G.S. Bhat

Professor and Chairman

Web:   http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/gsbhat.pdf

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.

J. Srinivasan

Professor

email : jayes@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web :  http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/jayes.html

Ph.D. 1975 Stanford University, M.S. 1971 State University of New York, B.Tech. 1969 IIT Madras.

Research Interests: Monsoon Models, Satellite Meteorology

Debasis Sengupta

Professor

email : dsen@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/dsen.html

Ph.D. 1986 National Institute of Oceanography, M.S. 1980 IIT-Delhi.

Research Interests : Physics of the Indian Ocean, tropical Air-Sea Interaction, Predictability of Ocean and Climate, Ocean Modeling.

Ravi S. Nanjundaiah

Professor

email : ravi@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/ravi.html

P.N. Vinayachandran

Professor

email : vinay@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/vinay/vinay.htm

Ph.D. 1996 IISc Oceanography, M.Sc. (Engg). 1992 IISc, M.Sc. 1987 Cochin University of Science & Technology, B.Sc. 1984 University of Calicut.

Research Interests : Dynamics of the Indian Ocean, Ocean modeling, Physical-Biological  interactions in the ocean.

S.K. Satheesh

Professor

email : satheesh@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/satheesh/satheesh.htm

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.

Govindswamy Bala

Associate Professor

email : gbala@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/gbala/gbala.html

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.

V. Venugopal

Assistant Professor

email : venu@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/venu/venu.html

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.

Prosenjit Ghosh

Assistant Professor

email : pghosh@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/pghosh.html

Ph.D. 2001 Physical Research Laboratory, M.Tech. 1994 IIT-Roorkee, B,Sc. Hons. 1991 Delhi University.

Research Interests : Paleoclimate reconstruction, Stable isotope geochemistry, palaeo-oceanography, Tectonics and climate, atmospheric CO2 and its flux estimates based on isotope technique, Mass spectrometry, Early life and organic evolution.

Arindam Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

email : arch@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/arch

Ph.D. 2005 IISc, M.Sc. (Engg) 2000 IISc, M.Sc. (Physics) 1998 Jadavpur Univerisity.

Research Interests : Climate modeling, Cloud and convection parameterization, Aerosol and climate change, Air-sea interaction, Seasonal prediction, Data assimilation.

Jai Sukhatme

Assistant Professor

email : jai@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/jai.html

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.

Sulochana Gadgil

Honorary Professor

email : sulo@caos.iisc.ernet.in

Web : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/sulo/sulo.html

Ph.D. 1970 Harvard University, M.Sc. 1965 Pune University

Research Interests : Monsoon Dynamics and Variability, Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling, Climate variability and Agriculture.