CURRICULUM VITAE

Most of the information from my curriculum vitae is given on the accompanying pages. Material not given there follows. Download my complete curriculum vitae (updated June 2009) as a PDF file here (150KB).

Education

2002 – 2008: PhD in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Title of PhD thesis: “Evolution of sex-limited mimicry in swallowtail butterflies”.
1997 – 1999: Master’s degree (MSc) in Wildlife Sciences, Wildlife Institute of India, India.
1991 – 1997: Bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Botany, University of Pune, India.

Professional Appointments

2008 – present: Post-doctoral Research Fellow,FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, USA.
2002 – 2006: Teaching Assistant/Assistant instructor, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
2002 – 2003: Consultant, World Heritage Biodiversity Programme (see p. 4 for details).
2000 – 2002: Junior Research Fellow, Abasaheb Garware College and Life Research Foundation, Pune, India.
1999 – 2000: Junior Research Fellow, jointly in the Indian Academy of Sciences and Centre for Ecological Sciences (Indian Institute of Science; IISc), Bangalore, India. Commissioned to write a book on peninsular Indian butterflies. 1994 – 1996: Academic Visitor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India.

Invited Talks and Presentations

2009: "The diversity and evolution of butterfly wing patterns". 27 May 2009: Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; 26 May 2009: National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore; 11 May 2009: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) – Pune, India.
2008: “The ecology and evolution of female-limited mimicry” (23 Sept. 2008). McGuire Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
2008: "The biology of female-limited mimicry" (17 Sept. 2008). Bauer group meeting, FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, USA.
2008: “Natural selection, sexual selection and the models of sexual dimorphism”. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
2008: "The lives of deviant females: Female-limited mimicry in butterflies" (11 April 2008). Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
2007: “Evolution, genetics and ecology of sex-limited mimicry in Papilio butterflies”: Population Biology Seminar, Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
2007: “Mimetic butterflies support Wallace’s model of sexual dimorphism”: Poster at the 5th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, Rome.
2006: “Evolution of sexual dimorphism and sex-limited mimicry in swallowtail butterflies”: Poster at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
2005: “Evolution of proboscis length in butterflies: Allometric growth, flower handling time, and constraints on proboscis length”: Lepidopterists’ Society Annual Meeting, Arizona, USA.
2005: “Evolution of territoriality and lack of amplexus in an Oriental frog, Nyctibatrachus petraeus (Amphibia: Anura)”: Poster at the Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting, Utah, USA.
2004: “Impact of invasive species on diversity and community structure in nectar-feeding butterflies”: Population Biology Seminar, Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA.