Paban Bhuyan

I am a PhD candidate in the Air-Sea Lab at the University of Connecticut, guided by Dr. Leonel Romero at UConn and Dr. Cesar Rocha at USP. My research explores the oceanic currents that astronomer and oceanographer Paul Scully-Power observed from space, known as submesoscale ocean processes (as cited in Oceans to Orbit). I use robotic vehicles to study submesoscale phenomena near oceanic fronts, where water properties change sharply.

Beyond my PhD research, I build instruments such as wave sensors. So far, we have engineered two sensors: a wave buoy sensor, originally an undergraduate project by Vicki You, with Akaawase Bernard and Leonel Romero, and a pressure sensor developed from Hiryu Shinand’s project, again in collaboration with Akaawase Bernard and Leonel Romero.

I hold a master’s in Climate Science and Technology from IIT Bhubaneswar and worked as a Junior Research Fellow at IIT Delhi in the Department of Applied Mechanics, following an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering. I am currently seeking postdoctoral opportunities in physical oceanography, focusing on submesoscale processes.