Pankaj Kumar

Biography

Since 29th September 2015 : Asst. Professor, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal, India 1st - 28th Sept. 2015 : Ramanujan Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India June 2014 to Aug. 2015 : Research Scientist, Climate Service Center 2.0, Hamburg, Germany July 2009 to May 2014 : Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany July 2010 to May 2014 : Guest Scientist, Climate Service Center 2.0, Hamburg, Germany Feb. 2008 to June 2009 : Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany June 2006 to Feb. 2008 : Research Associate, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India May 2001 to Jan. 2007 : Ph.D., Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India. Supervisor: Dr. Rupa Kumar Koli and Co-supervisor: Dr. M.Rajeevan

Research Interest

Modelling earth system processes involve interactions between oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface dynamics, and human systems. Earth system models encompass all the theses components and more. Regional scale such processes are essential to understand the climate variability and change for regional impact studies. Such models setup will provide a framework for regional assessment of climate change impacts for adaptation and mitigation strategies. Such framework will also provide an opportunity to quantify the uncertainty associated with modelling chain in regional climate change projections. Within the framework of CORDEX a regional earth system model is being developed for CORDEX South-Asia domain for climate change studies. Figure shows the climate modelling chain to dynamically downscale climate change scenario over South-Asia.