Team
Get to Know Us
The team has members with interest in ecology, evolution, invasive biology, biogeography and conservation. The team comprises of people from different backgrounds, different cultures and different languages giving us an opportunity to learn from each other.
We use a range of molecular markers as well as field-based approaches to answer questions that are basic or applied in nature. We combine the field of Systematic Biology, Biogeography, Population Genetics, Landscape Genetics, Species Distribution Modelling, and Genomics to understand the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of species. The research work being done takes us to places ranging from the Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas, Eastern Ghats which include tropical forests, shola-grasslands, Myristica swamps, Temperate forests, the Himalayan Mountains and the Dry forests.
Our lab is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation including PCR’s, gel documentation system, deep freezers, centrifuges, ovens, incubator shakers, bead beater, DNA quanta, ice flaker, distillation unit, LAF’s etc. to carry out genetic analyses of plants, amphibians, insects, molluscs and microbial systems. We address issues related to the conservation status of a wide array of organisms, reconstruct phylogenies, elucidate patterns and levels of differentiation between geographically isolated populations, assess impacts of fragmentation and harvesting and investigate demographic parameters of populations. We also develop DNA barcodes for economically important species, assesses impacts of invasive species, and undertake species recovery of near-extinct species.
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Project Associate
Geethika is a Project Fellow and a doctoral student. For her doctoral studies, she has been studying the impacts of harvesting of fruits of Phyllanthus emblica on the genetic structure of the population across the Southern Karnataka.
JRF and Doctoral Fellow
Nabasmita is a project fellow in a DBT project on Bioresources and sustainable livelihoods in Northeast India. She is interested in integrative taxonomic studies of Lauraceae
Sajitha T. P
Research Associate
Dr. Sajitha is a Research Associate in a project on Bioresources of North-east India. She is involved in organising workshops and training programs to engage society and other stakeholders in utilization and conservation of biodiversity of the Northeast Indian region.
Pavan
Senior Research Fellow
Pavan a Project Fellow in a DST funded project on Piper. He is currently working on the population genetics and biogeography of Piper species in Northeast India
Nobin
PhD student
Nobin has a Masters degree in Genomics from Madurai Kamaraj University. He is currently pursuing research on invasive fishes trying to understand their spread and their impacts on the native Biodiversity