August 2014 to March 2017: Research Associate, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and

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1 Sriram Saran Bhiravarasu Lunar and Planetary Institute Universities Space Research Association 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX Ph: (w) (work) (personal) EDUCATION PhD in Physics, Faculty of Science, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Advisor: Dr. Raj Kumar, Deputy Director, Space Applications Centre (ISRO) Master of Technology in Environmental Geomatics, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad, India, Honors: First rank in the University. Master of Science in Physics, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, Bachelor of Science in Physics (With Mathematics & Chemistry), Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, Honors: Gold Medal in Physics and First rank in Chemistry. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE April 2018 to present: Postdoctoral Fellow at Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Houston. Primary Research: (a) Polarimetric radar studies of the Moon, Terrestrial Planets, and Asteroids. (b) Laboratory simulations to investigate planetary radar scattering processes. (c) Participating science team member: Mini-RF bistatic radar observations of the Moon. April 2017 to March 2018: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico Primary Research: (a) Polarimetric radar scattering studies of Asteroids, Comets, Planets, and the Moon. (b) Active participation in monostatic and bistatic radar observations of NEAs, comets and the Moon. August 2014 to March 2017: Research Associate, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization. Primary Research: (a) Radar remote sensing studies of the Moon using data obtained from earth-based and orbital radar systems to investigate near-surface physical properties (b) Initial simulation studies for the upcoming Chandryaan-2 dual-frequency SAR (c) Development of new techniques for the analysis of hybrid-polarimetric SAR datasets (d) Study of radar-dark parabolas associated with some impact craters on the Venus, using Magellan SAR data (e) Study of terrestrial impact craters (within India) using polarimetric SAR datasets. November2009 August 2014: Research Fellow, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization. Primary Research: Conducted a range of radar-based research of the Moon utilizing the data obtained from Mini-SAR of the Chandrayaan-1 and Mini-RF of the LRO missions. The research was supported by the analysis of several multiple-wavelength (complementary) lunar datasets. Science team member Microwave scattering properties of lunar regolith using Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR data ( ) Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR data analysis: Science Plan ( ) Chandrayaan-2 dual-frequency SAR: Science Plan ( )

2 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1) Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Shiv Mohan, and Manab Chakraborty, Study of scattering characteristics of lunar equatorial region using Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR data, Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 71 (1), doi: /j.pss ) Satadru Bhattacharya, Sriram Saran, Aditya Dagar, Prakash Chauhan, Mamta Chauhan, Ajai, and A. S. Kiran Kumar, Endogenic water on the Moon associated with non-mare silicic volcanism: implications for hydrated lunar interior, Current Science, Vol. 105 (5), ) Shiv Mohan, Sriram Saran, and Anup Das, Scattering mechanism based algorithm for improved mapping of water ice deposits in the lunar Polar Regions, Current Science, Vol. 105 (11), ) Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Shiv Mohan, and Manab Chakraborty, Synergetic use of SAR and Thermal Infrared data to study the Physical properties of the Lunar Surface, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 54, doi: /j.asr ) Mamta Chauhan, Satadru Bhattacharya, Sriram Saran, Prakash Chauhan, and Aditya Dagar, Compton-Belkovich Volcanic Complex (CBVC): An ash flow caldera on the Moon, Icarus, Vol. 253, doi: /j.icarus MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Anne K. Virkki and Sriram S. Bhiravarasu, Radar scattering by decimeter-scale rubble on planetary surfaces (to be submitted to ApJ) SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS IN CONFERENCES 1. Sriram Saran, Shiv Mohan, Anup Das and Manab Chakraborty, Scattering properties of Lunar Surface at Non-Polar Targets revealed by the Mini-SAR imaging Radar, Chandrayaan-1 mission, International conference on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing (ICMARS), 2010, Dec, 2010 (Oral presentation). 2. Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Shiv Mohan and Manab Chakraborty, Scattering properties of Jackson crater in the lunar far side, 43 rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2012, abstract 1234 (Print-only abstract). 3. Sriram Saran, Anup Das and Manab Chakraborty, Synergetic use of SAR and Thermal Infra-red data to study the physical properties of the lunar surface, 39 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Mysore, July 2012 (Poster presentation). 4. Ami Desai, Sriram Saran, D.G. Trivedi, Anup Das and Shiv Mohan, Preliminary investigations of morphological features at lunar North Pole using SAR Data, 39 th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Mysore, July Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey and Manab Chakraborty, Radar Observations of Pyroclastic Deposits Near Sulpicius Gallus Crater in Lunar Low Latitudes, International conference on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing (ICMARS), Jodhpur, Dec 2012 (Oral presentation). 6. Satadru Bhattacharya, Sriram Saran, Prakash Chauhan, Anup Das, and Ajai, Mg-Spinel-rich lithology at crater Endymion in the Lunar Nearside, 100 th Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January Satadru Bhattacharya, Sriram Saran, Prakash Chauhan, Anup Das, and Ajai, Study of Regional Dark Mantle Deposits (RDMDs) at Sinus Aestuum in the central nearside of the Moon using high resolution data from recent lunar missions., 44 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2013, abstract 1387 (Print-only abstract).

3 8. Dharmendra Pandey, Sriram Saran, Anup Das, and Manab Chakraborty, A Simplistic approach to model radar backscatter from Lunar Regolith, 44 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2013, abstract 1941 (Print-only abstract). 9. Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey, Sriram Saran, Saroj Maity, and Shiv Mohan, Comparative analysis of Stokes parameter based decompositions of RISAT-1 hybrid polarimetric SAR data, APSAR conference, Japan, September Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey, Raj Kumar and Manab Chakraborty, New views of young, radar-bright craters and impact melt distribution at the lunar north pole, 18 th National Space Science Symposium, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, Jan 29- Feb 01, 2014 (Oral presentation). 11. Sriram Saran, Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey, Raj Kumar and Manab Chakraborty, Regolith properties of the north polar region of the Moon from 12.6-cm radar polarimetry, 45 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2014, abstract 1985 (Print-only abstract). 12. Dharmendra Pandey, Sriram Saran, Anup Das, and Manab Chakraborty, Synthesis of Hybrid Dual-polarimetric radar signatures with application to lunar surface, 45 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2014, abstract 2045 (Print-only abstract). 13. Shiv Mohan, Sriram Saran and Anup Das, A new technique for improved detection of water-ice deposits in the polar cold traps of the Moon, 2 nd European Lunar Symposium, London, May Sriram Saran, Anup Das, and Dharmendra Pandey, Investigation of the capability of H-α decomposition to compact polarimetric SAR data with application to Lunar Surface, 46 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, USA, 2015, abstract 1916 (Print-only abstract). 15. Sriram Saran, Anup Das, and Dharmendra Pandey, Physical properties of lunar volcanic terrains using LRO data, 47 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2016, abstract 2249 (Print-only abstract). 16. Sriram Saran, Sumit Pathak, Mamta Chauhan, Satadru Bhattacharya, Anup Das, and Prakash Chauhan, Detection of OH/H 2O of possible magmatic origin along inner flanks of crater Proclus, 47 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2016, abstract 2441 (Print-only abstract). 17. Sriram Saran, Satadru Bhattacharya, and Anup Das, Physical and chemical characterization of selected young impact craters and volcanic terrain on the Moon from LRO observations, 19 th National Space Science Symposium, Space Physics Laboratory (ISRO), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, February 9-12, 2016 (Oral presentation). 18. Satadru Bhattacharya, and Sriram Saran, Enhanced Hydration at Giordano Bruno crater on the far side of the Moon and its implications, 48 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, USA, 2017, abstract 1780 (Print-only abstract). 19. Sriram S. Bhiravarasu, Satadru Bhattacharya, and Prakash Chauhan, Giordano Bruno crater on the Moon: Detection and Mapping of Hydration Features of Endogenic and/or Exogenic Nature, 49 th DPS conference, Utah, 2017 (Oral presentation). 20. Patrick Taylor et al., Radar, Optical, and Infrared Observations of Equal-Mass Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (190166) 2005 UP156, 49 th DPS conference, Utah, Sriram S. Bhiravarasu, Patrick A. Taylor, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Anne K. Virkki, G. W. Patterson, J. T. S. Cahill, and Michael C. Nolan, Bistatic radar observations of a sample of lunar pyroclastic deposits, 49 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, 2018, abstract 2496 (Oral presentation). 22. Patrick Taylor et al., Radar and Infrared observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, 49 th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, 2018, abstract Alessandra Serrano, Juha Vierinen, Torbjørn Tveito, Anne K. Virkki, and Sriram S. Bhiravarasu, Comparison of Clementine FeO abundance with 6-meter wavelength radar mapping of the Moon, EGU-2018, Vienna, Austria, April 2018, abstract

4 POPULAR ARTICLES 1. Shiv Mohan, Anup Das, Sriram Saran, and Dharmendra Pandey, Planetary Remote Sensing: Mini-SAR applications from Chandrayaan-1 to Chandrayaan-2, PLANEX Newsletter, Vol.1 (3), pp. 6-9, July Manab Chakraborty, Anup Das, Dharmendra Pandey, and Sriram Saran, Observations of lunar surface through Mini-SAR imaging radar, ISRS Signatures Newsletter, Vol.23 (4), pp , Dec Sriram Saran, Anup Das and Dharmendra Pandey, Recent advances in polarimetric radar imaging of the Moon, PLANEX Newsletter, Vol.4 (2), pp , April Mamta Chauhan, Sriram Saran, Satadru Bhattacharya, and Prakash Chauhan, Silicic Caldera: A phenomenon of rare explosive volcanism on the Moon, PLANEX Newsletter, Vol.5 (3), pp , April RECENT INVITED TALKS The Puerto Rico Astronomy Society, Inc. (SAPR): Science Park at Bayamon, Puerto Rico, July Title: New views of the Moon: A radar perspective John D. Weaver Lecture series: Dept. of Geology, University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Mayaguez, December Title: Recent advances in radar exploration of the Moon FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Postdoctoral Fellow Universities Space Research Association (April 2017 present) Research Associate Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (August 2014 March 2017) Senior Research Fellow Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (November 2011 August 2014) Junior Research Fellow Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization (November 2009 November 2011) Best Oral presentation in Student Category International conference on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing (ICMARS), 2010, Jodhpur, India, Dec, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES NASA Proposal Reviewer: Peer-review Panelist, 2017-present Journal Reviewer: Geoscience Frontiers, Journal of Spatial Science, Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics

5 TECHNICAL SKILLS ESRI ArcGIS, AutoCAD Map, IGIS, GDAL Tools, QGIS, ISIS (USGS), LPS & ERDAS, ENVI, IDL, Python, Geomatica, Open JUMP, ILWIS, PolSARPro, RAT, NEST, SNAP tools, Grapher, Surpher PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (since 2010) Life Member, Indian Society of Geomatics (since 2010) Member, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (2013-present) Member, AAS DPS (2017-present)