Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Gender:Male
Education Level:With Certificate of Graduation for Doctorate Study
Degree:Doctoral Degree in Engineering
Discipline:Environmental Engineering
Business Address:S603, Wende Building, NUIST, Nanjing, 210044
Scientific Research
Research Field
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Dr. Amit Kumar is an Environmentalist cum Hydrologist and has worked on wide areas such as sources, fate and transport of carbon in water and soil, greenhouse gas emission from Hydropower reservoirs/ Lakes/ Forest, water quality and ecological health assessment, etc.
Paper Publications
- · Kumar, A., Mishra, S., Singh, N.K., Yadav, M., Padhiyar, H., Kumar, R. 2024. Ensuring carbon neutrality via algae-based wastewater treatment systems: Progress and future perspectives. Journal of Environmental Management , 360:121182. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121182 (SCI, IF: 8.7)
- · Deng, X., Mao, L., Peng, M., Cai, Y., Wang, T., Luo, Z., Kumar, A. 2024. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coastal rivers in Jiangsu Province, China: Spatial distribution, source apportionment and human impacts. Journal of Hazardous Materials 466, 133576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133576 (SCI, IF: 13.6)
- · Song, H.W., Li, D., Qiu, H., Yu, Z.G., Kumar, A., et al., 2024. Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation effectively prevents Pb2+ migration through the soil profile: Lab experiment and model simulation. Science of the Total Environment, 927, 172268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172268 (SCI, IF: 9.8)
- · Thakur, T.K., Swamy, S.L., Thakur, A., Mishra, A., Bakshi, S., *Kumar, A., Altaf, M.M., Kumar, R. 2024. Land Cover Changes and Carbon Dynamics in Central India's Dry Tropical Forests: A 25-Year Assessment and Nature-Based Eco-Restoration Approaches. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, 119809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119809 (SCI, IF: 8.7)
- · *Kumar, A., Haung, Y., Lin, J., Hui, D., Forher, N. 2024. Heavily modified freshwater: Potential ecological indicators. Ecological indicators, 159:111620; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111620 (SCI, IF: 6.9)
Published Books
- · Lin, J., Zhang, W., Kumar, A., Hui, D., Zhang, C., Shan, S., Yu, Z., Zhu, B., Kuzyakov, Y. 2025. Drying-rewetting cycles decrease temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 364. 110442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110442 (SCI, IF: 5.6)
- · Cheng, S., Kumar, A., Lan, G., Zhang, W., Yu, Z., Zhang, S., Yu, Z-G., Yao, M., Lin, J. 2025. Thermal sensitivity and rising greenhouse gas emissions in riparian zone soils: Implications for ecosystem carbon dynamics. Journal of Environmental Management 381, 125194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125194 (SCI, IF: 8.4)
- · Upadhyay, P., Prajapati, S.K., Kumar, A. 2025. Spatiotemporal Variability and Underlying Drivers of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Subtropical Ganga River Network, India. ACS ES&T Water. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.5c00967 (SCI, 4.3)
- · Upadhyay, P., Prajapati, S.K., Kumar, A. 2025. Water security and methane reduction in Ganga riverfront STPs: a comparative analysis of advance treatment technologies. Journal of Water and Climate Change, jwc2025134. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2025.134 (SCI, IF: 3.1)
- · Lin, J., Chen, B., Dong, H., Zhang, W., Kumar, A., Hui, D., Zhang, C., Shan, S., Zhu, B. 2025. Effects of soil moisture fluctuation and microplastics types on soil organic matter decomposition and carbon dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 109781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109781 (SCI, IF: 10.3)
Research Projects
- · National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)-International young scientist Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),National Natural Science Foundation, 2021/09/01-2023/12/31, Ongoing, Freshwater-Groundwater interaction in Tai Lake: Greenhouse gas upscaling in the face of regional cli
- · 2019 High-level University Construction-Talent Startup Fee-2020r037, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology ,144, 2019/11/01, Ongoing, 100,000 RMB
- · Foreign Affair Council of China-2019/10/28, Completed
- · Foreign Affair Council of China,The ministry of science and technology innovation talent promotion plan, 2018/01/08, Completed