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Rupsa Bhowmick
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Geography & Environmental Sci
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Rupsa Bhowmick Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Geography & Environmental Sci
Specialty area(s)
Climatology, meteorology, natural hazards and extreme events, risk assessment, GIScience, machine learning
Brief biography
Chaos of thunderstorm to swirling tornados, I am passionate about unraveling the mysteries of earth's atmosphere. As a physical geographer at the UWL, I am so happy to combine my teaching of weather and climate with research on Wisconsin and Great Lakes natural hazards and extreme events. I will work closely with undergraduates to do field and secondary data based severe weather risk and impact assessment by incorporating but not limited to statistics, machine learning, and GIScience. If you are interested in contributing to research focused on climatology, please feel free to send me an email or just stop by my office.
Current courses at UWL
GEO 101 Earth Environments
GEO 211 Global Climate Change
Education
2015 - 2020 Ph.D., Geography, Louisiana State University
2010 - 2012 M.Sc., Geography, University of Calcutta
2007 - 2010 B.Sc., Geography, University of Calcutta
Career
Teaching history
CSE 521: Big Data Analytics, Ahmedabad University
FDP 104: Foundation of Water, Ahmedabad University
ENR 105: Product Dissection and Realization, Ahmedabad University
ENR 200: Design, Innovation, and Making, Ahmedabad University
GEOG 1003 : Human Geography: African and Asian Studies, Louisiana State University
GEOG 2050: Physical Geography: The Atmosphere, Louisiana State University
Professional history
2025 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, UW-La Crosse
2024 - 2025 Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University
2020 - 2023 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory
2020 Spring Instructor, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
2018 - 2020 Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University
2018 Summer Project Lead, NASA Develop National Program
2015 - 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
2013 - 2015 Project Assistant, Global Change Program, Jadavpur University
Research and publishing
I am currently working on the following project:
Variability in extreme typhoon wind risk in different ENSO phases in the Western North Pacific Ocean. Collaborator: Jill. C. Trepanier, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
1. Bhowmick, R., J. C. Trepanier, and A. M. Haberlie, 2023: Classification Analysis of Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensity Changes Prior to Landfall. Atmosphere, Volume 14, Issue 2, Number 253. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14020253
2. Bhowmick, R., J. C. Trepanier, and A. M. Haberlie, 2022: Southwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Development Classification Utilizing Machine Learning and Synoptic Composites. International Journal of Climatology, Volume 42, Issue 8, pp 4187 – 4213. DOI: 10.1002/joc.7457
3. Bhowmick, R., J. C. Trepanier, 2019: Impact of Aerosols and Ocean Temperature on Tropical Cyclone Days near Australia, Hurricane Risk, Springer, Volume 1, pp: 135-160. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02402-4_7
4. Bhowmick, R., 2016: Summer- time Urban Heat Island (UHI) in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India, ISBN 978-81-923448-0-5, Climate and Society – A Contemporary Perspective, pp:128 - 133.
5. Roy J., R. Bhowmick, M. Dolui, 2015: Actions for Sustainable Development: Evidence based Assessment for the state of West Bengal. Arthaniti (Economics), Volume XIII (Nos. 1- 2), pp: 1 – 8. http://www.econcaluniv.ac.in/Arthanitiweb/book/2014/JRRBMD.pdf
6. Roy, J., R. Bhowmick, Rupsa and M. Dolui, 2014: Sustainable Development in India Updates on Possible Role of States. http://www.indiastat.com/