The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Sasmita Sahoo is a postdoctoral research associate at Pennsylvania State University under Dr. Tess A. Russo studying effect of climate change on groundwater resources in United States. She completed her Ph. D. in groundwater hydrology from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India under the guidance of Dr. Madan Kumar Jha. Preceding this, she received her M. Tech. degree in water resources development and management from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. She obtained her B. Tech. degree in agricultural engineering from the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. During her graduate studies she has received various prestigious awards such as Prof. S.C. Puranic young scientist award (2012) for best paper presentation at IGWC Conference, India, best student’s paper award (third prize) at ICEST 2014, USA and Institution of Engineers (India) young engineers award 2014-2015. Her research interests focus on groundwater modeling and management using statistical techniques, soft-computing tools and numerical modeling methods. Ms. Sasmita Sahoo is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), Member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES), and student member of Association of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS).