CV

Here is the link to my CV here - Last updated on April 2025.

Education

• Ph.D Glaciology and remote sensing, Swansea University, 2017.
• M.S. in Remote sensing, Anna University, 2012.
• B.Eng. in Geo-informatics, Anna University, 2007

Work experience

• Research Scientist, Dec 2024 - present
  • Earth System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
• Lecturer (Teaching faculty), Fall 2022 – 2024
  • Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mar 2018 – 2021
  • University of Arizona, Tucson USA
• Postdoctoral Researcher (Visitor status) - June 2017 – Feb 2018
  • Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, UK
  • Time series analysis of glacier surge mechanism using Sentinel-1 dataset.
• PhD Remote sensing Nov 2012 – Dec 2016
  • Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, UK
  • Thesis: Understanding long-term glacier dynamics in the Himalayas using satellite remote sensing
• Junior Research Fellow (M.S Res – Satellite image processing) Oct 2010 – Oct 2011
  • Department of Information Science and technology, Anna University, India

Awards and grants

• Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) Conference Travel Grant for AGU Fall Meeting 2022. ($670).
• Third place in Women in Data Science - Tucson chapter, April 2021.
• First place in the University of Arizona postdoc speed talk ($2000), April 2020 .
• Travel grant for ICESAT-2 hackweek ($1500), University of Washington Seattle, June 2019.
• Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship for PhD in Remote sensing (2012–2016).
• Travel Grant (£750) by the International Glaciological society for the IGS Kathmandu, Nepal, March 2015.
• Travel Grant for Young Scientist (INR 60, 000), awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
• Master Research funded by Department of Space, Indian space Research organisation (ISRO), PLANEX (Oct 2010 – Oct 2011).