Prabhakar Sharma

Education

2004—2007: Ph.D. in Biological Systems Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, USA. Title: Effect of Centrifugal and Interfacial Forces on Colloid Transport and Mobilization (Supervisor: Dr. Markus Flury).

2002—2004: M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering and Management at Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany.

2000—2002: M.Tech. in Aquacultural Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

1995—2000: B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar, India.

Work experience

From Oct 2023: Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, School of Engineering & Technology, Nagaland University, Meriema, Kohima, Nagaland, India.

Jun 2024: Visiting Scientist: Department of Soil and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Oct 2014-Mar 2023: Assistant Professor at School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Nalanda, Bihar, India.

Dec 2018-Dec 2018: Visiting Scientist: Dept. Soil and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Feb 2018-Feb 2018: Visiting Scientist: Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan.

Nov 2017-Dec 2017: Visiting Scientist: Dept. Soil and Environmental Resources, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Jun 2017-Jul 2017: Visiting Scientist: Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University Research Center, Puyallup, WA, USA.

Jun 2015-Jul 2015: Visiting Scientist: Environmental Sciences Group, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Feb 2011-Sep 2014: Assistant Professor at Geohydrology Section, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Feb 2010-Jan 2011: Postdoctoral Research at Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Feb 2008-Jan 2010: Postdoctoral Research at Section of Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Ålborg, Denmark.

Awards and Honors

2026: Bihar Agriculture Science Academy fellow

2025: Top 2% scientists in the world as per Elsevier & Stanford University list.

2025: Outstanding Professor Award, a recognition of exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions to Research and Development, by Scientific Laurels.

2023: Best paper award by Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers for “An integrated site selection criterion for aquifer storage and recovery”

2018: Editor’s Citation for Excellence in Review Award for Vadose Zone Journal for excellent service as a reviewer.

2016: Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, in recognition of the excellent quality of peer review, contributed to Chemosphere journal.

2004–2006: Subsurface Science Graduate Research Fellowship, Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA).

2000–2002: Graduate Aptitude Test Examination (GATE) Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India.

1996–2000: Merit Scholarship for outstanding academic performance during the undergraduate program, Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa.

Membership in Academic Societies

2026 – present: British Ecological Society.

2026 – present: National Environmental Science Academy.

2026 – present: Geological Society of America.

2024 – present: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers.

2020 – present: Association of Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences.

2016 – present: Association of Hydrologists of India.

2016 – present: Indian Geophysical Union.

2007 – present: American Geophysical Union.