Life on earth is incredibly diverse, and somehow studying this diversity, be it on the lines of variation in the molecules or the major macroevolutionary phenomenon, has always been my interest. For my master's at the National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, I conducted a comparative study about the performance of different species delimitation tools across seven genera. Currently, I am a junior research fellow at the evolutionary ecology lab under the guidance of Dr. Jahnavi Joshi. In this project, I will examine how species diversity differs across space throughout the Western and Eastern Ghats. I am also fascinated by the idea of speciation and the drivers of it. In my free time, I love to write works of fiction and watch films.

I am an MSc graduate in Botany and plant systematics enthusiast drawn much towards their immense diversity. My general research interest is understanding variations at the morphological and molecular level among plants. Currently, at the Evolutionary Ecology Lab, I will be examining the role of evolutionary processes in shaping the richness, assembly and diversification patterns of woody plants in Western Ghats, India. In my free time, I build taxonomy keys and play the violin.

I finished integrated BS-MS student from IISER Pune majoring in Biology. I have always been interested in studying the Ecology and Evolution of animals. Why some species live in particular regions, and their evolutionary history are some aspects that are of particular interest to me. For my dissertation work at the Evolutionary Ecology lab, I will be looking at the speciation mechanisms among select centipede species found in western ghats. I am specifically planning to look at the role of geoclimatic, geographic and ecological factors in speciation in centipedes. Apart from biology, I also like to travel and watch movies during my free time. 

I am an Integrated BS-MS graduate from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati. My research interests lie in evolutionary biology, with a strong passion for understanding animal behaviour from an evolutionary perspective. For my Master's Thesis, I worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where I studied how fine-scale microhabitat thermal heterogeneity varies across landscapes and how it influences the thermal physiology of two species of agamid lizards. Currently, as a Junior Research Fellow at the EvolEco Lab, I am working as part of a team with Dr Jahnavi Joshi to examine the role of diet in ecological speciation and diversification in an ancient group of centipedes using the gut metabarcoding technique. Aside from my research, I love being out in nature, hiking, and travelling.