Vandhna Kumar

Dr. Vandhna Kumar

BSc, University of the South Pacific,
MSc, University of the South Pacific,
PhD, University of Toulouse III

Vandhna Kumar is a postdoctoral fellow on the OCEANSTATES project, based at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Bergen. Her work in OCEANSTATES is focused on refining sea level rise projections for the Pacific islands using state of the art climate models and downscaling techniques. Vandhna completed her PhD in physical oceanography at the University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier. She hails from the Fiji Islands and has a long-standing affiliation with the University of the South Pacific and the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PaCE-SD). Vandhna’s aim is to help integrate climate science and community level adaption to climate change and sea level rise in the Pacific islands.