Akanksha Gupta
Address: Keck-254, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO),
University of California San Deigo
San Diego, California, USA
Akanksha Gupta
Address: Keck-254, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO),
University of California San Deigo
San Diego, California, USA
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 surface and internal waves, wave-mean flow interactions, topographic effects, particle transport, upper ocean turbulence.
Postdoctoral Supervisor: Dr. Xuanting Hao
Ph.D. Supervisor: Dr. Anirban Guha & Dr. Sachin Y. Shinde
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)
Postdoctoral employee at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (2023-Present)
Assistant professor at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India (2013-2017)
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.