Curriculum Vitae

Name: Sudipta Tung

Current position: DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Early Career Fellow

Department of Biology, Ashoka University

Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat, Haryana, India 131029

Email: sudipta.tung@ashoka.edu.in,

sudiptatung@gmail.com

Date of Birth: 14th January, 1989; Nationality: Indian; Sex: Male

Professional experience

1. DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Early Career Fellow, Department of Biology, Ashoka University, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat, Haryana, India 131029 (2021- present)

2. B4 Postdoctoral Fellow, PI: Michael Desai, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, the USA (2019-2020).

3. Research Associate, PI: Sutirth Dey, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India (2018-2019).

Education

o Ph. D. in 2018 from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India. PhD advisor: Dr. Sutirth Dey. Thesis title: Theoretical and empirical investigations on population stability and dispersal evolution using laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster.

o Integrated B.S. - M.S. (Major: Biological Sciences) in 2012 from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India. CGPA= 8.61 (Out of 10; absolute grade scale) Dept. rank: 02. MS thesis guide: Prof. Partha P. Majumder. Thesis title: Insights into the mechanistic underpinnings for the evolution of population stability in Drosophila, based on modeling of laboratory populations.

o Diploma in Biology in 2010 from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India. Marks: NA (Research based).

o Standard XII in 2007 from Nava Nalanda High School, Kolkata, India. Marks: 88.4% (State rank: 13).

o Standard X in 2005 from Ramakrishna Mission Boys’ Home High School, Rahara, India. Marks: 91.6% (State rank: 48).

Publication

1. Tung, S.*, Bakerlee, C.W.*, Phillips, A.M., Ba, A.N.N. and Desai, M.M., 2021. The Genetic Basis of Differential Autodiploidization in Evolving Yeast Populations. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 11, jkab192. *Equal contribution.

2. Mishra, A., Tung, S., Sruti, V.R.S., Srivathsa, S., and Dey, S. 2020. Mate-finding dispersal reduces local mate limitation and sex bias in dispersal. Journal of Animal Ecology 89, 2089-2098. [pdf]

3. Tung, S., Rajamani, M., Joshi, A., Dey, S. 2019. Complex interaction of resource availability, life-history and demography determines the dynamics and stability of stage-structured populations. Journal of Theoretical Biology 460. 1-12. [pdf]

4. Tung, S., Mishra, A., Gogna, N., Sadiq, M. A., Shreenidhi, P. M., Sruti, V. S., Dorai, K., Dey, S. 2018. Evolution of dispersal syndrome and its corresponding metabolomics changes. Evolution 72, 1890-1903. [pdf]

5. Mishra, A., Tung, S., Shree Sruti, V. R., Sadiq, M. A., Srivathsa, S., and Dey, S. 2018. Pre-dispersal context and presence of opposite sex modulate density dependence and sex bias of dispersal. Oikos 127, 1596-1604. [pdf]

6. Mishra, A.*, Tung, S.*, Shreenidhi, P. M., Sadiq, M. A., Sruti, V. S., Chakraborty, P. P., and Dey, S. 2018. Sex differences in dispersal syndromes are modulated by environment and evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373, 20170428. *Equal contribution. [pdf]

7. Tung, S., Mishra, A., Shreenidhi, P. M., Sadiq, M. A., Joshi, S., Sruti, V. S., Dey, S. 2018. Simultaneous evolution of multiple dispersal components and kernel. Oikos 127, 34–44. [pdf]

8. Tung, S., Mishra, A., Dey, S. 2016. Simultaneous enhancement of multiple stability properties using two-parameter control methods in Drosophila melanogaster. Ecological Complexity 26, 128–136. [pdf]

9. Tung, S., Mishra, A., Dey, S. 2016. Stabilizing the dynamics of laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster through upper and lower limiter controls. Ecological Complexity 25, 18-25. [pdf]

10. Tung, S., Mishra, A. and Dey, S. 2014. A comparison of six methods for stabilizing population dynamics. Journal of Theoretical Biology 356, 163-173. [pdf]

Workshops/conferences

1. Oral presentation in ‘the 1st AsiaEvo Conference’ at Shenzhen, China on 18-20 April, 2018.

2. Oral presentation in ‘Conference of Evolutionary and Integrative Biology’ at IISER Pune on 21-22 December, 2017.

3. Attended ‘SMBE Satellite Meeting on evolution of microbes in natural and experimental populations- synthesis and synergies’ at Kaziranga National Park, India on 14-16 December, 2017.

4. Oral presentation in 'XVI Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology' at Groningen, the Netherlands, from 20 -25 August 2017.

5. Attended Pedagogy Workshop for Undergraduate Science Education at IISER Pune on 10th-12th March 2016, organized by British Council, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India and Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.

6. Oral presentation in the 'National Conference on Ethology and Evolution (39th Annual Meeting of Ethological Society of India)', at IISER Mohali, Oct 30-Nov 1, 2015.

7. Oral presentation in the Mathematics Club of IISER Mohali on October 30, 2015.

8. Conducted tutorials on 'introduction to programming in Python and modeling population dynamics' in the winter school on "Foundations of Ecology and Evolution", organized by IISER Pune and IISER Mohali, 15-28 December, 2014.

9. Attended a conference on 'Advances in Mathematical Biology', at IISER Pune, 7-16 Dec, 2014.

10. Presented a poster in the ‘2^nd Biology Annual Meets' IISER Pune, India, from 28 to 29 July 2014.

11. Oral presentation in the ‘ICTS School on Population Genetics & Evolution’ at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India, 22^nd February, 2014.

12. Oral presentation at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India, 27^th September, 2013.

13. Presented a poster in the 'XIV Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology' held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 19 to 24 August 2013.

14. Presented a poster in the ‘1^st Biology Annual Meets' IISER Pune, India, from 29 to 31 July 2013.

15. Oral presentation in the ‘2^nd MKC Memorial Symposium’ at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) Bangalore, India, 10^th January, 2013.

16. Oral presentation in the ‘Inter-IISER-NISER Meeting cum Tropical Biology Training School’ at, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India on 19^th December, 2012.

17. Presented a poster in the ‘International Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology’ at IISER Pune, India, 27^th January, 2012.

18. Attended the 61^st Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students on Physiology and Medicine in Lindau, Germany, 26^th June-1^st July, 2011.

19. Attended a national symposium ‘Frontiers in Modern Biology’, at IISER Kolkata, 26^th-27^th February, 2011.

20. Attended the ‘19^th European Chronobiology School (EUCLOCK)’, JNCASR B’lore, India, 2^nd-9^th October, 2010.

21. Attended the SERC winter school on Chronobiology at JNCASR, Bangalore, India, 25^th December, 2009-7^th January, 2010.

22. Attended the ‘Workshop and Symposium on Mathematical Ecology’, organized by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, 7^th-14^th December, 2010.

Review work

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society B

2. Movement Ecology

3. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

4. Evolution

5. Theoretical Population Biology

Society membership

• Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists​ (ISEB)

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

• Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)

Supervision

Along with Dr. Sutirth Dey, I have supervised the following students:

• Abhishek Mishra [August 2012- July 2015]

• Tenzin Norzin [December 2013- February 2014]

Along with Dr. Sutirth Dey and Abhishek Mishra, I have supervised the following students:

• P. M. Shreenidhi [May 2014- July 2017]

• Ron Sunny [May 2014- June 2014]

• Sharmilee Sarkar [January 2016 - April 2016]

• Sayali Shevate [June 2014- July 2014]

• Mohammed Aamir Sadiq [August 2014- July 2017]

• Adithya Rajagopalan [August 2014- December 2014]

• V.R. Shree Sruti [January 2015- July 2017]

• Ayushi Aggarwal [May 2015- July 2015]

• Manaswini Kar [May 2015- July 2015]

• Mayur Meena [May 2015- July 2015]

• Sahana Srivathsa [August 2015- 2016]

• Shrinidhi Mahishi [August 2015- December 2015]

Fellowships/Awards

1. Project Oriented Biological Education (POBE) fellowship (June-July, 2008-2010)

2. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship (2008-2012)

3. DST Award for participation in the Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students by Department of Science and Technology, India (2011)

4. IAS Summer Research Fellowship (June-July, 2011)

5. IISER Pune research fellowship. (2012-2013)

6. CSIR_NET Junior Research Fellowship (2013- 2015)

7. European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB)- travel stipend (2013)

8. CSIR_NET Junior Research Fellowship (2015- 2018)

9. Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) International Travel Stipend (2017)

10. Infosys Foundation Travel Award by Infosys Foundation, India (2017).

11. The 1st AsiaEvo Conference Student Award (2018)

12. IISER Pune Gold medal and the Xytel Best PhD thesis Award in Biology (2018).

13. B4 Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019).

14. Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellowship (2019).