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UCLA honors Indian-origin scientist Aradhna Tripati for public impact
Tripati explores how rising temperatures affect Los Angeles neighborhoods—particularly low-income and marginalized communities vulnerable to displacement.
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Malvika Choudhary - Mon, 27, Oct 2025
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Aradhna Tripati / UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recognized Indian-origin climate scientist Aradhna Tripati for her outstanding contributions to research that connects science, equity, and community empowerment.
The honor was part of UCLA’s Public Impact Research Awards, which celebrate faculty whose work has had a measurable and lasting impact on society.
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Tripati, a professor in the Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences and founding director of UCLA’s Center for Developing Leadership in Science, has led research addressing how rising temperatures affect Los Angeles neighborhoods—particularly low-income and marginalized communities vulnerable to displacement.
Partnering with organizations such as Esperanza Community Housing, her work underscores the link between environmental, racial, and economic justice.
Through the Center for Developing Leadership in Science—the first academic center of its kind in the nation—Tripati has supported more than 350 fellows, including students, faculty, and community partners, fostering careers in environmental science and advancing environmental justice.
The center’s efforts have contributed to major policy outcomes, including the campaign to end neighborhood oil drilling in Los Angeles and the passage of statewide legislation creating buffer zones around drilling sites.
“My goal for this work is to catalyze community-driven science for a more just world,” Tripati said. “In the face of threats including climate change and inequality, we can build a future where everyone can have their basic needs met.”
Born in Texas to parents who emigrated from the Fiji Islands, Tripati grew up in Los Angeles and earned her bachelor of science in geology from California State University, Los Angeles, followed by a doctorate in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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