Sai Amulya Nyathikala

About Sai Amulya Nyathikala

As an Energy and Water Programs Specialist at Climate Resolve, I focus on managing carbon crediting project development and facilitating carbon offset project implementation in Los Angeles County. Collaborating with various stakeholders, I ensure regulatory compliance for decarbonization, retrofit, and nature-based projects while maintaining expertise in carbon crediting methodologies and registries such as the Climate Action Reserve, Verra, American Carbon RegistryWith over three years of experience in GHG accounting and mitigation, I bring a strong commitment to driving sustainable climate solutions and advancing net-zero goals. My work emphasizes impactful collaboration and delivering compliance-focused strategies to support carbon offset initiatives and decarbonization efforts.Prior to working in carbon markets, I gained 8 years of experience working on water and climate resiliency projects and in the areas of water supply management, water utility management, and Water Policy & regulation, executing 5 long-term water projects, published 10 peer-reviewed articles, and delivered 8 conference presentations. I possess a strong set of Analytical and Statistical Skills with extensive experience working with software such as STATA, R, SPSS, AutoCAD, DEA Frontier, Microsoft Office, etc. I have a nag for mathematical & econometric modeling using which I understand complex Water & Energy networks. Apart from statistical skills, I am proficient in operational research techniques such as Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic frontier analysis. For a brief period of time, I worked on providing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML) based climate tech product solutions to water utilities to help reduce their N2O emissions & GHG emissions from water resource recovery facilities (WRRF) leading to decarbonizing the water industryI thrive in collaborative and interdisciplinary environments & also enjoy working independently. I possess strong interpersonal skills with an ability to effectively communicate technical information to diverse stakeholders & governments.As I progress forward in my career, I am committed to increasing sustainability across various sectors through data-driven, policy-relevant, and impact-focused work.

Experience

1. Climate Solutions Specialist

   Climate Resolve

   Aug 2023 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Manage all aspects of the carbon crediting project development and to implementation of carbon offset projects in Los Angeles County. Represent project developers in obtaining carbon credits by designing and implementing offset projects while ensuring compliance with carbon registries such as the Climate Action Reserve. Coordinate all regulatory compliance procedures for decarbonization, retrofit and nature-based projects by collaborating with multiple stakeholders across Los Angeles County and the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) regions. Develop and maintain expertise in carbon crediting methodologies such as Solar PV, Pool cover and nature-based protocols within ACR, CAR and Verra and support the team in the development of new Carbon crediting methodologies Modelling anticipated/ future GHG emissions using GHG accounting tools for GHG offset project accounting Design and develop carbon accounting curriculum to train the tribal staff and provide advisory support in developing a screening tool that integrates Carbon protocols across all 5 carbon registries Provide advisory support to tribal staff in developing carbon offset projects and carbon markets Coordinate International working group efforts to drive the adoption of Cool surfaces in global south through \"Shine On\" initiative

Education

• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

  Master of Technology - MTech, Environmental Engineering

• Osmania University, Hyderabad

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Civil Engineering

• Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering

• Durham University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Visiting Research), Economics, Finance and Business