Project associates and assistants
Current project associates and assistants

TAPASYA THAPA, Project associate
Indian Institute of Science (March 2022-)
Born and brought up in a small city, Dehradun. Did my master’s in Biotechnology in 2018. It was my post-graduation dissertation that sparked my interest in the field of phylogenetics. Just after my masters, I joined Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun and gained experience in conservation genetics tools and techniques. And since March 2022, I have been working as a Project Associate in Population and Community Ecology lab, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISC, Bangalore. Here, I help with the molecular lab work and routine chemistry work. I am keen to understand the effect of the environment on the evolution of characters and the survival of these characters from the molecular point of view. Apart from extracting and amplifying DNA, I love to dance and read some good fiction. Also, a music fanatic and yes, a major Potterhead.

PRAKRUTI MEHTA, Project associate
Indian Institute of Science (Feb 2024-)

Girish G, Assistant
Indian Institute of Science (Sept. 2024-)
Past project associates and assistants (since the lab has been at IISc)

VANSHIKA PAL, Research assistant IISc (May 2023 – July 2024)
Vanshika Pal completed her education till post grad from University of Lucknow. I In PoCo Eco she surveyed butterfly behaviour and diversity as a function of weather, and worked on behavior of Trichogramma parasitoid wasps with respect to competition. Now she is a PhD scholar at Ahmedabad University.