight vegetable oil and pre-heated straight vegetable oil on combustion and emission characteristics of CI engine
Pinkesh R. Shah, Sameer Patel, Sushrut Bhanushali, and Anuradda Ganesh
No. 2013-26-0013. SAE Technical Paper, 2013.