People
Saskya van NouhuysSaskya van Nouhuys
I am a population and community ecologist, especially interested in understanding the roles of species interactions in the dynamics of populations. I have worked the most on the ecology of parasitoid wasps, and multitrophic interactions between plants, herbivorous insects and their parasitoids. I approach this through behavioral ecology, (meta)population ecology, population genetics, and chemical ecology. Before coming to IISc in Bangalore in late 2021, I worked for 20 years in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Helsinki and in the Departments of Entomology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Here is my CV. Here is a relatively recent (2023) article about my work.
Courses taught at IISc (for the past teaching at Cornell and University of Helsinki, see CV)
Ecology and Evolution (LS207) co-instructor- MSc level course
Laboratory course in Ecology and Evolution (LS210) co-instructor – MSc level course
Scientific writing – PhD level course
Ecology: Pattern and Process (EC 202) co-instructor- PhD level course
General Biology (DB 202) co-instructor – MSc level survey course
Education (for more details see CV)
BS in Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
PhD in Entomology, Cornell University, New York, USA
Postdoc in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U. of Helsinki
Professional experience (for more details see CV)
Oct 2021-present: Associate Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
2018-2021: Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
2010-present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University
2011-present: Docent (equivalent to Associate Professor), PI, Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
2003-11: Senior Researcher, PI, Metapopulation Research Group, Dept. of Biological and Environmental sciences, U. of Helsinki
2010-17: Visiting Associate Professor. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
2009-14: Academy Research Fellow, PI, Metapopulation Research group, Dept. of Biological and Environmental sciences, U. of Helsinki
2002-2010: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
2004 2008, 2012: Lecturer, Department of Entomology, Cornell University
2001-2003: Senior Researcher, Metapopulation Research Group, Dept. of Ecology and Systematics, U. of Helsinki
1997-2001: Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U. of Helsinki
9/00-9/02: Visiting Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University