Dr. Bharat Venkat
2014 Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
2007 M.A., Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
2006 B.A., Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Dr. Bharat Jayram Venkat is the director of the UCLA Heat Lab and is an Associate Professor at UCLA with a joint appointment spanning the Institute for Society & Genetics, the Department of History, and the Department of Anthropology. He is also affiliated with the UCLA Center for India & South Asia, the Program in Digital Humanities, the Urban Humanities Initiative, and the Luskin Center for Innovation. His research draws on the intellectual and methodological traditions of history and anthropology to study questions related to science, medicine, environment, race, and design.
Guadalupe Bernabe
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
TRAG Watts Heat Project
Karina Brunn
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
Heat and Incarceration, Data Analysis, Hot Takes Podcast
Katarina Cabrera
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
TRAG Watts Heat Project, Heat & Gender
Desiree Eshraghi
Fourth Year
Psychobiology
+ Disability Studies Minor
Current Projects:
Thermal Physiology, Heat & Gender
Natalie Gurzeler
Second Year
Pre-Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
Education, Heat & Gender, Hot Takes Podcast
Symphony Jackson
Third Year
Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
TRAG Watts Heat Project
Giao
Nguyen
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
+ Global Health Minor
Current Projects:
Education
Sofia
Sabra
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society + Anthropology Minor
Current Projects:
Data Analysis, Education
Jason Sutedja
Fourth Year
Sociology
Public Affairs
Current Projects:
Hot Takes Podcast
Olivia
Toledo
Fourth Year
Geography & Environmental Studies
+ Geographic Information Systems and Technology Minor
Current Projects:
Heat and Incarceration
Chelsea
Tran
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
+ Philosophy Minor
Current Projects:
Lab Manager, Hot Takes Podcast, Heat and Incarceration, Sleep & Thermal Comfort
Tracy
Tran
Fourth Year
Environmental Science
Current Projects:
Education, Data Analysis, Hot Takes Podcast
Ashwin Vasudevan
Fourth Year
Human Biology and Society
Current Projects:
Education, Heat and Incarceration
Heat Lab Alumni
Sean Sugai
TRAG Watts Heat Project (Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Undergraduate Research Scholars Program 2021-22), Heat and Incarceration, (Re)considering Race and Heat (Honors 88C Seminar)
Vanessa De La Torre
Agricultural Workers – Heat Perception, Adaption, and Risk
Judy Chon
Heat Chapter Book,
Education
Hozumi Oshida
Heat and Chronic Illness in South Central LA,
Meta-Analysis for Thermal Physiology and Thermal Comfort
Kanishka Mehra
Food Truck Audit
Gael Perez
TRAG Watts Heat Project
Sierra Stevenson
Lab Manger, Food Truck Audit, Website, Heat and Homes in Boyle Heights
Christine King
Race and Heat: Occupational Risk in Regards to Heat Exposure
Alice Lu
It’s Always Sunny in Central LA (UCLA Library 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize for Special Collections)
Meta-Analysis for Thermal Physiology and Thermal Comfort
Hanna Barlow
Education,
Social Media
Edna Tovar
TRAG Watts Heat Project, (Re)considering Race and Heat (Honors 88C Seminar)
Cameron Jewett
Heat and Chronic Illness in South Central LA,
Food Truck Audit,
Social Media
Alex Nechaev
It’s Always Sunny in Central LA (UCLA Library 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize for Special Collections)
Meta-Analysis for Thermal Physiology and Thermal Comfort
Ashley Kenney
Education,
It’s Always Sunny in Central LA (UCLA Library 2021 Undergraduate Research Prize for Special Collections),
Gone Bananas,
Food Truck Audit,
Social Media