EDUCATION
MASTER OF RESEARCH (M.Res) Course
at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Maratus scutulatus (Female)
SPECIES STUDIED
Joshi_2023_MRes_thesis.pdfI investigated the effects of miniaturization on the jumping kinematics and energetics in Australian jumping spiders. We filmed the take-off locomotory jumps of 8 species of spiders that exhibited more than 50-fold differences in body mass. I carried out a frame-by-frame analysis in the DLTdv8 app in MATLAB software and quantified their jump kinematics and energetics. While heavier spiders had higher take-off acceleration, I found that ‘species’ explained most of the variation in acceleration. Variation in the energetics and jumping forces was best explained by body mass.
PAST EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Zoology and Botany from
Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Matunga, Mumbai, India.
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)
Botany (2018-2020, 2021-2022)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc)
Zoology (2018-2021)
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP
Non-commonwealth project-specific scholarship
This scholarship covers the tuition fee for my Master of Research (M.Res) course and grants me $32,000 (Jan 2023- Dec 2023) as a living allowance.
LATE SOU.KUSUM R.GUPTE PARITOSHIK
This award was awarded to me because I had the highest CGPA for my Bachelor of Science (Botany) degree in 2022
PROF.DHAVALE TROPHY
This award was awarded to me because I had the highest CGPA for my Bachelor of Science (Botany) degree in 2022