His areas of expertise include tropospheric chemistry and transport, global tropospheric oxidants, global tropospheric aerosols, regional air quality, anthropogenic impacts on atmospheric composition and ecosystems, and global and regional tropospheric chemistry modeling. He received his B.S. (1982) from the University of Bombay, M.S. (1984) from the University of Kentucky, and Ph.D. (1988) in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Kasibhatla has previously served on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Committee for Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites and proposal review panels for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Department of Energy (DOE) atmospheric chemistry programs.