CAREER HISTORY
(Postdoc) Mar 2023 - present : Research Fellow- University of Leeds, School of Biological Sciences, Leeds (UK)
(Postdoc) Oct 2020 - Feb 2023 : Senior Research Associate - Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (UK)
(Independent fellowship) Feb 2018 - Mar 2020 : Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow - Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (UK)
(Teaching) Sep 2017 - Jan 2018 : Module Leader (Biology) - Evolving Minds, Bangalore (India)
(Postdoc) Aug 2014 - Aug 2017 : Senior Research Associate - Biological Science, University of East Anglia (UK)
Jul 2013 - Jun 2014 : Senior Publications Writer - Vaccine Development, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (India)
Jan 2013 - May 2013 : Research Intern - Evolutionary Biology, Sheffield University (UK)
2010 - 2014 : PhD in Evolutionary Biology, University of Lincoln (UK)
May 2012 : Research Intern, University of Lincoln (UK)
Mar 2007 – Sep 2012 : Research Intern, University of Lincoln (UK)
Dec 2006 – Jan 2010 : Research Assistant, Universities of Lincoln & Exeter (UK)
2004 - 2006 : MSc Biotechnology and Pharmacology, Sheffield Hallam University (UK)
2003 - 2004 : Diploma in Gene Cloning Strategies (Part-time), St. Josephs Institute of Science (India)
2001 - 2004 : BSc Biotechnology, Bangalore University (India)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sexual Selection
Speciation, population fitness; polyandry; ejaculate traits; trait expression and dimorphism; ejaculate quality; behaviour, copulation
Sperm Biology
Reproduction and stress; carry over effects; phenotypic plasticity; adaptive selection; temperature and sperm number
Thermal Adaptation
Male and female specific adaptive traits; lide-history; trade-offs and acclimatory responses
Global Climate Change
Reproduction, male and female specific responses, ejaculate mediated fitness, non-ejaculate components, ageing
Inbreeding
Ageing, impacts on fitness, sperm form and function, extinctions
Behavioural Ecology
Variation in copulatory behaviour in different thermal environments, sperm transfer, offspring production, mate choice and propensity to mate