Dr Sandeep Mohapatra is a postdoctoral researcher at Institute for Marine and Antarctic studies, University of Tasmania, Australia (UTAS). His research work focuses on climate variability of the global ocean with a major focus on the Southern Ocean. Before Joining at UTAS, he completed his PhD in climate science from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, India. His PhD research focused on understanding decadal variability of the Indian Ocean temperature, salinity, stratification and meridional overturning circulation.
Tracking changes in the Indian ocean across decades, such as surface temperatures, subsurface temperatures and surface winds, has uncovered its crucial role in climate change.