Fletcher Lab Phd Candidate Aniket Verma Awarded 2025 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship

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We are delighted to share that Aniket has been awarded the 2025 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral (PGS D).

This prestigious national award, administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), recognizes highly qualified doctoral students demonstrating exceptional research potential and academic excellence. The PGS D is part of Canada’s broader doctoral funding ecosystem, supporting outstanding trainees in the natural sciences and engineering. The scholarship provides significant financial support to enable recipients to pursue advanced research training and contribute to cutting-edge scientific discovery.

Aniket’s research focuses on investigating the impact of demand uncertainty in urban water resources planning. His work integrates a systems modeling framework grounded in decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) and reinforcement learning (RL) principles together with uncertainty quantification and hydrologic and econometric modeling.

This recognition highlights both the quality and impact of Aniket's work, as well as a strong potential for future contributions to the research community.