Dr Anupam KUMAR

Dr Anupam Kumar is a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), Meteorological Service Singapore, where he leads research on climate change impacts for urban heat and food security. He focuses on quantifying the impacts of climate change on the urban heat island and on climate risks to food systems under future warming. He develops and applies climate models to study temperature extremes and heat stress, and their implications for urban planning and cooling infrastructure. He also leads climate risk assessments for rice production across Southeast Asia as project lead for food-security-related work. His work combines climate modelling, extreme-event analysis, and risk assessment to support scientific understanding and national decision-making.

Dr Kumar’s expertise spans weather and climate modelling, extreme weather and climate risk assessment, catastrophe risk modelling, crop and food-security risk assessment, and applied climate services. His work bridges research and practice through collaboration with government agencies, scientific institutions, and interdisciplinary stakeholders.

Before joining CCRS, Dr Kumar led numerical modelling efforts using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) under an Energy Market Authority grant to enhance Singapore’s solar energy capabilities. He also worked as a Senior Modeler at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), where he contributed as data lead to the development of an integrated crop forecasting platform in collaboration with CCAFS, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, for six South Asian countries.

Earlier in his career, Dr Kumar served as a Scientist at the India Meteorological Department, where he received professional training in high-performance computing systems and numerical weather prediction using the WRF model. He was part of the operational forecasting team for extreme events including thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, and monsoon depressions, and contributed to forecasting during the prestigious Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He also implemented an early Polar WRF application for the Indian station Maitri in Antarctica.

Dr Kumar is an alumnus of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He is a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India and a life member of the Association of Agrometeorologists. He serves as Co-Guest Editor for special issues in Climate Journal (MDPI) and is also a member of the International Advisory Committee associated with INAGMET-2026, organized by the Association of Agrometeorologists.

Dr Kumar enjoys travelling and communicating science with interdisciplinary audiences. He welcomes collaboration with researchers, policymakers, and students interested in climate change impacts, urban heat, food security, and climate modelling.