Deepak Barua
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Associate Professor
Department of Biology Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India Associate Editor, Journal of Ecology Post-Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, MA, USA Post-Doctoral Fellow, Toledo University, OH, USA Visiting Research Scholar, University of Potsdam, Germany Phd. Biology, Syracuse University, NY, USA BSc. Biology, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India |
PhD Students
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Souparna Chakrabarty, 2012 - present
Phenology and plant pollinator interactions Ron Sunny, 2014 - present Hydraulic traits in tropical trees Aparna Sundaresan, 2017 - present Plant reproductive biology and phenology Rashmi Rai, 2018 - present Plant functional traits and ecophysiology Megha Ojha, 2019 - present Ecophysiology of invasive plants Dhrubojyoti Patra, 2020 - present To be decided |
MSc Students
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Bandaru Peddiraju, 2020 - present
Temperature responses of photosynthesis in tropical trees
Temperature responses of photosynthesis in tropical trees
Research Technicians, Project Assistants
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Lab Alumni
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Anirban Guha, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2014-2016
Water relations in tropical trees Currently Pursuing a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA Aniruddh Sastry, PhD, 2009-2017 Thermotolerance in tropical trees Currently working with Inventure Academy, Bangalore Ashsish Nerlakar, Research Technician, 2017-2018 Thermotolerance in tropical herbs Currently pursuing a PhD in Savanna Ecology atTexas A&M Ashswini Ramesh, Undergraduate Research Trainee, 2013-2015 Thermotolerance in tropical herbs Currently pursuing a PhD in parasite coexistence at Bloomington Indiana Asmi Jezeera, MSc, 2015-2016 Plant functional traits in a seasonally dry tropical forest Currently pursuing a PhD in pollination biology at IISER-Trivandrum Brihaspati Kumar Gaurav, MSc, 2013-2014 Variation in seed traits and relationship to germination and seedling establishment Chinar Patil, Research Technician, 2008-2010 Variation in germination and dormancy in annual plants from ephemeral wetlands Currently pursuing a PhD at the Geogia Institute of Technology Himanshu Lagachu, MSc, 2019-2020 Variation temperature tolerance in plant functional groups Karishma Lamba, Research Technician, 2010-2014 Meta-analysis of plant phenology in the Asian Tropics Kausal AK, MSc, 2019-2020 Xylem vulnerability and hydraulic safety margin in Tropical trees Currently working as a Research Technician at the Kerela Forest Research Institute Kavya Mohan, MSc, 2016-2017 Thermotolerance in tropical trees Currently pursuing a PhD in pollination biology at IISER-Trivandrum Madhur Mangalam, Undergraduate Research Trainee, 2010-2012 Innovation in canine foraging behaviour Currently pursuing a PhD in Emory, studying behaviour in Capuchin monkeys Mihir Umrani, MSc, 2011-2013 Variation in reproductive and vegetative traits in Impatiens species from lateritic plateaus Currently Pursuing a PhD in Stony Brook Neha M, MSc, 2014 - 2015; Research Technician, 2015-2016 Intra-specific variation in leaf functional traits Currently pursuing a PhD in Syracuse University Prerna Agarwal, Research Technician, 2010-2011 Variation in germination and dormancy in annual plants from ephemeral wetlands Currently studying the effect of tourism on lateritic plateaus Rishiddh Jhaveri, Research Technician, 2016-2018 Plant-pollinator interactions in natural forest adjacent to oil-palm plantations in the Southern Western Ghats Currently pursuing a PhD in CCMB, Hyderabad Sairandhri Lapalikar, Research Technician, 2016-2017 Plant-pollinator interactions in natural forest adjacent to oil-palm plantations in the Southern Western Ghats Sameer Parihar, MSc, 2009-2010 Reproductive biology of Randia dumertorum in the Western Ghats Shatarupa Ganguly, PhD, 2012-2019 Variation in sex organ dimensions: consequences got reciprocity, herkogamy and reproductive success Sheetal Sharma, MSc, 2013-2014 Leafing phenology and leaf traits in evergreen vs. deciduous trees Shreenidhi PM, Undergraduate Research Trainee 2016-2017 A new index to measure reciprocity in heterostylous flowers Currently pursuing her PhD in the University of Indian, Bloomington, USA Shubham Chhajed, Undergraduate Research Trainee 2015-2017 Stem anatomy in Sorghum cultivars Currently getting ready to start his PhD in Ian Wright's Lab Siddharth Iyengar, MSc, 2012-2013 Facilitative effects of a dwarf shrub in an alpine grassland Currently pursuing a PhD in University of Minnesota Urmi Poddar, MSc, 2017-2018 Variation temperature tolerance in plant functional groups Currently pursuing a PhD in essica Gurevitch's lab, Stony Brook University, New York, USA Vikhyath Premugh, MSc, 2019-2020 Variation temperature tolerance in Tropical trees |
Opportunities
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For Postdoctoral fellows
Recent PhD graduates with demonstrated experience in area of physiological plant ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, plant ecology, evolutionary ecology of plants. Please send me a statement of research interests, detailing your current and previous experience, and future plans. Please specify why you want to work with my research group and what about your training and experience makes you an appropriate fit for my research group. For more information look up the IISER Postdoctoral Fellow Program. |
For PhD and Integrated-PhD Students
I currently have open positions for PhD. students in the general areas of physiological plant ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, plant ecology, evolutionary ecology of plants. Please read through my research interests, current projects, and publications. Send me an email detailing you research interests; future career goals; and, previous experience. Student interested in joining the lab can come in through the 'General Biology' OR the 'Ecology and Evolution' tracks. For more details look up the IISER Biology PHD website. |
IISER Undergraduate students (research project during the semester/summer)
Please look through my research interests, current projects, and publications. This should give you a fair idea about the kinds of questions I address and how I approach them. Fix an appointment to come and talk to me. Please be ready to answer questions about what your interests are and why you want to work in my lab. Non-IISER Undergraduate students (research project during the semester/summer) Due to space and resource constraints I rarely take on non-IISER-Pune students. For very motivated students, if you can demonstrate sufficient interest and experience that is compatible with my research interests, I may be willing to consider temporary project positions. Read my research interests, current projects, and publications; send me a write up (statement of purpose) elaborating why you want to work in my lab, and what about your research interests, training and experience makes you suitable for work in my lab. |