My Supervisors
Membership of Professional and Scientific Societies
Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)
Member of the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)
Member of the GPM Land Surface Working Group (LSWG)
Life member of the Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)
Life member of the Laser And Spectroscopy Society of India (LASSI)
Life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
Mentored undergraduate research students under the Honors Scholars Program at CUNY during Fall 2016 (2 students) and Spring 2017 (3 students) semesters
Took classes at the City College of New York for National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) and CREST Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) programs in the summer 2016.
Co-mentored two students of United Nations (UN) approved Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP) Sixth and Seventh Post Graduate Courses on Satellite Meteorology and Global Climate (SATMET-VI & VII) at SAC, ISRO.
Batjargal Buyantogtokh (2008-09)
Marina O. Karaseva (2010-11; Awarded Bronze Medal)
Mentored NSF-REU undergraduate research student
Farjana Shati (2016-17; Won Best Poster Award & more)
Editorial Board Membership
Associate Editor (2022-present): Water and Climate (specialty section of Frontiers in Water)
Review Editor (2021-2022): Water and Climate (specialty section of Frontiers in Water)
Guest Editor (2019): Remote Sensing (MDPI) special issue "Remote Sensing of Rainfall and Snowfall - Recent Advances"
Research Interest
Satellite remote sensing
Error analysis of precipitation products
South Asian monsoon rainfall
NWP model output diagnostics
Reviewer of Peer-Reviewed Journals
Advances in Meteorology; Advances in Space Research; All Earth; Arabian Journal of Geosciences; Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering; Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences; Atmosfera; Atmosphere; Atmospheric and Climate Sciences; Atmospheric Research; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology; Climate; Climate Dynamics; Climate Research; Desalination and Water Treatment; Discover Oceans; Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans; Earth and Space Science; Earth's Future; Earth System Science Data; Environmental Earth Sciences; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Environmental Research and Risk Assessment; European Journal of Remote Sensing; Frontiers in Earth Science; Frontiers of Earth Science; Geocarto International; GeoHealth; Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk; Geosciences; Geo-spatial Information Science; GIScience & Remote Sensing; Global Ecology and Conservation; Groundwater for Sustainable Development; Hydrology; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences; IEEE-ACCESS; IEEE-GRSL; IEEE-JSTARS; IEEE-TGRS; Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics; International Journal of Climatology; International Journal of Digital Earth; International Journal of Hydrology Science & Technology; International Journal of Remote Sensing; JGR – Atmospheres; Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; Journal of Applied Remote Sensing; Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; Journal of Earth System Science; Journal of Hydrology; Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies; Journal of Hydrometeorology; Journal of Meteorological Research; Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing; Meteorological Applications; Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics; Mausam; Pure and Applied Geophysics; QJRMS; Regional Environmental Change; Remote Sensing; Remote Sensing in Earth System Sciences; Remote Sensing of Environment; Reviews of Geophysics; Revista Ambiente & Agua; Scientific Reports; SN Applied Sciences; Stochastic Hydrology Research; Sustainability; Theoretical and Applied Climatology; Transactions in GIS; Tropical Cyclone Research and Review; Water; Water Resources Research; Weather and Climate Extremes.