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Viney Aneja
Prof. Viney Aneja
Born	Viney Aneja Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Professor of Air Quality, NCSU

Viney Aneja is a Professor and was the Co-Director of Graduate Programs (2016 to 2020) in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA. He was recently recognized in the Stanford University 2020 list of the world’s top 2% scientists. He was appointed to the NC Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board and serves on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee since year 2014.
At North Carolina State University, Dr. Aneja has developed one of the nation’s leading agricultural air-quality and climate research programs (http://go.ncsu.edu/airquality). Furthermore, he is a Member Representative of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research).

Much of his work has focused on the science needed to make important decisions on environmental, sustainability, and climate policies in North Carolina and the nation. He has conducted research on natural and anthropogenic (i.e., originating from human activity) emissions of nitric oxide, ammonia, and sulfur compounds and has demonstrated the important roles of these substances in ozone formation and gas-to-particle conversion. His research on atmospheric photochemical oxidants in the North Carolina mountains has clarified the role of long-range transport of pollutants and impact of these compounds on the formation of acid rain and on the damage to trees at high elevation. His most recent research has concentrated on the critical issue of the contribution of concentrated animal feeding operations (also known as CAFOs) to air quality; and quantifying the emissions, transformation, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment, and climate.

Education

Aneja is a 1971-batch Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Chemical Engineering passed out from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur) – Kanpur, India. Later, he pursued his masters (M.S.) and went on to obtain his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. He also has an MBA from Union College, Schenectady, New York with Planning and Control as major.

Career and Services

Dr. Aneja enjoys and maintains an extremely illustrious career track record till date. Before joining the faculty of the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at N.C. State in 1987, he conducted and supervised research at Corporate Research and Development, General Electric Company (GE), New York; and Northrop Services, in Research Triangle Park, NC, in the areas of environmental science and engineering and separations technology. In 2001 he was also appointed Professor of Environmental Technology, in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources.

In addition, he was a visiting professor at the University of Uppsala, Sweden in 1979; at the Arrhenius Laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden in 1985 and 2015; and at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 2015. During the same year, he was awarded the position of the Rossby Visiting Fellow at the University of Stockholm, Sweden; and that of the Indira Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow at TERI University,(TERI) New Delhi, India.

He was appointed to the NC Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board. He serves on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee since 2014 and served as a Chair of the BOSC Subcommittee for Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) research program from 2015 to 2017.

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture appointed him as a member of the U.S. Agricultural Air Quality Task Force during the period from 2001 to 2008. He was a member of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee; a Member of U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) Advisory Committees on Sustainability Research Strategy and Multi-Year Plan during the period 2006-2007. He also served on the boards of the Aging Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Research Initiative in 2009; the Integrated Nitrogen Committee from 2006 to 2010; the Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing in 2010; and served as a Member of EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB) Panel on Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations during the period spanning from 2012 to 2013. The Governor of the State of North Carolina, Mike Easley, appointed him as a Member of NC Governor's Task Force on Hazardous Materials for the tenure 2006-2007. Furthermore, he is a Member Representative of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.

Much of his work has focused on the science needed to make important decisions on environmental, sustainability, and climate policies in North Carolina and the nation. He has conducted research on natural and anthropogenic (i.e., originating from human activity) emissions of nitric oxide, ammonia, and sulfur compounds and has demonstrated the important roles of these substances in ozone formation and gas-to-particle conversion. His research on atmospheric photochemical oxidants in the North Carolina mountains has clarified the role of long-range transport of pollutants and impact of these compounds on the formation of acid rain and on the damage to trees at high elevation. His most recent research has concentrated on the critical issue of the contribution of concentrated animal feeding operations (also known as CAFOs) to air quality; and quantifying the emissions, transformation, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment, and climate.

Dr. Aneja’s research has enjoyed support from a broad base of public and private sources. While conducting his extensive research, Dr. Aneja has maintained a heavy teaching load as well. He teaches a large and popular introductory course (Introduction to Weather and Climate), and one upper division air quality course (Fundamentals of Air Quality and Climate Change) and has also given numerous short courses to public and private sector audiences.

Dr. Aneja has also had a long and distinguished record of public service, and he has been frequently sought as a lecturer and consultant to the Federal and State governments, professional societies, international organizations, and the private sector on issues related to environmental science and public policy.

In 2000, he was a member of the North Carolina Delegation to the Netherlands on Agricultural Air Quality; in 2001, he was leader of the U.S. Department of State Delegation to France on Environment Science and Technology; and during 2013, he served as the leader for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to Rothamsted, UK, on International Research Program on Agricultural Nitrogen.

He served as a Director of the Air and Waste Management Association, and Chair of the Association’s Education Council; served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the North Carolina Environmental Defense Fund; and served as a member of the North Carolina Progress Board. He has served on the editorial boards of the journals Environmental Pollution, Chemosphere, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, and Environmental Management; and currently serves as Editorial Board Member of the international journals Atmosphere; and Environmental Science; and Associate Editor for the International Journal of Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health; International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences; International Journal of Atmospheric Pollution Research; and the Journal of Environmental Research and Management; Honorary Advisory Board Member for the journal Anthropocene Science; and on the Reader Advisory Panel of Nature,(Nature (journal)) and The Washington Post (The Washington Post) Advisory Panel.

Patents

1. Aneja, V.P., February 15, 1983. Purification of Aqueous Effluent Streams Containing BPA and Phenol, U. S. Patent No. 4,374,283
2. Aneja, V.P., August 23, 1983. Recovery of BPA and Phenol from Aqueous Effluent Streams, U. S. Patent No. 4,400,553
3. Sikdar, S.K., and V.P. Aneja, September 4, 1984. Azeotropic Recovery of BPA and Phenol from Aqueous Effluent Streams, U. S. Patent No. 4,469,561
4. Aneja, V.P., January 8, 1985. Method for Purification of Bisphenol-A, U. S. Patent No. 4,492,807
5. Aneja, V.P., and J.P. Skilbeck, February 28, 1989. Method for Devolatilizing Polymer Solutions, U.S. Patent No. 4,808,262
6. Aneja, V.P. and J.P. Skilbeck, February l, l990, Apparatus for Devolatilizing Polymer Solutions, U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 316,248

Books

1. Aneja, V. P., Ed., Environmental Impact of Natural Emissions, Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, p. 430, (1984)
2. Aneja, V.P., W.H. Schlesinger, R. Knighton, G. Jennings, D. Niyogi, W. Gilliam, and C.S. Duke, Eds., Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7603, ISBN 0-9669770-4-1, p. 1314, (2006).
3. Abrol, Y.P., T.K. Adhya, V.P. Aneja, N. Raghuram, H. Pathak, U. Kulshrestha, C. Sharma, B. Singh, Eds., “The Indian Nitrogen Assessment: Sources of Reactive Nitrogen, Environmental and Climate Effects, Management Options, and Policies”, Elsevier, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States, ISBN: 978-0-12-811836-8, p. 538, (2017).

Professional Appointments

• 2016 - 2020: Co-Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 2015 Rossby Visiting Professor - University of Stockholm, Sweden
• 2015 Visiting Professor - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
• 2015 Indira Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor - TERI University, New Delhi, India
• 2002 - Till date - Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 2001 Professor, Environmental Technology, College of Natural Resources - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 1995-2002 Research Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 1994-95 Tenured, Research Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 1990-94 Research Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 1987-89 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 1985 Visiting Professor - The Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1980-87 Staff Chemical Engineer - General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY
• 1979 Visiting Professor - University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
• 1979-80 Project Scientist - Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
• 1977-79 Senior Scientist - Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
• 1976-77 Member Research Staff - Northrop Services, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
• 1973-75 Member Scientific Staff - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L.I., NY

Awards and Honors

In 2015 he was awarded the position of the Rossby Visiting Fellow at the University of Stockholm, Sweden; and that of the Indira Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow at TERI University, New Delhi, India. He is a Member Representative of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.

Dr. Aneja’s industrial and academic research contributions have been extensively recognized. He won the Noryl Division Proprietary Innovation Award from General Electric in 1983, the Air Pollution Control Association Award for Distinguished Service in 1984, and the General Electric Managerial Award in 1986. At North Carolina State University, he received the 1991-92 Outstanding Extension Service Award. In 1998, the Air and Waste Management Association gave him its Frank A. Chambers Award, the Association’s highest scientific honor; in 1999 he became a Fellow of the Association; and in 2001 he received the Association’s Lyman A. Ripperton Award for distinguished achievement as an educator. He is the recipient of the 2007 North Carolina Award in Science, the highest award a civilian can receive from the Governor of North Carolina. In 2009, he received the Senior National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship. In 2010, he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. In 2010, he was invited by the U.S. White House Council on Environmental Quality to assist in the BP Gulf Spill investigation and assessment.

• Selected to the 2020 World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. Member, North Carolina Sectaries Science Advisory Board, 2017 to Present.
• Indira Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow at TERI University, New Delhi, India, OctoberNovember, 2015
• Rossby Visiting Fellow, University of Stockholm, Sweden, May-June, 2015
• Executive Committee Member, US Environmental Protection Agency’s Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2014-2017
• Chairman of the US EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors' Air, Climate, and Energy (ACE) Subcommittee, 2014-2017
• Member, EPA’s Science Advisory Board Committee on Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations, 2012-2013
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2010
• White House Council on Environmental Quality's Conference Calls on BP Gulf Spill May 2010
• Advisor to First Place Ph.D. Platform Paper, Air and Waste Management Association, 2010
• Member, EPA’s Science Advisory Board Committee on Hydraulic Fracturing , 2010
• Senior National Research Council Research Associateship, 2009
• Air and Waste Management Association’s First Place Master’s Thesis Award Advisor, 2009
• Member, EPA’s Science Advisory Board Committee on Aging Drinking Water and Waste Water Infrastructure Research Initiative, 2009
• North Carolina Governor’s Award in Science, 2007
• Director, Air and Waste Management Association, 2008-2010
• Chair, Air & Waste Management Association Education Council, 2008-2010
• Member, NC Governor's Task Force on Hazardous Materials, 2006-2007
• Member, EPA’s Science Advisory Board Committee on Integrated Nitrogen, 2006-2010
• Member Representative, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 2006- Present
• Member, United States Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board, Environmental Engineering Committee, 2004-2010
• Member, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee Advisory on EPA’s Sustainability Research Strategy and Multi-Year Plan, 2006-2007
• North Carolina State University Panhellenic Association Outstanding Educator Award, 2004-05
• Vice Chair, Air & Waste Management Association Education Council, 2005-2008
• Certificate of Appreciation, Southern Appalachian Mountain Institute (SAMI), 2002
• Lyman A. Ripperton Award, Air & Waste Management Association, 2001
• Selected by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the U.S. Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, 2001-08
• North Carolina Environmental Defense, “Certificate of Appreciation”, 2002
• Delegation Leader, U.S. Department of State, Trends in Environmental Improvement Science and Technology Delegation to France, 2001
• Fellow, Air & Waste Management Association, 1999
• Frank A. Chambers Award, Air & Waste Management Association, 1998
• Invited to testify to the General Assembly of North Carolina, 2000
• Inducted in North Carolina State University’s Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension, 2000
• Member, North Carolina Delegation, the Netherlands, 2000
• North Carolina State Scholar, the North Carolina Progress Board, 1999
• Invited to testify to the America's Clean Water Foundation, Washington, DC 20013, October 1997
• Program Scientist, US EPA and NSF Project "NOVA", 1995-98
• State of North Carolina Appointee to the Southern Appalachian Mountain Initiative (SAMI) Technical Oversight Committee, 1993–present
• Certified Qualified Environmental Professional (#06930006), 1993–present
• Member, Editorial Board, Atmospheres, 2012 to Present
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Atmospheric and Climate Science, 2011 to Present
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Marine Science: Research & Dev., 2010 to Present
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2009- Present
• Associate Editor, International Journal Physical Review & Research International, 2011 to Present
• Associate Editor, International Journal The Open Environmental & Biological Monitoring, 2008- Present
• Associate Editor, Scientific Journals International, 2008 to Present
• Reader Advisory Panel, Nature, 2008-Present
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health, 2007-Present
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Applied Environmental Sci., 2004-Present
• Member, Editorial Board, Environmental Pollution (Elsevier-Science), 2000-03
• Member, Editorial Review Board, Environmental Manager, 1995-2001
• Member, Editorial Review Board, JA&WMA, 1993 - 2001
• Member Editorial Board, Chemosphere (Pergamon Press), 1992-2004
• Outstanding Extension Service Award, North Carolina State University, 1991-92
• Faculty Research and Professional Development Award, North Carolina State University, 1991
• Mission Scientist, Southern Oxidants Research Program on Ozone Non-Attainment, 1991
• Managerial Award in recognition of Distinctive and Outstanding Accomplishments, General Electric Company, 1986
• Distinguished Service Award, Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, 1984
• Noryl Division Proprietary Innovation Award, General Electric Company, 1983
• Letters of Commendation, Northrop Services, Inc., NC, 1977 and 1979
• “One Thousand Great Americans”, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2001
• Who's Who in the East
• Men and Women of Distinction of the Dictionary of International Biography
• Who's Who in Technology Today
• American Men and Women of Science

Professional Activities

Memberships

• Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Member, Air and Waste Management Association
• Member, American Meteorological Society
• Member, American Geophysical Union
• Member, Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association
• Member, North Carolina Water Resources Association
• AIChE Editor Northeast New York Section, 1981-83
• Air Pollution Control Association Secretary, Interaction with Total Environment Technical Committee, 1987–89

Manuscript Reviewer:

• Atmospheric Environment
• Tellus
• Journal of the Air Pollution Control
• Association
• Environmental Science & Technology
• Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• International Journal of Environment and Pollution
• Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
• Chemosphere
• Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• Israel Journal of Chemistry
• Transactions: Regional Photochemical
• Measurement, and Modeling Studies
• Journal of Environmental Quality
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Ecology, Ecological Monographs, and Ecological Applications
• Environmental Pollution US Environmental Protection Agency
• Global Change Biology Phyton
• Journal of Applied Meteorology Atmosphere

Book Referee: Academic Press, McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, and Elsevier

Guest Editor:

• Atmospheric Environment Special Section “Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds: Emissions, Transport, Transformation, Deposition, and Assessment”, 2001
• Atmospheric Environment Special Issue “Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science (AAQ-2006), 2008
• Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association “Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science”, 2008
• Journal of Environmental Quality “Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science”, 2008

Advisory Panel: Nature, 2008-2010

Research Grant Reviewer:

• National Science Foundation; American Institute of Biological Sciences
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration; US Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Department of State; U.S. Department of Energy; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Natural Environmental Research Council, UK; US Environmental Protection Agency
• The Israel Science Foundation; Chesapeake Bay Air Subcommittee
• NC Water Resources Research Institute
• United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
• U.S. Department of Energy
• The Croucher Foundation, Hong Kong
• Nevada System of Higher Education; University of Illinois at Chicago
• Universita` degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy
• Research Corporation for Science Advancement
• Office of Education, Archimedes III, Greece
• Research Program Thalis, Greece
• NWO Council for Earth and Life Sciences, the Netherlands
• Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Brussels, Belgium
• Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Kuwait

Consultant:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Department of State
• DuPont Company
• The United Nations Environment Program
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• Engineering Science, Inc.
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• ABB Environmental Services, Inc.
• Research and Evaluation Associates, Inc.
• Patterson, Harkavy, Lawrence, Van Noppen and Okun, Attorneys at Law
• Blanchard, Triggs, Abrams and Strickland P.A.
• Johnston, Zabor & Associates, Inc.
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
• Radian Corporation
• EC/R Inc
• Duke University
• Purdue University
• Eastern Research Group, Inc.
• Sierra Club
• Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• Speer Law Firm
• Health Canada, and Wallace and Graham

Fields of Expertise

Environment, Air Quality, and Climate: Emission, transport, transformation, and fate of pollutants; agricultural air quality; climate change; biogeochemical cycling of pollutants; measurement and modeling of biogenic emissions of trace gases; photochemical oxidants and gas-to-particle conversion; biospheric-atmospheric interactions; bioenergy; aqueous waste purification; bioenvironmental engineering; and pollutant monitoring and control.

Committees

• Faculty Adviser, MAITRI, the Indian Graduate Student Association, NC State, 2018 to present.
• Member, The Washington Post Advisory Panel, 2015 to present.
• Member, UNC GA- India Summit Steering Committee, 2013-present
• Member, Air and Waste Management Association Publication Committee, 2010-13
• Member, Reader Advisory Panel of the International Journal Nature, 2008-10
• Member, Isle Royale National Park Research Panel, 2008-09
• Chair, Steering Committee, Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science, 2005-07
• Member, North Carolina State University India Advisory Group Committee, 2007-10
• Member, Triangle Tomorrow’s Triangle Region Air Quality Coalition, 2005 to present
• Member, US Department of Agriculture Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Subcommittees on Emission; Confined Animal Feeding Operations; and Research, 2000-06
• Member, Battelle Technical Council, 2001-03
• Chair, Oak Ridge National Laboratory – NCSU Environmental Sciences Committee 2001
• Member, Area, Fugitive and Natural Sources Committee, Air & Waste Management Association, 2001-Present
• NASA Tech Brief Reader Advisory Panel, 2000 to present
• Member, US EPA’s Accessing the Consequences of Global Change for Air Quality Peer Review Panel, 2002
• Chair, North Carolina State University Standing Committee O. Max Gardner Award, 2000-01
• Member, Technical Committee, American Institute of Hydrology International Conference, 2000
• Member, Advisory Team, International Workshop on Atmospheric Transport and Air-Surface Exchange of Environmental Contaminants in North America, 2000
• Member, Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Future Directions in Air Quality Research, 2000-01
• Member, North Carolina Nutrient Efficiency Rule Advisory Group, 2000
• Member, US EPA's STAR Fellowships Peer Review Panel, 2000
• Member, Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina Technical Committee, 1998-2002
• Member, North Carolina State University Standing Committee on O. Max Gardner Award, 1998-01
• Member, Board of Directors, State Employees Credit Union, NCSU Advisory Board, 1998-02
• Member, North Carolina State University, Environmental Technology Curriculum, 1999
• Member, US EPA’s Exploratory Engineering Peer Review Panel, 1999
• Member, US EPA’s Air Pollution Chemistry and Physics Peer Review Panel, 1998
• Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, North Carolina Workshop on Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds, 1997
• Member, U.S. EPA's Tropospheric Ozone and Fine Particulates Peer Review Panel, 1997
• Science Team Leader, State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Program "Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds", 1996-present
• North Carolina State University Merit Awards Program, 1996-present
• Member, Atmospheric Nitrogen Emissions and Depositions Group, NC Department of Environmental, Health, and Natural Resources, 1996-Present
• Member, Ozone Transport Assessment Group (OTAG), Air Quality Analysis, 1996-98
• Program Advisory Committee, International Conference on Atmospheric Ammonia, Oxford, England, 1995
• Science-Team Member, North American Research Strategy on Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO), 1995-Present
• Steering Committee, "SCI-LINK/GLOBE-NET" Programs, 1995
• Institute of Professional Environmental Practice, Qualified Environmental Professional Exam Advisory Committee, 1994-present
• Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program, 1994
• NCSU Outreach and Extension Strategic Planning, 1994
• Qualified Environmental Professional, IPEP, Chair, Examination Panels, 1993-Present
• Technical Program Committee, International Symposium on Measurement of Toxic and Related Air Pollutants, 1993
• Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Regional Photochemical Measurement & Modeling Studies, 1993
• Publications Committee, Air and Waste Management Association, 1992-95
• Member, Technical Advisory Committee, N.C. Environmental Defense Fund, 1992-94
• Urban Airshed Model Technical Committee, State of North Carolina, 1992-94
• International Hydrocarbon Intercomparison (IHIC) Committee, 1991-2000
• Forest Protection, North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, 1991
• NASA panel for the selection of NASA Specialized Center for Research and Training, 1990
• Site Director, Southern Oxidants Study NCSU Site SONIA, 1991-95
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Management Assistance Review, 1988
• Southern Oxidant Study Consortium, 1988-Present
• The Southeastern Regional Oxidant Network Steering Committee, 1988-Present
• The Southern Oxidants Research Program on Ozone Non-Attainment Executive Committee, 1990-93
• The Air and Waste Management Association Committee on Global Environmental Management, 1989-91
• NC Gaston County Quality Natural Resources Committee, 1989-91
• MEAS Electronics Technician Search Committee, Chairman, 1988
• MEAS Technical Services Committee, 1988-90
• Chairman, MEAS Outreach Committee, 1990–93, 1999-2001
• MEAS Seminar Committee, 1993-1994
• MEAS Laboratory Safety Committee, 1993-Present
• MEAS Graduate Course Action Committee, 2000-Present
• MEAS Space Committee, 2001-02
• MEAS Air Quality Faculty Search Committee, 2002-03
• Chair, MEAS Physical Meteorology Faculty Search Committee, 2005-06
• College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, PAMS, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Advisory Committee, 2006-08

Proceedings

1. Aneja, V.P. and D.F.Adams, Eds., 1980, "Biogenic Emissions of Sulfur, Hydrocarbons, and Nitrogen Gases into the Atmosphere", Sessions 40 and 69, presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Montreal, Canada.
2. Aneja, V.P. and W.P.Robarge, Eds., 1994. "Intercomparison of Methodologies for Soil NOx Emissions," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop, Raleigh, NC. p. 150.
3. Aneja, V.P., G. Murray and J. Southerland, Eds. 1997, “Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds: Emissions, Transport, Transformation, Deposition and Assessment,” North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, p. 299.
4. Aneja, V.P., G. Murray and J. Southerland, Eds. 1999, “Atmospheric Nitrogen Compounds II: Emissions, Transports, Transformation, Deposition and Assessment,” The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, p. 553.

Workshops and Panel Moderation

1. Aneja, V.P., Panel on Assessment of the Impact of Natural Emissions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1984
2. Aneja, V.P., Blue Ridge Profiles Workshop", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, 1989
3. Aneja, V.P., Southeastern Consortium: Intermediate Oxidant Network (SCION) Workshop, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1990
4. Aneja, V.P., Intercomparison of Methodologies for Soil NOx Emissions, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, March 14-15, 1994
5. Aneja, V.P., Natural emissions of Oxidant precursors: Validation of techniques and Assessment, (Project NOVA), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Planning Workshop, Raleigh, NC, March 2-3, 1995
6. Zika, R. and V.P. Aneja, "Southern Oxidants Study Volatile Organics Data Workshop", University of Miami, Miami, FL, March 23-24, 1995
7. Aneja, V.P., Annual Workshop Natural emissions of Oxidant precursors: Validation of techniques and Assessment, (Project NOVA), sponsored by National Science Foundation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Raleigh, NC, October 16-17, 1995
8. Aneja, V.P., Atmospheric Nitrogen Compound: Emissions, Transport, Transformation, Deposition, and Assessment Workshop sponsored by North Carolina Department of Environmental, Health and Natural Resources and Water Resources Research Institute, Raleigh, NC, March 10-12, 1997
9. Aneja, V.P., North Carolina Delegates Leader Atmospheric Nitrogen Programs, Noordwÿkerhout, The Netherlands, March 24, 1998
10. Aneja, V.P., North Carolina Atmospheric Nitrogen Science Team, Workshop sponsored by NC Division of Air Quality, Mt. Olive, NC, May 28, 1998
11. Aneja, V.P., Ammonia Emissions Intercomparison, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, October 1, 1998
12. Aneja, V.P., Animal Agriculture and Processing: Managing Environmental Impacts, A&WMA International Specialty Meeting, St. Louis, MO, August 31, 2005
13. Aneja, V.P., Environment and Energy Issues, UNC-India Summit, UNC General Administration, Chapel Hill, NC, January 30, 2013
14. Aneja, V.P., Fifth International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution, ICPEP-5, Member International Advisory Committee, Lucknow, India, December 2014
15. Aneja, V.P., 1st International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences (http://sciforum.net/conference/ecas2016) , July 16-31, 2016

Quick Insight

As Research Supervisor

• 9 Post Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists
• 18 PhD students (completed) and 4 PHD students (in progress)
• 44 MS students till date

Significant Milestones Achieved

• 61 Research Grants and Contracts at NCSU as Principal Investigator
• 6 Patents
• 199 Refereed Journal Publications
• 141 Proceedings
• 131 Books and Proceedings Chapters
• 49 As Symposium Chairman
• 19 Workshops and Panel Moderation Sessions
• 543 Presentations and Seminars
• 48 Reports submitted

Mission and Vision

The environmental engineers/scientists, in general, don't make any sort of 'widgets', or a 'gizmo' that we can sell. What we offer is knowledge' and we share that knowledge to solve the problems that confront mankind. However, it does offer the opportunity to have a satisfying and meaningful life, which I have got. If you want to become a millionaire, leave it. Genetics or computer science, or some other field of study might get you there, but certainly not environmental science. The primary reason you join the environment and earth sciences is to solve problems that are relevant to humanity, and it offers a very productive life.

Mission

Dr. Aneja studied fundamental pathways of the biogeochemical cycling for sulfur compounds in the environment. This body of research conducted during the 1970's and 1980's and published in Nature showed that reduced sulfur compounds react photolytically to form sulfate aerosols in the stratosphere. These reduced sulfur compounds originate principally from microbiological transformations in soil. The connection between microorganisms in the soil and the stratospheric sulphate aerosol layer was a considerable advancement in understanding global biogeochemical cycles. For this body of research, he was awarded the 1998 Frank Chambers Award by the Air and Waste Management Association, the Association's highest scientific honor. During the 1990's he focused on atmosphere-biosphere interactions with a view to exploring the role of pollution in forest decline. His research on peroxyacetyl nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sulfur dioxide, ozone, and oxides of nitrogen in the mountains of the eastern United States clarified the role of the long-range transport of pollutants and their impacts on the formation of acid deposition and damage to high-elevation trees. As part of this research, he examined the fundamental pathways for the transport of pollutants and cellular interactions of pollutants and oxidants with the biota. Following this, Dr. Aneja was interviewed on CNN in August 1988 to discuss the role of environmental quality in high elevation forest decline.

Dr. Aneja is now focused on quantifying the emissions, transformation, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs); and to assess the contribution of animal operations to atmospheric nitrogen (ammonia) loadings, and examine atmospheric pathways for the increasing nutrient enrichment of coastal rivers, estuaries, and other marine ecosystems. This research was featured on the cover of the April 1998 Journal of Environmental Manager. For this body of research, he had received the 2007 North Carolina Award in Science, the highest award a civilian can receive from the Governor of North Carolina. At present, Dr. Aneja's prime focus is on studying "Is nitrogen, the next carbon?".

Vision

Dr, Aneja emphasizes that "the environmental engineers/scientists, in general, don't make any sort of 'widgets', or a 'gizmo' that we can sell. What we offer is knowledge' and we share that knowledge to solve the problems that confront mankind. However, it does offer the opportunity to have a satisfying and meaningful life, which I have got. If you want to become a millionaire, leave it. Genetics or computer science, or some other field of study might get you there, but certainly not environmental science. The primary reason you join the environment and earth sciences is to solve problems that are relevant to humanity, and it offers a very productive life".

He maintains,

"I must say that I am influenced by diversity. Because environmental sciences are not the prerogative of atmospheric sciences or chemical engineering, you can be in liberal arts and be good from an environmental perspective. I try to bring diversity into my research group. I happen to be an engineer, and I have benefited from it. However, I believe we all have a role to play in enhancing our environment. I look for diversity"

In essence, Prof. Aneja urges today's students thus:

"Follow your passion. Be motivated in what you are going to do, and do not give up. Don't ever give up. Take risks and do not be afraid of failure because failure is a wonderful learning exercise. Develop strong work skills and ethics, always explore your options. Work hard and smart; just working hard is not the only credential. Lastly, accept yourself for who you are, and don't imitate anybody else. You will all do well".

Media Coverage

His contributions have been featured on media outlets including CNN,([[CNN]) ABC (ABC), CBS (CBS), NBC (NBC), National Public Radio (NPR), Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The New York Times (NYT), The Times of India (The Times of India), The Raleigh News & Observer (The News & Observer), Associated Press (Associated Press), Bloomberg News (Bloomberg News), Environmental Manager, Fortune magazine (Fortune (magazine)), and The Wire (India) (The Wire (India)), Field Productions, among others.

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