Dr. Abdus Salam has been working as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has completed his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Master of Science in Physical-Inorganic Chemistry from University of Dhaka. He did his PhD on Atmospheric Analytical Chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS and York University, ON, Canada. He is the Principal Investigator of two atmospheric science research observatories (Urban Dhaka and coastal Bhola Island) with the collaboration of NASA, USA; Stockholm University, Sweden; Dalhousie University, Canada, Akita Prefectural University, Japan; Academia Sinica, Taiwan; University of Wisconsin, USA, Duke University, USA, University of Surrey, UK, etc. His research interests are on atmospheric chemistry, air quality and impacts on human health, climate change and Ecosystem. He has been actively participating in electronic and print media's interview/talk show on air pollution: causes, impacts and mitigations. He has been serving in various international committees including international global atmospheric chemistry (IGAC) as a scientific steering committee (SSC) member.