{"id":340,"date":"2025-09-25T20:33:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2025-09-25T20:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:33:27","slug":"miraj-kayastha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/student-researchers\/miraj-kayastha\/","title":{"rendered":"Miraj Kayastha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px-871x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A professional portrait of Miraj Kayastha.\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px-871x1024.jpg 871w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px-1307x1536.jpg 1307w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/MirajKayastha-1500px.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I earned my Master\u2019s degree from Michigan Tech in 2021, majoring in Civil Engineering. Currently as a PhD candidate at Michigan Tech, I collaborate with my advisor Dr. Pengfei Xue. My research centers on the regional climate modeling of the Great Lakes, aiming to enhance our predictive understanding of the Great Lakes climate. Central to my work is the prediction of climate change\u2019s impact on the Great Lakes. My published research covers the development of regional climate models, projections of Great Lakes water levels under climate change, developing future storylines for lake-effect snow storms, and the long-term reconstruction of Great Lakes surface temperature using deep-learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Projects:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evaluation of lake heatwaves in the Great Lakes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of a publicly accessible state-of-the-art future climate projection dataset for the Great Lakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Achievements\/Contributions:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Publications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Kayastha, M. B.<\/em><\/strong><em>, Huang, C., Wang, J., Qian, Y., Yang, Z., Chakraborty, T., et al. (2024). How could future climate conditions reshape a devastating lake-effect snow storm? Earth&#8217;s Future, 12, e2024EF004622. doi:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024EF004622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2024EF004622<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Kayastha, M. B.<\/em><\/strong><em>, Liu, T., Titze, D., Havens, T. C., Huang, C., &amp; Xue, P. (2023). Reconstructing 42 Years (1979-2020) of Great Lakes Surface Temperature through a Deep Learning Approach. Remote Sensing, 15(17), 4253. doi:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs15174253\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/rs15174253<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Kayastha, M. B.<\/em><\/strong><em>, Huang, C., Wang, J., Pringle, W. J., Chakraborty, T. C., Yang, Z., Hetland, R. D., Qian, Y., Xue, P. (2023). Insights on Simulating Summer Warming of the Great Lakes: Understanding the Behavior of a Newly Developed Coupled Lake\u2010Atmosphere Modeling System. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15(7), doi:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023MS003620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2023MS003620<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Kayastha, M. B.<\/em><\/strong><em>, Ye, X., Huang, C., &amp; Xue, P. (2022). Future rise of the Great Lakes water levels under climate change. Journal of Hydrology, 612, 128205. doi:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2022.128205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jhydrol.2022.128205<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Presentations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kayastha, M. B.<\/strong>, Xue, P., Huang, C., Wang, J., Yang, Z., Pringle, W., Chakraborty, T., Qian, Y., and Hetland, R. (2024) How Could Lake-Effect Snow Storms Evolve in a Warming Future Climate? IAGLR 67th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Windsor, Canada, May 20-24, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kayastha, M. B.<\/strong>, Xue, P., Huang, C., Wang, J., Yang, Z., Pringle, W., Chakraborty, T., Qian, Y., and Hetland, R. (2024) How Could Lake-Effect Snow Storms Evolve in a Warming Future Climate? EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, April 14-19, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kayastha, M. B.<\/strong>, Xue, P., Huang, C., Wang, J., Yang, Z., Pringle, W., Chakraborty, TC., Qian, Y. (2022) Amplified Warming of the Great Lakes due to Lake-Atmosphere Feedback Processes. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 12-16, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Future Goals:&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>My next step in research would be to pursue my interest in climate modeling through a PostDoc position. I would like to potentially broaden my research area from the Great Lakes to something more global, while also improving my modeling and data analysis skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background:&nbsp; I earned my Master\u2019s degree from Michigan Tech in 2021, majoring in Civil Engineering. Currently as a PhD candidate at Michigan Tech, I collaborate with my advisor Dr. Pengfei Xue. My research centers on the regional climate modeling of the Great Lakes, aiming to enhance our predictive understanding of the Great Lakes climate. 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