Srinath Krishnan
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
Email: srinath.krishnan@yale.edu
Education
• 2007 – Present: M.Phil, PhD Geology - Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
• 2005 – 2007: M.S. Atmospheric Sciences - Dept. of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric
Sciences, North Carolina State University
• 2000 –2004: B.E. Computer Science & Engineering - S.R.M. College of Engineering,
University of Madras, India
Publications
• S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, M. Huber, A. Sluijs, “High-latitude changes in the hydrological
cycle during early Eocene Hyperthermals”, (in prep)
• S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, “Assessing local variability in biomarker records during the early
Eocene hyperthermals: Case study from the Belluno Basin (Italy)”, (in prep)
• S. Krishnan, M. Huber, M. Pagani, “Model-data comparison of meridional water isotopic
gradients during the early Eocene”, (in prep)
• S. Krishnan, M. Huber, “Modeling the influence of changes in mean sea-surface
temperatures on poleward moisture transport using water isotopic compositions during
the early Eocene”, (in prep)
• Pagani, M, M. Huber, Z. Liu, S. M. Bohaty, J. Henderiks, W. Sijp, S. Krishnan, R. M.
DeConto, 2011, “The role of carbon dioxide during the onset of Antarctic glaciation”,
Science, Vol. 334, pp. 1261-1264.
• Tipple, B., M. Pagani, S. Krishnan, S. S. Dirghangi, S. Galeotti, C. Agnini, L. Giusberti,
and D. Rio, 2011, “Coupled high-resolution marine and terrestrial records of carbon and
hydrologic cycles variation during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)",
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311 (1-2): 82-92.
• Jaramillo, C., D. Ochoa, L. Contreras, M. Pagani, H. Carvajal-Ortiz, L. M. Pratt, S.
Krishnan, A. Cardona, M. Romero, L. Quiroz, G. Rodriguez, M. J. Rueda, F. de la Parra,
S. Morón, W. Green, G. Bayona, C. Montes, O. Quintero, R. Ramirez, G. Mora, S.
Schouten, H. Bermudez, R. Navarrete, F. Parra, M. Alvarán, J. Osorno, J. L. Crowley, V.
Valencia, J. Vervoort, 2010, “Effects of Rapid Global Warming at the Paleocene-Eocene
Boundary on Neotropical Vegetation”, Science, Vol. 330, pp. 957-961.
• Galeotti, S., S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, L. Lanci, A. Gaudio, J.C. Zachos, S. Monechi, G.
Morelli, L. Lourens, 2010, “Orbital Chronology of Early Eocene hyperthermals from the
Contessa Road section, central Italy”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 290, pp.
192-200.
• Aneja, V., W.H. Schlesinger, D. Niyogi, G. Jennings, W. Gilliam, R.E. Knighton, C.S.
Duke, J. Blunden, and S. Krishnan, 2006, “Emerging National Research Needs for
Agricultural Air Quality”, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87(3): 2536.
• Wu, S.-Y., S. Krishnan, J.-L. Hu, Y. Zhang, and V. P. Aneja, 2006, “Modeling
Atmospheric Transport and Fate of Ammonia in Southeast U.S., Part I. Evaluation of
Meteorological and Chemical Predictions”, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 42, Issue 14,
pp. 3437-3451.
• Zhang, Y., S.-Y. Wu, J. Hu, S. Krishnan, K. Wang, A. Queen, V. P. Aneja, and P. Arya,
2006, “Modeling Agricultural Air Quality: Current Status, Major Challenges, and
Outlook”, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 42, Issue 14, pp. 3218-3237.
Abstract & Meeting Presentations
• “Hydrological cycle during the early Eocene: What can we learn from leaf waxes?”
(Invited) – S Krishnan, M. Pagani, M. Huber, Presented at the American Geophysical
Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco.
• “Peatlands, methane cycling and hyperthermals on the East Antarctic continent in the early
Eocene” – J. Bendle, J. Toney, O. Seki, S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, G. Inglis, R. Pancost, P.
Bijl, S. Bohaty, S. Schouten, J. Pross, L. Contreras, H. Brinkhuis, U. Roehl, S. Jamieson,
Presented at the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco.
• “State of the Hydrological Cycle during the Eocene: Model-Data Comparison” – S.
Krishnan, M. Huber, M. Pagani, Presented at the American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting 2011, San Francisco.
• “Using n-alkane records to constrain carbon cycle - hydrological cycle coupling: Case
study from the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes during the PETM” – S. Krishnan, M.
Pagani, B. Tipple, Presented at the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, San
Francisco.
• “Compound specific n-alkane isotopic records from Western Venezuela during the
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum” – S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, Presented at Gordon
Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry 2010.
• “Compound specific terrestrial leaf wax records from the Cicogna Section (Italy) during
the PETM” – S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, B. Tipple, C. Agnini, Presented at the
Goldschmidt Conference 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee.
• “Hydrological characteristics during CO2 induced warm events using organic compoundspecific proxies” – S. Krishnan, M. Pagani, Presented at AGU Chapman Conference on
Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate 2008, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
• “Application and Evaluation of MM5 for North Carolina with a 4-km Horizontal Grid
Spacing” – S. Krishnan, S.-Y. Wu, D. Hamilton, Y. Zhang, and V. P. Aneja, Presented
at Proceedings of the 86th Annual AMS Conference/the 14 Joint Conference on the
Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA 2006, Atlanta, GA.
• “Modeling Study of Dry Deposition of Ammonia in North Carolina” – S. Krishnan, Y.
Zhang, and V. P. Aneja, S.-Y. Wu, R. Mathur, Presented at Proceedings of the Workshop
on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the Science 2006, Potomac, MD.
• “Modeling Agricultural Air Quality: Current Status, Major Challenges, and Outlook –
Zhang, Y., S.-Y. Wu, J.-L. Hu, S. Krishnan, K. Wang, A., Queen, V. P. Aneja, and P.
Arya, Presented at Proceedings of the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of the
Science 2006, Potomac, MD.
• “MM5 Precipitation Physics and their Impact on the Wet Deposition Predictions of
CMAQ” – Queen, A., S. Krishnan, Y. Zhang, S.-Y. Wu , J. Pleim, S. Roselle, and R.
Gilliam, Presented at Proceedings of the Workshop on Agricultural Air Quality: State of
the Science 2006, Potomac, MD.
• “Sensitivity of WRF/Chem Predictions to Meteorological Schemes” – Misenis, C., X.-M.
Hu, S. Krishnan, Y. Zhang, and J. Fast, 2006, Presented at Proceedings of the 86 Annual
AMS Conference/the 14th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution
Meteorology with the A&WMA 2006, Atlanta, GA.
• “Simulating the Atmospheric Fate of Ammonia in Southeast U.S. using CMAQ with a 4km Resolution” – Wu, S.-Y., S. Krishnan, J.-L. Hu, C. Misenis, Y. Zhang, V. P. Aneja,
and R. Mathur, 2005, Presented by Wu, S.- Y. at Proceedings of the 2005 Models-3
Workshop.
Honors & Fellowship
• 2008-2009 Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship
Work & Teaching Experience
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Yale University, September 2007 – Present.
Graduate Research Assistantship - Isotope Laboratory, January - December 2012
Math Science Residential College Tutor, Yale University, September 2011 - August 2012
Graduate Teaching Fellow - Introduction to Geochemistry, Fall 2007 & Fall 2009
Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, August 2005 May 2007.
• Database Software Intern, TechNest Solutions, June - August 2003.
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