G T Dilip Naidu works on interdisciplinary research on climate change, carbon, and urban ecosystems. Dilip started his career as a mechanical engineer and soon shifted his focus to problems related to climate change, primarily on socio-ecological systems. His research involves the use of data-driven approaches to understand and quantify how climate change influences the ecology and vulnerability of both natural and urban ecosystems. Currently, Dilip also works on carbon and water dynamics in semi-wild and managed ecosystems, as well as carbon sequestration in urban green spaces.

For his PhD, he worked on the influence of climate change on the ecology of the terrestrial carbon cycle and its consequences. He has presented his research at several international conferences, including the European Geophysical Union (EGU) in 2022, 2023, and 2025, and Nordic Society Oikos 2023. He has participated in meetings and Climate X Hackathons organised by the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) and Future Earth Asia.

Dilip has a PhD and an MTech (Res) in Climate Change from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.