Dr Vinayak Sinha
Dean Academics, IISER Mohali
Vinayak Sinha is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali). Prior to joining IISER Mohali in August 2010, Dr. Sinha worked at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany for six years from 2004-2010 as a doctoral and postdoctoral research scientist. His doctoral thesis was awarded the highest grade possible for a PhD thesis in Germany (summa cum laude) in 2007. His current research is focused on fundamental ozone formation chemistry, sources and sinks of reactive volatile organic compounds and green-house gases and source apportionment of air pollutants with the objective of improving current understanding of emissions and air quality over the Indian region. He has also worked on methane emissions with Nobel laureate Prof. Paul J. Crutzen. As of 17.07.2023 he has published 140 scientific articles (including 70 peer reviewed international journal publications) with h-index = 32 on SCOPUS (33 on Google Scholar) and more than 4000 citations. From 2010 till 2023 at IISER Mohali, he has supervised 6 students for their PhD, all of whom are continuing a career in research and teaching.