Saurav Bhattarai Hydrologist
Teaching, mentoring, and service

Teaching is part of the same project.

Open tools only matter if people can use them. I have designed course modules and platforms, taught Python and Earth Engine workshops, and mentored undergraduates at three universities.

Teaching

In the classroom.

  • Fall 2025

    Teaching Assistant, Advanced Water Resources Engineering (CIV 465), Jackson State University

    Designed modules on big-data analytics, machine learning, extreme-value analysis, and climate projections; built the course's interactive platform; delivered lectures and Python and GIS training. Sixteen students used the GeoClimate platform in the course.

  • Spring 2024, 2025

    Teaching Assistant, Water Resources Engineering (CIV 370), Jackson State University

    Taught frequency analysis, unit hydrographs, hydrologic routing, open-channel hydraulics, and stormwater design; designed assignments and exams.

  • Spring 2024

    Teaching Assistant, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (CIVL 330), Jackson State University

    Ran weekly laboratory sessions and graded reports.

  • 2022–2023

    Mathematics and Physics Teacher, Albright Academy, Pokhara, Nepal

    Variable schedule, about four months in total.

Mentoring

  • HowardTwo undergraduate researchers, Howard University: evaluation of IMERG precipitation against stations and MRMS; manuscript under review.
  • NepalFive undergraduate researchers, Tribhuvan University: theses on heatwaves in Nepal.
  • JSUTwo undergraduate researchers, Jackson State University: development and testing of the GeoClimate Intelligence Platform.
  • 2026Research Mentor, AUC Data Science Initiative PreFreshman Experience: team data-science projects with incoming HBCU students.

Workshops taught and outreach

  • 2025Lead Instructor, Smartphones4water workshop: the GeoClimate Intelligence Platform for crowdsourced and accessible environmental data analysis.
  • 2025Co-Instructor, AUC Data Science Initiative faculty workshop, "Harnessing GeoClimate Intelligence for Research Innovation" (28 registered faculty).
  • 2025Lead Instructor, Python training workshop, Jackson State University: hydroclimate and geospatial applications.
  • 2025Program Manager and Facilitator, Mastercard × AUC Data Science Initiative Regional Pitch Stop, Jackson State University.
  • 2024–25Co-Investigator, Microsoft–AUC Mini-Grants Program: "Climate Change Impact Assessment Training for Undergraduate Students: Leveraging Planetary-Scale Data and Cloud."

Training and competitive programs

  • 2026National Data Platform Education Hub Content Workshop, San Diego Supercomputer Center (selected participant; $2,000 stipend).
  • 2025CUAHSI-SINTER Snow Measurement Field School, Granby, Colorado (selected participant; $600 travel award).
  • 2025NCAR Graduate Visitor Program, Boulder, Colorado: research residency with NCAR scientists.
  • 2025Tethys Summit, Tampa, Florida (travel grant).
  • 2024AGU Chapman Conference on Remote Sensing of the Water Cycle, Honolulu, Hawaii (travel grant).
  • 2024Natural Hazards Center CyberTraining Workshop (travel support).

Professional service

  • ReviewPeer reviewer for Communications Earth & Environment (2), Earth and Space Science (1), and Urban Climate (1).
  • 2024Student Convener, AGU Fall Meeting session NH13B, Coastal Storm Risk Modeling and Analysis via Cloud Computing.
  • MemberAmerican Geophysical Union; European Geosciences Union; American Society of Civil Engineers; Nepal Engineering Council.