Atanu Sarkar, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Citizen Science Climate Change Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Latest papers

Community science for mosquito surveillance in Canada: a toolkit for program design and implementation.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Ontogenetic transfer of microplastics and nanoplastics in mosquitoes: a scoping review of environmental and health implications.
Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025
Citizen Science Detection and Characterization of Mosquito-Borne Viruses.
EcoHealth · 2025 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Exploring current consumption and sustainability of waste management: a pilot study
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Citizen Science Approaches in Mosquito Surveillance: Strengthening Capacity of Public Health and Climate Change Adaptation
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$124,500
Identifying barriers in design for recovery, reuse and regeneration in consumer durables and emergent renewable energy products
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 8 grants and awards

24 publications.

01

Community science for mosquito surveillance in Canada: a toolkit for program design and implementation.

Pons W, Elmieh N, Sarkar A, Armijos-Carrion A, Chapman T, Hans A, Haworth-Brockman M, Iwasawa S, Ng V, Santos J, Savage J, Zalawadia D

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01134-1 PMID: 41276754

02

Ontogenetic transfer of microplastics and nanoplastics in mosquitoes: a scoping review of environmental and health implications.

Alizadeh I, Sedaghat MM, Faraji M, Sarkar A, Ludwig A, Lapen DR, Gopinath PM, Shahhosseini N

Environmental science and pollution research international2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-025-36805-6 PMID: 40790377

03

Citizen Science Detection and Characterization of Mosquito-Borne Viruses.

Hollett L, Padgett T, Canuti M, White C, Brenton C, Wight J, Chapman T, Lang A, Whitney H, Carson K, Finnis J, Sarkar A

EcoHealth2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10393-025-01711-3 PMID: 40108076

04

Sociodemographic drivers of waste management behaviors and public perceptions of environmental contaminants in coastal communities of Newfoundland, Canada.

Saxena P, Sarkar A, Zhang B, Achari G

Journal of environmental management2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124654 PMID: 39983581

05

Evaluating human health risks from exposure to agricultural soil contaminants using one- and two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations.

Moriarity RJ, Wilton MJ, Tsuji LJS, Sarkar A, Liberda EN

Environmental research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.120391 PMID: 39577724

06

A cross-regional ecological assessment of contaminants in soils intended for agri-food initiatives on Indigenous Peoples' lands in Australia and Canada.

Moriarity RJ, Wilton MJ, Tsuji LJS, Sarkar A, Liberda EN

Environmental monitoring and assessment2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10661-024-13424-1 PMID: 39585519

07

Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) originating from landfills in Canada and the United States: A rapid scoping review.

Ochs C, Garrison K, Saxena P, Romme K, Sarkar A

The Science of the total environment2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171490 PMID: 38462011

08

Ethics guidelines for environmental epidemiologists: 2023 revision.

Etzel RA, Abbas NH, Anastario MP, Mustapha A, Osuolale O, Sarkar A, Soyiri IN, Whaibeh E, Soskolne CL

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2024

DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000299 PMID: 38617426

09

Occupational noise exposure at sea: A socio-legal study on fish harvesters' perceptions in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Yadav OP, Shan D, Sarkar A, Moro L

Frontiers in public health2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1092350 PMID: 37139364

10

Dietary exposure to thyroid disrupting chemicals: a community-based study in Canada.

Babichuk N, Sarkar A, Mulay S, Knight J, Randell E

Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Toxicology and carcinogenesis2023

DOI: 10.1080/26896583.2023.2174763 PMID: 36876896

Exploring current consumption and sustainability of waste management: a pilot study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Atanu

Keywords: Consumption behavior; Disposal behavior; Circular economy; Waste; Environment; Sustainable development; Minimalonomics; Knowledge synthesis; Minimalist lifestyle; Behavioral economics

$75,000

Citizen Science Approaches in Mosquito Surveillance: Strengthening Capacity of Public Health and Climate Change Adaptation

Nominated PICIHR2023Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Atanu; Pons, Wendy

Keywords: Citizen Science; Climate Change; Mosquito-Borne Diseases

$124,500

Identifying barriers in design for recovery, reuse and regeneration in consumer durables and emergent renewable energy products

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Imagining Canada's Future Ideas Lab

Principal investigators: Pujari, Devashish

Keywords: Inclusive framework,; Barriers to circular design; Emergent renewable energy products; Remote and Indigenous communities; Traditional Ecological Knowledge

$250,000

NSERC CREATE training program in Persistent, Emerging, and Oil PoLlution in*cold marine Environments (PEOPLE CREATE)

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Chen, Bing

$1,650,000

Contamination of marine ecosystem by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) originating from landfills, current waste management practices, public perceptions, and sustainable solutions: a study by knowledge synthesis methods

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Sarkar, Atanu

Keywords: persistent organic pollutants (pops); landfills; marine ecosystem; waste management; public perception; sustainable solutions

$50,000

Sowing the seeds of change - building on community strengths to achieve Indigenous food sovereignty in three northern communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North - LOI

Principal investigators: Shea, Jennifer M; Vandell, Michael; Wall, Darlene; Hudson, Amy; Khimji, Reezwan

Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation; Community Development; Food Security; Goverance; Indigenous Health; Self-Determination; Sustainability

$15,000

Planning to explore the social determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sikkim, India

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Najafizada, Said Ahmad Maisam

Keywords: Social Determinants Of Tuberculosis

$19,850

Perceiving Climate Variability: A Community-based Study to Identify Frameworks for Understanding and Interpretation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Finnis, Joel

Keywords: Climate change; variability; public perception; attitudes; communication

$59,010

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Community Health
Biology
Genetics
Internal Medicine
Sociology
Pediatrics
Other

Co-authors at Memorial University of Newfoundland, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Zhiwei Gao

Community Health

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Desai Shan

Community Health

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Margaret Haworth-Brockman

Internal Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Roger Chafe

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Citizen Science Dear Professor Sarkar, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Community science for mosquito surveillance in Canada: a toolkit for program design and implementation." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Exploring current consumption and sustainability of waste management: a pilot study" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Atanu Sarkar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Community science for mosquito surveillance in Canada: a toolkit for program design and implementation.

Ontogenetic transfer of microplastics and nanoplastics in mosquitoes: a scoping review of environmental and health implications.

Citizen Science Detection and Characterization of Mosquito-Borne Viruses.

Sociodemographic drivers of waste management behaviors and public perceptions of environmental contaminants in coastal communities of Newfoundland, Canada.

Evaluating human health risks from exposure to agricultural soil contaminants using one- and two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations.

A cross-regional ecological assessment of contaminants in soils intended for agri-food initiatives on Indigenous Peoples' lands in Australia and Canada.

Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) originating from landfills in Canada and the United States: A rapid scoping review.

Ethics guidelines for environmental epidemiologists: 2023 revision.

Occupational noise exposure at sea: A socio-legal study on fish harvesters' perceptions in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Dietary exposure to thyroid disrupting chemicals: a community-based study in Canada.

Exploring current consumption and sustainability of waste management: a pilot study

Citizen Science Approaches in Mosquito Surveillance: Strengthening Capacity of Public Health and Climate Change Adaptation

Identifying barriers in design for recovery, reuse and regeneration in consumer durables and emergent renewable energy products

NSERC CREATE training program in Persistent, Emerging, and Oil PoLlution in*cold marine Environments (PEOPLE CREATE)

Contamination of marine ecosystem by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) originating from landfills, current waste management practices, public perceptions, and sustainable solutions: a study by knowledge synthesis methods

Sowing the seeds of change - building on community strengths to achieve Indigenous food sovereignty in three northern communities

Planning to explore the social determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Sikkim, India

Perceiving Climate Variability: A Community-based Study to Identify Frameworks for Understanding and Interpretation

Frequent collaborators

Zhiwei Gao

Shree Mulay

Desai Shan

Andrew Lang

Margaret Haworth-Brockman

Margaret Haworth-Brockman

Edward Randell

Roger Chafe