Teaching Staffs

Assoc. Prof. Dr.

Somporn Chantra

Department: Chemistry
EMAIL: somporn.chantara@cmu.ac.th

Education

2000 Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography), Trier University, Germany

2014 M.S. (Environmental Risk Assessment for Tropical Ecosystems), international program, 1994, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

2011 B.S. (Chemistry), 1992 Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Research Area

 Environmental Chemistry; Air Pollution; Atmospheric chemistry; Biomass burning emission

Research & Publication

1. Pani, S.K., Lin, N.-H., Griffith, S.M., Chantara, S., Lee, C.-T., Thepnuan, D., Tsai, Y.I. 2021. Brown carbon light absorption over an urban environment in northern peninsular Southeast Asia. Environmental Pollution. 276, 116735.

2. Akbari, M.Z., Thepnuan, D., Wiriya, W., Janta, R., Pansompong, P., Hemwan, P., Charoenpanyanet, A., Chantara, S*. 2021. Emission factors of metals bound with PM2.5 and ashes from biomass burning simulated in an open-system combustion chamber for estimation of open burning emission. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 12(3), 13-24.

3. Yabueng, N., Wiriya, W., Chantara, S.* 2020. Influence of zero-burning policy and climate phenomena on ambient PM2.5 patterns and PAHs inhalation cancer risk during episodes of smoke haze in Northern Thailand. Atmospheric Environment. 232, 117485.

4. Pani, S.K., Wang, S.-H., Lin, N.-H., Chantara, S., Lee, C.-T, Thepnuan, D. 2020. Black carbon over an urban atmosphere in northern peninsular Southeast Asia: Characteristics, source apportionment, and associated health risks. Environmental Pollution, 259.

5. Chantara, S.*, Thepnuan, D., Wiriya, W., Prawan, S., Tsai, Y.I., 2019. Emissions of pollutant gases, fine particulate matters and their significant tracers from biomass burning in an open-system combustion chamber, Chemosphere, 224, 407-416.

6. Pani, S.K., Chantara, S.*, Khamkaew, C., Lee, C.-T., Lin, N.-H., 2019. Biomass burning in the northern peninsular Southeast Asia: Aerosol chemical profile and potential exposure. Atmospheric Research, 224, 180-195.

7. Thepnuan, D., Chantara, S.*, Lee, C.-T., Lin, N.-H., Tsai, Y.I., 2019. Molecular markers for biomass burning associated with the characterization of PM2.5 and component sources during dry season haze episodes in Upper South East Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 658, 708-722.

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