CV
Professional experience:
2022 - Present
2019–2022 :
2016–2019 :
2010–2011 :
Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies,
IIT Bombay, India
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft
Delft (Netherlands)
Project Title : Exploring the clouds-convection-circulation coupling through cumulus friction in the subtropical shallow clouds using Large-eddy simulations and climate models .
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Sydney (Australia)
Project Title : Exploring the clouds-convection-circulation coupling in climate enigmas such as, mid-Holocene greening of Sahara desert, dynamics of the ITCZ and mysterious mid-level clouds over the deserts.
Project Associate
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (India)
Project Title : The Seasonal Prediction of Indian Monsoon (SPIM)
Education:
2011–2016 :
2007–2009 :
2003–2007 :
PhD - Grantham fellow
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
Dissertation Topic : Structure and dynamics of the Inter-tropical convergence zones
Advisor : Prof. J Srinivasan
MS Engg. - Scholarship from Ministry for human resource and development, India
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
Dissertation Title : Simple models for the mean and transient Inter-tropical convergence zone and its northward migration
Advisor : Prof. J Srinivasan
BE Mechanical Engg. - 2nd Rank in Mumbai University, JRD Tata scholarship every year
Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Mumbai University (India)
Some peer reviewed publications (See full list here):
7. Steven C. Sherwood, Vishal Dixit, Chryseis Salomez, The global warming potential of near-surface emitted water vapour, Accepted in the Environmental Research Letters
6. Dixit, Vishal, Olivier Geoffroy and Steven C. Sherwood, "Control of ITCZ width by low-level radiative heating from upper-level clouds in aquaplanet simulations", Geophysical Research Letters, 45.11 (2018) : 5788-5797 [Journal web-page]
5. Dixit, Vishal, Steven Sherwood, Olivier Geoffroy and Damianos Mantsis, "The Role of Non-linear Drying above the Boundary Layer in the Mid-Holocene African Monsoon", Journal of Climate, 31.1 (2018) : 233-249. [Accepted version]
4. Bao, Jiawei, Steven C. Sherwood, Maxime Collin and Vishal Dixit, "The robust relationship between extreme precipitation and convective organization in idealized numerical modeling simulations", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9.6 (2017) : 2291-2303. [Accepted version]
3. Dixit, Vishal, and J. Srinivasan, "The role of boundary layer momentum advection in the mean location of the ITCZ", Journal of Earth System Science, 126.6 (2017): 78. [Journal web-page], [Research Gate]
2. Dixit, Vishal, and J. Srinivasan, "The momentum constraints on the shallow meridional circulation associated with the marine ITCZ", Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (2016) : 1-15. [Journal web-page], [Research Gate]
1. Dixit, Vishal, and J. Srinivasan, "The role of vertical shear of the meridional winds in the northward propagation of ITCZ", Geophysical Research Letters (2011), 38, no.8., [Journal web-page], [Research Gate]
Technical reports:
Scholarships :
2011--2016 Jeremy Grantham Fellowship, Divecha centre for climate change
2011 Grant for Research Internship, Laboratoire de meteorologie dynamique, Ecole normale superieure, Paris, France
2007--2010 Scholarship from Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt. of India, Indian Institute of Science
2004--2007 J R D Tata scholarship for excellence, Tata trust