Title: Physical Scientist, Data and Science Lead of UrbanNet
Contact: praveena.krishnan@noaa.gov
Current Research
- Urban Meteorology
- Atmospheric boundary layer dynamics
- Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
Professional Experience
- 2023 – present: Physical Scientist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, TN
- 2012 – 2023: Atmospheric Scientist, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN
- 2010 – 2012: NOAA Research Participant, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division and Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN
- 2007 – 2010: National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory, Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division, Oak Ridge, TN
- 2004 – 2007: Postdoctoral fellow, Biometeorology and soil physics group, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, B.C, Canada
- 2003 – 2004: ISRO Research Associate, Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Kerala, India
- 1998 – 2003: ISRO Research Fellow, Space Physics Laboratory (SPL), Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Kerala, India
Organizational Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- American Meteorological Society
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Kerala / Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, ISRO, India
- B.Ed., Physical Science, University of Kerala, India
- M.S., Physics, University of Kerala, India
- B.S., Physics, University of Kerala, India
Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition
- Member, AMS-Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences (2023-2026)
- Principal Investigator, NSF and ODRD-funded projects (2022–2023)
- Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue of Remote Sensing (2022)
- Editorial Board Member, Remote Sensing (2021)
- National Research Council Research Associateship Award, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
- Editor’s Highlighted Paper, JGR-Biogeosciences (Krishnan et al., 2009)
- Listed Among the Hottest Articles in 2006 by, ScienceDirect, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (Krishnan et al., 2006)
- Best Paper Award, 13th National Space Science Symposium (2004)
- ISRO Research Fellowship (1998–2003)
ORCID: 0000-0002-5760-3254
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