Research

Past Research Projects and Collaborations

2016-2019     Co-Principal Investigator, Urban Growth, Land-Use Change, and Growing Vulnerability in the Greater Himalaya Mountain Range (India, Nepal, and Bhutan), NASA, ($US 700k)

2016-2019     Co-Principal Investigator, Integrated Landscape and Livelihood Management System for OGM, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Turkey, UNDP ($US 800k)

2017-2018     Principal Investigator, Global Water Window Challenge: Implementing a Novel Resilience Framework to Evaluate Transboundary Flood Resilience In India and Nepal, USAID, Rockefeller Foundation and Swedish Aid, ($US 50k)

2017-2018     Principal Investigator, Yale Environmental Training Initiative for Religious Leaders, Kalliopeia Foundation ($US 35k)

2017               Principal Investigator, Developing a Novel Framework to Evaluate Transboundary Flood  Resilience, Lutheran World Relief ($US 20k)

2016               Principal Investigator, Integrated Landscape and Livelihood Management System (Phase I), USAID, ($US 60k)

2015               Principal Investigator, Landslide Hazard Risk Map for Nepal, Forrest Berkeley Fund, Partnership with ICIMOD ($US 5k)

2011               Yale Tropical Resources Institute Endowment Fellowship for dissertation fieldwork in Madhya Pradesh, India ($US 3.5k)

2010               Yale Program in Agrarian Studies Summer Research Fellowship for dissertation fieldwork in Madhya Pradesh, India ($US 1.5k)

2006               Yale F&ES Summer Internship Funds to support internship at United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ($US 2.5k)