Email avik.sam@nus.edu.sg

Avik has a background in environmental health and spatial epidemiology, with research interests in climate-sensitive infectious diseases, Bayesian statistics, disease modelling, scientific software and package development, and global health.

Outside of research, he enjoys reading, travelling, exploring new places, running, and volunteering.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

• Environmental Health
• Epidemiology
• Global Health
• Climate-sensitive Infectious Diseases
• Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning for Public Health
• Scientific Software and Package Development

• Epidemiology
• Environmental Health
• Global Health
• Infectious Diseases
• Health Data Analytics

• PhD Climate Change and Public Health (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
• MSc Environmental Science and Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
• BSc Chemistry (Honours) (Hindu College, University of Delhi)

• Senior Research Scientist – National Disease Modelling Consortium, IIT Bombay (2026)
• Research Associate – IIT Bombay (2026)
• IRCC Fellow – IIT Bombay (2025)
• Prime Minister Research Fellow, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2022-2025)

• Sam, A. K., Bhowmick, I. P., & Phuleria, H. C., et al. (2026). Impact of projected climate and socioeconomic scenarios on state-wise annual dengue incidence in India using ensemble models. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
• Sam, A. K., Keshri, N., Bhowmick, I. P., et al. (2025). Mapping Malaria Risk in India between 2019–2023: A Tool for the Public to Track Malaria. Scientific Reports.
• Sam, A. K., Khatoon, A., & Phuleria, H. C., et al. (2025). Determinants of Malaria Transmission in Indian Districts in 2018: Insights from Ensemble Models. Malaria Journal.
• Jena, S. R., Elanchezhiyan, C., Sam, A. K., et al. (2025). Spatiotemporal distribution of dengue cases and vectors along with the interrelationship of environmental and climatic factors in the Metropolitan City, Kolkata, India, for 2017–22: calling implications for vector control. Emerging Microbes & Infections.
• Sam, A. K., Dubey, S., Arora, U., et al. (2025). Examining the structural properties of polar and non-polar organic aerosols using 1H NMR: Diurnal variations and source apportionment. Atmospheric Pollution Research.
• Sam, A. K., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Phuleria, H. C., et al. (2024). A Historical Perspective of Malaria Policy and Control in India. IJID Regions.
• Sam, A. K., Patil, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., et al. (2023). Epidemiological aspects of outdoor air pollution – Link between air pollution and COVID-19. In Air Pollution, Adverse Effects, and Epidemiological Aspects. Academic Press. (Book Chapter)
• Yadav, S., Sam, A. K., Venkataraman, C., et al. (2022). 1H NMR structural signatures of source and atmospheric organic aerosols in India. Chemosphere.