Prof. P.N. Vinayachandran
Professor and Chairman
vinay@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/vinay
Ph.D. 1996 IISc Oceanography, M.Sc. (Engg) 1992 IISc.
Research Interests:
Dynamics of the Indian Ocean, Ocean modeling, Physical-Biological interactions in the ocean.
Prof. G.S. Bhat
Hon. Professor
bhat@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/bhat
Ph.D. 1990 IISc, M.E. 1983 IISc, B.Tech. 1981 IIT-Bombay (Mechanical Engineering)
Research Interests:
Tropical convection, cloud dynamics, mesoscale convection, laboratory modeling of atmospheric phenomena, field experiments, ocean-atmosphere coupling, atmospheric boundary layer.
Prof. Ravi S. Nanjundiah
Professor
ravi@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/ravi
Ph.D. 1992 IISc, M.E. 1986 IISc, B.E. 1984 Rani Durgavati University.
Research Interests:
Climate Modeling, Meso-scale Modelling, Monsoon Variability, Application of High Performance Computing to Climate Studies.
Prof. S.K. Satheesh
Professor and Chairman, Divecha Centre for Climate Change
satheesh@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/satheesh
Ph.D. 1997 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, M.Sc. 1993 University of Kerala, B.Sc. 1990 University of Kerala
Research Interests:
Aerosols, Radiation, Clouds, Climate, Field Experiments.
Prof. Govindsamy Bala
Professor
gbala@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/bala
Ph.D. 1994 McGill University, M.Sc. 1988 University of Poona
Research Interests:
Global climate change, Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle modeling, Land use change, Radiative forcing and Climate Sensitivity, Geoengineering, High-resolution modeling.
Prof. Arindam Chakraborty
Professor
arch@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/arch
Ph.D. 2005 IISc, M.Sc. (Engg) 2000 IISc, M.Sc. (Physics) 1998 Jadavpur Univerisity.
Research Interests:
Tropical Climate, Monsoon Variability and Prediction, Physics of Clouds and Convection, Aerosol and Climate.
Prof. Jai Sukhatme
Professor
jai@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/jai
Ph.D. 2003 University of Chicago, M.S. 1998 University of California-Davis, B.Tech. 1995 IIT-Bombay.
Research Interests:
Geophysical fluid dynamics, Advection-diffusion-dispersion phenomena.
Prof. V. Venugopal
Associate Professor
venu@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/venu
Ph.D. 1998 University of Minnesota, M.S. 1995 University of Minnesota, B.Tech. 1992 IIT-Madras
Research Interests:
Stochastic Hydrology, Space-time Structure and Scale-invariance of Precipitation, Precipitation Downscaling, Retrieval and Validation of Remotely-sensed Precipitation, Cloud-resolving Models.
Prof. Ashwin K Seshadri
Associate Professor
ashwins@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac.in/aks
BS and MS – Purdue University , PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests:
Nonlinear climate dynamics, Statistical methods in climate, Climate change economics and policy.
Dr. Bishakhdatta Gayen
Assistant Professor
bgayen@iisc.ac.in
https://caos.iisc.ac./gayen
PhD University of California San Diego, MS: University of California San Diego, MS (Engg.) JNCASR, B.E. Jadavpur University
Research Interests:
Ocean convection, Antarctic Ice-Ocean interaction, Southern Ocean circulation, Turbulence modeling, ocean turbulence and mixing.