Jahnavi Joshi

About

My research is at the interface of ecology and evolutionary biology, particularly investigating the relative roles of ecological, evolutionary, and geo-climatic processes in shaping biodiversity patterns in the tropics. To do this, I integrate diverse approaches, including fieldwork, molecular and traditional specimen-based systematics, phylogenetics and comparative phylogenetic methods, and species distribution modeling.

Employment

• CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular biology Principal Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR Senior Scientist
  2020 - 2023
• Natural History Museum Newton International Fellow
  2017 - 2019
• National Centre for Biological Sciences Campus Fellow
  2013 - 2017
• National Centre for Biological Sciences Bridging post-doc
  2013 - 2013
• Indian Institute of Science Research Associate
  2011 - 2012
• Indian Institute of Science PhD student
  2006 - 2011

Education

• Indian Institute of Science Ph D
  2006 - 2012
• University of Pune M.Sc
  2004 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (30)

• Biogeography and cryptic diversity of the ancient centipede genus Digitipes (Scolopendromorpha) in South and Southeast Asia
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.07.28.741128
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• Divergent venoms among two closely related co-distributed centipede species, Scolopendra morsitans and S. hardwickei in tropical Asia
  Toxicon 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2026.109265
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• Linking eras and data: natural history collections as the foundation of India’s biodiversity science
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2025 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf100
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• Comparing the genetic diversity of two threatened Rhyticeros hornbill species with contrasting geographic range sizes
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.06.680625
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• Idiosyncrasies Unveiled: Examining the Pace, Patterns and Predictors of Biotic Diversification in Peninsular India
  Ecology Letters 2025 DOI: 10.1111/ele.70160
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• Spatial patterns of diversity in forest birds of peninsular India
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.28.650994
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• A passage through India: the biotic ferry model supports the build-up of Indo-Australian biodiversity of an ancient soil arthropod clade
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.31.596799
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• Idiosyncrasies unveiled: examining the pace, patterns and predictors of biotic diversification in peninsular India
  2023 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.15.567174
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• Local‐scale abiotic factors influence the organization of rock pool arthropod communities in a biodiversity hotspot
  Limnology and Oceanography 2023 DOI: 10.1002/lno.12427
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• Genetic diversity varies with species traits and latitude in predatory soil arthropods (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)
  Global Ecology and Biogeography 2023 DOI: 10.1111/geb.13709
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