Abhishek Chaudhary

Professor Abhishek Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur leading the Sustainability Data Analytics Lab. His area of research includes sustainable agriculture and diets, biodiversity conservation, life cycle assessment (LCA), and environmental modeling. He is the author of over 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and has presented his work in more than 25 international conferences around the globe.

His work focuses on statistically analyzing existing data, applying mathematical models and developing quantitative methods to generate information for policymakers on the sustainability of everyday products, human activities, economic sectors, national consumption and international trade. He works on current issues such as climate change, biodiversity extinction, food security, land degradation, environmental pollution, and loss of ecosystem services.

Prior to joining IITK, he held Postdoctoral Researcher and later a Senior Scientist position at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland from where he also earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2015. Dr Chaudhary worked at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Cincinnati, USA from 2009-2012 as an Environmental Engineer. He has won several prestigious research grants from organizations such as Swiss National Science Foundation, European Commission, US EPA, IIASA etc.

Currently, he is serving as one of the experts in the international research group on nutritional combined environmental LCA led by the UN FAO. He is also a member of the IUCN SSC Phylogenetic Diversity Task Force (PDTF) and ES&T's Early Career Editorial Advisory Board. In the past, he has contributed to EAT-Lancet commission's report on healthy diets as well as to The Nature Conservancy's report on benefits of source water protection. His work on biodiversity within LCA has been recognized by UNEP-SETAC as best practice. He has previously served as member of technical advisory group to the LEAP initiative of United Nations' FAO.