Dhruvi Kothari
About Dhruvi Kothari
Dhruvi Kothari is an Applied Data Scientist with extensive experience in data analytics and urban planning. She has worked at various organizations, including UrbanFootprint and SEPTA, and holds multiple degrees in city planning and data science.
Work at UrbanFootprint
Dhruvi Kothari currently serves as an Applied Data Scientist at UrbanFootprint, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she manages the development of climate and hazard insight offerings, focusing on product research design and model development. Previously, she worked as a Solutions Analyst at UrbanFootprint from 2021 to 2022. Her responsibilities included maintaining and improving ETL pipelines and data visualizations for the company's hazard insights. Kothari's work enhances hazard foundation pipelines that encompass over 20 hazards and more than 100 metrics, utilized by over 35 UrbanFootprint clients.
Education and Expertise
Dhruvi Kothari holds a Master's degree in Information Data Science from the University of California, Berkeley, which she completed from 2020 to 2022. She also earned a Master's in City Planning with a focus on Transportation Planning and Urban Spatial Analytics from the University of Pennsylvania, studying there from 2017 to 2019. Kothari completed her undergraduate studies at CEPT University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Planning in City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning from 2012 to 2016. Her educational background equips her with the skills necessary to communicate complex data insights effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
Background
Before her current role at UrbanFootprint, Dhruvi Kothari gained experience as a Data Research Analyst at the University of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2019. She also worked as a Data Analyst Intern at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in 2018 for seven months. Following her internship, she joined Fehr & Peers as a Transportation Engineer I-II, specializing in Data Analytics, where she worked from 2019 to 2021. This diverse background in data analysis and transportation engineering has contributed to her current expertise in applied data science.
Achievements
Dhruvi Kothari has contributed to significant research indicating that 300,000 more people and $47 million more in property value will be at risk of inundation in the next 30 years. Her work allows for precise estimation of coastal flooding frequency and severity for specific surge events. She presented a comprehensive, parcel-scale nationwide coastal flood risk map at the AGU 2023 conference. Additionally, her research integrates public sea level rise and storm surge data with UrbanFootprint's Tropical Cyclone probabilities, showcasing her ability to apply data science to real-world challenges.