Persa Batra

Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology and Geography and Environmental Studies

Office: 302 Clapp Laboratory
Email: Persa Batra
Phone: 413-538-3290 (office)
Fax: 413-538-2239

Education

  • Ph.D., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 2003
  • B.S., Geology, University of Maryland, 1989
  • B.A, Individual Studies (cultural history), University of Maryland, 1989

Personal Statement

Workin' on it.... You can be sure it'll be good.

Teaching

So far I have taught Earth System Science (GEOL 215F), Human Dimensions of Climate Change (GEOL 342), and Atmosphere and Weather (GEOG 224) and look forward to others.

Research

Understanding the atmosphere and climate system generally, and specifically quaternary paleoclimate and the human dimensions of climate change.

Publications

Nogués-Bravo, D., Rodríguez, J., Hortal, J., Batra, P., Araújo, M.B.
(2008). Climate change, humans, and the extinction of the woolly mammoth. PLoS Biology Vol. 6, No. 4, e79 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060079.

Batra, P.O., Barron, E.J. and Pollard, D. (2005). An assessment of interactively coupled paleoclimate-vegetation models. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86(18), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract PP23B-09.

Safaya, S., Batra, P.O., White, T.S. and Bradley, D. (2004). Paleoclimatic controls on Mississippi Valley-Type lead-zinc deposit formation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5.

Batra, P.O. (2003). An assessment of interactively coupled paleoclimate-vegetation models. Ph.D. Thesis. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Batra, P.O., Barron, E.J. and Pollard, D. (2002). Assessing interactively coupled climate-vegetation models for the Late Pleistocene. Poster presented at The Godwin Conference on The Stage 3 Project, University of Cambridge.

Batra, P.O., Barron, E.J. and Pollard, D. (2001). A comparison of interactively coupled paleoclimate-vegetation models with the vegetation record. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82(20), Spring Meeting Supplement, B21B-08.

In preparation:

Batra, P.O., Barron, E.J. and Pollard, D. Intercomparison of interactively coupled paleoclimate-vegetation models for the Miocene and Late Pleistocene. To be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

Batra, P.O., Barron, E.J. and Pollard, D. Effects of using different interactively coupled vegetation models on GCM simulations of the Miocene and Late Pleistocene climate. To be submitted to Climate Dynamics.

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