Viney Kumar is a senior research fellow at the SEAREL Lab. His research interests plant ecology, environmental pollution and heavy metal contamination. He is also an Assistant Professor of Botany at Government College, Panchkula.

Thesis Title: Ecological assessment of geochemical accumulation and distribution pattern of heavy metals in urban soils of Chandigarh and Baddi areas in Lower Shiwalik Region: Impact of urban and Industrial activities