Akanksha Gupta
Address: Keck-254, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO),
University of California San Deigo
San Diego, California, USA
About me:
I am a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California San Deigo. Before joining SIO, I completed Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur, India, in 2022. My research interests broadly span environmental and geophysical fluid dynamics, mainly focused on free-surface flows, surface gravity waves, wave-seafloor-current interactions, air-sea interactions, internal solitary waves, tracer transport (Lagrangian drift), and Stokes drift.
Postdoctoral Supervisor: Dr. Xuanting Hao
Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Anirban Guha & Dr. Sachin Y. Shinde
Education
Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (2017-2022)
B.Tech.+M.Tech. (Integrated dual degree), Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT(BHU), Varanasi, India (2008-2013)
Experience
Postdoctoral employee at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (2023-Present)
Assistant professor at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India (2013-2017)
Academic Achievements and Awards
Awarded the prestigious Lalit Kishore Chaudhary Memorial Scholarship (2022-2023). This award is given to a student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, with the best research paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Awarded Commonwealth Split-site Ph.D. Fellowship (2020) to work at the University of Dundee, UK, for one year under Dr. Anirban Guha (March 2021 - March 2022).
Awarded Shastri Research Student Fellowship (SRSF) by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) to work at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, for six months under Dr. Mona Rahmani (remotely from October 2020 - March 2021).
Awarded Raman-Charpak Ph.D. Fellowship by CEFIPRA (2019) to work at Ecole Centrale Marseille, France, for eight months under Prof. Michel Benoit from (February - September 2020).
Students' Research Convention (SRC) Best Presentation Award in 'SRC 2019' conference organized by Academics and Research Cell, IIT Kanpur, India.