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Joyanto Routh

Professor, Head of Unit

My primary interest is in Biogeochemistry and its applications in various environmental issues with definite societal relevance. I teach classes in Environmental Science, Introductory geology and Climate Science.

My research focuses on environmental issues in sedimentary and aquatic systems (e.g. pollution, climate change,food and water security). I teach undergraduate and graduate students, and supervise PhD students.

Research

Research Projects

  • Coal-based economies in developing countries: An environmental, health and cost evaluation around mega thermal power plants. The Swedish Research Council (2021-24)

  • The fate of organic carbon in small mountain rivers in the Himalayas: Implications for soil erosion and climate change. The Swedish Research Council (2017-2021)

  • Climate-culture evolution at Jiroft in southeast Iran during the Holocene. V. Tavakohli (co-PI, Tehran Univ).Vetenskapsrådet (2015-18) and STINT Initiation Grant (2015-16).

  • Reconstruction of Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in Lake Victoria catchment, Kenya. D. Olago (co-PI, Nairobi University). Vetenskapsrådet (2013-17)

  • Monsoon variability and its impact on terrestrial ecosystems in Sri Lanka. R. Chandrajith (co-PI, Peradeniya Univ).

Collaborators

Prof. P.A. Meyers, Univ. of Michigan (USA)
Dr. Patrick Roberts, Max Planck-Jena (Germany)
Prof A. Roychoudhury, Stellenbosch U (S. Africa)
Prof. T. Filley, Purdue Univ (USA
Prof. T. Bianchi, Univ. of Florida (USA)
Dr. Sayantan Sarkar, IIT-Mandi (India)
Prof. R. Chandrajith, Peradeniya Univ (Sri Lanka)
Dr. Majid Naderi, INIOAS (Iran)
Prof. Chen-Chou Shou, NTU (Taiwan)
Dr. Susanne Fietz, Stellenbosch (S Africa)
Prof. JV Klump, Milwaukee Univ (USA)

Publications

2025

Chen Luo, Sayantan Sarkar, Fanny Gesmond, Megha Anand, Kalpana Munnuru Singamshetty, Joyanto Routh (2025) Unmasking Emissions: Tracing organic aerosols around a coal-fired power plant in India Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 360, Article 121428 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Raja Dhar, Sayantan Sarkar, Chen Luo, Megha Anand, Shyamasree Dasgupta, Ujjwal Neogi, Apostolos Bossios, Rausan Zamir, Mohammad Shoeb, Joyanto Routh (2025) The energy-health-environment nexus: assessing the transboundary impacts of coal-fired power plants Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 13, Article 1581460 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Thanh Duc Nguyen, Daniel Montecinos, Jay Prakash Kumar, Sayantan Sarkar, Roshan Wathore, Johannes Felix Amann, Julian Joppich, Sumedha Lawande, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, Joyanto Routh (2025) Tagging Emissions from Indoor Biomass Combustion with a Cost-Effective Sensor Array: From Design to Field Deployment in Rural Indian Households Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 59, p. 15730-15740 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Alireza Vaezi, Lloyd Weeks, Joyanto Routh (2025) From the Last Glacial Maximum to the Late Holocene: Unraveling the dynamic complexities of climate and human history in Western and Southeastern Iran Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 13, Article 1477290 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Camille Joy Enalbes, Dennis Njagi, Chen Luo, Daniel Olago, Joyanto Routh (2025) Reconstructing Historical Land Use and Anthropogenic Inputs in Lake Victoria Basin: Insights from PAH and n-Alkane Trends Toxics, Vol. 13, Article 130 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

Researcher at a archeological excavation site.

Ancient seeds give clues on climate change

Thousand-year-old seeds, and traces hidden in the soil for more than 5,000 years, provide clues to how people and their crops were affected by climate change. This knowledge may help us adapt to changes in our lifetime and in the future.
Archeological site in desert.

Climate change and the rise and fall of civilisations

Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study. The study highlights the vulnerability of human societies to fluctuating climate.
A big building in sunset, there is warm light coming from the windows, on the ground outside there is a bit of snow.

SEK 49 million from Swedish Research Council

Six LiU researchers will receive almost SEK 49 million from the Swedish Research Council’s latest round of funding. The projects concern areas such as epigenetics, mega coal-fired power plants, rehabilitation in conflict zones and tuberculosis.

CV

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  • 2020
    Professor and Head Vernadsky Section
  • 2018
    Associate professor & Head, Vernadsky Section, Linköping University
  • 2011
    Senior Lecturer, Linköping University
  • 2009
    Associate Professor, IISER. Kolkata
  • 2004
    Docent, Researcher, Stockholm University
  • 2000
    Assistant professor, Stockholm University

Supervision

  • Main supervisor (PhD)
    Dennis Njagi, Chen Luo
  • Co-supervisor (PhD)
    Rajendra Bhandari, Kathmandu University
  • Masters thesis
    Amira Elbarmelgy
    Tebid Caprice
    Furkan Özkan
    Ra'eesah Hendricks

Education 

Graduate and undergraduate courses in:

  • Climate Change and Policy
  • Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Environmental geochemistry
  • Organic geochemistry
  • Introductory Geology
  • Sustainable Business - An Environmental Perspective

CV

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Organisation

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Environmental Change (TEMAM)

Almost all nature bears traces of human activity. Its condition is strongly linked to social development. This creates a need for scientific breadth and problem-solving skills. Education and research at Environmental Change respond to this challenge.
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Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.
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About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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