Seshadri K S
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, National University of Singapore, Pondicherry University, Saint Joseph's College for Arts and Science, Bangalore
0000-0002-6788-7860
About
The sheer beauty and complexity of nature has captivated my interest and has been the driving force behind the joy of studying it. My journey began as a bird watcher in Bangalore and since then, has led me to choosing ecology and conservation science as a career. Being trained in ecology, I attempt to work towards integrating varied aspects such as natural history, behavior and evolutionary biology to understand the natural system at an organismal as well as at a landscape level with a strong emphasis on conservation. Over the past few years, my interests have taken me to studying Dragonflies, Urban trees, Large mammal distributions, Faunal mortality on roads, Distribution of epiphytes in the forest canopy, Conservation and Ecology of Bats and Wetland birds. Recently, my involvement has been with Amphibians as model systems and have been studying their responses to forest degradation and pesticide use, establishing long term monitoring protocols to detect impacts of climate change, species discovery and documenting natural history observations. I believe that environmental education is a strong tool for inducing behavior change towards conserving our natural heritage and thus, render professional services at various levels in many education activities.
I am now a graduate student in David Bickford's lab at the National University of Singapore and will be studying the ecology and behavior of several frogs in India.
Employment
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Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Research Associate2011 - 2013
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Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Research Assistant2008 - 2009
Education
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National University of Singapore PhD2013 - Present
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Pondicherry University Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Sciences2009 - 2011
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Saint Joseph's College for Arts and Science, Bangalore Bachelor of Science in Chemestry, Botany and Environmental Sciences2005 - 2008
Projects & Funding
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Publications (20)
- Tough toad ahead: ontogenetic variation in thermal tolerance defines life-stage vulnerability in Duttaphrynus melanostictus Save
- Sound Advice: A calibration framework for defining detection space in Passive Acoustic Monitoring Save
- Anuran assemblage in a rapidly urbanizing City in South Asia Save
- Blackbuck conservation in fragmented Landscapes: Evaluating habitat use in and around a conservation reserve Save
- Trophic interactions of two aquatic anurans from the mid-elevation evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, India Save
- Realizing “30 × 30” in India: The potential, the challenges, and the way forward Save
- Correlated evolution of parental care with dichromatism, colours, and patterns in anurans Save
- Behavioural context shapes vocal sequences in two anuran species with different repertoire sizes Save
- Correlated evolution of parental care with dichromatism, colour, and patterns in anurans Save
- Behavioral context shapes vocal sequences in two anuran species with different repertoire sizes Save