Venugopal Reddy Thallam

Born in Tirupati, a culturally vibrant and sacred city in southeastern India, my journey in science began as a curious school student, nurtured through my academic pursuits. This curiosity gained momentum during my bachelor's degree and was further honed during my master's studies. The foundation for my research career was laid during my tenure at the ISRO. My fascination with the ocean, atmosphere, and climate sciences deepened as I transitioned to roles at the CSIR-NIO and later at the ESSO-INCOIS under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, India. These transformative years shaped my passion for understanding Earth's complex systems and fueled my desire for exploration and research.

Driven by dedication and a relentless pursuit of knowledge, I had the privilege of contributing to multiple projects across disciplines and countries. These experiences eventually led me to Uppsala, Sweden, where I pursued and successfully obtained my PhD in Meteorology from the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, as part of the Air, Water, and Landscape Science program (LUVAL). I am affiliated with the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), where I collaborated on interdisciplinary research addressing extreme weather and climate-related hazards.

My doctoral research, "Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainties in Studying Atmospheric Rivers and Moisture Transport: From Data and Heuristics to Scaling and Impacts" focused on advancing our understanding of large-scale moisture transport and extreme weather phenomena. My commitment to unraveling the complexities of Earth's climate remains unwavering. This pursuit is not just a career but a lifelong dedication to scientific discovery and innovation.

• Earth, space and planetary sciences.

• Greenhouse gases and climate feedbacks.

• Atmospheric rivers, moisture transports and the global water cycle.

• Drivers, predictability and impacts of climate change and hydrometeorological extremes.

• Upper ocean variability and global monsoon system.

• Global radiation changes.

• In-situ observations, GPSRO, remote sensing, reanalysis, hybrid, blended and climate model datasets.

• Climate, atmospheric, and ocean dynamics and thermodynamic processes.

• Bayesian models, stochasticity, chaos, uncertainty, heuristics, and complexities.

• Emulators in Earth system modeling and machine learning models.

• Scientific programming, numerical modelling, statistical and dynamical models and ML and DL models.

• Computational and applied physics.

• Ocean mean temperature can better predict Indian summer monsoon - The Hindu.

• http://www.clivar.org/news/southwestern-indian-ocean-heat-content-better-predictor-indian-summer-monsoon-rainfall-compared

• My research life as a climate scientist: A story by the EGU climate division.

• Our work has been highlighted by Climate and Ocean - Variability, Predictability, and Change (CLIVAR).

• Our research results on Tirupati city climate were highlighted in Eenadu Telugu daily on 13 February 2025. Read here: Tirupati: ఇక ‘తిరుపతి’లో ఎక్కువ రోజులు భారీవర్షాలు | there-are-heavy-rains-for-most-of-the-days-in-tirupati.
• తిరుపతిలో ఎక్కువ రోజులు వర్షాలు || @JournalistsaiToday