CV

Education, Employment,
Awards and Publications

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CV

Education, Employment, Awards and Publications

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

September 1999 – May 2006
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) in Atmospheric Science

Dissertation title: “Diurnal Cycle of Air Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”
Committee Members: Ronald G. Prinn (MIT), Steven C. Wofsy (Harvard), Gregory McRae (MIT), Christoph Schär (ETH Zürich), Mario Molina (Nobel Laureate, MIT & UCSD).

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

August 1997 – December 1998
Institute for Environmental Studies
Master of Science (M.S.) in Land Resources

Thesis: “Acid Rain in Nepal? An Initial Assessment”
Committee Members: Erhard Joeres, John Kutzbach, Joseph Elder.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

September 1992 – March 1997
Concentration in Environmental Science and Public Policy
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) magna cum laude with highest honors

Thesis: “Facing the future: Towards scenarios of the Kathmandu Valley in ten years under alternative policies that shape how the valley’s transportation system affects its environment and society”
Advisor: Michael B. McElroy; Thesis Supervisor: William C. Clark (Harvard Kennedy School)

Employment

National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Member.
March 2024 –

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Founder and Chair
April 2022 – (currently inactive)

Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Mandikatar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Senior Research Fellow.
February 2021 – March 2024.

Ullens Education Foundation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Chief Executive Officer.
February 2020 – January 2022

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Regional Programme Manager, Atmosphere.
September 2018 – January 2020
Regional Programme Manager ad interim, Atmosphere.
October 2017 – August 2018
Senior Atmospheric Scientist & Programme Coordinator.
January 2013 – October 2017
Lead Atmospheric Scientist and Coordinator.
March 2012 – December 2012

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
August 2009 – August 2014

Princeton University & NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Program
November 2007 – August 2009

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Global Change Science
May 2006 – October 2007
Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
2000 – 2006

UNDP & National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Consultant
Summer 2002

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Spring 1997.
Part-Time Research Assistant, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
1994 – 1997.

Mustang Eco-Museum, Jomsom, Nepal.

Research Consultant
Summer 1994.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Part-Time Assistant at the Harvard University Library Map Collection
1993 – 1994
Part-Time dish washer and bathroom cleaner, Harvard Dining Services & Dorm Crew
1992 – 1993.

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Founder and Chair.
April 2022 –

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Founder and Chair.
April 2022 –

Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Mandikatar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Senior Research Fellow.
February 2021 – March 2024.

Ullens Education Foundation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Chief Executive Officer.
February 2020 – January 2022

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Regional Programme Manager, Atmosphere.
September 2018 – January 2020
Regional Programme Manager ad interim, Atmosphere.
October 2017 – August 2018
Senior Atmospheric Scientist & Programme Coordinator.
January 2013 – October 2017
Lead Atmospheric Scientist and Coordinator.
March 2012 – December 2012

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA

Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
August 2009 – August 2014

Princeton University & NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Program
November 2007 – August 2009

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Global Change Science
May 2006 – October 2007
Research and Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
2000 – 2006

UNDP & National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Consultant
Summer 2002

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Spring 1997.
Part-Time Research Assistant, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
1994 – 1997.

Mustang Eco-Museum, Jomsom, Nepal.

Research Consultant
Summer 1994.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Part-Time Assistant at the Harvard University Library Map Collection
1993 – 1994
Part-Time dish washer and bathroom cleaner, Harvard Dining Services & Dorm Crew
1992 – 1993.

Honorary Positions and Awards

Current

Past

2022-24: Central Committee Member, Rashtriya Swatantra Party, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2014-24: Advisory Board Member, Nepal Economic Forum, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2019-22: Member, South Asia Governing Council of Future Earth, IISC, Bangalore, India.
2022-22 : Trustee and College Planning Team Leader, Ullens Education Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2021-22 : Senior Expert (advisor), Government of Nepal, National Planning Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2019-21 : Expert Working Group Member, Sagarmatha Sambaad. Government of Nepal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2018-20 : Board of Trustees, Ullens Education Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal
2015-20 : Steering Committee Member, Climate and Clean Air Coalition, Paris France.
2012-20 : ICIMOD’s Focal Point to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
2018-19 : Steering Committee Member Urban Health Initiative , WHO & Government of Nepal Ministry of Health, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2017-19 : Member of the Executive Board, Himalayan Consensus Institute, Hong Kong.
2018 : Scientific Adviser, WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, Geneva, Switzerland.
2016-20 : Advisory Group Member, Asia Co-Benefits Partnership (ACP) hosted by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Hayama, Japan.
2016-18 : Lead Author for the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)’s Asia Regional Assessment report, Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions
2015-18 : Working Group Member,Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership hosted by United National Environment’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.
2015-18 : Coordinating Lead Author for theHimalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP), ICIMOD, Nepal.
2017 : One of two experts on a Task Force formed by Dr. Prabhu Budhathoki atNational Planning Commission Government of Nepal, to recommend quick measures to reduce air pollution in Kathmandu.
2015-17 : Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, USA.
2016 : Expert Group Member on Air Quality Governance and Assessment, Clean Air Asia Pasig City, Philippines.
2016 : Program Committee Member for the 17th IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress & 9th CAA Better Air Quality Conference held in August 2016 in Busan, Korea.
2015 : Guest Editor, special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Atmospheric Environment on South Asian Aerosols and Anthropogenic Emissions: Regional and Global Climate Implications.
2011-15 : Invited by Rwanda’s Minister of Education to serve as Advisor on the Rwanda Climate Change Observatory Project, Kigali, Rwanda.
2014 : Research Affiliate, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA.
2012-13 : Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA.
2008-13 : International Advisory Board Member, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2008-12 : Visiting Scientist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.
2007-08 : Visiting Scientist, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA.
2006 : Received Carl-Gustaf Rossby Prize for best doctoral thesis, Program in Atmospheres and Oceans and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA, USA.
2006 : Received Best Poster Award, Alliance for Global Sustainability Annual Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand.
2004 : Received Award for Excellence in Teaching,Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA.
2002-03 : Received Alliance for Global Sustainability Pilot Research Grant through Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research in Nepal.
2000-02 : Received Martin Fellowship for Sustainability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA
1999-02 : Received Charney Prize in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA
1999-00 : Received Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA
1997-98 : Received University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
1996 : Received John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Distinction, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
1993-95 : Received Harvard College Scholarship for Academic Distinction, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

SERVICE

April – May 2015

Spent 28 days at Kathmandu airport providing weather, navigation, and route planning support to Nepali, Indian, Chinese and American helicopter crews operating in Nepal during post-earthquake relief efforts. http://archive.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2015/07/12/back-stopping-rescue/

Photo credit: Subasana Shrestha

2014

Served on ICIMOD‘s Staff Club.
2013 – 2019

Served on ICIMOD’s Construction Committee, helping guide the design and construction of a 30K square foot annex building.
2007 – present

Served as Invited manuscript peer reviewer for the following journals: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Environmental Research Letters, Climate Research, Atmospheric Environment, Atmospheric Research, Journal of Integrative Environmental Science, International Journal of Climatology, Ambio, and Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Science of the Total Environment.
April 2007

Volunteer at Cambridge Science Festival’s Climate Trail organized by the Consulate of Switzerland in Boston.
2004-2005

Active participant in curriculum development for a proposed Department of Environmental Science at Purbanchal University, Biratnagar, Nepal.
2002-2003

Vice President, MITeri (Nepali student association at MIT).
2001-2007

Member of the annual retreat organizing committee for MIT’s Program in Atmospheres and Oceans and Climate.
1999-2001, 2002-04

Executive Council Member, Greater Boston Nepali Community.
1999, 2000

Volunteer at the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Alumni Fundraising Phonathon.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Papers

Isobel J. Simpson, Barbara Barletta, Simone Meinardi, Omar Siraj Aburizaiza, Peter F. DeCarlo, Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh, Haider Khwaja, Jinseok Kim, Younha Kim, Arnico Panday, Azhar Siddique, Elizabeth A. Stone, Tao Wang, Jung-Hun Woo, Likun Xue, Robert J. Yokelson, Jahan Zeb, and Donald R. Blake. “CFC-11 measurements in China, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea (1998-2018): Urban, landfill fire and garbage burning sources” Environmental Chemistry, 18, 370-392. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN21139, 2022.
Md. Robiul Islam, Tianyi Li, Khadak Mahata, Nita Khanal, Benjamin Werden, Michael R. Giordano, P. S. Praveen, Narayan Babu Dhital, Anobha Gurung,Arnico K. Panday, , Indu Bikram Joshi, Shankar Prasad Poudel, Yanbo Wang, Eri Saikawa, Robert J. Yokelson, Peter F. DeCarlo, Elizabeth A. Stone. “Wintertime Air Quality in Lumbini, Nepal: Sources of Fine Particle Organic Carbon” ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, sp-2020-00269u, 2021.
Saifi Izhar, Tarun Gupta, Adnan Mateen Qadri, Arnico K. Panday. “Wintertime chemical characteristics of aerosol and their role in light extinction during clear and polluted days in rural Indo Gangetic plain” Environmental Pollution, 282. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117034, 2021.
Eri Saikawa, Qianru Wu, Min Zhong, Alexander Avramov, Kirpa Ram, Elizabeth A. Stone, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Thilina Jayarathne, Arnico K. Panday, and Robert J. Yokelson.“Garbage Burning in South Asia: How Important Is it to Regional Air Quality?” Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 16, 9928–9938, doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02830, 2020.
Md. Robiul Islam, Thilina Jayarathne, Isobel J. Simpson, Benjamin Werden, John Maben, Ashley Gilbert, Puppala S. Praveen, Sagar Adhikari, Arnico K. Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, Donald R. Blake, Robert J. Yokelson, Peter F. DeCarlo, William C. Keene, and Elizabeth A. Stone, “Ambient air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal during the pre-monsoon: Concentrations and sources of particulate matter and trace gases”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 2927-2951, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-2927-2020, 2020.
Jeevan Regmi, Khem N Poudyal, Amod Pokhrel, Madhu Gyawali, Lekhendra Tripathee, Arnico Panday, Anthony Barinelli, Rudra Aryal.“Investigation of Aerosol Climatology and Long-Range Transport of Aerosols over Pokhara, Nepal”, Atmosphere, 11, 874; doi:10.3390/atmos11080874, 2020.
Amrit M. Nakarmi, Bikash Sharma, Utsav S. Rajbhandari, Anita Prajapati, Christopher S. Malley, Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna, Harry W. Vallack, Daven K. Henze, Arnico Panday. “Mitigating the impacts of air pollutants in Nepal and climate co-benefits: a scenario-based approach”, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 13, 361-370, doi.org/10.1007/s11869-020-00799-6, 2020.
Saifi Izhar, Tarun Gupta, Arnico K. Panday. “Scavenging efficiency of water soluble inorganic andorganic aerosols by fog droplets in the Indo Gangetic Plain”. Atmospheric Research, 235, 104767,doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104767, 2020.
Pengfei Chen, Shichang Kang, Lekhendra Tripathee, Arnico K. Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, Dipesh Rupakheti, Qianggong Zhang, Junming Guo, Chaoliu Li, Tao Pu, “Severe air pollution and characteristics of light-absorbing particles in a typical rural area of the Indo-Gangetic Plain” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27:10617-10628, doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07618-6, 2020.
Manisha Mehra, Arnico K. Panday, Siva Praveen Puppala, Vikrant Sapkota, Bhupesh Adhikary, Chiranjibi P. Pokharel, Kirpa Ram. “Impact of local and regional emission sources on air quality in foothills of the Himalaya during spring 2016: An observation, satellite and modeling perspective”, Atmospheric Environment, 216, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116897, 2019.
Min Zhong, Eri Saikawa, Alexander Avramov, Chen Chen, Boya Sun, Wenlu Ye, William C. Keene, Robert J. Yokelson, Thilina Jayarathne, Elizabeth A. Stone, Maheswar Rupakheti, and Arnico K. Panday, Siva Praveen Puppala, Vikrant Sapkota, Bhupesh Adhikary, Chiranjibi P. Pokharel, Kirpa Ram. “Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): emissions of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide from vehicles and brick kilns and their impacts on air quality in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 8209–8228, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8209-2019, 2019.
Saifi Izhar, Tarun Gupta, Aliva P. Mintz, Shantibhusan Senapati, Arnico Panday, Siva Praveen Puppala, Vikrant Sapkota, Bhupesh Adhikary, Chiranjibi P. Pokharel, Kirpa Ram. “Influence of regional and long-range transport air masses on fog water composition, contribution and toxicological response at Indo Gangetic Plain”, Atmospheric Environment, 214, 116888, 2019.
Shichang Kang, Qianggong Zhang, Yun Qian, Zhenming Ji, Chaoliu Li, Zhiyuan Cong, Yulan Zhang, Junming Guo, Wentao Du, Jie Huang, Qinglong You, Arnico K Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, Deliang Chen, Örjan Gustafsson, Mark H. Thiemens, Dahe Qin, “Linking Atmospheric Pollution to Cryospheric Change in the Third Pole Region: Current Progresses and Future Prospects”, National Science Review, 6, 4, 796-809, doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz031, 2019.
Dipesh Rupakheti, Shichang Kang, Maheswar Rupakheti, Zhiyuan Cong, Arnico K. Panday, Brent N. Holben, “Identification of absorbing aerosol types at a site in the northern edge of Indo-Gangetic Plain and a polluted valley in the foothills of the central Himalayas”, Atmospheric Research, 223, 15-23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.003, 2019.
Xin Wan, Shichang Kang, Maheswar Rupakheti, Qianggong Zhang, Lekhendra Tripathee, Junming Guo, Pengfei Chen, Dipesh Rupakheti, Arnico Panday, Mark Lawrence, Kimitaka Kawamura, Zhiyuan and Cong, “Molecular characterization of organic aerosols in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Insights into primary and secondary sources”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 2725-2747, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2725-2019, 2019.
Ashish Singh, Khadak S. Mahata, Maheswar Ruphaketi, Wolfgang Junkermann, Arnico K. Panday, Mark G. Lawrence. “An overview of airborne measurement in Nepal – Part 1: Vertical profile of aerosol size, number, spectral absorption, and meteorology” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 245-258, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-245-2019, 2019.
Dipesh Rupakheti, Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh, Maheswar Rupakheti, Ram Kumar Sharma, Arnico K. Panday,Siva Praveen Puppala, Mark G. Lawrence. “Indoor levels of black carbon and particulate matters in relation to cooking activities using different cook stove-fuels in rural Nepal”, Energy for Sustainable Development, 48, 25-33, doi 10.1016/j.esd.2018.10.007, 2019.
Parth Sarathi Mahapatra, Siva Praveen Puppala, Bhupesh Adhikary, Kundan L. Shrestha, Durga Prasad Dawadi, Shankar Prasad Paudel, Arnico K. Panday. “Air quality trends of the Kathmandu Valley: A satellite, observation and modeling perspective”. Atmospheric Environment, 201, 334-347. doi 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.043, 2019.
J. Douglas Goetz, Michael R. Giordano, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Ted J. Christian, Rashmi Maharjan, Sagar Adhikari, Prakash V. Bhave, Puppala S. Praveen, Arnico K. Panday, Thilina Jayarathne, Elizabeth A. Stone, Robert J. Yokelson, and Peter F. DeCarlo. “Speciated online PM1 from South Asian combustion sources – Part 1: Fuel-based emission factors and size distributions”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 14653-14679, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14653-2018, 2018.
Khadak Singh Mahata, Maheswar Rupakheti, Arnico Kumar Panday, Piyush Bhardwaj, Manish Naja, Ashish Singh, Andrea Mues, Paolo Cristofanelli, Deepak Pudasainee, Paolo Bonasoni, and Mark G. Lawrence. “Observation and analysis of spatio-temporal characteristics of surface ozone and carbon monoxide at multiple sites in the Kathmandu Valley Nepal”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 14113-14132, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14113-2018, 2018.
Dipesh Rupakheti, Shichang Kang, Maheswar Rupakheti, Zhiyuan Cong, Lekhendra Tripathee, Arnico K. Panday, Brent N. Holben. “Observation of optical properties and sources of aerosols at Buddha’s Birthplace, Lumbini, Nepal: Environmental and climate implications“. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, 14868-14881. doi 10.1007/s11356-018-1713-z, 2018.
Piyush Bhardwaj, Manish Naja, Maheswar Rupakheti, Arnico K. Panday, Rajesh Kumar, Khadak Mahata, Shyam Lal, Harish C. Chandola, Mark G. Lawrence. “Variations in surface ozone and carbon monoxide in the Kathmandu Valley and surrounding broader regions during SusKat‐ABC field campaign: Role of local and regional sources” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 11949-11971, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11949-2018, 2018.
Thilina Jayarathne, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Prakash V. Bhave, Puppala S. Praveen, Chathurika M. Rathnayake, Md. Robiul Islam, Arnico K. Panday, Sagar Adhikari, Rasmi Maharjan, J. Doug Goetz, Peter F. DeCarlo, Eri Saikawa, Robert J. Yokelson, and Elizabeth A. Stone. “Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): Emissions of particulate matter from wood and dung cooking fires, brick kilns, generators, trash and crop residue burning.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, doi 10.5194/acp-18-2259-2018, 2018.
Shradda Dhungel, Bhogendra Kathayat, Khadak Mahata, andArnico Panday. “Transport of regional pollutants through a remote trans-Himalayan valley in Nepal”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, doi:10.5194/acp-18-1203-2018, 2018.
Sujan Shrestha, Siva Praveen Puppala, Bhupesh Adhikary, Kundan Lal Shrestha, and Arnico K. Panday. “Field Measurements for Quantifying Semi-Volatile Influence on Physical and Optical Properties of Ambient Aerosols in the Kathmandu Valley”. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, doi:10.4209/aaqr.2017.11.0492, 2017.
Khadak Singh Mahata, Arnico Kumar Panday,Maheswar Rupakheti, Manish Naja, Mark G. Lawrence. “Seasonal and diurnal variations of methane and carbon dioxide in the Kathmandu Valley in the foothills of the central Himalaya”.Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, doi 10.5194/acp-17-12573-2017, 2017.
Chaeyoon Cho, Sang-Woo Kim, Maheswar Rupakheti, Jinsoo Park, Arnico Panday, Soon-Chang Yoon, Ji-Hyoung Kim, Hyunjae Kim, Haeun Jeon, Minyoung Sung, Bong Mann Kim, Seunkyu Hong, Rokjin Park, Dipesh Rupakheti, Khadak Singh Mahata, Siva Praveen Puppala, Mark G. Lawrence and Brent Holben. “Wintertime Aerosol Optical and Radiative Properties in the Kathmandu Valley during the SusKat-ABC Field Campaign”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, doi 10.5194/acp-2017-239, 2017.
Dipesh Rupakheti, Bhupesh Adhikary, Puppala S. Praveen, Maheswar Rupakheti, Shichang Kang, Khadak S. Mahata, Manish Naja, Qianggong Zhang, Arnico Panday and Mark Lawrence. “Pre-monsoon air quality over Lumbini, a world heritage site along the Himalayan foothills”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physic, 17, 11041-11063, doi 10.5194/acp-17-11041-2017, 2017.
Xin Wan, Shichang Kang, Quanlian Li, Dipesh Rupakheti, Qianggong Zhang, Junming Guo, Penfei Chen, Lekhendra Tripathee, Maheswar Rupakheti, Arnico K. Panday, Wu Wang, Kimitaka Wakamura, Shaopeng Gao, Guangming Wu, Zhiyuan Cong. “Organic molecular tracers in the atmospheric aerosols from Lumbini, Nepal, in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain: Influence of biomass burning”.Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 8867-8885. doi 10.5194/acp-17-8867-2017, 2017.
Junming Guo, Shichang Kang, Jie Huang, Qianggong Zhang, Maheswar Rupakheti, Shiwei Sun, Lekhendra Tripathee, Dipesh Rupakheti, Arnico K. Panday, Mika Sillanpää, Rukumesh Paudyal. “Characterization of atmospheric particulate mercury in the capital city of Nepal, South Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 579, 1240-1248. doi 10.1016/ scitotenv.2016.11.110, 2017.
Chinmoy Sarkar, Vinayak Sinha, Baerbel Sinha, Arnico K. Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, Mark G. Lawrence. “Source apportionment of NMVOCs in the Kathmandu Valley during the SusKat-ABC international field campaign using positive matrix factorization”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 8129-8156, doi 10.5194/acp-17-8129-2017, 2017.
Kabindra Shakya, Maheswar Rupakheti, Anima Shahi, Rejina Maskey, Bidya Pradhan, Arnico Panday, Siva. P. Puppala, Mark Lawrence and Richard Peltier. “Near-road sampling of PM2.5, BC, and fine particle chemical components in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 6503-61516, doi 10.5194/acp-2016-1027, 2017.
Chelsea E. Stockwell, Ted J. Christian, J. Douglas Goetz, Thilina Jayarathne, Prakash V. Bhave, Puppala S. Praveen Sagar Adhikari, Rashmi Maharjan, Peter F. DeCarlo, Elizabeth A. Stone, Eri Saikawa, Donald R. Blake, Isobel J. Simpson, Robert J. Yokelson, and Arnico K. Panday. “Nepal Ambient Monitoring and Source Testing Experiment (NAMaSTE): Emissions of trace gases and light-absorbing carbon from wood and dung cooking fires, garbage and crop residue burning, brick kilns, and other sources”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 11043-11081, 2016.
Chinmoy Sarkar, Vinayak Sinha, Vinod Kumar, Maheswar Rupakheti, >Arnico Panday, Khadak S. Mahata, Dipesh Rupakheti, Bhogendra Kathayat, and Mark G. Lawrence. “Overview of VOC emissions and chemistry from PTR-TOF-MS measurements during the SusKat-ABC campaign: high acetaldehyde, isoprene and isocyanic acid in wintertime air of the Kathmandu Valley”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 3979-4003, doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3979-2016, 2016.
K. Krishna Moorthy, S K. Satheesh, M. M. Sarin, Arnico K. Panday. “Editorial: South Asian aerosols in perspective: Preface to the special issue”. Atmospheric Environment, 125, 307-311, 2016.
Charles Gertler, PS Praveen, Arnico Panday, Dorothea Stumm and Joe Shea. “Black carbon and the Himalayan cryosphere: A review” Atmospheric Environment, 125, 404-417, 2016.
Bong Mann Kim, Jin-Soo Park, Sang-Woo Kim, Hyunjae Kim, Haeun Jeon, Chaeyoon Cho, Ji-Hyoung Kim, Seungkyu Hong, Maheswar Rupakheti, Arnico K. Panday, Rokjin J. Park, Jihyung Hong, Soon-Chang Yoon. “Source apportionment of PM10 mass and particulate carbon in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal”. Atmospheric Environment, 123, 190-199, 2015.
C. Xu, Y. M. Ma, A. Panday, Z. Y. Cong, K. Yang, Z. K. Zhu, J. M. Wang, P. M. Amatya, L. Zhao, “Similarities and differences of aerosol optical properties between southern and northern sides of the Himalayas.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 3133-3149, 2014.
Bonasoni, P. P. Laj, A. Marinoni, A., M. Sprenger, F. Angelini, J. Arduini, U. Bonafè, F. Calzolari, T. Colombo, S. Decesari, C. Di Biagio, A.G.di Sarra, F. Evangelisti, R. Duchi, C. Facchini, S. Fuzzi, GP. Gobbi, M. Maione, A. Panday, F.Roccato, K. Sellegri, H. Venzac, GP. Verza, P. Villani, E. Vuillermoz and P. Cristofanelli, P. Cristofanelli. “Atmospheric Brown Clouds in the Himalayas: first two years of continuous observations at the Nepal-Climate Observatory at Pyramid (5079 m)”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 7515-7531, 2010.
Panday, Arnico K., and Ronald G. Prinn. “The diurnal cycle of air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Observations”. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 114, D09305, doi: 10.1029/2008JD009777, 2009.
Panday, Arnico K., Ronald G. Prinn, and Christoph Schär. “The diurnal cycle of air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Part 2, Modeling results”. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 114, D21308, doi:10.1029/ 2008JD009808, 2009.
Yu, Yong, Bo Galle, Elke Hodson, Arnico Panday, Ronald Prinn, and Shuhui Wang. “Observations of high NO2 – HONO conversion in the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer in Kathmandu, Nepal”. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9, 6401–6415, 2009.
Yu, Yong, Arnico Panday, Elke Hodson, Bo Galle, and Ronald Prinn. “Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Kathmandu during the winter season”. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. doi: 10.1007/s11270-007-9607-6, 2007.

Reports and book chapters

Arnico Panday. “Melting glaciers, threatened livelihoods: Confronting climate change to save the third pole”. In Swarnim Waglé, Kanni Wignaraja (Ed.), The Great Upheaval: Resetting Development Policy and Institutions in the Asia-Pacific, pp. 39-73. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Arnico Panday. Melting glaciers, threatened livelihoods: Confronting climate change to save the third pole. New York, USA: UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Policy Brief. 2021.
Kentaro Takahashi, Temuulen Murun, Aditi Khodke, Kunihiro Ueno, Etsujiro Takai, Nanda Kumar Janardhan, Kaoru Akahoshi, Naoki Matsuo, Kaye Patdu, Elsa Lefevre, Arnico Panday, Bjarne Pederson, Dang Espita, Adelaida Roman, Hooman Farzaneh, Ittipol Pawarmart, Supat Wangwongwatana, Virender Duggal, Zacharias Malik, Chris O’Malley, Johan Kuylenstierna, Kevin Hicks, Markus Amann, Zbigniew Klimont, Janusz, Cofala, Asian Co-benefits Partnership White Paper 2020 Implementing Solutions to Climate Change and Air Pollution in Asia: Mobilising Finance, Strengthening Policies and Building Capacities, Hayama, Japan: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, 2020.
Eri Saikawa, Arnico Panday, Shichang Kang, Ritesh Gautam, Eric Zusman, Zhiyuan Cong, E. Somanathan and Bhupesh Adhikary, “Air Pollution in the Hindu Kush Himalaya”, Chapter 10 in P. Wester, A. Mishra, A. Mukherji, A.B. Shrestha (Ed.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment – Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People. Dordrecht, Netherlands: SpringerNature, 2019.
Arnico Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, Kathleen Mar, Katsumasa Tanaka, Chaman Gul, Toshihiko Takemura. “Chapter 1.3, Air quality and climate”, Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-Based Solutions, pages 25-35, UNEP, 2019.
Arnico Panday, Biswo Paudel and Swarnim Waglé. “Narrative of Nepal’s Development,” Introductory Chapter of Sustainable Development Goals: Status and Roadmap 2016-2030. Kathmandu, Nepal: National Planning Commission. 2018.
Anobha Gurung, Arnico Panday, and Michelle L. Bell. “Air Pollution and its Health Impacts in the Increasingly Urbanizing Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.” Book Chapter in Reflections on the Built Environment and Associated Practices, Vol 2. Editors: Gyanendra Shakya, Kishan Datta Bhatta, Neel Kamal Chapagain, Upendra Sapkota. Kathmandu, Nepal: Tribhuvan University Press, 2017.
Panday, Arnico., The Diurnal Cycle of Air Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Center for Global Change Science Report Series # 75. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006.
Swarnim Waglé and Arnico Panday. Sustainable Development Agenda for Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: National Planning Commission. 2003.

Thesis

Panday, Arnico. The Diurnal Cycle of Air Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Doctor of Science Thesis, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, May 2006.
Panday, Arnico. Acid Rain in Nepal? An Initial Assessment. Master of Science Thesis, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, December 1998.
Panday, Arnico. Facing the Future: Towards Scenarios of the Kathmandu Valley in Ten Years Under Alternative Policies That Shape How the Valley’s Transportation System Affects Its Environment and Society. Bachelor’s Thesis in Environmental Science and Public Policy, Harvard University, January 1997.

Newspaper And Magazine Articles

Arnico Panday. “Mario Molina, Ozone, Air Pollution and Climate” Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 October 2020.
Arnico Panday. “One Atmosphere: When we reduce air pollution, we reduce the impact of climate change” Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, 31 May 2019.
Arnico Panday. “Figuring out what to do: Air Pollution data is needed for an informed public and responsive decision making” Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 February 2017.
Arnico Panday. “Black carbon and climate change in South Asia” Nefport, Issue 25, Nepal Economic Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2016.
Panday, Arnico & Bhaskar Karki. “किन बढेको तुवाँलो?” Nagarik, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 May 2016.
Panday, Arnico & Bhaskar Karki. “Why have our skies been so hazy?” Republica, Kathmandu, Nepal, 3 May 2016.
Panday, Arnico & Helena Molin Valdes, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. The Lahore Times, Lahore, Pakistan, 25 February 2015.
Arnico Panday & Helena Molin Valdes, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. Pamir Times, Pakistan, 25 February 2015.
Panday, Arnico & Helena Molin Valdes, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. ReviewNepal, Nepal, 26 February 2015.
Panday, Arnico & Helena Molin Valdes, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. Earthlanka.net, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24 February 2015.
Panday, Arnico & Helena Molin Valdes, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. Global New Light, Myanmar, 24 February 2015.
Helena Molin Valdes & Arnico Panday, “Doctors on the frontlines for health and climate”. enepalkhabar, Nepal, 24 February 2015.
Helena Molin Valdes & Arnico Panday, “Getting Rid of Soot”. Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, 20 February 2015.
Kathleen Mar, Arnico Panday, Maheswar Rupakheti, “A Clear View for Kathmandu: Improving Air Quality in the Kathmandu Valley,” IASS Flyer, February 2015. DOI: 10.2312/iass.2015.003.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. Daily Times, Pakistan, 9 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”.ReviewNepal, Nepal 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. The Lahore Times, Lahore, Pakistan, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. The Himalayan Times,, Kathmandu, Nepal, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. Kuensel Thimphu, Bhutan, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. Kuensel Thimphu, Bhutan, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “World Environment Day Special: The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. Nepalnews.com, Kathmandu, Nepal, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “The Himalayas – Upstream but Downwind”. Travelbiznews.com, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “Every Breath We Take”. Nepali Times Kathmandu, Nepal, 5 June 2014.
Arnico Panday, “Mexico City: Lessons for Kathmandu,” Nepali Times,, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 October 2013.
Arnico Panday, “Black Carbon in the Hindukush-Himalaya” , ICIMOD booklet, 2011.
Panday, Arnico. “A Study of Air Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.” EAPSpeaks, MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science. Vol. 2. No. 1. 2006.
Arnico Panday, “Peace By Consensus”, Nation Weekly, Kathmandu, Nepal. 21 November, 2004.
Panday, Arnico. “Daring to Dream: International Universities and World-Class Hospitals in Nepal”, Kathmandu Post, Kathmandu, Nepal. October 12, 2003.
Panday, Arnico. “Lessons for Kathmandu”, Samachar Bichar. Greater Boston Nepali Community, 1999.
Panday, Arnico. “Things are not so bad [in Nepal]”. Samachar Bichar. Greater Boston Nepali Community, Spring 1995.
Panday, Arnico. ‘Kathmandu: Another Mexico City?” The Rising Nepal, Kathmandu, August 20, 1993.
Panday, Arnico, “Verdens høyeste søppelplass” Utvikling, Oslo, Norway, January 1991. [in Norwegian]
Panday, Arnico. “Know Your Himal: Namcha Barwa”. Himal Magazine, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 1, 1990.
Panday, Arnico. “Know Your Himal: Gauri Shankar”. Himal Magazine, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 1, 1990.

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Employment

National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Mandikatar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ullens Education Foundation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA

Princeton University & NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

UNDP & National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Mustang Eco-Museum, Jomsom, Nepal.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Arnico Panday Consulting, Pvt. Ltd., Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS), Mandikatar, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Ullens Education Foundation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA, USA

Princeton University & NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

UNDP & National Planning Commission, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Mustang Eco-Museum, Jomsom, Nepal.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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