Research interests

Eco-hydrology, Resilience, Climate change, Food & water security, Complex adaptive systems, Contaminant transport modeling and remediation

Education

PhD. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA, 2007-2013. Dissertation title: “Optimality and resilience in patterns of carbon allocation and growth in vegetation under acclimation response to climate change”. Advisor: Dr. Praveen Kumar

M.S. Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA, 2004-2007. Thesis title: “Analytical solutions for sequentially coupled multi-species reactive transport problems”. Advisor: Dr. Prabhakar Clement(now at Alabama )

B.Tech. Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2000-2004. Project guide: Dr. Ligy Philip

Professional Experience

Research scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, (2017-2018)

Post doctoral research associate, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, (2013-2017)

Awards and Honors

CEE Alumni assistantship for teaching excellence, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA, 2012

Montgomery-Watson-Harza Consulting Engineers/AEESP Award, for outstanding Master’s thesis in environmental engineering and science, USA, 2008

CH2M Hill Fellow, Auburn University, USA, 2007

Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA, 2007