Educational Qualification:

• Postdoc Research Fellow – Jilin University, China
• Ph.D. (Seismology) – CSIR – NGRI, Hyderabad
• M.Sc Tech (Applied Geophysics) – IIT(ISM), Dhanbad

Thrust Areas of Research:

• Seismology
• Tectonics

Significant Publications:

1. Srinu, U., Padma Rao, B., Srijayanthi, G., Santosh Kumar, Sumer Chopra (2025). Impact of velocity model on Moho depth: Insights from receiver function migration in intraplate Gujarat region, India. Journal of Earth System Science, 134, 77.
2. Srinu, U., & Rao, B. P. (2024). Is mantle transition zone uniform beneath the Precambrian shields? Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 276, 106316.
3. Srinu, U., Kumar, P., Haldar, C., Kumar, M. R., Srinagesh, D., & Illa, B. (2021). X-Discontinuity Beneath the Indian Shield—Evidence for Remnant Tethyan Oceanic Lithosphere in the Mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8), e2021JB021890.
4. Dalai, B., Kumar, P., Srinu, U., & Sen, M. K. (2021). De-noising Receiver function data using the unsupervised deep learning approach. Geophysical Journal International, ggab494.
5. Illa, B., Kumar, P., Reshma, K. S., Srinu, U., & Srinagesh, D. (2021). Sn wave tomography of the uppermost mantle beneath the Indian shield and its adjacent regions. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 319, 106785.
6. Maiti, S., Kumar, C. R., Sarkar, P., Tiwari, R. K., & Srinu, U. (2020). Interface depth modelling of gravity data and altitude variations: a Bayesian neural network approach. Neural Computing and Applications, 32(8), 3183-3202.
7. Srivardhan, V., Srinu, U. (2014). Potential of Fractal Analysis of Earthquakes through Wavelet Analysis and Determination of b Value as an Aftershock Precursor: A Case Study Using Earthquake Data between 2003 and 2011 in Turkey. Journal of Earthquakes, vol. 2014.

Honours & Awards:

• National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF), 2023 (not availed)
• Young Scientist Award, 2nd Triennial Federation of Indian Geosciences Associations (FIGA), 2019
• Inspire Fellowship, Dept. of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2017-2021
• Inspire Scholarship, Dept. of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2009-2013