Academic Positions
2019- Present, 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
Awards and Positions
2018- present: Academic Editor, PLoS One
2015 – present: Member, Executive committee, Centre for Behaviour and Evolution, Newcastle University
2014 – present: Member, Equality and Diversity Committee, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
2014 – present: 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
