Venkat Lakshmi Professor and Chair Department of Geological Sciences University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 (803)-777-3552 Fax: (803)-777-6610 Email: vlakshmi@geol.sc.edu

Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
Professor 2006-present
Associate Professor 2003-2006
Assistant Professor 1999-2003

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Scientist 1996-1999

Princeton University
Research Assistant 1990-1996

EMPLOYMENT
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Cox Visiting Professor 2006-2007
Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
Professor 2006-present
Associate Professor 2003-2006
Assistant Professor 1999-2003
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Scientist 1996-1999
Princeton University
Research Assistant 1990-1996


EDUCATION
Princeton University Ph.D., Civil Engineering & Operations Research, 1996
M. A., Civil Engineering & Operations Research, 1992 University of Iowa M. S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1989 Roorkee University B.E., Civil Engineering (Honors), 1987
(Now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee)


Professional Awards
NASA GROUP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 2003 for the AQUA MISSION
Professional Engineer (PE) Civil Engineer, State of Maryland, Registration # 25394
Senior Member, IEEE, 2002

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEE AWARDS
Master’s student: Christel Purvis: BEST PAPER AWARD in Biogeosciences at AGU Spring Meeting, 2006
PhD Student: Ujjwal Narayan: BEST PAPER AWARD in Hydrology at AGU Spring Meeting, 2006
Ujjwal Narayan: PhD Thesis award, Department of Geology
Ujjwal Narayan: Excellence in Graduate Studies Award, Graduate School University of South Carolina
Ujjwal Narayan: NASA Earth System Science Fellowship 2005 - 2006

EDITORIAL SERVICE
(1) Editor, Hydrology, EOS, Transactions of American Geophysical Union, 2001-2006
(2) Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 1997-2001
(3) Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 2001-2003
(4) Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2004-present
(5) Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology, 2007-present

Professional Service
(1) Chairman, Remote Sensing Technical Committee, AGU 2000-2004
(2) Chairman, User Applications Committee, IEEE, 2003-2005
(3) Member, Board of Directors, Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrological Sciences, NSF, 2006-present
(4) AGU Hydrology, Fall Program Co-Chair, 2006-present


Current and Past Research Projects

Research Interests and Description

Peer-reviewed Publications

Conference Presentations

Professional Service

Courses and Teaching

Students

Outreach