Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion: The State of the Energy Impoverished

About Gautam N. Yadama

Gautam N. Yadama PhD is a Professor at the Brown School of Social Work Washington University in St. Louis and a Faculty Scholar in Washington University's Institute of Public Health. Professor Yadamas work focuses on understanding the social and environmental challenges of rural poor in the regions of South Asia and China. His research examines the interconnection and interdependent nature of households and communities; there is a particular focus on solutions to improve the social economic environmental and health outcomes. Serving as a faculty scholar in Washington Universitys Institute for Public Health he's been able to conduct extensive community based research specifically in India Nepal and China. Dr. Yadamas research in India focuses on understanding the livelihoods of natural resource dependent poor and ensuing strategies to achieve sustainability in their lives and resources. In collaboration with the Social Systems Design Lab at the Brown School and the Foundation for Ecological Security hes engaged in causal loop modeling with rural communities to elicit human and natural resource systems interactions to understand the drivers of sustainable social and ecological systems. Currently he's involved in the implementation of two projects in India. One is a randomized control trial to study sustainability of new and efficient stove technologies in rural India. Mark Katzman has traveled the globe as a distinguished commercial photographer on assignments from such publications as Time Newsweek Audubon Backpacker Food and Wine Forbes and Fortune and such international companies as Microsoft UBS Boston Scientific AT&T Intel Honda Novartis and Nestle-Purina. Named one of the 200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World in 2012 by Luerzer's Archive Katzman is considered an international expert on the photogravure process. He lives in St. Louis with his wife and three kids.