Academic Positions
2024-Present, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University
2019-2025, David Phillips Research Fellow, Newcastle University
Postdoctoral Positions and Fellowships
2013-2019, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Newcastle University
2016-2017, College for Life Sciences Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
2011-2013, Marie Curie Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
2010-2011, Human Frontiers in Science Program Fellow, Queen Mary University of London
2009-2010, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Minnesota
Education
PhD, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 2008
Integrated MSc, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 2001
Positions and Awards
2025-present, Meetings Secretary, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
2024: Newcastle University Engagement and Place Award, Engaging for Health, Wellbeing and Societal Benefit
2024-present, Chair, Inclusion and Diversity Committee, International Society for Neuroethology
2023-present: Editorial Board, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
2018- 2025: Academic Editor, PLoS One
2015 – 2019: Member, Executive Committee, Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University
2020-present: Member, Equality, Diversity, Inclusivity and Accessibility Committee, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
2020-present: Inclusion and Diversity Committee, International Society for Neuroethology
2019-2022: Newcastle University Race Equality Network Steering Group member
2014 – 2019: Member, Equality and Diversity Committee, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
2014 – 2019: Member, Postdoctoral Committee, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
2018: Best Postdoc Paper Prize, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University
2017: Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Research Project of the Year (STEM)
2015: Great North Museum Fellowship for Public Engagement
2009 Shyamrao Kaikini Award for best PhD thesis in Ecology, Indian Institute of Science
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