R.K.M. Jayanty
Senior Fellow, Environmental Analytical Chemistry
R.K.M. Jayanty, PhD, is a leading expert in environmental analytical chemistry and the senior program director of environmental and industrial sciences at RTI. He has more than 40 years of experience in environmental analytical chemistry, including significant program management and technical experience with complex multimedia sampling and analysis, chemical speciation, and method development/evaluation of programs for air toxics and fine particles. Dr. Jayanty’s technical experience includes methods development, evaluation, and field validation studies related to the measurement of toxic organics and fine particulates in ambient and source atmospheres. He is currently program manager of the chemical speciation of PM2.5 filter samples collected through nationwide network operations, and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. Dr. Jayanty is an internationally recognized scientist and the author of more than 150 technical papers, reports, and presentations.
Education
ME, Engineering, Environmental Pollution Control, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Bradford, Bradford, England; MS, Chemistry, Andhra University, Waltair, India; BS, Chemistry, Andhra University.
Publications
Ward, T., Trost, B., Conner, J., Flanagan, J., & Jayanty, R.K.M. (Aug 2012)
Percy, K.E. (Ed.) (Jan 2012)
Ward, T.J., Palmer, C.P., Bergauff, M., Jayanty, R.K.M., & Noonan, C.W. (Oct 2011)
Gutknecht, W., Flanagan, J., McWilliams, A., Jayanty, R.K.M., Kellogg, R., Rice, J., et al. (Feb 2010)
Engelbrecht, J.P., McDonald, E.V., Gillies, J.A., Jayanty, R.K.M., Casuccio, G., & Gertler, A.W. (Mar 2009)
Expertise
- Fine Particle Measurements
- Method Development and Evaluation of VOCs
- Sampling and Analysis of Air Toxics
- Atmospheric Chemistry