Areas of Interest:
Coal & Biomass Combustion and Gasification, Plasma Gasification, Air Pollution
Education
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Academic/Industrial Experience
- Associate Professor (2022-Present)
- Assistant Professor (2016-2022)
- Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Novelroots Internet Pvt Ltd, 2014-2016
- Research Scientist, Chevron Corporation, Houston, USA, 2011-2014
- Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA, 2004-2011
Selected Publications
- V Goel, N Tripathi, M Gupta, LK Sahu, V Singh*, M Kumar*, Study of secondary organic aerosol formation and aging using ambient air in an oxidation flow reactor during high pollution events over Delhi, Environmental Research, 118542 (2024)
- M Faisal, U Ali, A Kumar, N Hazarika, V Singh*, M Kumar*, Festive fireworks in Delhi: A major source of elemental aerosols established through dispersion normalized PMF in a multiyear study, Atmospheric Environment, 120394 (2024)
- NK Sahu, A Dewan, M Kumar*. Computational Investigation on the impact of coal feed size in a tangentially fired gasifier, Combustion Science & Technology, 1-20 (2022)
- NK Sahu, M Kumar*, A. Dewan. Sophisticated interplay of operating conditions governs flow field transition and optimal conversion inside two-staged tangentially fired gasifier. Energy 252, 123975 (2022)
- C Manchanda, M Kumar*, V Singh*, M Faisal, N Hazarika, AK Shukla, V Lalchandani, V Goel, NM Thamban, D Ganguly, SN Tripathi*. Variation in chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 during the COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi. Environment International 153, 106541 (2021)
- M Kumar, AF Ghoniem*. Multi-physics simulations of entrained flow gasification. Part II: constructing and validating the overall model. Energy and Fuels 26(1), 464-479 (2012)
- M Kumar, AF Ghoniem*. Multi-physics simulations of entrained flow gasification. Part I: validating the non-reacting flow solver and the particle turbulent dispersion model. Energy and Fuels 26(1), 451-463 (2012)
- K Lindblad-Toh, CM Wade … M Kumar …. ES Lander*. Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog. Nature 438 (7069), 803-819 (2005)