Profile

I joined Lower Carbon Futures group in April 2011 and am currently involved in Infrastructure Transition Research Consortium (ITRC) (Oxford lead) and Bottom up Perspective in Industrial Demand Modelling project (U. Bath lead). My current primary responsibilities are assessment of economic barriers to UK industrial energy demand reduction and development of a spatio-temporal energy demand model for the UK to evaluate robustness of future energy infrastructure transition strategies.

Prior to joining Oxford, I worked at the University of Tokyo in various capacities on satellite remote sensing applications, global ecosystem model improvement and sustainability science projects while facilitating strategic initiatives (intl. symposiums, research network etc.) for 2 international centres within the university.

My work experiences include carbon/energy management and sustainability services consulting for organisations. I have an MBA in Strategic Carbon Management (2010), a PhD in Engineering (Geoinformatics) and an Accredited Professional certification in LEED Green Building Rating System (LEED AP BD+C).

Awards and notable fellowships

• Best technical paper award by Japan Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry Journal on timber volume estimation by remote sensing
• Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship (Post-doc)
• Japanese Govt. (Monbusho) Full Scholarship (PhD and Japanese language diploma)
• Royal Danish Govt. (DANIDA) Full Scholarship (M.Engg.)

Publications and presentations

• Baruah, P.J., and Meguro, K., 2009. Comparison between LEED and CASBEE Green Building Assessment System, In: Proceedings of 8th International Symposium for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Incheon, S. Korea, October 2009, 107-118. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., and Meguro, K., 2009. The business case for sustainability: with a focus on LEED green building assessment system, Seisan Kenkyu Jounal (Institute of Industrial Science Journal), 61(4): 121-125.
• Katura, T., Baruah, P.J.*, Endo, T., and Yoshifumi, Y., 2008. Estimation of Timber Volume in Eucalyptus Plantation using Satellite Imagery, Japan Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry Journal, 62(2), 184-195. (*Major contribution).
• Baruah, P.J., Sumi, A., and Endo, T., 2008. Green Buildings: Current Status and Prospects, In: Proceedings of 7th International Symposium for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Beijing, China, October 2008, pp 767-778. [presented]
• Endo, T., Nawamura, T., Taguchi, H., Baruah, P.J., Setojima, M., Katsura. K., Yasuoka, Y., 2008. Estimation of Biophysical Parameters of Individual Tree Stands derived from LiDAR and Digital Matrix Camera Image, Journal of Forest Planning, 13, 187-193.
• Baruah, P.J., Yasuoka, Y., Itoh, A, Dye, D., 2007. A novel approach for confident forecasting of terrestrial productivity in changing climate, In Report: Workshop on Sustainable Development of a Rapidly Growing Economy in Climate Change Era, 5-6 December 2007, New Delhi, India. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Yasuoka, Y., Itoh, A, Dye, D., Sumi, A., 2007. An Improved Methodology to Estimate Terrestrial Net Primary Productivity by Integrating MODIS-LAI to Ecosystem Model SimCYCLE, In: Proceedings American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2007, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52) Fall Meet. Suppl B53B-1196. [presented]
• Bagan, H., Baruah, P.J., Wang, Q., Yasuoka, Y., 2007. TI: Cropland Area Extraction in China with Multi-Temporal MODIS Data, In: Proceedings American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2007, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52) Fall Meet. Suppl B24B-07. [presented]
• Takehiko Y., Sakai, T., Endo, T., Baruah, P.J., Akiyama, T., Saigusa, S., Nakai, Y., Kitamura, K., Ishizuka, M., Yasuoka, Y., 2007. Scaling-up technique for net ecosystem productivity of deciduous broadleaved forests in Japan using MODIS data, Ecological Research, 23(4), 765-775.
• Baruah, P.J., Yasuoka, Y., Itoh, A, Dye, D., 2006. Estimating global specific leaf area from MODIS leaf area index and model-simulated foliage mass, In: Proceedings American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2006, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52) Fall Meet. Suppl B31A-1075. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Dye, D., Itoh, A., Sakai, T., Endo, T., Yasuoka, Y., 2006. Estimation of global specific leaf area from MODIS leaf area index using ecosystem model SimCYCLE, In: Proc. of 15th Seiken (Institute of Industrial Science) forum workshop, pp.142-145. 16-17 March, 2006, The University of Tokyo, Japan. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Endo, T., Katsura, T., Setojima, M., Yasuoka, Y., 2006. Estimating timber-volume in a commercial Eucalyptus Globulus plantation: results from two approaches, In Proceedings: Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, October 9-13, 2006, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. [presented]
• Potithep, S., Yasuoka, Y., Endo, T., Baruah, P.J., 2006. Gross primary productivity estimation of deciduous broadleaf forest by 3-PG model comparing with MODIS image, In Proceedings: Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, October 9-13, 2006, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
• Endo, T., Nawamura, T., Taguchi, H., Baruah, P.J., Setojima, M., Katsura, T., Yasuoka, Y., 2006. Estimation of biophysical parameters of individual tree stands derived from LiDAR and digital matrix camera image, In Proceedings: Silvilaser 2006, November 7-10, 2006, Matsuyama, Japan.
• Baruah, P.J., Endo, T., Katsura, T., Yasuoka, Y., 2006. Estimating key forest structural variables in a Eucalyptus Globulus plantation from temporal ETM+ imagery, In Proceedings: Annual conference of Remote Sensing Society of Japan, pp.67-68, November 30-December 1, 2006, Okinawa, Japan. [presented]
• Yasuoka, Y., Endo, T., Baruah, P.J., Sakai, T., Yamaji, T., Takeuchi, W., 2005. Integration of Remote Sensing Data with Terrestrial Ecosystem Model For Global NPP Estimation, In Proceedings: 1st International Symposium of 21st Century COE program, Linking remote sensing, ecology and meteorology for regional ecosystem studies, October 13-16, 2005, Gifu, Japan.
• Takeuchi, W., Nemoto, T., Baruah, P.J., Yasuoka, Y., 2005. Online satellite data distribution system for the monitoring of environment and disaster over Asia, Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 44(2), 68-72, [Japanese with English abstract].
• Yasuoka, Y., Baruah, P.J., Hazarika, M.K, Dye, D., Itoh, A., 2004. Coupling of remote sensing and ecosystem modeling to estimate terrestrial net primary productivity, In Proceedings: The 6th International Symposium on Plant Responses to Air Pollution and Global Changes, Tsukuba, II M 4 – I 3.
• Baruah, P. J., Dye, D., Itoh, A., Yoshifumi, Y., 2004, Sensitivity of key climate parameters to global NPP using a process-based model integrated with remote sensing data, In: Proceedings American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2004, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl. B31B-0225. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Endo, T., Katsura, T., Setojima, M., Yasuoka, Y., 2005. Estimation of leaf area index (LAI) in a varying age Eucalyptus Globulus plantation from Landsat ETM+ imagery, In Proceedings: Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, November 7-11, 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Endo, T., Katsura, T., Setojima, M., Yasuoka, Y., 2005. Estimating timber volume in a multi-age Eucalyptus plantation using temporal Landsat ETM+ imagery, In Proceedings: Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, November 7-11, 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam. [presented]
• Sakai,T., Baruah,P.J., Yamaji,T., Saigusa,N., Gamo, M., Akiyama, T., Yasuoka,Y., 2005. A cross-biome comparison for net ecosystem productivity using satellite images and climate data, In Proceedings: Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, November 7-11, 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam.
• Endo, T., Terraoka, M., Baruah, P.J., Setojima, M., Katsura, T. and Yasuoka, Y., 2005. Estimation of physical parameters of individual trees by LIDAR data, In Proceedings: International Symposium of Remote Sensing, October 4-7, 2005, Jeju, Korea.
• Baruah, P.J., Dye, D., Itoh, A., Yasuoka, Y., 2005. Identifying critical parameters in a terrestrial ecosystem model for accuracy improvement through integration of data and/or assimilation, In: Proceedings American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2005, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52) Fall Meet. Suppl B21B-1032. [presented]
• Takeuchi, W., Nemoto, T., Baruah, P.J., Ochi, S., Yasuoka, Y., 2003. Development of Terra MODIS data pre-processing system on WWW, Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 42 (2), 21-27. [Japanese with English abstract].
• Baruah, P. J., Hazarika, M.K., Yasuoka, Y., 2003. Sensitivity of Key Climatic Variables to Estimated NPP by Sim-CYCLE Integrating Remote Sensing Data, In Proceedings (CD-ROM) International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, 10-14 November, 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii. [presented]
• Takeuchi, W., Nemoto, T., Baruah, P.J., Ochi, S. , Yasuoka, Y., 2002. Development of Terra MODIS data pre-processing system on WWW, International symposium on remote sensing 2002: Sokcho, Korea.
• Kyotoh, H., Nakamura, R., Baruah, P.J., 2002. Incipient Oscillation of a sheet of falling water and the instability mechanisms, Journal of Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering, 20(1), pp.77-83.
• Baruah, P. J., Tamura, M., Yasuoka, Y., 2002. Collaborating remote sensing with historical limnological data to map primary productivity of an eutrophic lake, In Proc. 23rd Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, Kathmandu, Nepal, November 2002. [presented]
• Kyotoh, H., Nakamura, R., Baruah, P.J., 2001. Incipient Oscillation of a falling water sheet and their instability mechanisms, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 45, pp. 469-474, 2001. (Japanese with aEnglish Abstract)
• Baruah, P.J., Tamura, M., Oki, K., Nishimura, H., 2001. Neural Network Based Estimation of Lake Surface Chlorophyll and Sediment Content Using Field Spectrometer Data and CASI Imagery, Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, AARS, 2(2), pp.25-37.
• Baruah, P.J., Tamura, M., Oki, K., Nishimura, H., 2001. Neural Network Modeling of Surface Chlorophyll and Sediment Content in Inland Water from Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery Using Multi-date Spectrometer Data, In: Proceedings of SPIE`s International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology (ed: Dr. R. Frouin) San Diego, July 2001, Vol.4488. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Tamura, M., Oki, K., Nishimura, H., 2001. Neural network modeling of lake surface chlorophyll and suspended sediment From Landsat TM Imagery, In Proc. 22nd Asian Conference of Remote Sensing, Singapore, November 2001, pp.911-916. [presented]
• Kyotoh, H., Nakamura, R., Baruah, P.J., 2001. Incipient Oscillations of a Falling Water Sheet and their Instability Mechanisms, In Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (CD-ROM), copyright@IAHR, Arizona State University, USA, December 2001.
• Baruah, P.J., Tamura, M., Oki, K., Nishimura, H., 2001. Neural Network Modeling of Lake Surface Chlorophyll and Sediment Content from Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery, In Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, copyright@IAHR, Arizona State University, December 2001. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Tamura, M., Oki, K., Nishimura, H., 2000. A neural network model for estimating surface chlorophyll and sediment content at the lake Kasumigaura of Japan, In:Proceedings of Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Taipei, Taiwan, pp 419-424, December 2000. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Kazama, S., 1998. Study of spatial and temporal variation of SST in the Tokyo-bay using remote sensing data,In: Proc. ASEAN Infrastructure Planning and Management, Bangkok, Thailand, pp.269-275, September 1998. [presented]
• Baruah, P.J., Kazama, S., 1998. Heat Balance Analysis in the Bay of Tokyo, Environmental Hydraulics, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp.499-504.

Theses, Dissertation, Reports

• A Carbon Strategy for Paragon Automotive Group, MBA Consultancy Project II, Univ of East Anglia (with A. Pollack, J. Mahnaz and U. Hung), 2010, 74 pp.
• Gardline Renewable Energy Business: Findings, Business Case and Implementation Plan, MBA Consultancy Project I, Univ of East Anglia (with D. Dixon, M. Denantes and U. Hung), 2010, 84 pp.
• Baruah, P.J., 2009. Report on International Workshop on Sustainability in Developing Asia, 28 April, 2008, The Maurya, New Delhi, TIGS Report Series 1, 56 pp.
• Ishikawa, H., and Baruah, P.J., 2008. Report on Workshop on Sustainable Development of a Rapidly Growing Economy in Climate Change Era, 5-6 December 2007, 56 pp.
• Baruah, P.J., and Ishikawa, H., 2007. Food Safety and Food Safety Standard: With a Focus on India, IR3S/INDRU Internal Report 2, 9 pp.
• Baruah, P.J., and Ishikawa, H., 2007. Food Security: A snapshot of Indian case, IR3S/INDRU Internal Report 1, 5 pp.
• Baruah, P.J., Application of Remote Sensing and Smart Algorithms for Modeling of Water Quality in Lake Kasumigaura (Advisor: Prof. H Nishimura, University of Tsukuba & Prof. M. Tamura, NIES Tsukuba, now Kyoto University, Japan), Doctoral Dissertation, University of Tsukuba, 154 pp., March 2002.
• Baruah, P.J., Heat Balance Analysis In The Bay Of Tokyo Using Remote Sensing Data (Advisor: Prof. So Kazama, AIT Bangkok, now Tohoku University, Japan), Master Thesis, Asian Institute of Technology, AIT Library Thesis No. AIT-97-11, 62 pp., April 1998.

Presentation Only

• Estimating Above ground carbon stock in plantations using remote sensing and plant growth model, LUCC Carbon Workshop, 23-25 August, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Estimating Carbon stock in Eucalyptus Plantation, 2003 international conference on tropical Forests and Climate Change, “Carbon Sequestration and Clean Development Mechanisms” 21-22 October 2003, Manila, Philippines.
• Monitoring water quality in an optically complex inland water body using remote sensing, JICA training program on ecosystem and GIS/RS, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), U.Tokyo, 18th October, 2002.