Meena Raju
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
4840 S. State Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719
Profile:
Meena Raju, PhD, is a CIGLR postdoctoral research fellow working with David Cannon, PhD, and NOAA Great Lakes Research Laboratory’s Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative (CEFI). She is interested in simulating the circulation and thermal structure of the Laurentian Great Lakes using a next-gen regional ocean model, Modular Ocean Model (MOM) version 6.0. Prior to working with CIGLR and NOAA GLERL, Dr. Raju’s previous postdoctoral research at Auburn University, Alabama, focused on quantifying estuarine resilience to anthropogenic disturbance in the Northern Gulf of Mexico using a hydrodynamic-water quality modeling.
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Education:
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- PhD, in Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2022
- Master of Technology in Environmental Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, 2005
- Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, University of Madras, 2003
Research Interest/Area of Expertise:
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- Trend and Change point analysis
- Climate variability – Water nexus
- Modeling – Numerical, Statistical
- Hydrologic, Hydrodynamic, Water-quality, Watershed
- Ecosystem management – Terrestrial, Coastal and estuarine circulation
- Data analytics in climate research
- Stream health assessment
- Design and operation of wastewater treatment systems
- Sustainability