Vijay Limaye
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1710 University Ave., Room 144
Madison, WI 53726 USA
608-890-2514 tel
608-265-4113 fax
vlimaye@wisc.edu

Vijay Limaye is a MS/PhD student in the Environment and Resources program at the Nelson Institute and a National Science Foundation CHANGE-IGERT Fellow.   He works at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) and is advised by Dr. Jonathan Patz.

Vijay graduated from UC Berkeley in 2007 with a major in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Spanish Language and Literature.  Through his coursework at Berkeley and research experiences in isotopic geochemistry, soil respiration, and water quality, Vijay became interested in the scientific and political challenges of global environmental problems.  Upon graduation, he worked at the US EPA regional office in San Francisco on Clean Water Act programs for Native American tribes.  As part of his work as an Environmental Scientist, Vijay helped develop new reporting methods to document tribal water quality and demonstrate the efficacy of federal grants.  Inspired by these academic and professional experiences, Vijay hopes to develop an interdisciplinary research project exploring the consequences of climate change for the developing world.

At UW-Madison, Vijay is interested in analyzing environmental public health problems, particularly the links between environmental conditions and the spread of infectious disease and the effects of rapid urbanization on human health.  He plans to apply this work to promote public health and sustainable development abroad.

Outside of school, Vijay enjoys sailing, photography and travel to places both near and far.