EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in Remote Sensing/GIS.  Research focused on the use of remote sensing and GIS towards developing semi-analytical models for shallow marine bathymetry, and bottom recognition of benthic habitats using high resolution remotely sensed data.  Dissertation title: Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical Marine Benthic Habitats.  July 2006.

Master in Technology (M. Tech) in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in Microwave Remote Sensing. Research focused on modelling the variability of soil moisture and associated parameters over Indian subcontinent using passive microwave satellite data. Thesis title: Retrieval of Land and Ocean Parameters using IRS-P4 MSMR data. May 2002.