Research Scientist
Department of Physical and Environmental Studies
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Tx-78412, USA
Telephone: 01-361-825-2506, E-mail : vinay.kumar@tamucc.edu; neelubijnori@gmail.com
My research interest includes the lightning and thunderstorms, study of hydrometers, Variability of Arctic Ice, dynamics of the monsoonal droughts, typhoon and associated large-scale circulation, monsoon-midlatitude interactions using various state-of-art climate coupled models, WRF, satellite datasets and ground-based observational data sources.
1. Post Doctoral Fellow, IITM Pune, India, Dec 2007-July 2008
2. Post Doctoral Fellow, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA, 2008-2016
3. Research Scientist, Texas A& M University, Corpus Christi, 2016-present
Historical Lunar eclipse, July 27 2018 night. You can watch it from 4:24-5:30AM on July 28 2018. Try to watch Mercury, Venus, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars (west to East respectively).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-18/july-makes-perfect-conditions-for-stargazing/10003756
I love to play all outdoor sports as well as indoor sports e.g. ice skating, Gilli-Danda, marvels, Kai-Patta, Chaturanga, Cornhole, Bowling, Tennis, Golf, ....no end of such fantastic games and their memories.
Painting, writing poems, gardening, cycling...again endless
Taking with friends.....
Academic Journey
Ph.D. (Atmospheric Physics) in 2008, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, (India) (Thesis title, "Model studies on droughts in the tropics and sub-tropics")
M.Tech. (Atmospheric Physics), Pune University, (India), 1999.
M.Sc. (Physics), IIT Roorkee (former Roorkee University), (India), 1997.
B.Sc., (Physics-Chemistry-Math) Vardhman College, Bijnor (India),1995.
12th grade, (Physics, Chemistry, Math, Hindi, English), K.M. Inter College, Dhampur, Bijnor, UP (India), 1991
10th grade (Physics, Chemistry, Math, Hindi, English, Social Science), A.I.C. Inter College, Umri, Bijnor, UP (India), 1989
6th to 9th grades (Science, Math, Hindi, English, Agriculture, Arts, Social Science), D.I.C. Inter College, Morna, Bijnor, UP (India), 1985-87
5th grade (Science, Math, Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Arts, Social Science), Saraswati Vidhya Mandir, Noorpur, Bijnor, UP (India), 1984
4th-grade Primary School Noorpur, Bijnor, UP (India), 1983
2nd to 3rd grades Primary School, Zafrabad Kurai, Bijnor, UP (India), 1982
1st grade studied at home Zafrabad Kurai, Bijnor, UP (India), 1974-1981
I was born in Zafrabad Kurai, Bijnor, UP, India. In 2002, I married Rinki Suryavansi, who is an Instructional Designer at Texas A& M Universty, Corpus Christi. We have one kid Vihaan Rajput.
My research publication webpages are:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WVnVjRwAAAAJ&hl=en