Pallav Purohit
Research Scholar
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Austria
Biography
Pallav Purohit joined the Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases (AIR) Program (formerly Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases Program) as a Research Scholar in September 2007. He has developed and implemented the global F-gas (HFC, PFC and SF6 emissions) module in the Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model and coordinating various policy applications involving GAINS model in developing countries. Before joining IIASA, Dr. Purohit worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Research Program on International Climate Policy, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), Germany where his focus was on a detailed technical evaluation of renewable energy options towards a more policy oriented analysis of the chances and risks of such technologies under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. He was also a visiting faculty member to the Institute of Political Science at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and visiting fellow at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI) and editorial board member of Sustainability, Innovative Energy Policies, Journal of Environment & Agricultural Studies, Journal of Renewable Energy, American Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems (EPES), International Journal of Sustainable and Green Energy, and The Open Renewable Energy Journal (TOREJ). Dr. Purohit received his MSc in Physics from the H.N.B. Garhwal University, India in 1998 and his PhD in Energy Policy and Planning from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in 2005. Between 1999 and 2005, Dr. Purohit worked at several institutions in India with a particular focus on energy, economic and environmental interactions. In 2005, he received the two year e8 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Sustainable Energy Development from the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership.
Research Interest
His research interests include energy, economic and environmental interactions.
Publications
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Klimont Z, Kupiainen K, Heyes C, Purohit P, Cofala J, Rafaj P, Borken-Kleefeld J, & Schöpp W (2017). Global anthropogenic emissions of particulate matter including black carbon. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (14): 8681-8723. DOI:10.5194/acp-17-8681-2017.
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Höglund Isaksson L, Purohit P, Amann M, Bertok I, Rafaj P, Schöpp W, & Borken-Kleefeld J (2017). Cost estimates of the Kigali Amendment to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons. Environmental Science & Policy 75: 138-147. DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.006.
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Purohit I & Purohit P (2017). Technical and economic potential of concentrating solar thermal power generation in India. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 78: 648-667. DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2017.04.059.
