A passion for snakes, I exploit the opportunity of studying and understanding snake evolutionary ecology and biogeographic histories in peninsular India. During my academic training, I worked on the systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of few colubrine and viperine genera of snakes (Trimeresurus, and Ahaetulla). Currently, I am working on the systematics of few other genera of snakes to understand their cryptic speciation, the spatial scale of genetic structuring, species diversification and adaptive radiation, and biogeographic histories in Peninsular India.
Areas of Interest:
Evolutionary ecology, biogeography, molecular systematics, population genetics & genomics, herpetology and biodiversity conservation.
