Simran Koul

Simran Koul is a PhD student at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara. Her research examines how environmental exposures shape population health and demographic outcomes, with particular attention to air pollution and women’s reproductive health. She uses a combination of geospatial analysis, satellite remote sensing, population-based survey data, and econometric methods to study environmental impacts across spatial and social contexts. Her work is motivated by questions of inequality and vulnerability, but is grounded in rigorous quantitative and causal approaches that move beyond descriptive associations. By integrating large-scale environmental data with demographic and health datasets, Simran’s research aims to generate policy-relevant evidence on how environmental risks translate into long-term health outcomes across diverse populations.