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Indian American professor Sayanti Mukherjee receives risk analysis award
Mukherjee was among 10 members recognized at SRA’s annual awards ceremony held on Dec. 9 in Washington, D.C.
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 26, Dec 2025
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Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, left, past president of SRA, presents the award to Sayanti Mukherjee. / buffalo.edu
Indian American professor Sayanti Mukherjee was named the recipient of the 2025 Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award by the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA).
Mukherjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, was among 10 members recognized at SRA’s annual awards ceremony held on Dec. 9 in Washington, D.C.
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The Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award is presented to an SRA member aged 40 or younger for outstanding achievement in science or public policy related to risk analysis and for demonstrating exceptional promise for continued contributions to the field. Recipients are selected by a committee of past SRA presidents and approved by the SRA Council.
“I am truly humbled and honored to have received the Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award,” Mukherjee said. “This recognition holds special meaning for me because it celebrates the spirit of rigorous, creative, and socially engaged risk research that has shaped my work.”
She added that she is “deeply grateful to all my mentors, collaborators, students, and colleagues who have challenged my thinking, expanded my horizons, and made this journey intellectually rich and personally fulfilling.”
Mukherjee’s research advances the field of risk science by integrating operations research and artificial intelligence to develop data-driven, risk-informed decision models to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure systems facing natural hazards and climate-driven disruptions.
Her work has applications in disaster risk management, electric power and energy systems, and climate change impact assessment.
She has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles, and her research has been featured by national media outlets, including CBS News and The Los Angeles Times.
In addition to her primary appointment in industrial and systems engineering, Mukherjee is an affiliate faculty member of the University at Buffalo’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Mukherjee holds a doctorate in civil engineering and a master’s degree in economics from Purdue University, a master’s degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University, and a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering and management from Jadavpur University.
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