Pankaj Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolPankaj Kumar is a postdoctoral researcher and scientific software developer with 8 years of experience applying statistical, machine learning, and physical modeling techniques to atmospheric chemistry and remote sensing challenges. Based at KIT, he improves large-scale physical simulations (ICON-ART) with ML and has a strong track record of building widely used Python libraries for bias correction, polar vortex analysis, and receptor/source attribution (tens of thousands of downloads). His work spans causal discovery, explainable AI, HPC-driven global chemistry simulations, and visualization—bridging rigorous science with production-ready open-source tools. Trained with a PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur, he brings hands-on expertise in GEOS-Chem, RRTMG, HySPLIT workflows, and Google Earth Engine. An eye for reproducible, parallelized solutions means he often tackles computational bottlenecks others avoid, turning complex observational datasets into actionable insights.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology at Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurBachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering, 7.59/10 (Distinction), Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering, 7.59/10 (Distinction) at Birla Institute of Technology
English, German, Hindi
Github Skills (22)
resampling8
forge8
mercury7
climate-science7
hydrology7
indices7
climate-change6
renewable-energy6
python6
sustainability5
atmospheric-modelling5
prediction-model5
conda-forge4
monitoring4
conda4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pankajkarman/bias_correction
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
python library for bias correction
Contributions:1 review, 26 commits, 5 PRs in 2 years 6 months
python-librarypythonbiascorrectionbias-correction
pankajkarman/resume
Jul 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 3 months
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