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Prashant K. Srivastava

University of the Sunshine Coast, Banaras Hindu University, University of Bristol, Jawaharlal Nehru University, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ORCID iD 0000-0002-4155-630X
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Prashant is working at IESD, Banaras Hindu University as a faculty and was affiliated with Hydrological Sciences, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on SMAP satellite soil moisture retrieval algorithm development, instrumentation and simulation for various applications. He received his PhD degree from Department of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. The doctoral dissertation primarily focuses on the use of optical and microwave satellite (SMOS) synergy with Weather Research and Forecasting for hydrological applications.

Prashant was the recipient of several awards such as NASA Fellowship; USA; University of Maryland Fellowship, USA; Commonwealth Fellowship, U.K.; Early Career Research Award (ECRA, DST, India), CSIR as well as UGC– JRF-NET (2005, 2006). He is leading number of projects funded from reputed agencies in India as well as world. He is also a collaborator with NASA JPL on SMAP soil moisture calibration and validation as well as Scatsat-1, NISAR, AVIRIS-NG missions of India.

Prashant made 250+ publications in peer-reviewed journals and published 16 books with reputed publishing house such as Springer, Taylor and Francis, AGU-Wiley and Elsevier and several book chapters with good citation index (https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=tBcSd_gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao). He presented his work in several conferences and workshop and acting as convener for last few years in EGU, Hydroinformatics (HIC) and other conferences. He is also acting as Regional Editor Asia of Geocarto International, Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology, Associate Editor of GIScience and remote sensing, Associate Editor of Remote Sensing (MDPI), Associate Editor of Remote sensing application for society and environment, Associate Editor of Environment, Development and Sustainability, and others. He is also featured in world top 2% scientists released by SCOPUS and Stanford University.

Employment

  • University of Maryland Research Associate
    2013 - 2015
  • University of Bristol Teaching Assistant
    2010 - 2013
  • Sardar Patel University Faculty
    2007 - 2010
  • University of the Sunshine Coast Visiting Scientist
  • Banaras Hindu University Faculty
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Working Group Partner, SMAP calibration and Validation
  • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Research Scientist
  • University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
    ? - 2025

Education

  • University of Bristol PhD
    2010 - 2013
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Banaras Hindu University

Projects & Funding

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Publications (296)