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EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (2015-2020)
Research Topic: Improved Convection and Cloud Parameterization: Towards an India Centric Climate Model (ICCM) |PDF|
Research Supervisors: Prof. Sandeep Sahany and Prof. S. K. Mishra
M.Tech. in Atmospheric Science, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India (2013-2015)
Dissertation: Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature an Humidity Profiles using Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer |PDF|
Research Supervisors: Dr. G. Pandithurai and Mr. S. J. Pillai
M.Sc. in Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh, India (2011-2013)
Dissertation: Photoelectric Emission from Interstellar Dust Matter: Grain Charging and Gas Heating
Research Supervisor: Prof. Abdul Qaiyum
B.Sc. in Physics, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (2008-2011)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (June 2021 – present).
Postdoctoral Researcher, DST Centre of Excellence in Climate Modeling, IIT Delhi, India (Aug. 2020 – June 2021).
Grad. Visiting Researcher, Physical Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (Dec. 2019 – Aug. 2020).
Grad. Teaching Assistant, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, India (Jul. 2015 – Nov. 2019).
Junior Research Fellow, India Meteorological Department, Government of India, Pune, India (May 2015 – July 2015).
HONOURS & AWARDS
Selected for NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP), Summer Colloquium, 2021 (USA)
IIT Delhi Research Scholar Travel Award to attend AOGS Meeting – 2019 (Singapore)
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Student Travel Grant to attend AGU Fall Meeting - 2018 (USA)
IIT Delhi Institute Ph.D. Fellowship, IIT Delhi, India
Silver Medal for securing 2nd position in undergrad studies (B.Sc.)
Certificate of Appreciation and Consolation prize for presentation on “Free Space Optic Technologies” at Christian College, Lucknow
Best Tutor Award in National Service Scheme at Christian College
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICES
Member of AGU, AOGS, and JPGU
Member – Science Working Group, Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community
Volunteering, Reviewed the TROP ICSU course on Climate Change Education
Volunteering, Open House Day (2015 –2018) – A Science Expo at IIT Delhi, India
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS
Numerical Models: MITGCM-WRF, CESM1&2, NCAR CAM3-5 (standalone), NCAR SCAM6
High-Performance Computing: Linux Cluster with PGI and Intel Compilers
Programming Languages: Fortran 90 & 95, C++, Shell scripting, Python (Beginner)
Statistical & Graphic Analysis: CDO, NCO, NCAR Command Language, MatLab, R-Studio
Data Emulation Techniques: Polynomial Chaos Expansion, Neural Network, Bayesian Inference, Compressed Sensing
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Numerical Modeling of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena
Tropical Weather and Climate
Fundamentals of Weather and Climate
Earth System Modeling
The Earth's Atmosphere: Physical Principle
TRAINING & WORKSHOP ATTENDED
ASP workshop on subseasonal to seasonal science and applications, July 11–15, 2022, NCAR, USA
NCAR ASP Colloquium on The Science of Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Predictions, July 12-23rd and Aug. 2-6th 2021, USA
Artificial Intelligence for Earth System Science (AI4ESS) Summer School, 22nd-26th June 2020, NCAR, Colorado, USA
2nd ICTP Summer School on Theory, Mechanisms and Hierarchical Modeling of Climate Dynamics: Convective Organization and Climate Sensitivity, 1st July- 12th July 2019, ICTP, Italy
Workshop on Future Physics for Global Atmospheric Models, 12-14th June 2019, NCAR, Boulder, CO, USA
Tropical Meteorology: Asian-Australian Monsoon, Tropical Cyclone and Climate Change (Short Term GIAN Course), 18th Feb. – 1st March 2019, IIT Delhi, India (Course Instructor: Prof. John McBride, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia)
Workshop on High-resolution Climate Projections and Analysis for India, U.S.-India partnership for Climate Resilience, 2018, India Habitat Centre, India
Special Lecture series on Cloud Convection and Parameterization, 11 – 14th Dec. – 2017, IITM Pune, India (Course Instructor: Prof. Christian Jakob, Monash University, Australia)
National Symposium on Vagaries of Monsoon and Annual Monsoon Workshop – 2014, India Meteorological Society Pune Chapter, India
National Monsoon Workshop – 2013, India Meteorological Society Pune Chapter, India
PRESENTATIONS/ABSTRACTS
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K.: Impact of Stochastic Entrainment in the CESM-CAM5 Deep Convection Parameterization on the Simulation of MISO and Precipitation over South Asia. ASP S2S Workshop, 11-15 July, 2022, NCAR, USA
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K.: Sensitivity Analysis of Cloud Parameterizations to the Simulation of South Asian Summer Monsoon, Intromet-2021, CUSAT, Cochin, India
Raju Pathak, Retrieval of the Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity Profiles using a Feed-Forward Neural Network, The 4th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences, 2021 (online)
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K.: On Precipitation Biases in CMIP5 Models over the Maritime Continent Region. AS28-A016, AOGS, 28th July - 2nd August 2019, Singapore
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K.: Formulation of a Physically-based Convective Adjustment Time-Scale: Impact on Climate Simulations over the Maritime Continent. AS29-A012, AOGS, 28th July - 2nd August 2019, Singapore
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K.: Common and Unique Precipitation Biases over South Asia in the NCAR CESM vis-a-vis other CMIP5 models. A13O-2677, AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 Dec. 2018, Washington D.C. USA
Balaji Rajagopalan, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K., Pathak, R.: Rainfall Seasonality and its Spatio-temporal Variability over India. A51K-2315, AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 Dec. 2018, Washington D.C. USA
S. K. Mishra, Sahany, S., Dash, S. K., Anand, A., Pathak, R., Salunke, P.: Need for Reliable Simulations of Indian Climate Projections to Climate Engineering, ICTP Italy
Raju Pathak, Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K., et al.: CMIP5 Vs CORDEX in the Context of Indian Monsoon. AS08-A011, AOGS, 31st July – 5th August 2016, China
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