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Dr. Hrishikesh Arvind Chandanpurkar is the Co-Founder and Director of Science at Evergreen Resilience Institute (https://evergreenresilience.org/). He has a Ph.D. in Earth System Sciences from University of California, Irvine, an M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and a B.Sc. in Geology from University of Pune, India. Previously, he has conducted research at NASA / Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, USA); National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, USA); University of Colorado, Boulder, USA; Global Institute for Water Security, Saskatoon, Canada; and, most recently, Arizona State University. He has served as the consultant to the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. on water and climate. His research interests mainly comprise studying water cycle changes at multiple spatiotemporal scales, investigating their climatic- and human- causes and their implications for socio-ecological and climate systems. He has taught several courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in earth sciences in the US and in India.

The inspiration for his research comes from his love and appreciation of the natural world around him. He loves being in the remote backcountry, sometimes doing nothing, occasionally painting or photographing the landscapes, and other times doing a range of activities (such as trail running, mountain biking, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, mountaineering, and backcountry skiing) that provide him with an endless supply of Type 2 fun. He lives in Calgary, Canada.