{"id":587,"date":"2024-10-24T16:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/?page_id=587"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:23:40","slug":"bighnaraj-sarangi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/faculty\/bighnaraj-sarangi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bighnaraj Sarangi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-682 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3440-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Expertise: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Aerosol-clouds-precipitation interactions, carbonaceous aerosols, African dust &amp; Fluorescent bioaerosols, aerosol instrumentations &amp; air quality research and physical Chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Publications:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sarangi, B., Baumgardner, D., Calvo, A. I., Bola\u00f1os-Rosero, B., Fraile, R., Rodr\u00edguez-Fern\u00e1ndez, A., Fern\u00e1ndez-Gonz\u00e1lez, D., Blanco-Alegre, C., Gon\u00e7alves, C., Vicente, E. D., and Mayol-Bracero, O. L.: Measurement report: A comparative analysis of an intensive incursion of fluorescing African dust particles over Puerto Rico and another over Spain, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 843\u2013865, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/acp-25-843-2025, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sarangi, B., Baumgardner, D., Bola\u00f1os-Rosero, B., and Mayol-Bracero, O. L.:Measurement Report: An Exploratory Study of Fluorescence and CCN Activity of Urban Aerosols in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22 (14), 9647-9661, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sarangi, B., Ramachandran, S., Rajesh, T. A., and Dhaker, V. K.: Black carbon linked aerosol hygroscopic growth: Size and mixing state are crucial, Atmospheric Environment, 200, 110\u2013118, 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sarangi, B., Aggarwal, S. G., Gupta, P. K., Kawamura, K., et al.: Nighttime particle growth observed during spring in New Delhi: Evidence for the aqueous phase oxidation of SO2, Atmospheric Environment, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.atmosenv.2018.06.018, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sarangi, B., Aggarwal, S. G., Sinha, D., and Gupta, P. K.: Aerosol effective density measurement using scanning mobility particle sizer and quartz crystal microbalance with the estimation of involved uncertainty, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 859-875, doi:10.5194\/amt-9-859-2016, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kumar, S., Aggarwal, S. G., Fu, P., Q., Kang, M., Sarangi, B., and Sinha, D.: Size segregated sugar composition of transported dust aerosols from Middle-East over Delhi during March 2012, Atmospheric Research, 189, 24-32, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Aggarwal, S. G., Kumar, S., Mandal, P., Sarangi, B., Singh, K., Pokhariyal, J., Mishra, S. K., Agarwal, S., Sinha, D., Singh, S., Sharma, C. and Gupta, P. K.: Traceability issue in PM2.5 and PM10 measurements, MAPAN-J. Metrol. Soc. India, 28, 153\u2013166, doi:10.1007\/s12647-013-0073-x, 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Ongoing projects:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>MRI: Development\u2014An Aerosol and Cloud Analysis System (ACAS) for the Caribbean funded by National Science Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at UPR-RP (RENEW-AR-UPRRP) funded by the Department of Energy (DOE).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li><a 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