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General Information

Full Name Kaushal Gianchandani
Email kaushalg@mit.edu

Work Experience

  • Sep 2023 - present
    Postdoctoral Associate
    Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Oct 2020 - Jan 2021
    Teaching Assistant
    Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Education

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2023
    PhD in Oceanography
    The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
    • Thesis: Physical-biogeochemical dynamics of extreme paleoclimate events
  • Aug 2012 - May 2017
    Integrated BSc - MSc in Physics
    National Institute of Science Education and Research, India
    • Thesis: Transition to turbulence in subcritical baroclinic flows
    • [view thesis]

Talks

  • Jun 2024
    Virtual Seminar in Precambrian Geology (Online)
    • University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
  • Jun 2024
    ROCKE-3D Seminar
    • NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
  • Jan 2021
    Atmospheres and Oceans Seminar
    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Conferences and Workshops

  • Apr 2022
    GFD Days 2022
    • Ben-Guiron University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Israel
  • Feb - Mar 2022
    Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022
    • Session: AI05 Role of ocean-atmosphere dynamics in global climate, Online
  • Sep 2021
    Next Generation Challenges in Energy-Climate Modeling Workshop
    • University of Reading, Reading, UK, Online

Services

  • Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
    Member, Colloquium Committee for the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC) at EAPS, MIT
    • Coordinated the visit of two speakers to MIT during Spring 2024.
  • Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
    Member, The Oceanography Society Student Committee
    • Served on the Coding Resources Subcommittee
  • Feb - Mar 2022
    Co-chair, Session AI05 in Ocean Science Meeting 2022
    • Participant of the inaugural OSM Session Mentoring Program

Awards

  • Feb - Mar 2022
    Registration Grant, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022