Dr. Kanchan Mishra, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Geo- und Umweltforschungszentrum (GUZ)

Universität Tübingen

Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96
72076 Tübingen

Deutschland

Room 2U37, GUZ

+49-(0)7071-29-NUMMER

kanchan.mishraspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

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Research Interests:

I am passionate about employing remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) to study Earth surface dynamics at spatiotemporal scale. In past years, my major focus was on understanding the fluvial system and process aided with space technology. Expanding my research horizon to aeolian settings, I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Terrestrial Sedimentology Group where, I am working on the application of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) to study the morphological variability of Aeolian landscapes and the relationship between morphological features and climate systems on different spatial and temporal scales.

Publications

2025:

Kathryn Fitzsimmons, Markus Fischer, Tegan Smith, Tobias Lauer, Maike Nowatzki, Kanchan Mishra, Colin Murray-Wallace. Long-term hydrologic connectivity on the Australian dryland margins: Evidence from the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area over the last 60 ky. Journal of Quaternary Science (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3717       

2024:

Kanchan Mishra, Bharat Choudhary, Kathryn Fitzsimmons; Predicting and evaluating seasonal water turbidity in Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan, using remote sensing and GIS, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2024), 12, 1371759; https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.

2023:

Rajiv Sinha, Kanchan Mishra, Priyesh Salunke, Vidya Sounderajan. Sustainable silt management in the Lower Kosi River, North Bihar, India: demand assessment, investment model and socio-economic development. Sustainability (2023), 15, 14952.  https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014952

Rajiv Sinha, Shobhit Singh, Kanchan Mishra, Somil Swarnkar. Channel morphodynamics and sediment budgeting of the Lower Ganga River using a hydro-geomorphological approach.. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2023), 48,14-33.  https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5325

2020:

Rahul Kaushal, Ankita Sarkar, Kanchan Mishra, Rajiv Sinha, Santosh Nepal, Vikrant Jain. Spatio-temporal variability in stream power distribution in the Upper Kosi River basin, Central Himalaya: controls and geomorphic implications. Geomorphology (2020), 350, 106888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106888

Kanchan Mishra, Rajiv Sinha. Flood risk assessment in the Kosi alluvial plains (megafan) using multi-criteria decision analysis: a hydro-geomorphic approach. Geomorphology (2020), 350, 106861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106861

2019:

Kanchan Mishra, Rajiv Sinha, Vikrant Jain, Santosh Nepal, Kabir Uddin. Towards the assessment of sediment connectivity in a large Himalayan River basin. Science of The Total Environment 661, 251-265.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.118

Rajiv Sinha, Alok Gupta, Kanchan Mishra, Shivam Tripathi, Santosh Nepal, Shahriar Wahid, Somil Swarnkar. Basin-scale hydrology and sediment dynamics of the Kosi River in the Himalayan foreland. Journal of Hydrology (2019); 570, 156-166.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.051

Book Chapters

Kathryn Fitzsimmons and Kanchan Mishra. Dunes of the Mallee. In: P. Hesse (ed.), Dunes of Australia, Pacific, and Antarctica. Dunes of the World; Springer Nature Switzerland (2025, Under review).

Rajiv Sinha, Moumita Akuria, Kanchan Mishra, Dipro Sarkar. River Sand mining: a developing geohazard in the Himalaya. In: S. Ghosh (ed.) The Himalaya Dilemma: Navigating Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Geohazard-Prone Regions., Springer Nature Singapore (2025, Under review).

Rajiv Sinha, Kanchan Mishra, Sampat K. Tandon. Megafans of the Gangetic Plains, India. In: J Wilkinson & Y Gunnel (eds.), Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars. Cambridge University Press, (2023), 184-201, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525923.013.

Rajiv Sinha, Gaurav Kumar, Kanchan Mishra, Surya Gupta. The Kosi Megafan, India: Morphology, Dynamics, and Sedimentology. In: J Wilkinson & Y Gunnel (eds.), Fluvial Megafans on Earth and Mars. Cambridge University Press, (2023), 202-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108525923.014

Research Funding

2023–2025 

Research Grant (32,220 €): Program for the Promotion of Junior Researchers. Funding Agency: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments