Santonu Goswami

Santonu joined the University in December 2021 after working as a Senior Scientist within the Earth and Climate Science Area of the National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, Hyderabad for five and a half years. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Scientist in the Centre for Urban Science and Progress at New York University, New York, USA and Postdoctoral Scientist within the Climate Change Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, TN, USA.
His current work is focused upon a better understanding of the impacts of climate change across Indian vulnerable ecosystems to provide key insights to help policymaking and developing strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation.
His prior research involved studying long-term changes in the Indian coastal ecosystems using archival remote sensing data, Himalayan ecosystem change, degrading permafrost landscapes in the European and North American Arctic by conducting extensive fieldwork and modelling studies. His research also involved studying New York city neighbourhoods using a data-driven approach.
In 2021,heI founded an open-source community named ​‘Community Climate Lab’ (www​.cclin​dia​.org). The platform provides undergraduate students a way to get voluntarily engaged and learn about different research methods and also to learn about climate change and think about actionable solutions.