Pronouns: he/him
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Tree Ring Lab, Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR) University of California Davis
Tree Ring Laboratory Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Route 9W, P.O. 1000 Palisades, NY 10964 USA
BIOGRAPHY:
I am an Ecoclimatologist who researches the interactions between climate change and natural and human ecosystems. My expertise includes dendrochronology, plant ecophysiology, remote sensing, and climate science. I received my PhD in 2020 from Columbia University, USA. In my previous research I have investigated droughts and flooding in the Brahmaputra and Indus Rivers in South Asia and the impact of dzud (cold winters that cause livestock mortality) on pastoral nomadic herding communities in Mongolia. I am currently working on projects related to the forest carbon cycle, the vulnerability of boreal forests to increasing heat waves, and the use of dendrochronology to understand past environmental change and timber transport.
A complete list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar.
CONTACT
mukund@ldeo.columbia.edu
EXPERTISE
EDUCATION
2020 Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University 2013 M.A., Climate & Society, Columbia University 2012 B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, Amrita University