People I have supervised
Postdoctoral fellows
Dr. Suvarna Kahdakkar (2023-25) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore- Effects of habitat degradation on dung beetles in Sacred groves
Dr Prabitha Mohan (2023-25) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore- Parasitoid wasp competition and host range
Dr. Abhilash Nair (2013- 2016) Helsinki, Finland- Spatial population genetics of parasitoid wasps
Dr. Joanneke Reudler (2014-16) Helsinki & Kupio, Finland- Specificity of attraction by parasitoids to volatile chemicals emited by plants. (co-advised with Jarmo Holopainen)
Dr. Kristina Karlsson-Green (2012- 2014) Helsinki, Finland- Multitrophic interactions between a plant, phytopathogen, herbivore and a parasitoid (with A.-L. Laine, M. Saastamoinen)
Dr. Delia Pinto Zevallos (2012) Helsinki, Finland- Emissions of herbivore-induced volatile organic compounds in Plantago lanceolata and Veronica spicata
Dr. Marcela Castelo (2005) Helsinki/Argentina. Attraction of parasitoid wasps to herbivore infested host plants (co-supervise with Juan Corely)
PhD students
Shreya Gangwal (2023-) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore: Ecological Drivers of Parasitoid Venom Variation.
Anaswar P (2023-) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore: Community ecology of parasitoids associated with Lepidoptera on Rutaceae
Sonali (2022-) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore: Effects of grazing on an arid grassland community
Pranoy MS (2022- ) Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore: Domestication Dynamics of Poppy: A Study of Domestication Purpose, Management Intensity, and Landscape Connectivity on Plant Traits
Camila Beraldo (2020- ) Helsinki, Finland- Endsymbionts in changing communities. Co-supervised with Anne Duplouy
Wolfgang Reschka (studied 2012- 2017) Helsinki, Finland- Spatial foraging behavior of a parasitoid wasp
Christelle Couchoux ( Ph.D 2009-14) Helsinki, Finland- Parasitoid forgaing in a competitive environment
Katie Montovan (Ph.D 2008-13) Cornell University, USA- Cooperative behavior in bees, wasps and burglars (Subject supervisors: S. Strogatz & L. E. Jones, I was thesis supervisor)
Maaria Kankare (Ph.D 1999-04) Helsinki- Phylogeny and host associations of Cotesia parasitoids attacking checkerspot butterflies (Official supervisor: I. Hanski)
Ph.D student committees
Indian Institute of Science: Panav Balasubramanian, Jose Mathew, Abdus Shakur, Mihir Kumar, Utsav Biswas (current)
Other Institutes in India: Yashwanth Gowda N M (current)
Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel: Netta Salomon (current)
Cornell University: Katie Sirianni (finished 2018), Tim Luttermoser (finished 2023)
University of Helsinki: four PhD students, finished.
Masters students
Vandana P M (2025) Yuvaraja’s College, Mysore, Co-supervised with Prabitha Mohan. Egg parasitoid diversity and Wolbachia infection associated with wild plants at IISc.
Shri Avanthika (2025) Central University of Karnataka. Co-supervised with Anaswar P. Moths associated with wild and cultivated Rutaceae.
Gauravya Mohan (2024-) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Rajnish Shreeraj (2024-25) IISER Tirupati. Co supervised with Prabitha Mohan. Effects of intraspecific competition on behavior of a Trichogramma parasitoid.
Narashiman, N. (2023-25) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Patterns of self-compatibility in invasive and native Asteraceae
Emma Hakanen (14-17) Helsinki-The influence of mating environment on the sex of parasitoid wasp offspring
Marina Granger-Brown (2014) Harper Adams University, UK (research in Finland)- Analysis of of antagonistic interactions between parasitoid wasps (co-advised with W. Reschka)
Pil Rasmussen* (13-14) Copenhagen University (research in Finland)- Parasitoid-plant-phytopathogen interactions
Aapo Ahola (11- 13) Helsinki- Heritability traits associated with landscape structure in Plantago lanceolata (Co-advised with A.-L. Laine)
Peter Kullberg (10-12) Helsinki- Habitat fragmentation and plant performance (Co-advised with A.-L. Laine)
Riikka Alanen (10-12) Helsinki- Habitat fragmentation and the performance of a wind and an insect pollinated plants (Co-advised with A.-L. Laine)
Suvi Pakarinen* (10-11) Helsinki- Host-parasitoid relationship in different C. melitaearum and M. cinxia populations around the Baltic Sea (MSc, co-advised with I. Hanski)
Markku Ojanen (05- 08) Helsinki – Multitrophic level interaction between a plant, pathogen, herbivore, and parasitoid (Co- advised with A.-L. Laine)
Anne Reichgelt (07) National University of Ireland (research at University of Helsinki)- Density dependent hyperparasitism due to aggregation of adult female hyperparasitoids (MSc)
Kaisa Torri *(05-07) Helsinki – Natural history of the marsh fritillary Melitaea athalia in Åland, Finland (MSc, Co-advised with I. Hanski)
Riikka Kaartinen* (03-06) Oulu, Finland – Within patch searching behavior of an extremely mobile parasitoid wasp, Hyposoter horticola (MSc, co-advise with S. Rytkönen)
Lucie Salvaudon (02) Paris, France (research at University of Helsinki) – Experimental test of host avoidance of parasitism by Hyposoter horticola
Johanna Ehrnsten* (01-03) Helsinki- Movement and oviposition behavior of an extremely mobile parasitoid wasp, Hyposoter horticola (MSc)
Christian Anton (00 – 01) Jena, Germany (research at University of Helsinki) – Behavioral and developmental responses of a specialist parasitoid wasp to host larvae on two host food plant species (MSc)
Eeva Punju* (00 – 02) Helsinki- Interspecific competition between immature parasitoid wasps within host larvae (MSc)
Some went on for MS degrees so are listed above instead.
Paper co-authorship indicated by *Interns, undergrad researchers, student lab visitors (Some missing)
Anon Toms (2025) Christ University, Bangalore, intern Co-supervised with Prabitha Mohan- Behavior of foraging egg parasitoids
Prankush Bansai (2023-) Indian institute of Science, Undergrad intern Co-supervised with Suvarna Khaddakkar- Morphological trait variation in dung beetles
Aniket Roy (2023-25) Indian institute of Science, Undergrad senior thesis IISc
Vanshika Pal (2023-24) Indian institute of Science: Intern/researcher- Butterfly and parasitoid behavior
Nithinshakti, T. (2023) Undergraduate senior thesis, IISc: Literature survey of modeling foraging behavior of parasitoids under competition and where resources are ephemeral.
Aditya Nayak (2022) Undergrad intern from IISER Mohali, India (research at IISc): Finding parasitoids of Lepidoptera on Citrus, and a literature review of change in genome size associated with plant domestication.
Yann Bially (2017) France (research at University of Helsinki): Mechanisms of avoiding the pitfalls of haplodiploid sex determination in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata
David Muru (2012) France (research at University of Helsinki) The role of host group behavior in host-parasitoid interactions
Tom S. Kraft* (08-10) Undergraduate Honours thesis at Cornell (research at University of Helsinki)- Indirect interaction between butterflies mediated by pupal parasitoids