Karn Vohra

I obtained my PhD in Environmental Health and Risk Management from the University of Birmingham, funded by the University’s Global Challenges Studentship. Motivated by the current air pollution scenario in India, I made extensive use of multiple data sources to determine long-term changes in air quality and the impacts on human health at multiple scales, from cities, to regions, to the globe.

I completed my Bachelors and Masters in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 2015. Prior to moving to the UK, I worked with McKinsey and Company as a data analyst for 2 years.

PhD in Environmental Health and Risk Management, University of Birmingham, UK, 2017-2021

MTech in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2013-2015

BTech in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2010-2013

K. Vohra, E. A. Marais, W. J. Bloss, J. Schwartz, L. J. Mickley, M. Van Damme, L. Clarisse, P.-F. Coheur, Rapid rise in premature mortality due to anthropogenic air pollution in fast-growing tropical cities from 2005 to 2018, accepted, Sci. Adv.

K. Vohra, E. A. Marais, S. Suckra, L. Kramer, W. J. Bloss, R. Sahu, A. Gaur, S. N. Tripathi, M. Van Damme, L. Clarisse, P. F. Coheur, Long-term trends in air quality in major cities in the UK and India: A view from space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6275–6296, doi:10.5194/acp-21-6275-2021, 2021.

K. Vohra, A. Vodonos, J. Schwartz, E. A. Marais, M. P. Sulprizio, L. J. Mickley, Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Results from GEOS-Chem, Environ. Res., 195, 110754, doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.110754, 2021.

K. Vohra, K. Ghosh, S.N. Tripathi et al., 2017, Submicron particle dynamics for different surfaces under quiescent and turbulent conditions, Atmos. Environ., 152, 330-344, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.013, 2017.

I am currently investigating the health effects of exposure to air pollution from oil and gas supply chain activities in Texas.

Extensive media coverage summarised by Altmetric

The Independent, Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘responsible for one in five deaths worldwide’.