The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 2020 – 2024

Thesis title: Impacts of Changes in Land Use, Climate, and Emissions on Global Air Quality by Mid-21st Century Following the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

M.Sc., Physical Geography (Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research), 2016 – 2019

Thesis: Characterization and Source Identification of Nitrogenous Aerosols in Southern Tibetan Plateau

Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal

B.Sc., Environmental Science and Management, 2009 – 2014

2024

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2024, Responses of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air quality to future climate, land use, and emission changes: Insights from modeling across shared socioeconomic pathways. Sci. Total Environ. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174611

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2024. Impacts of changes in climate, land use, and emissions on global ozone air quality by mid-21st century following selected Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Sci. Total Environ. 906, 167759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167759

Pei, Q., Wan, X., Widory, D., Ram, K., Adhikary, B., Wu, G., Diao, X., Bhattarai, H., Zhang, YL., Loewen, M., Cong, Z., 2024. Nitrogen aerosols in New Delhi, India: Speciation, formation, and sources. Atmos. Res. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107343

Neupane, B. K.; Acharya, B. K.; Cao, C.; Xu, M.; Bhattarai, H.; Yang, Y.; Wang, S., 2024. A systematic review of spatial and temporal epidemiological approaches, focus on lung cancer risk associated with particulate matter. BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20431-x 

2023

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2023. Wildfire-derived nitrogenous aerosols threaten the fragile ecosystem in Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 9243-9251. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01541

2022

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2022. Nitrogenous and carbonaceous aerosols in PM2.5 and TSP during pre-monsoon: Characteristics and sources in the highly polluted mountain valley. J. of Environ. Sci. 115, 10-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2021.06.018

2021

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2021. Concentration, sources and wet deposition of dissolved nitrogen and organic carbon in the Northern Indo-Gangetic Plain during monsoon. J. of Environ. Sci. 102, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2020.09.011

Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Chen, P., Bhattarai, H., Guo, J., Shrestha, K.L., et al., 2021. Water-soluble organic and inorganic nitrogen in ambient aerosols over the Himalayan middle hills: Seasonality, sources, and transport pathways. Atmos. Res., 250, 105376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105376

2020

Ram, K., Bhattarai, H., Cong, Z., 2020. Chemical components and distributions in aerosols in the Third Pole in book “Water Quality in the Third Pole: The Roles of Climate Change and Human Activities”, Edited by Sharma, Chhatra Mani; Kang, Shichang; Tripathee, Lekhendra, Elsevier publication, 43-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816489-1.00002-5

Adhikari, B., Pant, R., Baral, U., Shrestha, S., Neupane, S., Khanal, B., Acharya, A., & Bhattarai, H., 2020. Geochemical and multivariate assessment of water quality in the Rajarani Lake, Dhankuta, Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 60, 37-49. https://doi.org/10.3126/jngs.v60i0.31264

2019

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2019. Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives. Atmos. Res. 220, 20-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.01.004

Bhattarai, H. et al., 2019. Nitrogen speciation and isotopic composition of aerosols collected at Himalayan Forest (3326 m a.s.l.): Seasonality, sources and implications. Environ. Sci. Technol., 53, 12247-12256. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03999

Wan, X., Kawamura, K., Ram, K., Kang, S., Loewen, M., Gao, S., Wu, G., Fu, P., Zhang, Y., Bhattarai, H., Cong, Z., 2019. Aromatic acids as biomass-burning tracers in atmospheric aerosols and ice cores: A review. Environ. Pollut., 247, 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.028

Pokharel, M., Guang J., Liu B., Kang S., Ma Y., Holben B., Xia X., Xin J., Ram K., Wan X., Rupakheti D., Wu G., Bhattarai H., Zhao C., Cong Z., 2019. Aerosol properties over Tibetan Plateau from a decade AERONET measurements: baseline, types, and influencing factors. JGR atmos., 124, 13357-13374. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031293

Acharya, P., Sharma, C. M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Paudyal, R., Zhang, Q., Bhattarai, H., & Sillanpää, M., 2019. Bioaccumulation of mercury in fishes of Jagadishpur Reservoir, Nepal. Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, 7, 17-23. https://doi.org/10.3126/njes.v7i0.34370

Other

1. Bhattarai, H., Air Pollution in Kathmandu. Ecologist, 2020.

https://theecologist.org/2020/mar/23/air-pollution-kathmandu?fbclid=IwAR3pCB3sJczcgWkpDU11_bJSOTcPcmL3GuExQxKEgiQsisLPihjNgQMOTEs

2. Bhattarai, H., Air Pollution in South Asia: Biomass Burning Emissions & its Impact, 2020.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/03/air-pollution-south-asia-biomass-burning-emissions-impact/

3. Bhattarai, H., Monkey business, 2014.

https://kathmandupost.com/opinion/2014/03/16/monkey-business-386806

21. Oral presentation on "Climate Change in the 21st Century Increases Burned Area and Wildfire Emissions over the Northern Polar Regions." International Symposium on Polar Sciences —The 40th anniversary of CHINARE, Shanghai, China, 29 Oct.- 01 Nov. 2024 (Invited speaker). 

20. Oral presentation on “Climate change impacts on wildfires and carbon emissions during 21st century under SSP1 and SSP3 scenarios.” International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology (ICBB), Kathmandu, Nepal, 21-24 Apr. 2024 (Invited speaker). link

19. Poster presentation on “Impacts of Changes in Land Use, Climate, and Emissions on Global Air Quality by 2050 following the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways.” American Geophysical Union (AGU), Chicago, USA, 12-16 Dec. 2022. link

18. Poster presentation on “Impacts of changes in land use, climate, and emissions on global air quality by 2050” at iCACGP-IGAC Science Conference, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 10-15 Sept. 2022. link

17. 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Chemistry), Germany, 26 Jun. – 1 Jul. 2022. link

16. Post Conference Programme in Baden-Wurttemberg of the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany, 1st Jul. – 8th Jul. 2022.

15. Poster presentation on “Impacts of changes in land use, climate, and emissions on global air quality by 2050” at 27th annual CESM workshop, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA, 13 – 16 Jun. 2022 (online). link

14. Oral and poster presentation on “Impacts of changes in land use, climate, and emissions on global air quality by 2050 following the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways.” Research Poster Exhibition 2022, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 17 May 2022. link

13. Global Young Scientist Summit (GYSS), National Research Foundation, Singapore, 17-21 Jan. 2022 (online). link

12. Poster presentation on “Effects of Future Land Use and Land Cover Change on Surface Ozone Air Quality Over the Mid-21st Century.” AGU, New Orleans, 13-17 Dec. 2021 (online). link

11. Oral presentation on “Impacts of changes in land use, climate, and anthropogenic emissions on global air quality by the mid-21st century following the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways.” Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Day, The Chinse University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 14 Dec. 2021. link

10. Oral presentation on “Nitrogen aerosols over Himalayas: Concentration, sources and implications.” Aerosol Air Quality, Climate change and Impact on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas, ARIES, Nainital, India, 14 – 16 Sept. 2020. (online). link

9. Scientific Literature Review, Research Methodology and Academic Writing at Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Nepal from 24-26 Nov. 2019.

8. Poster presentation and training school, “Sao Paulo School of Advanced Science (SPSAS) on Atmospheric Aerosols: Properties, Measurements, Modeling, and Effects on Climate and Health” at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil from Jul. 22-Aug. 2, 2019. link

7. Poster presentation on “Nitrogenous aerosols in Tibetan Plateau: concentration, isotopic ratio and sources?” 4th Atmospheric Composition and Asian Monsoon Workshop (ACAM 2019) and 3rd ACAM training school, 24-28 Jun. 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. link

6. Oral Presentation on “Nitrogenous aerosols over Southeast Tibet (SET): Concentration, Sources, and Transport.” 2018 International Workshop for Young Scientists of the Hindu-Kush-Himalayas, 4-6 Nov. 2018 Beijing, China. link

5. Oral presentation on “Nitrogenous aerosols over Southeast Tibet (SET): Concentration, Sources, and Transport.” Fifth Youth Geo-science Forum, 26-29 Oct. 2018 Nanjing, China.

4. Oral presentation on “Characterization and source identification of nitrogenous aerosols in the Tibetan Plateau.” Summer School on Frontier and Inter Disciplinary Sciences for the Oversea Students in IC-UCAS, 2-7 Jul. 2018 Beijing, China.

3. Training and workshop on “Science Journalism: Taking Benefits of Science to the People”, 29 Jun.-1st Jul. 2014, B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Development Board, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2. Training on “Challenge of Balance: A course on policies, politics and Practices of Environmental Management in the Developing world”, 1-30 Aug. 2013, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India. link

1. Training on “Environmental Leadership”, 1-12 Dec. 2009 by Roots and Shoots, Kathmandu, Nepal.