Member Profile

Saleem Khan Amsad Ibrahim Khan

Member

Screen Name	saleemkhan	Activities	1
Member Since	Nov 6, 2013	CoLab Points (actual) CoLab Points are awarded to all the members who contributed to a winning integrated Proposal, as well as those who contributed to any sub-Proposal it contains.(See more)	0
Country	India	CoLab Points (max. potential) The maximum number of CoLab Points this member could receive. This is a measure of how many times the member’s Proposal have been included in other Proposal and how important it is in those Proposal.(See more)	0

Send Saleem Khan a message

Saleem Khan has received his PhD in climate change sciences from the Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research (CCC&AR), Anna University, Chennai. His PhD research focused on the impact of climate change–induced sea level rise on coastal ecosystems and their dependent human communities. The multidisciplinary perspective of his research laid the foundation to evolve ecosystem-based and community-centered adaptation strategies for the coasts of Tamil Nadu. Dr. Khan's research caught the attention of the U.S. National Science Foundation and NASA through DISCCRS (Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research), who acknowledged him as a Next Generation Climate Change Scholar in 2013. Previously he worked as a research associate and then on the recommendation of Anna University; he took a lead role as a "First" Climate Change-Programme Officer in the State of Tamil Nadu by the Government of Tamil Nadu and established Tamil Nadu State Climate Change Cell (TNSCCC) at the Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu. Currently, Saleem Khan is associated with Centre for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA as a Fulbright-Nehru Post Doctoral Fellow in Climate Change Research.