About me
- I am a physical oceanographer exploring the role of ocean circulation in climate.
- I completed a B.Tech. M.Tech. Dual Degree in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and then went to State University of New York at Stony Brook for a Ph.D.
- After completing Ph.D. I worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- I now work at the Centre for Climate Studies at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) as an Assistant Professor.
- Thanks to a generous donation from an alumnus of IITB, Mr. Arjun Raghavan, I have been awarded the Arjun Raghavan Young Faculty Fellowship (IITB ACR story).
Research Highlights
- I have worked on understanding how small-scale turbulence could influence large-scale ocean circulation.
- My PhD thesis uncovered a novel method of how narrow currents along continental boundaries could be trapped.
- During my postdoc I applied my knowledge of earth's oceans to oceans elsewhere in the solar system, such as icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
- My research showed that these oceans would likely have zonal jets very similar to those on gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn.
- At IITB I am now developing data-driven models of ocean circulation.
- Please see the research page for more details.
Vacancies
- I am actively looking for Ph.D. students to work on AI/ML applications in ocean and climate modeling.
- If you have prior experience in either numerical ocean modeling or AI/ML or are interested in these topics in general please feel free to send me an email.