Anthony Acciavatti works at the intersection of landscape and the history of science and technology. He is the author of Ganges Water Machine: Designing New India’s Ancient River (2015), which is the first comprehensive mapping and environmental history of the Ganges River Basin in over half a century. In 2016 Ganges Water Machine was awarded the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize. Along with the book, Acciavatti designed his own instruments to map the choreography of soils, cities, and agriculture across the Ganges River basin. In 2023 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London acquired these instruments, along with his drawings and photographs, for the permanent collection. His second book Building a Republic of Villages, will be published next year. In February 2024, his exhibition Groundwater Earth: The World Before and After the Tubewell opened at the Yale Architecture Gallery. Acciavatti is the inaugural Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at Yale University, where he teaches in both the School of Architecture and the School of the Environment.