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Publications

"An inexpensive light-scattering particle monitor: chamber and field validations with woodsmoke"(Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2007, 1099-1106 doi: 39/b709329m).
"Speciation of ambient fine organic carbon particles and source apportionment of PM2.5 in Indian cities,"Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2007, 112, D15303, doi:10.1029/2007JD008386.

Talks

Integrated & Real-time PM2.5 Concentrations in Kitchens, Bedrooms, and Outdoors in Highland Guatemala Using both Gravimetric and UCB Particle Monitor
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air: Indoor Air Pollution Monitoring
Partnership for Clean Indoor Air: Indoor PM2.5 and CO Concentrations Reduction from Improved Stoves Installation in Rural Northwest Yunnan Province, China
Current Source Apportionment Studies in ASIA: An Overview

Poster Presentations

Size Distributed Chemical Composition of Fine Particles Emitted from Burning Asian Coal

Dr. Chowdhury has left his position as a Post Doctoral Researcher at the University of California at Berkeley to start as an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University from August 2007

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Contact Information

Environmental Health
Graduate School of Public Health
Mail Code 4162
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-4162
Phone: 619-594-8085
Fax: 619-594-6112
Email: zohir.chowdhury@sdsu.edu

Education & Training

BS, 1997, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Environmental Engineering
MS, 1999, California Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering Sciences
PhD, 2004, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atmospheric Chemistry (minor Environmental Engineering)
Post Doc, University of California at Berkeley, Environmental Health
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University, Environmnental Health, Graduate School of Public Health

Fields of Interest

Measurement of Air Pollution
Atmospheric Chemistry
Developing Country Air Pollution
Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution
Source Apportionment
Human Exposure Assessment
Particle Monitor Development