I am an ecologist studying the effects of disturbances (environmental and anthropogenic) on populations, species, and socio-ecological systems. I use mathematical, computational and field based approaches to understand how populations and species cope with variation.
Currently, I am a HMEI postdoctoral researcher in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology dept, Princeton University, advised by Simon Levin and Jonathon Levine. I completed my PhD in the Dept of Biology, Stanford University (2024) under the supervision of Shripad Tuljapurkar. My thesis was awarded Samuel Karlin Prize in Mathematical Biology in 2024.
Prior to starting PhD, I worked with the high altitudes program at Nature Conservation Foundation in Bengaluru, India on estimating snow leopard population densities in the Indian Trans Himalaya.
Research Interests:
Stochastic population dynamics, Theoretical Ecology, Socio-ecological systems, Mathematical Ecology pedagogy.
Education:
2024- Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Princeton University, USA.
2019-2024: PhD Biology, Stanford University, USA.
2017-2019: M.S. Mathematics, Shiv Nadar University, India.
2012-2015: B.S. St. Stephens College, Delhi University, India.