Barnali Das

Biography

Barnali Das graduated from the University of Pune, India, with a PhD in Geography. At present, Barnali works as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the Climate Hazards Center. Her research focuses on forecasting agricultural statistics using machine learning. Currently, her work utilizes earth observation products, remote sensing, satellite-derived biophysical parameters, and machine learning methods to understand how climate extremes affect crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining the University of California, Santa Barbara, Barnali worked for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, as a Postdoc. Her research mainly focused on how climate change and shoreline change affect mangroves in Central America. Before joining PhD, she worked for the India Meteorological Department as a Senior Research Fellow under the project Forecasting Agricultural Output using Space, Agro-meteorology, and Land-based Observations (FASAL). She also worked as a teaching assistant for Remote Sensing and Geo-statistics at the university level. In her free time, she likes visiting new places, taking long walks, gardening, painting, reading, and cooking.