Physical Scientist

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), Air Resources Laboratory(ARL)

Atmospheric Turbulence Division(ATDD) 

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Phone: 865-288-9881

Email: praveena.krishnan@noaa.gov

Education

Ph.D., University of Kerala /Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Kerala, India [Thesis: “Experimental and Modelling Studies of Atmospheric Boundary Layer”]

B.Ed., Physical Science, University of Kerala, India

M.S., Physics, University of Kerala, India

B.S., Physics, University of Kerala, India

Professional Experience

04/2023-Present: Physical Scientist, NOAA/ ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN

2012-2023: Atmospheric Scientist, NOAA/ ARL/ATDD, and ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN

2010-2012:  NOAA Research Participant, NOAA/ARL/ATDD and ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN

2007- 2010: National Research Council (NRC)-National Academy of Sciences Research Associate at NOAA/ARL/ATDD, Oak Ridge, TN

2004-2007: Post-Doctoral fellow, Biometeorology and soil physics group, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C, Canada

2003-2004: ISRO Research Associate, SPL, VSSC, ISRO, Kerala, India 

1998-2003: ISRO-Research Fellow, SPL, VSSC, ISRO, Kerala, India 

Professional service and activities

2023-present : Member, American Meteorological Society - Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences

 Editorial 

2021 – Present: Remote Sensing Journal Biogeosciences Section Editorial Board Member (MDPI).

2021-2022:  Guest Editor for a Special Issue in the journal Remote Sensing on “"Understanding Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions with Remote Sensing" (MDPI) [Link to SI]