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BIOGRAPHY: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Meghana joined the CoRE Lab in Spring 2023 as a Postdoctoral Researcher. She has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (India) and a master’s in water resources engineering from University Visveswaraya College of Engineering (India). Her PhD in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India) focused on non-stationary modelling of extreme precipitation under the influence of large-scale teleconnections.<\/p>\n

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RESEARCH: <\/strong><\/p>\n

She is working on data-driven reconstruction of storm surge using statistical and machine learning algorithms to support a wide range of global climate-resilience efforts. Her research mainly focuses on assessing extreme weather events under changing climate and variability, includes modelling non-stationarity, causality, regional frequency analysis, and statistical downscaling.<\/p>\n

CONTACT INFORMATION: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Email: 29meghana@gmail.com<\/a>\/meghana.nagaraj@ucf.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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