Dr Ashmita Sengupta

Senior Research Scientist

Dr. Ashmita Sengupta completed her Ph.D. and M.S from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and subsequently joined Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Joint Powers Agency as a scientist. Her research interests are in the areas of ecohydrology, integrated water resource management, and best management practices to control runoff, exploring the applicability of offsets for pollutants, and stress responses. In the past, she has worked on adapting water quality guidelines for developing countries (Cambodia, and Bangladesh) at the World Health Organization. She has also worked as a design engineer, and modeler on Yamuna Action Plan (YAP), a bilateral river restoration project between the Governments of Japan and India.

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