Thasnim joined the lab in 2021 after completing MSc. Zoology from Christ (Autonomous) College, Irinjalakkuda, Thrissur. Her study focuses on diversity and taxonomy of short-horned grasshoppers of kerala, associated with Kole wetlands.
CSIR - UGC NET and JRF December 2019
GATE Life Science 2019
Publications
Thasnim E. S. and Bijoy C. 2021. Diversity of short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in selected mangrove ecosystem and Kole Wetland of central Kerala, India. International Journal of Entomology Research, 6(5): 65-69.
Thasnim E S, Bijoy C. and Dhaneesh Bhaskar (2023). Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids of Kerala, an updated checklist for the order Orthoptera, Entomon, 48(3): 331-356.
Thasnim E.S, Bhaskar D., Bijoy C. (2024). New distribution record of the genus Oecanthus serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Oecanthidae) from Kerala. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 19 (suppl.): 3392-3394
Thasnim E S and Bijoy C (2024). Diversity of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acridomorpha) of Jubilee Thevarpadavu Kole wetland, Thrissur, Kerala, India. In: Proceedings of Advanced Techniques in Biological Research, Department of Zoology, KKTM Government College, Pullut, Kodungallur, Thrissur, 22-23, November, 2023: 204-208.
Thasnim E.S. & Bijoy C (2024). Exploring Acrididae diversity (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Palakkal Kole wetland, Thrissur, Kerala, India. In K. S. Krishna Prabha (Ed.), Proceedings of Insight 2024 International Conference on Advanced Research (pp. 585-588), Clever Fox Publishing.
Thasnim, E. S., Bijoy, C., & Bhaskar, D. (2026). Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) of Kole wetlands, a Ramsar site in Kerala, India. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 35(1), 103-115.
Presentation
Participated and presented a paper titled “Diversity of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acridomorpha) of Jubilee Thevarpadavu Kole wetland, Thrissur, Kerala, India” at the international seminar on “Advanced techniques in Biological research” conducted by Department of Zoology, KKTM Government College, in association with IQAC, KKTM Government College, Pullut and Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala on 22nd and 23rd November, 2023.
Presented a paper titled “Exploring Acrididae diversity (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Palakkal Kole wetland, Thrissur, Kerala, India” at INSIGHT 2024- International conference on Advanced Research, organized by IQAC, MES Keveeyam College, Valanchery, in association with Kerala State Higher Education Council, Trivandrum on 7th, 8th and 9th February 2024.
Participated and presented a paper titled “Status of pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tetrigidae) of Kerala” in the two-day multidisciplinary national conference and research expo, organized by ScholarsConnect (Research’s forum of Christ College, Irinjalakuda) on 14, 15 February, 2024.
Delivered a session titled “Life on Hop: An Introduction to Grasshoppers and Their Relatives” at the DBT-funded workshop on invertebrate taxonomy, “Leg by Leg,” organized by the Department of Zoology, Sree Narayana College, Nattika.