Chandrakanth Gubbala Email & Phone Number

Rochester, New York, United States

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

• Spearheaded the development of a collaborative business model with 10 Government of India organizations to establish a unified humidity database and optimize asset management, resulting in $500K (70%) in cost savings by eliminating infrastructure redundancies.• Optimized the GPS network project budget by $300K (40%) through comprehensive statistical analysis of seasonal, annual, and 24-hour water vapor variations across a 5,000-square-mile metropolitan area in India, enhancing budget allocation and project efficiency.• Supervised a cross-functional team of five researchers to develop an advanced machine learning model for storm prediction, achieving 97% accuracy and delivering a two-hour lead time for disaster preparedness.• Developed an algorithm to analyze four years of water vapor data, offering critical insights into factors influencing extreme rainy events that the climate modeling department could incorporate into forecasting models, boosting forecasting accuracy by 10%.• Achieved $200K (30%) in cost savings by developing a model that retrieves 3D water vapor profiles with 90% accuracy by optimizing the number and placement of 20+ GPS receivers.• Presented research on 3D water vapor profile retrieval to internal stakeholders and to 150 esteemed scientists and researchers at the National Space Science Symposium 2024, fostering knowledge-sharing and innovation in atmospheric research methodologies.

Tirupati Area, India

• Led a cross-functional team of 20 to execute GPS network project (worth $250K), establishing and maintaining a 24/7 atmosphere data retrieval network under stringent timelines, ensuring project delivery on schedule with a 100% completion rate.• Realized 11% CAPEX savings by leading technical evaluations, procurement strategies, and vendor negotiations with 20+ vendors, ensuring cost-effective sourcing of GPS receivers.• Initiated and organized a workshop on GPS technology and its applications for ~250 GPS data users, facilitating a knowledge-sharing platform that enhanced collaboration opportunities and developed strategic plans for effective data utilization.• Enhanced operational efficiency by reducing data retrieval time from 24 hours to 30 minutes, leading to cost savings of $250 per cycle by eliminating the need for expensive equipment, while maintaining a 95% accuracy rate.• Streamlined processing efficiency by 50% in deriving and validating atmospheric data by developing and implementing python code and a shell script to automate data handling.• Mentored and trained over 100 professionals on GPS meteorology technology, data handling, and parameter retrieval techniques, elevating the technical capabilities of the participants.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

> Spectrally and Chemically characterized the anorthosites from Oddanchatram Anorthositic Complex (OAC) to determine whether the OAC is a potential analogue site for lunar anorthosites and to use these anorthosites for calibrating the payloads.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assessing the capability of stereoscopic imaging of the solar structure and identifying the height of dynamical events from existing observations and modeling.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Carried out an experiment to observe the effect of pressure on plasma production to determine the threshold pressure at which the plasma production is maximum.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba (Stem Designated)

Merit Scholarship Recipient

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Physical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Publicity Coordinator, Dhanak, the annual cultural fest of IIST. Publicity Coordinator, Conscientia, the annual.

Higher Secondary Education, State Board: 97.3%

Central Board Of Secondary Education (Cbse), Cbse: 10/10

Activities and Societies: Member of Football and Handball TeamRecepient of Gold Medal for academic Excellence