Prof. (Dr.) Abhiroop Chowdhury
October 20, 2023 2024-06-26 11:02Prof. (Dr.) Abhiroop Chowdhury
Prof. (Dr.) Abhiroop Chowdhury
Professor & Executive Dean
Joint director– Environmental Law and Science Advocacy Forum (ELSAF)
B.Sc.; M.Sc. (Calcutta University)
Ph.D. (IIT Dhanbad)
Editorial Board Member: BMC Public Health (Springer Nature), Frontiers in Soil Science, Discover Applied Science (Springer Nature).
Associate Editor/ Section Editor: Toxin Reviews (Taylor & Francis)
Member: European Association of Geochemistry
Abhiroop Chowdhury is Professor and Executive Dean at Jindal Global School of Environment and Sustainability. He completed his graduation in Botany (Hons.) and M.Sc. in Environmental System Management with special paper on Wildlife conservation, from University of Calcutta. He had qualified national level GATE exam in two different subject tracks- Life Sciences, Ecology and Evolution. Abhiroop earned his, PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) with MHRD fellowship, on the research question ‘how development and climate change is impacting mangrove ecology at Indian Sundarbans?’. His post-doctoral research was on Kachchh mangrove ecology at Gujarat. He has published around 25 Scopus/ Web of Science indexed journal articles between 2016-22 with over 500 citations. He was awarded with Inder Mohan Thapar best researcher award- 2016 by IIT for his research contributions. He also received various awards, recognitions for research and academic achievements from ‘Coursera’, ‘O.P. Jindal Global University’, ‘Elsevier (Publication house)’ etc. Research focus: Blue carbon sequestration, Mangrove restoration, Climate-change Ecology, Pollution assessment and management, Environmental Social Work. He was involved in mangrove biodiversity assessment project with IISc, Bangalore and has about two years of teaching experience at Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur. He is presently co-supervising a full time doctoral candidate in field of Environmental geochemistry. As an environmental scientist, Abhiroop had explored various biodiversity conservation sites (Kachchh Biosphere Reserve, Sundarban Ramsar wetland site), river systems (Subarnarekha and Damodar) and mining regions (Sukinda Chromite mine and Jharia coal fields). He is actively involved in conservation and alternative livelihood initiatives at Indian Sundarbans. He writes regularly for Indian news dailies and international blogs on environmental issues.
Ten selected publications
- Chowdhury, A., Naz, A. & Maiti, S.K. (2024) Community-based, cost-effective multispecies mangrove restoration innovation to maximize soil blue carbon pool and humic acid and fulvic acid concentrations at Indian Sundarbans. Environmental Science and Pollution Research . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-33918-2
- Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Maiti, S.K. (2023) Distribution, speciation, and bioaccumulation of potentially toxic elements in the grey mangroves at Indian Sundarbans, in relation to vessel movements. Marine Environmental Research, 189, 106042. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106042
- Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., Sharma, S.B., Dasgupta, R. (2023) Changes in Salinity, Mangrove Community Ecology, and Organic Blue Carbon Stock in Response to Cyclones at Indian Sundarbans. Life,13, 1539. https://doi.org/10.3390/ life13071539
- Chowdhury, A.; Naz, A.; Dasgupta, R.; Maiti, S.K. (2023) Blue Carbon: Comparison of Chronosequences from Avicennia marina Plantation and Proteresia coarctata Dominated Mudflat, at the World’s Largest Mangrove Wetland. Sustainability, 15, 368. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010368
- Sharma, H., Ilyas, A., Chowdhury, A., Poddar, N. K., Chaudhary, A. A., Shailblyeh, S. A. R., Ibrahim, A. A., Khan, S. (2022) Does COVID-19 lockdowns have impacted on global dengue burden? A special focus to India. BMC Public Health, 22, 1402. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13720-w
- Sharma, S., Chowdhury, A. (2021). Phosphorus transitions in traditional eco-knowledge versus chemical based agri-amendment systems of stress-prone semi-arid. Ecological Indicators, 121, 107145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107145
- Naz, A., Chowdhury, A., Chandra, R., & Mishra, B. K. (2020). Potential human health hazard due to bioavailable heavy metal exposure via consumption of plants with ethnobotanical usage at the largest chromite mine of India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 42, 4213–4231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-020-00603-5
- Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., Bhattacharyya, S., & Sanyal, P. (2018). Cost–benefit analysis of ‘Blue Carbon’ sequestration by plantation of few key mangrove species at Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. Carbon Management, 9(6), 575-586.. DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2018.1518105
- Chowdhury, A., Naz, A., & Maiti, S. K. (2017). Health risk assessment of ‘tiger prawn seed’ collectors exposed to heavy metal pollution in the conserved mangrove forest of Indian Sundarbans: A socio-environmental perspective. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 23(2), 203-224. doi: 10.1080/10807039.2016.1238300
- Chowdhury, A., &Maiti, S. K. (2016). Identification of metal tolerant plant species in mangrove ecosystem by using community study and multivariate analysis: a case study from Indian Sundarban. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75(9), 1-21.doi:10.1007/s12665-016-5391-1