Dr Swagata Payra

Associate Professor @ BIT Mesra | Environmental Science, Climate Modeling

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

About

I am an associate professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, with over 15 years of experience in teaching and research in the field of atmospheric sciences. My focus is on building climate modelling capacity at BIT, characterizing the physical and optical properties of aerosols, study of natural disaster(e.g:- lightning, fog) and assimilating water vapor data in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. I have expertise in various environmental and climate models and tools, such as WRF (a regional mesoscale models), chemistry transport models (WRF-Chem, MOCAGE), satellite data, and aerosol instruments. I have published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals and received honours for my contributions to the scientific community. I am passionate about advancing the knowledge and understanding of the atmospheric processes and their impacts on the environment and society.

Experience

  • Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (17 yrs 8 mos)
    • Associate Professor
      Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

    • Assistant Prof
      Sep 2011 - Aug 2021 · 10 yrs

      Department :- Centre of Excellence in Climatology Focus :- Initiative on building Climate modelling capacity at BIT; Characterizing the physical and optical properties of aerosol with observational data, satellite data and by modelling.

    • Scientific Officer
      Dec 2008 - Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Department :- Applied Mathematics

  • Research Scientist at Meteo France
    Sep 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

    I have worked with Water Vapour Assimilation in UTLS through a Chemistry Transport Model.

  • Staff Research Associate at UCLA
    Mar 2008 - Nov 2008 · 9 mos

    Work as Research Staff in UCLA during 2008. Analyzed the optical properties of aerosol and looks to the dependence of the refractive index, single scattering albedo and specific absorption on aerosol composition, morphology, mixing state and aerosol age.

  • Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    Oct 2003 - Jan 2008 · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Air pollution effect on fog formation Numerical Modelling for fog prediction

  • Young Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
    Apr 2002 - Sep 2003 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Investigation of the Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation with coupled Atmosphere-Ocean model