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Sheila Dewi Ayu Kusumaningtyas is a leading environmental researcher whose work focuses on the atmospheric impacts of biomass burning and aerosol pollution in Southeast Asia. Her research centers on the optical and radiative properties of aerosols, particularly those generated by peatland and forest fires in Indonesia. Kusumaningtyas’s most influential study, “Impact of the June 2013 Riau province Sumatera smoke haze event on regional air pollution” (84 citations), documents how deforestation and dry conditions drive trans-boundary haze reaching Singapore. Her highly cited 2019 paper (78 citations) uses AERONET remote sensing to characterize aerosol properties during the extreme 2015 Indonesian burning season, revealing how El Niño-driven drought enabled massive peat combustion. She has also investigated aerosol optical depth across Indonesian cities and the striking phenomenon of red skies during Jambi’s 2019 fires. Kusumaningtyas’s work is instrumental in understanding how land-use change and climate variability amplify regional air pollution, providing critical data for policymakers addressing fire management and public health in Indonesia and neighboring countries.