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Sumanta Bagchi

Associate Professor

Lab Address: TB-03
Phone: +91-80-2293-3528
E-mail: sbagchi

Specialization: Ecosystem function and services, Biodiversity and Global change, Coupled human and natural ecosystems, Plant-herbivore interactions, Wildlife Conservation.

Rohini Balakrishnan

Professor

Lab Address: TA-08
Phone: +91-80-2293-3101, +91-80-2360-2971
E-mail: brohini

Specialization: Acoustic communication networks, Acoustic signals in mate-finding and mate choice, Systematics and phylogenetics:Species delineation and identification, signal evolution, acoustic biodiversity monitoring and vocal repertoires and their functions.

Gaurav Baruah

Assistant Professor

Lab Address: CES Visitors Office (Temporary).
E-mail: Gbaruah

Specialization: Eco-evolutionary dynamics, theoretical ecology and evolution, network ecology

Vishwesha Guttal

Professor

Lab Address: TA-10
Phone: +91-80-2293-2872, +91-80-2360-5797
E-mail: guttal

Specialization: Theoretical ecology and evolution, Self-organization and spatial evolutionary ecology, Applications of nonequilibrium statistical physics to ecology.

Kavita Isvaran

Professor & Chairperson

Lab Address: TB-02
Phone: +91-80-2293-2575
E-mail: kavita

Specialization: Ecology and evolution of behaviour and life histories, Applying approaches from behavioural ecology and evolution towards conservation

Praveen Karanth

Professor

Lab Address: TE-11
Phone: +91-80-2293-3105
E-mail: karanth

Specialization: Historical biogeography and phylogeography. Molecular phylogenetics, Species delimitation using molecular tools, Character evolution, Conservation genetics

Anubhab Khan

Assistant Professor

Lab Address: TA-07
Phone: +91-80-2293-4021
E-mail: anubhabkhan

Specialization: Evolution in small and isolated populations, genetic rescue strategies for endangered populations, developing methods for studying rare elusive species, making genomics accessible to masses

Saskya van Nouhuys

Associate Professor

Lab Address: TA-09
Phone: +91-80-2293-3728, +91-80-2360-0985
E-mail: saskya

Specialization: Habitat fragmentation, spatial ecology, population dynamics, multitrophic interactions, host-parasite interactions

Kartik Shanker

Professor

Lab Address: TB-01
Phone: +91-80-2293-3104, +91-80-2360-0453
E-mail: kshanker

Specialization: Community ecology and macroecology (diversity and distributions), Historical biogeography, phylogeography and phylogenetics, Marine turtle biology and conservation

Umesh Srinivasan

Assistant Professor

Lab Address: TE-12
E-mail: umeshs

Specialization: Biodiversity, community ecology, wildlife biology, conservation science, impacts of climate change and land-use change on biodiversity

Kartik Sunagar

Associate Professor

Lab Address: TA-06
Phone: +91-80-2293-2635, +91-80-2293-2896
E-mail: ksunagar

Specialization: Evolutionary ecology of animal venoms, discovery and recombinant expression of broadly neutralising antibodies, phylogenetics and population genetics

Maria Thaker

Professor

Lab Address: TB-04
Phone: +91-80-2293-3100, +91-80-2360-1455
E-mail: mthaker

Specialization: Predator-prey interactions, Macrophysiology of stress coping responses, Physiological and behavioral ecology of animals, movement ecology

DST WIDUSHI Senior Scientist, Faculty

Janaki Balakrishnan

DST WIDUSHI Senior Scientist

Lab Address: Visitor Room / TB-03
E-mail: janakib

Specialization: Dynamical systems theory applications to physical, biological & real world problems, complex systems, mathematical ecology, climate change impact on ecological systems, predicting tipping points, theoretical physics.

Honorary Faculty

Renee M. Borges

Professor

Lab Address: TE-14
Phone: +91-80-2293-3103, +91-80-2360-2972
E-mail: renee

Specialization: Plant–Animal Interactions, Chemical Ecology, Visual Ecology, Sensory Biology

Raghavendra Gadagkar

Honorary Professor and DST Year of Science Chair Professor

Lab Address: TBAH-01
Phone: +91-80-2293-2340, +91-80-2360-1429
E-mail: ragh

Specialization: Evolution of Social Life in Insects, Insect Ecology, Biogeography and Biodiversity, Social Organisation and Division of Labour in Insect Societies

Raman Sukumar

Honorary Professor

Lab Address: TE-13
Phone: +91-80-2293-3102, +91-80-2360-0382
E-mail: rsuku

Specialization: Research in Ecology, Zoology and Molecular Biology.: Current project is 'Assessment of stress-physiology in free-ranging Asian elephants.'

Scientific Officer

T.V. Ramachandra

Scientific Officer - Gr 1

Lab Address: TE-15
Phone: +91-80-2293-3099, +91-80-2293-3503
E-mail: tvr

Specialization: Energy: Renewable energy, Integrated Energy Planning, Conservation of Terrestrial and Aquatic ecosystems, Biodiversity-Ecology-Hydrology linkages, Ecological modelling, Wetlands, Soil and Water Pollution, Bioremediation, Municipal Solid Waste Management