http://www.apoorvaj.com/galleries daily 0.75 2019-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029331403-50MG59EZIDZ2XRE5PGA0/DSC_0100.JPG Gallery - India 2014 - the alleys and sights of Pune A Saturday afternoon on the streets of Pune in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029331403-50MG59EZIDZ2XRE5PGA0/DSC_0100.JPG Gallery - India 2014 - the alleys and sights of Pune A Saturday afternoon on the streets of Pune in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029403658-53HYW2WMS9KAB93ZWZ8Y/DSC_0102.JPG Gallery - Street Food in Pune The khatta meetha Chaat on Pune's streets, a local delicacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404151-9UFXJL5WOYWXLWMJULO9/DSC_0108.JPG Gallery - Vegetable Vendor A local Pune vegetable vendor sits at his road-side "stall" selling Spinach and Mint, wearing a traditional Gandhi topi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029403873-0FPOPH6Y06HATFV0VY6J/DSC_0110.JPG Gallery - Fresh and Green Fresh bunches of mint and spinach on sale at a roadside in Pune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404269-R1P0665RA6CQ2XWYR3VN/DSC_0113.JPG Gallery - Pudina Fresh washed mint leaves, locally called Pudeena or Pudina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404475-ISFD409L56DQB0DN3BWP/DSC_0121.JPG Gallery - Fashion for your feet Colourful chappals and sandals on sale in Pune on a roadside - one of the components of a myriad of colours and sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404790-NQGU5506LVS5UQOCW7E5/DSC_0106.JPG Gallery - Chakras Hand-made shimmering shiny chakras or wheels that spin with the breeze, on sale at Lakshmi Road, Pune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029405006-0WQYTQPZJQNQUQIQBFP3/DSC_0101.JPG Gallery - Bangles A little hand cart with bangles of nearly every shade and combination, in glass and metal. Take your pick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404387-9QWMFD2FX24V3D3Z3SDH/DSC_0145.JPG Gallery - Chaai The quintessential cup of tea or chaai in traditional local glasses. The irreplaceable flavor or freshly brewed tea with ginger, cardamom and lemon grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391029404601-T1W353D2O11XU75BTTHV/DSC_0138.JPG Gallery - Prabhat Road Getting stuck in traffic on Prabhat Road in Pune on a sunny afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391036693860-4QRW9BICXCMZ9GHNF3UT/DSC_0115.JPG Gallery - Parking Pains Saturday afternoon on Lakshmi Road is only second to Sunday when it comes to choked up streets. You have to be really lucky to find parking space for your scooter and your eye-hand-feet coordination has to be top notch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391036697167-I9C4OOF7SOONP70O4VE2/DSC_0120.JPG Gallery - Dresses on Display Chudidaars and Salwaar Kameez dresses on display in a shop's window on Lakshmi Road, Pune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391036703344-0QEY3SAH2RU2NH3OJLN9/DSC_0124.JPG Gallery - Heaps of Fruits A variety of local and not-so-local fruits on sale on the roadsides - an extremely common sight in India. Don't miss the weighing scale in between all the figs, Chikkus, apples and oranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391036703897-9PGCBBSHLK9OGRT0FSIE/DSC_0135.JPG Gallery - Pedestrian If you don't know where you're going, chances are you'll end up wherever the crowd is moving to. This is no place for a relaxed stroll. 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They may look shabby but are the most trusted mode of transportation for thousands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391034892166-8TJ0CSETN1G9NBNYRK45/DSC_0258.JPG Gallery - Genda Phool The Marigold flower in its bright orange bloom, locally known as Jhendu in Marathi and Genda in Hindi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391034982395-EPRJCML7IK6KVZ5M6P8P/DSC_0261.JPG Gallery - Temple Flower The pink variety of what is called the Temple Flower, at a hotel in the buffer zone of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in central India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391035046070-ZMK1Y813VQ9LBMOV7HOB/DSC_0264.JPG Gallery - Blossoms Blossoming temple flowers on a bright sunny day in the village of Moharli in rural central India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391035102947-5UL3CNDTTFKPYM5V7C4D/DSC_0274.JPG Gallery - Moharli A large tree with 4 massive beehives on a hot Moharli afternoon in the Forest Colony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1391035228024-5F7BP6NQLEAYUIH066N3/DSC_0278.JPG Gallery - Sweep, Pray, Study Students who attend Moharli's Zilla Parishad School (government school), sweep the entrance and clear the dust in a symbolic tradition of keeping one's temple of wisdom clean. 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A Gharial's snout has evolved to be thin, long and lined with sharp inter-locking teeth - making it an expert at trapping and eating fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/09278202-f7f6-49ce-a938-30c18de5414c/Screenshot+2024-04-01+145034.png Published Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1379716585304-L4TJMYZ7HOCU4G5KVCK9/Lake+McDonald+2.jpg Published Work Lake McDonald with a gorgeous summer background at Glacier National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1379715687685-IMKTRC01DZ3C8YQJGN4K/IMG_2465edgritty.jpg Published Work Tracking a tigress in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in central India. http://www.apoorvaj.com/research-portfolio-1 daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/4e040e80-b1b8-4450-9a8e-57d74153f14d/drought_t3.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/7fe1f3ac-a56c-43e8-a061-7a440ec7b5d7/high+flow+magnitude+diagnostic_2.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Rainbow color scales are still being commonly used in geo-spatial visualizations despite substantial research on how ineffective and confusing they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/48210927-c74a-4905-8160-e543716d4efa/high+flow+magnitude+diagnostic.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/c1ea6f8c-4f68-4fbb-ba24-a1fbbcdcb615/14887ACB-CCF1-4B11-B1B2-70A6B3589D71.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/bbf3ddc4-971e-4d50-ab87-7518e9536a40/og+drought+outlook.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out The original US Drought Outlook forecast visualization https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/73ab3494-3e58-43ed-8efe-bb99ba3a5a16/drought_t2.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/d74ce1fe-fc7c-419e-b4a7-0899809bc4c4/42CCF779-A4D7-40E2-A43E-BBADB7832A9E.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/538fac4a-f40d-408e-bbea-862ef5049bd0/NWPS+og+large.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out The BEFORE - a cluttered landing page that is confusing and overwhelming to navigate, potentially inducing cognitive overload. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/de613b54-555f-4778-8edf-5afaf6b3676d/IonE_wordmark_800x440.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Affiliations Decision Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute on the Environment University of Minnesota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/46aad667-4949-49a1-9fe1-2a3d5e5bf8ee/OutdoorGroup_1edsmall.jpg User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/25db423e-3368-46bc-b441-5773bb33797b/OWP+hydrology+diagnostics_4.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/c0422e98-840c-4476-97f4-b45c0146412b/drought_t1.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/15d67d97-4b57-42fa-9997-93705ef30360/NWPS+after+larger.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out THE AFTER - integrating the expertise of applied social scientists to improve the usability and overall UI of the tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/3748af08-0df1-44a6-88ab-357b88ebb8dc/drought+legends+redesigned.png User/UX Research Portfolio - Make it stand out A comparative side-by-side look at the different legends designed for the Drought Outlooks to be tested empirically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/4a185861-7a70-4cb4-a50b-f309cc2426f4/UXR+Folio+Venn+Diagram.png User/UX Research Portfolio - EXPERTISE AREAS I would describe my interdisciplinary expertise as largely connecting across dimensions of Media and Communication, Design Thinking, and Decision-making and Human Behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1712169116154-CSEXXZCNFHF1WH84O0KO/nidis+logo.png User/UX Research Portfolio - nidis logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1712169116168-LL8A4XWRT0LPRDU5D8AZ/noaa+owp+logo.png User/UX Research Portfolio - noaa owp logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1712169116892-D3DU5603L077S18W2UY5/noaa+logo.png User/UX Research Portfolio - noaa logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5232547de4b0762559f257ca/1712169260078-AJZTIETCXSSUDDYSULTG/2048px-US-NationalWeatherService-Logo.svg.png User/UX Research Portfolio - 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