Dr Shaktiman Singh
Ph.D.
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- shaktiman.singh@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
Biography
2018-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
2020-2020: Honorary Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK
2017-2018: Research Associate, Sharda University, India
2016-2017: DAAD Binational Fellow, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2012-2016: Research Fellow, Sharda University, India
2011-2012: Project Officer, Centre for Environment Education, India
2011-2011: Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
- Research
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Research Overview
- Glaciology
- Glacio-hydrology
- Remote sensing and GIS
- Extreme weather events
- Environmental data analyses
Research Specialisms
- Climate Change
- Environmental Geography
- Geographical Information Systems
- Glaciology and Cryospheric Systems
- Hydrology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
- Spatiotemporal variation of land surface temperature in comparison to air temperature
- Usability of satellite-based land-surface temperature in glacio-hydrological models
- Frequency and intensity of extreme weather events
- In-situ and remotely-sensed monitoring of snow, glaciers, and permafrost
- Development and application of glacio-hydrological and geospatial models
- Past glacio-hydrological processes on Martian land-surface
- Field campaigns for glaciological and Martian analogue research
Funding and Grants
- Project title: Ice stupas: operational challenges and prospective solutions. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the NERC discipline hopping for environmental solutions.
- Project title: Studying hazardous ice avalanches, University of Aberdeen Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact.
- Project title: Assessing the impact of 3D terrain data resolution on thermomechanical modelling of ice avalanches. Funding agency: GRants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the Pump-Prime Interdisciplinary Research and Impact.
- Project title: Tackling the global change challenges to water security in Tajikistan, the water tower of Central Asia. Funding Agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under the GCRF Pump Prime
- Project title: Ice stupa: a solution to improve Himalayan-Karakoram mountain community resilience to water scarcity. Funding agency: Grants Academy, University of Aberdeen under GCRF Pump Prime
- Project title: The intensity and frequency of extreme weather events in Scandinavian Lapland. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
- Project title: The glacio-hydrological comparison of the glaciers in Scandinavia and Himalaya. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
- Project title: Robust infrastructure – Adapting railway maintenance to climate change(CliMaint). Funding Agency: VINNOVA Sweden’s Innovation Agency
- Project title: Development of glacio-hydrological model for application in glaciated catchments in the Himalaya. Head Institute: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Funding agency: German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 semester, September start
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Courses
- Publications
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Geological and machine learning based landslide risk assessment in the context of community knowledge and perception
Scientific ReportsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52262-8
Rock Glacier Detection Using Satellite Embeddings and Machine Learning on Google Earth Engine
Earth Systems and EnvironmentContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-026-01139-x
Monsoon dynamics and future projections in the Himalaya: Insights into sea surface temperature, sea level pressure relationships, and future flood risks
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, vol. 110, 101558Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2025.101558
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Surface and subsurface flow of a glacierised catchment in the cold-arid region of Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya
Journal of Hydrology, vol. 635, 131063Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing the Efficacy of Glacier Inventories to Evaluate Climate Change Impacts: Key Takeaways from Baspa River Basin
Risk, Uncertainty and Maladaptation to Climate Change: Policy, Practice and Case Studies. Sarkar, A., Bandyopadhyay, N., Singh, S., Sachan, R. (eds.). 1 edition. Springer, pp. 93-124, 32 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9474-8_6
Rising winter temperatures might augment increasing wheat yield in Gangetic Plains
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol. 150, pp. 1531–1544Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultitemporal glacier inventory revealing four decades of glacier changes in the Ladakh region
Earth System Science Data, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 4171–4185Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulation and risk assessment of a possible glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the Bhilangna Valley, central Himalaya, India
Journal of Earth System Science, vol. 131, no. 3, 184Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-022-01940-y
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Tree-Ring-Based Hydrological Records Reconstructions of the Himalayan Rivers: Challenges and Opportunities
Springer Climate. Rani, S., Kumar, R. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 47-72, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92782-0_3
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Multivariate statistical analysis and geospatial approach for evaluating hydro‑geochemical characteristics of meltwater from Shaune Garang glacier, Himachal Pradesh, India
Acta GeophysicaContributions to Journals: Articles
