Sachidananda Mishra

Ph.D. Candidate                                                                                                 

Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of New Orleans

2000 Lake Shore Dr.

New Orleans, LA, 70148

Phone (Office)-(504) 280-6681

Phone (Cell): (803) 448-2931

Email: smishra@uno.edu

Office: GP 1013

Education

§ M.S (Research) in Ocean Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, July 2005.

Research Interests

Marine Optics.

Oceanic Primary Productivity from ocean color remote sensing.

Professional positions

• Half Time Research Assistant, Department of Ocean Engineering, IIT Madras Aug 2002-July 2005.
• Graduate Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Summer-2006, Spring-2007.
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Fall-2006.
• Graduate Assistant, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of New Orleans. Summer 2007- Present

Membership

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

American Geophysical Union

Awards

§ Secured 1^st position in B.Sc. (Honours.) examination, Berhampur University, 2000.

§ National Scholarship for securing highest mark in the University, 2000-2002.

§ P.G merit scholarship from state government, 2000-2002.

§ MHRD Graduate Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai,2002-2005.

§ Graduate Fellowship, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2006.

§ Graduate Fellowship, University of New Orleans, LA, 2007.

§ Dean's-III Graduate Fellowship, University of New Orleans, LA, 2007.