• Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur – 2007
  • Postdoctoral Researcher & Scientist, McMaster University, Texas A&M University, PNNL, and MIT

Research Interests

    • Drought modeling and management
    • Hydroclimatic extremes
    • Climate change impact assessments
    • Hydrometric network design
    • Stochastic hydrology & complex networks
    • Water-energy-food nexus

Certifications & Memberships

  • Editor: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Editor: Earth's Future, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Awards & Honors

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award (2017)
  • Board of Trustees Award for Excellence (2019), Clemson University
  • McQueen Quattlebaum Faculty Achievement Award (2022), Clemson University
  • University Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Achievement Award (2018), Clemson University
  • Recognition for Highly Cited Paper – Journal of Hydrology

Selected Publications

  • Tripathy, K., Mukherjee, S., Mishra, A. K., Mann, M., Williams, P. (2023). Climate Change will Accelerate the High-End Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 120(28), e2219825120.
  • Mukherjee, S., Mishra, A. K., Zscheischler, J., Entekhabi, D. (2023). Interaction between Dry and Hot Extremes at a Global Scale using A Cascade Modeling Framework. Nature Communications, 14, 277.
  • Mondal, S., Mishra, A. K., Leung, R., Cook, B. (2023). Global droughts connected by linkages between drought hubs. Nature Communications, 14, 144.
  • Konapala, G., Mishra, A.K., Wada, Y. et al. (2020), Climate change will affect global water availability through compounding changes in seasonal precipitation and evaporation. Nature Communication, 11, 3044.
  • Mondal, S., & Mishra, A. (2024). Quantifying the Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, and Soil Moisture Network’s Interaction Over Global Land Surface Hydrological Cycle. Water Resources Research, 60(2), e2023WR034861.
  • Mukherjee, S., & Mishra, A. K. (2021). Increase in compound drought and heatwaves in a warming world. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL090617.
  • Veettil, A. V., & Mishra, A. (2020). Water security assessment for the contiguous United States using water footprint concepts. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087061.
  • Konapala, G., & Mishra, A. (2020). Quantifying climate and catchment control on hydrological drought in the continental United States. Water Resources Research, 56, e2018WR024620.
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