Group Leader
Dr. Dhanyalekshmi K. Pillai
MSc (Physics) MTech (Ocean Tech.)
PhD (natural sciences: Physics)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Head, Max Planck Partner Group
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal,
Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal-462 066,
Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
Room No: 25, Academic Building 2 ("Elements")
Email: dhanya@iiserb.ac.in
Phone: +91 755 269 1379 (Office)
+91 755 269 1380 (Lab)
• Associate Professor (since December 2023) and Head of the Max Planck Partner Group (since 2017) at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB), India.
• Assistant Professor (since 2017) at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB), India.
• Research Scientist II (2016) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) USA, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Main Task: Regional Inverse Modeling in North and South America.• Research Scientist II (2016) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) USA, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Main Task: Regional Inverse Modeling in North and South America.• Post-doctoral Researcher (2015) at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany.
Main Task: Application of satellite greenhouse measurements (column-integrated mixing ratios) on deriving their sources and sinks.• Post-doctoral Researcher (2011- 2014) at the Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Germany.
Main Task: Application of satellite measurements of greenhouse gases (column-integrated mixing ratios) in the atmospheric inverse modeling framework.• PhD Researcher and Post-doc Fellow (2007 - 2011) at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany.
Main tasks:
Mesoscale simulations and inversions of CO2 using tower and airborne observations.
Atmospheric Measurement Network Design in Europe as part of Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS).