Member Since 2011
Kaustubh Thirumalai
Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
Member, Sullivan Award Committee; Member, Eos Science Advisers; Member, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee; Editor, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Professional Experience
University of Arizona
Assistant Professor
2019 - Present
Education
University of Texas at Austin
Doctorate
2016
University of Texas at Austin
Masters
2012
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Bachelors
2010
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Honors & Awards
Nanne Weber Early Career Award
Received December 2022
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2020
Publications
Paired X‐Ray Micro CT Scanning and Individual Foraminifera Isotopic Analysis Reveal (De)coupled Chan...
The composition and preservation state of biogenic carbonate archives, such as foraminiferal tests, record ocean chemistry during the lifetime...
October 11, 2024
PDO and AMO Modulation of the ENSO–Asian Summer Monsoon Tele...
December 28, 2023
Solar Irradiance Modulates the Asian Summer Monsoon—ENSO Rel...
December 07, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Toward Understanding the History of the Loop Current
ASAHIKO TAIRA INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC OCEAN DRILLING RESEARCH PRIZE
union sessions | 12 december 2024
Chris Lowery, Ligia L. Pérez-Cruz, Jaime U. Fucuga...
The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico is a key component of global thermohaline circulation and an important influence on North American Climate. The...
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Quantifying Earth’s thermostat — a case study of the Middle Miocene
MIOCENE CLIMATE DYNAMICS I POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Weimin Si, Taehee Lee, Feng Zhu, Jiang Zhu, Kaustu...
The Middle Miocene was a climate optimum (MCO) characterized by warmer than present-day temperatures. The geological cause(s) for the warming, however...
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Hydroclimate Extremes Link Mainland Southeast Asia and Central Asia over the Past Millennium
SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE INDO-PACIFIC: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT I ORAL
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 12 december 2024
Na Wang, Sylvia Dee, Jun Hu, Kaustubh Thirumalai
Recent decades have witnessed drying trends in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) and increasing rainfall trends in Central Asia (CA). These mean state ch...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - Present
Member
Sullivan Award Committee
2025 - 2028
Editor
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
2023 - 2027
Member
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Executive Committee
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