Prof. (Dr.) Sunil P.S. currently serves as the HoD & BoS Chairman of the Dept. of Marine Geology & Geophysics, CUSAT. He has done his M.Sc. (Tech.) and Ph.D. in Marine Geophysics from CUSAT, and Post-Doc in Tectonic Geodesy from University of Nevada, USA. He worked as a Scientist at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai from 2000-2018. During 2009, 2011 & 2024, he was a visiting Scientist/Faculty at Kyoto University, Japan, University of Nevada, USA and Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile respectively. He is a recipient of Anni Talwani Memorial Prize by Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), JSPS Exchange Program Fellowship by Kyoto University, Japan, BOYSCAST Fellowship and RUSA Faculty Exchange Grant by Govt. of India. He has been a Member of the Indian Antarctic and Antarctic Expeditions multiple times. He is also the Member of UGC's National Level Subject Matter Expert Committee, Advisor, UPSC Board for Geo-Scientist Examination and Executive Committee Member of IGU.

Earthquake Seismology, Ionosphere Seismology, Tectonic/Space Geodesy, Terrestrial and Marine Geophysics

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Interseismic strain rate and fault coupling along the central Himalayan seismic gap from new GPS data, Geophysical Journal International, Royal Astronomical Society - Oxford Academic Vol. 242, 2025

Two decades after the catastrophe: Rflections and lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Journal of Geointerface, Cehesh Vol. 4, 2025

Integrated stress and strain characterisation of the Himalayan-Tibetan collision zone using earthquake and geodetic data, Tectonophysics, Elsevier Vol. 902, 2025

Landslide Risk Assessment in a Century?Old Tea Plantation Range Following Monsoonal Extremes in the Western Ghats of Kerala, India, Anthropocene Science, Springer Nature Vol. 3, 2025

A Preliminary Investigation of the Doublet Sea Receding Events from the Kothi and Papanasham Beaches, Kerala Coast, South India, Journal Geological Society of India, GeoScienceWorld Vol. 12, 2024

Earth’s Axial Tilt: The Specifics, Journal of Geological Society of India, GeoScienceWorld Vol. 100, 2024

Sediment microbial diversity, functional potentials, and antibiotic resistance pattern: a case study of Cochin Estuary core sediment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Vol. 32, 2024

Multi-wave Characteristics Associated with January 15, 2022 Hunga-Tonga Volcanic Eruption: A Global Observation, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Elsevier Vol. 261, 2024

Geodetic Evidence for Cascading Landslide Motion Triggered by Extreme Rain Events at Joshimath, NW Himalaya, Geophysical Research Letters, America Geophysical Union - Wiley Vol. 51, 2024

Volcanic Eruption Triggers a Rare Meteotsunami in the Indian Ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union - Wiley Vol. 1, 2024

Earthquakes and its Imprints in the Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupled System; Some Case Studies, Proc. Centenary National Seminar on Strong Motion Earthquake: Structural Response Modelling and Aided Design, Vol. 1 , 1, 2025

Kerala: Tsunami Risk and Precautionary Measures (Malayalam), Proceedings of the Conference Social Preparedness of Disaster Management and Geo-Scientific Strategies, Vol. 1 , 0, 2020

Chemistry of a Polar Lake - The Larsemann Hills in Antarctica, Proc., Int. Symp. On Integr. Water Resour. Management, Vol. 1 , 0, 2014

Ionic Composition of a High Altitude Lake - The Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica, Proc., Int. Symp. On Integr. Water Resour. Management, Vol. 1 , 0, 2014

Tide-induced Nivlisen Ice Shelf Movement, East Antarctica, from GPS Observations, Proc., International Workshop on Snow, Ice, Glacier and Avalanches, Vol. 1 , 0, 2008

Velocity of Schirmacher Glacier in East Antarctica from GPS and InSAR, Proc., International Workshop on Snow, Ice, Glacier and Avalanches, Vol. 1 , 0, 2008

VLF/ELF Noise Burst Observed at MAITRI (Indian Antarctic Station), Proc., 11th National Conference on Communications, Vol. 1 , 0, 2005

Geophysical Investigations in the January 26, 2001 Bhuj earthquake affected region, Workshop volume on Recent Earthquakes of Chammoli and Bhuj, Vol. 1 , 0, 2001

Crustal Deformation studies in the western Maharashtra region of Indian Peninsular shield, using GPS, Proc. of the International Conference on Remote sensing and GPS, Vol. 1 , 0, 2001

GPS measurements in Murbad region, western Maharashtra, India: First results, Proc. of the International Conference on Remote sensing and GPS, Vol. 1 , 0, 2001

Prof. Dr. SUNIL P.S., A.A. Mohamed Hatha, International Conference on Frontiers in Marine Sciences, Challenges and Prospects (MARICON-2019), Abstract Volume, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, 2019 , ISBN : 9788192226439

Prof. Dr. SUNIL P.S., A.A. Mohamed Hatha, K.P. Krishnan, K. Abdulla Bava, Regional Studies in Marine Science (MARICON 2019, Special Issue), Elsevier, 2021 , ISBN : 2352-4855

Prof. Dr. SUNIL P.S., P.K. Baby, D. Soumyaja, P.G. Sankaran, A. Vijayakumar, P.S. Sunil, P.C. Harigovind, R. Remya, R. Abesh, K.M. Zaida, T. Rejil, M. Vandana , A Journey Towards Excellence, 50 Years of Cochin University of Science and Technology, Directorate of Public Relations and Publications, CUSAT, 2023 , ISBN : 978-81-954804-7-0

Prof. Dr. SUNIL P.S., A.A. Mohamed Hatha, International Conference on Frontiers in Marine Sciences (MARICON-2024), Abstract Volume, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, 2024 , ISBN : 978-81-922264-8-4

Prof. Dr. SUNIL P.S., A.A. Mohamed Hatha, International Conference on Frontiers in Marine Sciences (MARICON-2024), Abstract Volume, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, 2024 , ISBN : 978-81-922264-8-4

JSPS East Asian Young Researcher Fellowship from Kyoto University, Japan, in the year 2009

Post-Doctoral Fellow from University of Nevada, USA, in the year 2012

BOYSCAST Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India, in the year 2012

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2003

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2005

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Arctic from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2013

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Arctic from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2014

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Arctic from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2015

Member, Indian Scientific Expedition to Arctic from Ministry of Earth Sciences , in the year 2016

Chairman, Board of Studies, Dept. of Marine Geology & Geophysics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, in the year 2019

Academic/Research Coordinator, CUSAT-NCPOR Centre from Cochin University of Science and Technology, in the year 2020

Member, Research Council from National Centre for Earth Science Studies, in the year 2019

Member, Academic Council from Cochin University of Science and Technology, in the year 2019

Chief Coordinator, CLAIM Project from Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG-DST), in the year 2013

Member, UGC's National Level Subject Matter Expert Committee on Polar Studies from University Grants Commisio (UGC), New Delhi, in the year 2021

Convener, IGU Diamond Jubilee Convention from Indian Geophysicsl Union (IGU), in the year 2023

Organizing Secretary, MARICON-2019 from School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT , in the year 2019

IGU Executive Committee Member from Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), in the year 2024

Faculty Exchange Grant Award from Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) 2.0, in the year 2024

Advisor, UPSC Board for Combined Geo-Scientist Examination from Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), new Delhi , in the year 2025

Editor, JMAR from Journal of Marine and Atmospheric Research, in the year 2025

Anni Talwani Memorial Prize - 2025 from Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), in the year 2025

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Monitoring the Crustal and Dam Deformations induced by the seasonal loading and unloading of Idukki Reservoir in Kerala, South India using Ground and Space Geodetic Techniques" (DST-SERB- 2019 -2022 , Total outlay Rs.4046500)

"Study of the contemporary kinematics & deformation pattern of Indian sub-continent from GPS Aided GEO Augmented navigation (GAGAN) data" (SAC-ISRO- 2017 -2020 , Total outlay Rs.1794000)

"Estimation of the contemporary kinematics and interseismic strain rates along the eastern Himalayan region using Space Geodetic Techniques" (SAC-ISRO- 2020 -2023 , Total outlay Rs.3516000)

"Vulnerability of Kerala coast to natural hazards – An integrated approach to map the hazards and evaluate the risk associated" (DST-NRDMS- 2019 -2021 , Total outlay Rs.3147188)