From left: Akhil, Ullasa, Anaswara, Kushankur, Indukala, Shreya, Abin, Akshaya, Nikhil and Bhanu. Perunad, during lab trip to Vagamon, Apr 2024.
Ullasa did his BSc (Forestry) from the University of Agricultural Sciences (Bangalore), PhD from Stockholm University and joined IISER-TVM in 2013 after two postdocs - in Stockholm University and University of Cambridge. Personal webpage.
Kushankur did his masters and PhD from IISER Kolkata. His PhD was on the effect of monsoon on the nesting biology of an Indian ant Diacamma indicum. As part of his postdoc, he works on the evolution of desiccation tolerance of butterflies
Tarunkishwor did his BS-MS from IISER Mohali. He is working on the adaptive phenotypic plastity of colour patterns in butterlies.
Indukala is an Integrated-PhD student. She works on the evolution of life-history traits in satyrine butterflies.
Anaswara did her masters in Zoology from the University of Calicut. She works on butterfly hostplant interactions.
Akhil did his masters in Environmental Studies from University of Delhi. He is interested in understanding what makes camouflage effective in avoiding predation.
Bhanu did his masters from Sikkim Central University on altitudinal variation in lizards. As part of his PhD, he is trying to understand the evolution of desiccation tolerance in insects.
Shreya did her M.Sc in Zoology from Visva-bharati University with specialisation in ecology. She has done an internship in Zoological survey of India. She will be working on oviposition preference of butterfly.
From left: Nikhil, Kushankur, Anaswar, Bhanu, Shreya, Indukala, Ullasa, Akshaya, Akhil, Ullasa. Lab trip to Vagamon, Apr 2024.
From left: Bhanu, Indukala, Ullasa, Arsha, Anaswara, Sneha, Tarun, Simran and Akhil. Lab trip to Meghamalai, Apr 2023.
From left: Balu, Jose, Ullasa, Sumayya, Manas, Sraman, Birupaksha, Harshad, Tarun and Vedant. Lab trip to Vagamon, Dec 2018.
From bottom row to top. First file from Right: Ullasa, Freerk, Harshad, Gopal. Second file: Ravi, Mruganka (red), Sridhar, Srikanta Third File: Sora (blue), Sumayya, Avantika, Ranjit. May 2016.
Ranjit, Sumayya, Ullasa, Ritwika and
Harshad.
Kovalam, April 2014.