工作经历
2015年至今，加州州立大学多明格斯山分校教授
2014年至今，加州州立大学多明格斯山分校环境科学项目主席
2012-2016，加州州立大学地球科学系系主任
2012-2016，加州州立大学地球科学系副教授
2006-2011，加州州立大学地球科学系助理教授
1998-2005，南加州大学高级研究员
教育经历
南加州大学地质科学博士，洛杉矶，1997年8月
1989年8月，印度鲁尔基大学地质科学硕士
最近活动
加强气候科学研究和教育:开设了一门短期技术课程，名为“亚洲季风系统的重建:新方法和新技术”，2016年10月在印度坎普尔理工学院(IITK)举行。该课程是在全球学术网络倡议(GIAN)的支持下开设的，该项目是印度政府的一项倡议，旨在将国际专家带到印度的地方机构，以促进研究和合作。来自印度各地的30多名博士、博士后和早期职业科学家参加了该课程。时间序列与高级定量分析:利用2017年3月的休假时间，在中国西安交通大学全球变化研究所设计并开展了“古气候记录的时间序列分析”短期课程。课程开发:开设了《全球变化》和《地球科学大构想》两门高水平本科课程。
代表论文：
1.Kathayat G, Sinha A, Breitenbach S F M, et al. Protracted Indian monsoon droughts of the past millennium and their societal impacts[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119(39): e2207487119.
2.Kathayat G, Sinha A, Tanoue M, et al. Interannual oxygen isotope variability in Indian summer monsoon precipitation reflects changes in moisture sources[J]. Communications Earth & Environment, 2021, 2(1): 96.
3.Sinha A .Modern Indo-Pacific tropical drying trend in the context of the last 2700 years[J].Science Bulletin,2020,65(3):173-174.
4.Li H, Sinha A, Anquetil André A, et al. A multimillennial climatic context for the megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands[J]. Science advances, 2020, 6(42): eabb2459.
5.Sinha A, Kathayat G, Weiss H, et al. Role of climate in the rise and fall of the neo-Assyrian empire. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax6656[J]. 2019.
6. Sinha, A., Kathayat, G., Cheng, H., Breitenbach, S.F., Berkelhammer, M., Mudelsee, M., Biswas, J. and Edwards, R.L., Trends and oscillations in the Indian summer monsoon rainfall over the last two millennia. Nature Communications, 6. 2015.
7. Sinha, A., Berkelhammer, M., Stott, L.D., Cheng, H., Mudelsee, M., Biswas, J. The Leading Mode of Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability during the Last Millennium, Geophysical Research Letters 38, 2011.
8. Sinha, A., Stott, L.D., Berkelhammer, M., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Buckley, B., Aldenderfer, M., and Mudelsee, M. A Global Context for Megadroughts in Monsoon Asia during the Past Millennium, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 2011.
9.Sinha A, Cannariato K G, Stott L D, et al. A 900‐year (600 to 1500 AD) record of the Indian summer monsoon precipitation from the core monsoon zone of India[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 2007, 34(16).
10. Sinha, A., Cannariato, K. G., Stott, L. D., Li, H.-C., You, C.-F., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., and Singh, I. B. Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bolling-Allerod, Geology, 33, 813-816 (2005).
Professional Positions
Professor, California State University Dominguez Hills, 2015-Present
Chair, Environmental Science Program California State University Dominguez Hills, 2014-Present
Chair, Department of Earth Science, California State Univ. Dominguez Hills, 2012-2016
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Science, California State Univ. Dominguez Hills, 2012-2016
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Science, California State Univ. Dominguez Hills, 2006-2011
Sr. Research Associate, University of Southern California, 1998-2005
Education
Ph.D., Geological Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, August,1997
MS., Geological Science, University of Roorkee, India, August, 1989
Recent Synergistic Activities
Enhancing Climate Science Research and Education: I conducted a short technical course entitled
“Reconstruction of Asian Monsoon System: New Approaches and techniques’ on at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) in October, 2016. The course was offered under the aegis of Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)—a government of India initiative to bring international experts to local institutions in India to promote research and collaboration. The course was attended by more than 30 Ph.D, postdoctoral, and early career scientists from all over India. Time Series and Advanced Quantitative Analysis: Designed and conducted a short course on “Time series Analysis of Paleoclimate Records” at Institute of Global Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China as a part of my sabbatical in March 2017.Curriculum Development: Developed two advanced level undergraduate courses in ‘Global Change’ and ‘Big Ideas in Earth Science’.
Selected Grants
NSF P2C2 AGS 1103360, Testing Whether the Internal Forcing is the Pacemaker of the Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability on Decadal to Centennial Timescales. 2015-2018
NSF P2C2 AGS 0823554, Extending the Record of the Indian Summer Monsoon Variability to the Past 2000 Years with Inter-Annually Resolved Speleothem Isotopic Records from the Core Monsoon Zone of India. 2012-2015
NSF P2C2 ATM 0502615. (Co-PI), Testing the Hypothesis: Recurring Century Length Episodes of Reduced Summer Monsoon Precipitation Are Linked to Ocean/Atmosphere Dynamics in the Tropical Pacific. 2005-2007
NSF P2C2 OCE -0317621ATM (Co-PI), A Study to Test How Tropical Pacific and Extra-Tropical Climates are linked at Millennial Time-Scales through the Holocene. 2003-2005
Publications
1.Kathayat G, Sinha A, Breitenbach S F M, et al. Protracted Indian monsoon droughts of the past millennium and their societal impacts[J]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119(39): e2207487119.
2.Kathayat G, Sinha A, Tanoue M, et al. Interannual oxygen isotope variability in Indian summer monsoon precipitation reflects changes in moisture sources[J]. Communications Earth & Environment, 2021, 2(1): 96.
3.Sinha A .Modern Indo-Pacific tropical drying trend in the context of the last 2700 years[J].Science Bulletin,2020,65(3):173-174.
4.Li H, Sinha A, Anquetil André A, et al. A multimillennial climatic context for the megafaunal extinctions in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands[J]. Science advances, 2020, 6(42): eabb2459.
5.Sinha A, Kathayat G, Weiss H, et al. Role of climate in the rise and fall of the neo-Assyrian empire. Sci. Adv. 5, eaax6656[J]. 2019.
6. Sinha, A., Kathayat, G., Cheng, H., Breitenbach, S.F., Berkelhammer, M., Mudelsee, M., Biswas, J. and Edwards, R.L., Trends and oscillations in the Indian summer monsoon rainfall over the last two millennia. Nature Communications, 6. 2015.
7. Sinha, A., Berkelhammer, M., Stott, L.D., Cheng, H., Mudelsee, M., Biswas, J. The Leading Mode of Indian Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability during the Last Millennium, Geophysical Research Letters 38, 2011.
8. Sinha, A., Stott, L.D., Berkelhammer, M., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Buckley, B., Aldenderfer, M., and Mudelsee, M. A Global Context for Megadroughts in Monsoon Asia during the Past Millennium, Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 2011.
9.Sinha A, Cannariato K G, Stott L D, et al. A 900‐year (600 to 1500 AD) record of the Indian summer monsoon precipitation from the core monsoon zone of India[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 2007, 34(16).
10. Sinha, A., Cannariato, K. G., Stott, L. D., Li, H.-C., You, C.-F., Cheng, H., Edwards, R. L., and Singh, I. B. Variability of Southwest Indian summer monsoon precipitation during the Bolling-Allerod, Geology, 33, 813-816 (2005).