Undergraduates thesis students and interns
Current undergraduate thesis students and interns
ANIKET RAY- UG THESIS STUDENT
Indian Institute of Science (May 2023-)
For his undergraduate thesis, Aniket is addressing the role of propagule size and frequency in species invasions, using simulation modeling.
PRASHANT DALAWAI- THESIS STUDENT
College of Forestry, Ponnampet, Karnataka (2023-2024)
I am a final year BSc student. I am working as an intern on the project by Dr Suvarna Khadakkar. For my final year course work I am working on ‘Dung beetle diversity in Sacred Groves and Coffee plantations in Kodagu district of Karnataka.
PRANKUSH BANSAL – INTERN
Indian Institute of Science (2024-)
I am a Biology major pursuing Bachelor of Science (Research) at IISc, Bangalore. I am interested in Behavioural and community Ecology and want to explore the field. Currently, I am working on Dung Beetle Morphology and Diversity with Dr. Suvarna Khadakkar in the lab. I am also interested in astronomy and astrophotography.
Past undergraduate thesis students and interns (incomplete list)
Indian Institute of Sciences (2023)
I’m a second year-completed undergrad from IISc trying to find her place in the whole wide academic landscape. My interests align with the lab in population ecology as well as community-wide interactions, as I explore ecology better.
NITHINSAKTHI T, UG Thesis student
Indian Institute of Science, Undergrad senior thesis project (Jan -May 2023)
Literature survey of modeling foraging behavior of parasitoids under competition and where resources are ephemeral.
Indian Institute of Science, undergraduate intern (Summer 2022)
BS-MS student from IISER Mohali. Aditya worked on finding parasitoids of Lepidoptera on Citrus, and did a literature review of change in genome size assoiated with plant domestication.