About me |
I am an evolutionary biologist interested in examining patterns of genetic variation at macro- as well as micro-evolutionary scale in an ecological context. My work includes fieldwork, laboratory-based experiments, and bioinformatic analyses. I am particularly interested in integrating information on natural history, morphology, as well as habitat, and climate data in a phylogenetic framework.
I did my PhD with Prof. Praveen Karanth at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. My doctoral thesis addressed questions on systematics, historical biogeography, and diversification of house geckos in the Indian subcontinent in the backdrop of past climate. During this period, I was also involved in several collaborations to describe multiple new species of geckos, some of which resulting from my extensive fieldwork in Peninsular India.
After my Ph.D, I was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Uma Ramakrishnan at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru where I was involved in understanding the historical biogeography of a family of rodents and their assembly on the Indian plate.
Following this stint, I moved to Israel to work as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Eyal Privman at the Department of Evolutionary and Environmental biology, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa. As a PBC fellow, I am currently involved in understanding the genomic basis of polymorphism in social structure of the desert ant.
I did my PhD with Prof. Praveen Karanth at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. My doctoral thesis addressed questions on systematics, historical biogeography, and diversification of house geckos in the Indian subcontinent in the backdrop of past climate. During this period, I was also involved in several collaborations to describe multiple new species of geckos, some of which resulting from my extensive fieldwork in Peninsular India.
After my Ph.D, I was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Uma Ramakrishnan at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru where I was involved in understanding the historical biogeography of a family of rodents and their assembly on the Indian plate.
Following this stint, I moved to Israel to work as a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Eyal Privman at the Department of Evolutionary and Environmental biology, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa. As a PBC fellow, I am currently involved in understanding the genomic basis of polymorphism in social structure of the desert ant.
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