We are delighted that Dr Jaideep Joshi, an alumnus of CES who did his PhD with Prof Vishwesha Guttal, has been awarded a prestigious Marie Curie fellowship.

Jaideep will be pursuing his postdoctoral research in Austria/UK, mentored by Prof Ulf Dieckmann (IIASA, Vienna, Austria) and Prof Iain Colin Prentice (Imperial College London). His research topic is “Assessing the global vulnerability of forests to drought using Plant Functional Trait Evolution (Plant-FATE)”.

Soon after submitting his thesis (on the topic of spatial evolutionary dynamics), Jaideep joined Divecha Centre for Climate Change at IISc for a postdoctoral position. He will continue there for a few months before joining the Marie Curie fellows program.

Best wishes from the CES for his future endeavours!!!