Deep Joshi

Since October 2017, Deep is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Soil Science and Soil Physics in the Institute of Geoecology at TU Braunschweig. In his Ph.D. project, he investigates the role of different parametrizations of soil hydraulic properties in describing the soil water dynamics at different spatiotemporal scales.

Deep Chandra Joshi was born in Uttarakhand, India. He earned his Bachelor degree with first class honors in Agricultural Engineering from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India in 2014. He completed his Masters’ degree with specialization in Agricultural Systems and Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India in 2016. Meanwhile, in the year 2015, he got an opportunity to complete his Masters’ thesis experiments in one of the TU9 in Germany as an exchange student. Pursing his interest in the field of soil-water interaction, he joined the Soil Science and Soil Physics group at TU Braunschweig. During his stay, he measured water retention and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of different soils using the simplified evaporation method. His topic was “Measurement and Modelling of Temperature Dependency of Soil Hydraulic Properties”.

Publications

Naseri, M., D. C. Joshi, S.C. Iden & W. Durner (2022). Rock fragments influence the water retention and hydraulic conductivity of soils. Vadose Zone Journal, in press.

Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, B. Zimmermann, and W. Durner (2021): Predicting bare soil evaporation by numerical modeling - the role of hydraulic functions, 19.Gumpensteiner Lysimetertagung, 13.-14.4.2019, HBFLA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, 143-148 ISBN, 978-3-902849-83-0 (open access).

Joshi, D.C., S.C. Iden, A. Peters, B.S. Das, and W. Durner (2019): Temperature dependence of soil hydraulic properties – transient measurements and modeling, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., doi: 10.2136/sssaj2019.04.0121.

Poster

Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, B. Zimmermann, and W. Durner: Actual evaporation from bare soils - A comparison of numerical modelling and field lysimeter data, EGU General Assembly, Pico EGU21-12566, 2021.

Salman, A., D.C. Joshi, M. Naseri, M., and W. Durner: Evaporation from porous media as influenced by osmotic potential, EGU General Assembly 2020.

Joshi, D. C., M. Naseri, and W. Durner: A physical based model to describe effective hydraulic conductivity of the soil mixtures, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online (Session SSS6.10, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21173).

Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, B. Zimmermann, and W. Durner: Evaporation from bare soil under limited water supply - lysimeter measurements and modelling, Kommissionstagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft.

Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, G. Leitinger, and W. Durner: Quantification of the Soil Water Dynamics from Smart Field Lysimeters with a Focus on Soil Water Sensors , 2019 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2019am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/122315).

Joshi, D.C., A. Peters, S.C. Iden, G. Leitinger, and W. Durner: Errors in modelling water dynamics under field conditions using laboratory derived hydraulic functions, Jahrestagung der Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft der Schweiz und der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Bern.

Joshi, D.C., Iden, S.C., Peters, A. und Durner. W.: Temperature dependency of soil hydraulic properties: measurement and modeling , Workshop der Kommission 1 der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft, Braunschweig.

Joshi, D.C., M. Naseri, T. Hohenbriink, S.C. Iden, and W. Durner: Temperature dependency of soil hydraulic properties – an experimental study, Austin International Conference on Soil Modeling, Austin, Texas.

Education

Ph.D. student in Soil Science and Soil Physics department, Technical University of Braunschweig (since October 2017) Research group of Prof. Wolfgang Durner

M.Tech (M.S.) in Agricultural Systems and Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India (2014-2016), Project - Measurement and Modelling of Temperature Dependency of Soil Hydraulic Properties

B.Tech (B.S.) in Agricultural Engineering from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India (2010-2014), Project – A Study on Women Friendly Implement for Hill Agriculture

Award and Honors

DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) Research Grants, Full Ph.D. Programme 2017-2018

2nd rank holder among 65 students (M.Tech batch) at Agriculture and Food Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur

DAAD IIT Master sandwich scholarship, 2015-2016

MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) scholarship for postgraduate studies, 2014-2016

63 All India Rank in Graduate Aptitude Test in Agricultural Engineering