Arvind P. Ravikumar

Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA)

Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL)

Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Bio: Dr. Ravikumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and the co-Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analyses at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, primarily in the areas of greenhouse gas emissions measurements, lifecycle assessments, and techno-economic modeling. Dr. Ravikumar has been a lead investigator for several large-scale, field campaigns in the US and Canada on methane emissions from oil and gas supply chain. He routinely advises governments, provides expert testimony in Congress on greenhouse gas emissions from energy supply chains, and serves on state and federal advisory committees. He is a recipient of the Regional Sustainability and Stewardship in the Oil and Gas Industry Award from the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Dr. Ravikumar is a Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and graduated with a Ph.D. from Princeton University.