Prasanth Valayamkunnath
Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Top SchoolPrasanth Valayamkunnath is a multidisciplinary Earth and environmental scientist with eight years of experience developing and applying land surface, atmospheric, and hydrologic models for research and operational forecasting. He leads the School of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and serves as Assistant Professor at IISER Thiruvananthapuram, combining academic leadership with hands-on model development honed at NCAR and Virginia Tech. Proficient in FORTRAN, C, Python, R and GIS/remote sensing tools, he specializes in land–atmosphere interactions, evapotranspiration, and regional climate downscaling. His work bridges peer‑reviewed science and reproducible software—building models that translate process understanding into actionable hydrometeorological insights. Based in Thiruvananthapuram, he brings an uncommon mix of agricultural engineering roots and advanced climate modelling to address regional water and weather challenges.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Water Resources Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Water Resources Engineering at Virginia TechBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Agricultural Engineering, 8.05/10, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Agricultural Engineering, 8.05/10 at Kerala Agricultural UniversityMaster of Technology (M.Tech.), Land & Water Resources Engineering, 8.71/10, Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Land & Water Resources Engineering, 8.71/10 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur10 and 12, Science, 75.5/100, 10 and 12, Science, 75.5/100 at Catholicate Higher Secondary School Pothukal
English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam
Github Skills (22)
simulation10
meteorology10
fortran10
weather10
hydrology10
noaa10
forecast10
modeling10
atmospheric-modelling9
fat9
forecasting9
earth-science9
fpga8
hpc-applications8
wps8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
prasanthvkrishna/WRF
Sep 2020 - Jul 2024
The official repository for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
Contributions:21 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 10 months
forecastingmeteorologyatmospheric-modellinggribwrf
prasanthvkrishna/hrldas
Dec 2020 - Mar 2024
HRLDAS (High Resolution Land Data Assimilation System)
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 3 months
assimilationresolutionhigh-resolutiondata-assimilationland
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