Deepa Padmanaban
Deepa Padmanaban is an independent journalist and author, writing on science, environment, biodiversity, wildlife conservation, public health, and climate change. Her stories have been published in The Guardian, Harvard Public Health Magazine, Discover magazine, Scientific American, National Geographic, Mongabay, among others. She was a South Asia Speaks Fellow and Kiplinger Climate Fellow (USA) in 2022. She was awarded a special mention in the Environmental Impact category by the One World Media Awards (UK) in 2023. She worked as a biochemistry researcher at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and Harvard University, USA. Invisible Housemates (2025) and Rewilding India (2025) are her recent publications.
