Shishir Basant (PhD Student, 2014- Current) 

I am interested in land-atmosphere processes, especially the linkages between hydrologic cycles and vegetation change at various scales. I am currently working at A&M’ s research station at the La Copita Ranch, where I am trying to understand how shrub encroachment interacts with soil morphology and hydrology of the landscape. Other research interests include geology, soil geomorphology, biogeography.

I got my undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India in 2009 after which I worked with coal based power plants for two years before moving into waste management. Before moving to A&M in August 2014, I was in India where I was working with organic farming and forestry programs in northern rural India. I also have a keen interest in political ecology and cultural history.

Posters, Presentation, Publications:

Coming Soon !

email: shishir.basant@tamu.edu

Office:

Room 301, Horticulture and Forest Science Building,  495 Horticulture Street, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843