Aspen Policy Academy

Sruti Modekurty

About Sruti

Sruti Modekurty is a PhD researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) studying urban climate adaptation using machine learning. She was previously the Platform Lead at OpenAQ, building open data infrastructure for air quality, and was a software engineer focused on urban and environmental issues. Sruti has an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Urban Climate and Sustainability and studied Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. She loves to travel, hike, and has lived in 6 countries.