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PD Dr. Sushma Prasad

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 5.2, Climate Dynamics and Landscape Evolution

Telegrafenberg, C 455
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1373
Fax: +49 331 288 1302
Mail: sushma.prasad@gfz-potsdam.de

Scientific interests:

  • Reconstruction of rapid, decadal to century scale palaeoclimate variation from lacustrine sediments in western Europe, Near East and Asia.
  • Tropical-midlatitude interactions.
  • Role of tectonics and climate in landscape evolution.

Career:

  • 1997 Ph.D, "Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironment and Evolution of Nal region, Gujarat, India" at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
  • 1990 B. Ed, Tilak College of Education, Pune, India.
  • 1989 M.Sc in Geology, Pune University, Pune, India.
  • 1987 B.Sc Fergusson College, Pune University, Pune, India.

Experience:

  • 2005- Scientist at Potsdam University, Guest Scientist at "Climate Dynamics and Sediments", GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany
  • 2002-2004 Scientist, "Climate Dynamics and Sediments", GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany
  • 1999-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, "Climate Dynamics and Sediments", GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany
  • 1996-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow, "Oceanographic & Climatic Studies" Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
  • 1990-1996 Research Scholar, "Oceanographic & Climatic Studies", Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Selected publications:

  • Prasad Sushma, Negendank, J.F.W., Stein, M. (2009). Varve counting and its potential for determining reservoir age fluctuations in palaeolake Lisan Journal of Quaternary Science (in press).
  • Prasad Sushma, Witt, A., Kienel U., Dulski, P., Bauer, E., Yancheva G. (2009). The 8.2 ka event: evidence for seasonal differences and the rate of climate change in western Europe. Global and Planetary Change Volume 67, Issues 3-4, 218-226
  • Prasad Sushma, Brauer, A., Gärber, S., Basavaiah, N., Kotlia, B.S., Anoop, A. (2008). Holocene climate variability in the Himalayan region: preliminary results from lake sediments in the Spiti valley, India. Himalayan Geology 29 (3), 73-75.
  • Prasad Sushma and Y. Enzel (2006a) Holocene palaeoclimates of India. Quaternary Research.
  • Migowski, C., Stein, M., Prasad Sushma, and J.F.W. Negendank (2006b). Holocene climate variability and cultural evolution in the Near East. Quaternary Research.
  • Prasad Sushma, Brauer, A., Rein B. and Negendank, J.F.W. (2006c). Rapid climate change during the early Holocene in western Europe and Greenland. The Holocene, 16(2), pp: 153-158.
  • Prasad Sushma, Vos, H., Negendank, J.F.W., Waldmann, N., Goldstein, S.L., Stein, M. (2004a). Evidence from Lake Lisan of solar influence on decadal- to centennial-climate variability during marine oxygen isotope stage 2. Geology, 32(7), pp: 581-584.
  • Prasad Sushma and Negendank, J.F.W. (2004b). Holocene palaeoclimate in the Saharo-Arabian Desert. In “The KIHZ project: Towards a synthesis of Holocene proxy data and climate models”. Springer Verlag.
  • Prasad Sushma (2000). HF treatment for the isolation of fine grain quartz for luminescence dating. Ancient TL, 18(1), pp: 15-17.
  • Prasad Sushma and Gupta S.K. (1999a). Role of eustasy, climate and tectonics in late Quaternary evolution of Nal – Cambay region, NW India. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 43(4), pp: 483-504.
  • Prasad Sushma and Gupta S.K. (1999b). Luminescence dating of a 54 m long core from Nal region, western India: Implications. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18(13), pp: 4195-1505.
  • Pandarinath, K., Prasad Sushma, Deshpande, R.D. and Gupta S.K. (1999c). Late Quaternary sediments from Nal Sarovar, Gujarat, India: distribution and provenance. Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planet. Science), 108(2), pp: 1-10.
  • Pandarinath, K., Prasad Sushma and Gupta, S.K. (1999d). A 75 ka record of palaeoclimatic changes inferred from crystallinity index of Illite from Nal Sarovar, western India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 54, pp: 515-522.
  • Prasad Sushma, Pandarinath, K. and Gupta, S.K. (1998a). Geomorphology, tectonism and sedimentation in the Nal Region, western India. Geomorphology, 25, pp: 207-223.
  • Gupta, S.K., Prasad Sushma and Pandarinath, K. (1998b). Study of late Quaternary palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental changes through proxy records of lake sediments. Department of Science & Technology, India. Final Project Report.
  • Prasad Sushma and Gupta, S.K. (1998c). Holocene climatic fluctuations in monsoonal Asia, Arabia and Africa ¾ Review and probable causes. Volume on Modern and Ancient Lakes, editors: J. Pitman and A. Carroll. Utah Geological Association Guidebook 26, pp. 261-275.
  • Prasad Sushma, Kusumgar Sheila and Gupta, S.K. (1997a). A Mid – Late Holocene record of palaeoclimatic changes from Nal Sarovar: a palaeo-desert margin lake in Western India. Journal of Quaternary Science, 12(2), pp: 153-159.
  • Prasad Sushma, Pandarinath, K. and Gupta, S.K. (1997b). Late Quaternary evolution of the Nal region, Gujarat, India. In Changes in Global Climate Due to Natural and Human Activities, S.N. Das and R.S. Thakur (editors), Allied Publishers, pp: 176-179.


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