Navya is an Ocean Frontier Institute Postdoctoral Fellow with the FOME Lab, CERI, and Community-Engaged CoLab at Dalhousie University. Her research focuses on coastal social-ecological systems, blue carbon ecosystems, traditional knowledge systems, community resilience, and wellbeing through interdisciplinary and community-engaged approaches. She is also affiliated with the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo through the Vulnerability to Viability Global Partnership project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. Navya completed her PhD in Sustainability Management (Water) at the University of Waterloo, where she explored the connections between blue carbon ecosystems, water quality, and small-scale fisheries in India’s coastal wetlands. She also holds degrees in Civil-Environmental Engineering, with prior research experience spanning water management, environmental monitoring, and sustainability initiatives in India and Canada. She is also involved in collaborative research initiatives on sustainability transitions, climate adaptation, environmental governance, participatory research, Indigenous and traditional ecological knowledge systems, coastal resilience, and justice-oriented sustainability pathways across Canada, Europe, and South Asia through international fellowships and interdisciplinary research partnerships.