Sunny Singhal is interested in how the Western U.S. can adapt to aridification and climate change from the standpoint of freshwater – drinking water, agriculture, ecosystem health, etc. To do this, he focuses on modeling that aims to understand how a changing climate, changing water infrastructure operations, and climate change adaptations might affect our future water system. At the same time, modeling insights are often not enough to determine who benefits and who is burdened by water flows and distributions. Singhal hopes to study how different communities value and relate to water, especially communities who have historically been excluded from water decision-making, like Indigenous Tribes, communities of color, and small-scale farmers. He hopes to talk with these groups and others to better understand what sorts of water policies and future management they would support. Singhal hopes these two research streams – the modeling and the qualitative research / conversations – inform each other and yield new ideas for achieving sufficient and equitable water allocations in the Western US.
On his free time, he likes to bike, hike, run, play silly games, and have recently gotten into contra dancing!
Singhal is intellectually curious and values diverse experiences. He studied liberal arts and business at UT-Austin, and has worked in UC Berkeley’s Environmental Science Policy and Management Department on a project called the COllaboratory for EQuity in Water ALlocations (COEQWAL)
Please contact Singhal about opportunities for part-time or full-time jobs, as well as consulting engagements.
Research Groups:
Jones Lab
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