Background
Anil Madhavapeddy is the Professor of Planetary Computing at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory based in the Energy & Environment Group and the Systems Research Group. I research topics related to computer systems and programming languages, with a focus on applying the insights to global conservation and biodiversity. I am on the management committee of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative where I co-direct the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) and the Cambridge Centre for Earth Observation and collaborate with wonderful colleagues from Plant Sciences, Zoology, and Economics and NGOs such as UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN. I have held a JM Keynes Fellowship since 2022, towards my work on combining computer science with economics. I am signed up to the Keshav declaration on the necessity of computer scientists responding to the urgent planetary crisis.