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He completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he investigated the carbon-water cycle interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.<\/span><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2627 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2025\/09\/Akash_photo-rotated.jpg 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akash Verma is a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London. 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