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Tirthankar Roy

Background
PostDoc, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, USA (2017-2019) Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Arizona, USA (2013-2017) M.Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (2010-2012) \| DAAD Scholar, TU Dresden, Germany (2011-2012) B.Tech., Agricultural Engineering, BCKV, India (2006-2010)

Current Group Members: PhD Students

Name	Background	Research Topics
Layda Spor Leal	M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA	Machine learning, hydrological modeling, hydrological impacts of Conservation Reserve Program, urban resiliency
Chitresh Anand	M.Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India B.Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India	Physics-based machine learning, groundwater hydrology
Nishant Kumar	M.Tech., Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India B.E., Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, India	Droughts in managed systems, nonstationarity, machine learning, statistical methods
Sudan Pokharel	M.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA B.E., Tribhuvan University, Nepal	Floods and transportation safety, machine learning
Shivendra Srivastava	M.Tech., Engineering Geosciences, IIT BHU, India B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India	Floods and human health, floods and conservation practices, risk assessment, machine learning
Kanak Kanti Kar	M.Eng., Civil & Ocean Engineering, Jeju National University, South Korea B.Sc., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh	Nonperennial streams, precipitation, evapotranspiration partitioning, groundwater, machine learning
Sinan Rasiya Koya	B.Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India	Rain-on-snow flooding, flood forecasting, drought assessment, machine learning

Current Group Members: Master's Students

Name	Background	Research Topics
Nikita Machhi	B.E., Civil Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India	Conservation Reserve Program

Former Group Members: Postdocs

Name	Background	Research Topics
Incheol Kim	Ph.D., Geotechnical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea B.S., Civil Engineering, Ashikaga University, Japan	Groundwater fluctuations and spring flooding, machine learning, statistical analyses

Former Group Members: Master's Students

Name	Background	Research Topics
Molly Likins	M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln B.S., Mathematics, College of Wooster, USA	Impacts of stream bed adjustments
Sebastian David Vazquez Gasty	M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence, University of Chile, Chile Professional Degree in Civil Engineering, Major in Hydrology, University of Chile, Chile Bachelor in Civil Engineering, University of Chile, Chile	MODFLOW and Richards equation
Smit Doshi (Erasmus Scholar)	M.S., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain \| Newcastle University, UK \| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (Thesis) B.E., Civil Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India	Probabilistic flood forecasting, global ensemble forecast system

Former Group Members: Undergraduate Researchers

Name	Background	Research Topics
Tyler Gerdes	B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA	Flood risk assessment
Yashraj Purbey	B.S., Computer Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA	Ice jam modeling
Brooklynn Blackwell (NSF REU Scholar)	B.S., Civil Engineering, Howard University, USA	Causal analysis, water quality
Makayla Gallegos (NSF REU Scholar)	B.S., Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY ESF, USA	Streamflow forecasting, machine learning
Annushka Aliev (NSF REU Scholar)	B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, USA	Hydrologic process understanding, machine learning
Ashley Jonas	B.A., Environmental Studies & Global Studies, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA	Remote sensing, conservation reserve programs
Dei Rodriguez-Reverol	B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA	Sociohydrology literature

PhD Committees

Name	Background	Research Topics
Ryan Haggerty	B.A., Goshen College, USA	Multiphase flow transport phenomena in confined space
Caily Schwartz	M.S., Earth System Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA B.S., Environmental Science, Auburn University, USA	Flash droughts, machine learning
Prashnna Ghimire	M.B.C., Construction Management, Auburn University, USA B.Arch., Architecture, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal	Integrated information technology in large capital construction projects
Chuyang Liu	Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA	Water quality, machine learning
Yaser Kishawi	Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Scotland	Redcedar encroachment