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Our Director, Professor Kirk Smith, passed away on June 15 2020. He leaves behind a large, global community of students and colleagues whom he collaborated with, mentored, and inspired. Read more about him here: http://www.kirkrsmith.org/biography
India was a second home to him, with four decades of work and extensive collaborations with colleagues here. Together with @teriin @iitdelhi @SRIHER_Official @UrbanEmissions he set up CCAPC as a platform for collaborative work on air quality policy in India. 2/n
@sunitanar and @AnumitaRoychowd pen a moving tribute recalling the role of his pioneering research in shifting the AQ discourse towards household sources and exposure, and his indefatigable energy and optimism. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/pollution/remembering-kirk-r-smith-1947-2020--71798 3/n
@winterapples writes in @timesofindia about Kirk's contributions towards Indian AQ policy, and in arguing that the health of poor women and children needs to be at the heart of clean cooking policy. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pioneering-scientist-kirk-smith-put-household-air-pollution-in-developing-countries-on-global-health-map/articleshow/76436232.cms 4/n
@scurve in @ICD_climate recalls that while "Smith’s labours bore fruit when India in 2016 started a scheme"- Ujjwala- he "continued to push for better and wider implementation". https://indiaclimatedialogue.net/2020/06/18/india-loses-champion-of-clean-indoor-air-for-women/ 5/n
We will continue to update this thread with tributes and obituaries as they get published. Perhaps one of the most important ways to pay our respects to Professor Kirk Smith is to carry on the work that he devoted his career to in our own, different ways. 6/n
