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Paul Pop

Government College, Bilaspur, Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History, Amity University, St. Joseph's College, Centre for Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Education (CUBE)

ORCID iD 0000-0003-0679-7789
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About

Inspired by my backyard wilderness at home set within the urban landscape, and experiences growing up as child, I decided to pursue a career in wildlife biology. Along the way, I discovered that my primary interest is in birds (although every taxa interests in me in varying degrees). So, I decided to make it my life's mission to explore their lives in as much complexity as possible, and contribute towards the survival of the ecosystems which hold them. I have a particular affinity towards mountainous landscapes. So, much of my research till date has been in the Western Ghats and Western Himalayas in India, with a focus on population, community and behavioral ecology of the extant dinosaurs.

My research includes: occupancy and distribution modelling of recently split threatened Western Ghats endemic avian genera - Montecinla and Sholicola in Kerala and Tamil Nadu; investigation of the critically endangered Ophrysia superciliosa (Himalayan Quail) and Woodpecker ecology in Uttarakhand, and Formicidae inventory at Singanallur lake, Tamil Nadu. I am currently enrolled in a JRF project to investigate the phenology of Flycatchers at Himachal Pradesh.

Employment

  • Government College, Bilaspur Junior Research Fellow
    2020 - 2023
  • Salim Ali Center for Ornithology and Natural History Field Assistant
    2020 - 2020
  • Centre for Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Education (CUBE) Wildlife Biologist
    2019 - 2019
  • Amity Institute of Forestry and Wildlife Project Fellow
    2018 - 2019

Education

  • Amity University Master of Science - Wildlife Sciences
    2016 - 2018
  • St. Joseph's College Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Environmental Science and Zoology
    2013 - 2016

Projects & Funding

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