Educational Background

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2025

M. Tech., Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India, 2016

B. Tech., Civil Engineering, College of Engineering Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India, 2014

Selected Publications

Journals

Nair, A. V., Wi, S., Kayastha, R. B., Gleason, C., Dollan, I., Maggioni, V., and Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2024, “On the challenges of simulating streamflow in glacierized catchments of the Himalayas using satellite and reanalysis forcing data”, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 25, No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-23-0048.1. Impact Factor: 3.8

Nair, A. V., Dobariya, R., Gurung, D. R., & Nikolopoulos, E. I., “Will high heatwave risk be the new normal over high-elevation regions of northwestern High Mountain Asia in the future?”, Environmental Research Communications, Vol. 7, No. 6. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/addbad. Impact factor: 2.5

Book Chapters

Nair, A. V., Gude, V. G., 2024, "Desalination and sustainability,” in Book: Water and Climate Change, Elsevier, pp. 197-213, ISBN: 978-0-323-99875-8, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99875-8.00001-X

Nair, A. V., Gude, V. G., 2024, "Food-energy-water nexus and assessment models,” in Book: Water and Climate Change, Elsevier, pp. 317-330, ISBN: 978-0-323-99875-8, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99875-8.00018-5

Conference Presentations - Oral

Nair, A. V., Dobariya, R., Gurung, D. R., & Nikolopoulos, E.,2024, “Climate Change and Natural Hazards Affecting Livelihoods in High Mountain Asia”, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 9-13, 2024, Washington, D. C.

Dollan, I. J., Maggioni, V., de Alcantara Araujo, D. S., Nair, A. V., Nikolopoulos, E., Sofia, G., Khanam, M., Anagnostou, E., Girotto, M., & Houser, P. (2022, December). A Retrospective Outlook of Heavy Downpours over Pakistan. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, and Online.

Nair, A. V., Wi, S., Gleason, C., Kayastha, R. B., & Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2022, “Climate change impact on precipitation-phase partitioning and streamflow for glacierized catchments in Nepal”, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-10735, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-10735

Nair, A. V., Wi, S., Kayastha, R. B., Gleason, C., Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2021, “Evaluation of Satellite and Reanalysis Data for Simulating Streamflow in Glacierized Catchments in the Himalayas”, presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 13-17, 2021, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Online.

Nair, A. V., Wi, S., Kayastha, R. B., Gleason, C., Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2021, “Quantification of the Changes in Streamflow and its Components over the Last 70 years using Long-term Reanalysis Data in Glacierized Basins of Nepal”, presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 13-17, 2021, New Orleans, Louisiana and Online.

Conference Presentations - Poster

Nair, A. V., de Alcantara Araujo, D. S., Gutmann, E., Wi, S., Phuntshok, J., Toeb, K., Hassan, M., Kayastha, R. B., & Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2024, “Hydrological projections in glacierized catchments of High Mountain Asia: Is climate downscaling important?”, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 9-13, 2024, Washington, D. C.

Nair, A. V., Dobariya, R., Gurung, D. R., & Nikolopoulos, E.,2024, “Assessment of future climate risk and vulnerability of local communities in High Mountain Asia”, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-20988, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20988.

Nair, A. V., de Alcantara Araujo, D. S., Wi, S., Kayastha, R. B., Gurung, D. R., & Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2024, “On the Importance and Confidence on Downscaled Climate Model Outputs for Hydrological Analysis in High Mountain Asia”, presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 11-15, 2023, San Francisco, California, and Online.

Dollan, I. J., de Alcantara Araujo, D. S., Maggioni, V., Khanam, M., Nair, A. V., Nikolopoulos, E. I., Sofia, G., & Anagnostou, E. N., 2023, “Future of Multiday Monsoon Precipitation Extremes: A Case Study over Southern Pakistan”, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 11-15, 2023, San Francisco, California, and Online.

Nair, A. V., Wi, S., Kayastha, R. B., Gurung, D. R., Nikolopoulos, E. I., 2022, “Impact of Climate Change on Streamflow Magnitude and Characteristics in High Mountain Asia”, presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, and Online.

Nair, A.V., Mesa-Arango, R., 2022 “Whether and How Travelers Prefer to Utilize Cruises When They Re-Open After COVID-19 Closures”, Paper TRBAM-22-02594 in Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting.

Nair, A. V., 2019, “Speculating Successful and Relevant Global Development Enterprise in the Year 2035”, presented at the International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, August 18-21, 2019, Anaheim, California. NSF/ASME Design Essay Award.