Chhatra Mani Sharma - Water Quality in the Third Pole:The Roles of Climate Change and Human Activities

Chhatra Mani Sharma

Prof. Chhatra Mani Sharma completed his PhD from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in 2008 and was ranked in the Top 20 Researchers at the university based on his contributions to science. Currently, Prof. Sharmas research work has focused on aquatic pollution in Europe and Asia (particularly in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau). He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in domestic and international journals, such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Earth Sciences, Water Air & Soil Pollution, Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, Atmospheric Environment, and Limnology. Having an i10-index of 20 and h-index of 15, his publications have been cited more than 600 times. Prof. Sharma has received some awards for conducting high-standard scientific research, for example, the Young International Scientist award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He worked in collaboration with Prof. Shichang Kang at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in the area of aquatic pollution across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. He was also rewarded as a Postdoc Researcher at Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, through the Finnish Academy of Sciences in 2013 and worked with Prof. Mika Sillanp. He has collaborated with researchers from six countries globally. Recently, he was a Visiting Scientist at the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, as the Presidents International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) and undertook an editorial role for this book.

Affiliations

Central Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, P.R. China

Expertise

Aquatic ecology, environmental pollution

Shichang Kang

Prof. Shichang Kang is the director at the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the cryospheric environment, climate, and cryospheric changes, as well as water and atmospheric pollution in the Tibetan Plateau and Himalayas. He has had more than 580 peer-reviewed papers published in scientific journals, such as Nature Communication, PNAS, National Science Review, Climate Dynamics, The Cryosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Research Letters, Atmospheric Environment, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Research, Environmental Pollution, and Journal of Glaciology. He has an h-index of 60, and his publications have been cited over 14,000 times (in Google Scholar). He is one of the associate editors of Atmospheric Research and has engaged in over 50 projects. Prof. Kang has received numerous awards for research and innovation. For example, he was awarded the Special Allowance of the State Council of China, National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation, and Excellent Youth Scientist on Tibetan Plateau Research. He has collaborated with researchers from over 15 countries globally and is a council member of the International Glaciological Society (IGS), a member of the scientific steering group of the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC). He is also one of the lead authors in IPCC AR6 Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate.

Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou, P.R. China

CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

University of CAS, Beijing, P.R. China

Expertise

Cryospheric science, atmospheric environment, climate change, water quality

Lekhendra Tripathee

Dr. Lekhendra Tripathee is currently a research associate professor at the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research work focuses on atmospheric aerosol and precipitation chemistry. He has widespread experience on water resources including precipitation, cryosphere, lakes, rivers, and sediments. He had worked as a younger researcher at the Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, during 201314. He has published over 45 scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals including Environmental Science and Technology, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Pollution, Atmospheric Environment, Chemosphere, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Atmospheric Research, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, and Environmental Earth Sciences. He has an i10-index of 23 and an h-index of 15, and his publications have been cited more than 500 times. He has been awarded the Presidents International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences as Postdoc Researcher and currently as a Young Staff.

Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China

Himalayan Environment Research Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

Expertise

Environmental science, atmospheric environment, water quality

Editors Chhatra Mani Sharma, Shichang Kang and Lekhendra Tripathee

This work was supported by the second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0605); the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [Pan-Third Pole Environment Study for a Green Silk Road (Pan-TPE) (XDA20040500)]; the National Science Foundation of China (41630754, 41721091, 41675130, 41771074, 41705132, and 41671067); Frontier Science Key Project of CAS (QYZDJSSW-DQC039), State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science (SKLCS-ZZ-2018); and University Grants Commission Nepal (CRG-73/74-S&T-04).

In addition, the editors would like to thank all the contributors from China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan without whom the publication of this book in this format would not have been possible. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the Academician Prof. Qin Dahe, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who not only encouraged us to carry out this work but also wrote the Preface.

The State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, deserves sincere gratitude for providing space and all other necessary resources for about 2 years during which this book was edited. Additionally, the Central Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, is also acknowledged for its support.