Gurman Kaur
Invictus International School
Gurman Kaur is an award-winning young researcher and innovator from India with a longstanding fascination for the history of science and the ideas that have shaped human progress. Guided by the belief that the most meaningful discoveries emerge at the intersection of disciplines, her work spans engineering, medicine, environmental sustainability, and entrepreneurship. Her research and innovations have received national and international recognition, including competitive startup funding for one of her projects. She aspires to contribute to scientific discovery while advancing a broader understanding of how science shapes society.
10:00 - 11:15 AM
December 8, 2026
Session 1 - Advances in Measurement & Quantification
- From cycle averages to event-based factors for tire and road wear particle emissions
Speaker: Melis Seren Celenlioglu - Occurrence, Morphology, and Component Content of 1-300 μm Microplastics in Tire and Road Wear Particles at Urban Intersections
Speaker: Shuhei Tanaka - Machine learning-assisted optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy for tire and road wear particle identification
Speaker: Meibe He - Tire and road airborne particle emissions of passenger car tires under real-world conditions
Speaker: Dimitrios Kontses - Characterizing aircraft tire wear particles during landing events: an underexplored source of non-exhaust emissions in aviation operations
Speaker: Gurman Kaur