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Venkat Lakshmi
Professor
Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803)-777-3552
Fax: (803)-777-6610
Email: vlakshmi@geol.sc.edu |
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EMPLOYMENT
Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of South Carolina
Professor
Chairman Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences |
2011-present
2008-2011 |
Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Cox Visiting Professor |
2006-2007 |
Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor |
2006-2008
2003-2006
1999-2003 |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Scientist |
1996-1999 |
Princeton University
Research Assistant |
1990-1996 |
| EDUCATION |
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| 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
(Now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee)
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B.E., Civil
Engineering (Honors), 1987 |
Professional Awards
Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Teaching 2010-2011, University of South Carolina
William Mong Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Hong Kong 2010
NASA GROUP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, 2003 for the AQUA MISSION
Professional Engineer (PE) Civil Engineer, State of Maryland, Registration #
25394
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 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, 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 AGU, Chapman conference Program (2013-2015) AGU Hydrology Section,
Fall Program Co-Chair, 2006-2008
(2)
Chairman, Remote Sensing Technical Committee, AGU 2000-2004; Executive
Committee
of Geoscience Department Chairs [2009-2011]
(3) Chairman, User Applications Committee, IEEE, 2003-2005
(4) Member, Board of Directors, Consortium of Universities for Advancement of
Hydrological Sciences (CUAHSI),
NSF,
2006-2009
(5) Member University Committee on Tenure and Promotion [2007-08] and
member Governor of South Carolina Task force on Climate [2007-2008]
Current and Past Research Projects
Research Interests and Description
Peer-reviewed Publications
Conference Presentations
Professional Service
Courses and Teaching
Students
Outreach
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