Sulagna Mishra

Scientific Officer, Hydrology, Water and Cryosphere branch, WMO

Dr. Sulagna Mishra currently works as a Scientific Officer in the hydrology, water and cryosphere branch at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and is based in Geneva. At WMO, she overlooks the implementation of the global hydrological status and outlook system (HydroSOS) and leads the publication of the State of Global Water Resources report.

Sulagna’s background is as an environmental scientist, specializing in hydrological, water quality modeling, and water resource management. She has a background in civil engineering, and a master's in hydrology and environmental management. For her Doctorate at TU Dresden (2022), she developed model-based solutions to serve as hydrological and water quality monitoring and planning tools. These models assist watershed managers in ensuring optimal water quality in rivers during extreme events like floods and droughts.

She has worked at international organizations, private sector companies, and research labs/universities in Europe, the USA, and India before joining WMO.

Sulagna Mishra in a red jacket standing in front of a blue background.