Hello! I'm Navinya Chimurkar, a climate and atmospheric scientist currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Aarhus University, Denmark, in the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering. My current research focuses on quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities, with an overarching interest in the climate impact of greenhouse gases and carbonaceous aerosols.

I recently completed my Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Harish Phuleria and Prof. Chandra Venkataraman at the Centre for Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where I explored the optical and carbonaceous characteristics of aerosol emissions from residential heating and lighting in India. This included extensive fieldwork across the country, contributing to high-resolution national emission inventories and conducting source-specific aerosol measurements.

As a recipient of the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Doctoral Fellowship, I spent 9 months at Washington University in St. Louis collaborating with Prof. Rajan Chakrabarty, where I investigated brown carbon optical properties and contributed to multiple international publications.

My research journey began with an M.Tech. in Climate Science and Technology from IIT Bhubaneswar, where I studied the influence of atmospheric constituents on solar energy potential.

With over 10 peer-reviewed publications, including in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and ACS ES&T Air, and awards from EGU, IASTA, and WashU, my work bridges climate science and harmful emissions.

I'm passionate about advancing our understanding of aerosols and gaseous emissions, especially their implications for climate change and sustainable development.