Prasad Thota is a Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at CU Boulder advised by Prof. Balaji Rajagopalan. His research focuses on looking over hydroclimate extremes in India. He is originally from Andhra Pradesh in India where he did his undergrad in Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. After which, he worked as a Research Assistant for one and a half years with Dr. Satish Regonda at IIT Hyderabad on the project titled “Understanding Space-Time Variability of Climate Extremes for Societal Resiliency in Indonesia and India ''. He has been working with Dr. Imtiaz Rangwala since the summer of 2021 to support research and data/tool development for the NC CASC Climate Science Support Platform where he developed several climate applications to aid stakeholder planning. He loves cooking, playing badminton, cricket, watching soccer, movies, and TV shows in his free time.