About Aradhna
Bio
Aradhna Tripati is a climate science professor at UCLA on a mission. She has created a diversity and inclusion center with an environmental focus: the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science.
The nonprofit center has a global reach and is addressing a critical need by increasing the diversity of students with training so they can become inclusive and environmentally-literate Doers. It involves a collaboration between natural and social scientists, and provide scholarships with a focus on women and other marginalized groups. There is currently a campaign underway to expand the center.
Her proudest accomplishment in the run-up to the center is galvanizing and mentoring over 130 students, training them in research to foster discovery in green science, and community outreach to create change agents.
Aradhna has received numerous awards for her innovative research, education, and outreach, including a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering from President Obama in January 2017. She began university at the age of 12 at CSU Los Angeles, completed a Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz, had stints at the University of Cambridge and Caltech, participated in a sketch on Jimmy Kimmel, and has collaborated with the Broad Museum.