0000-0003-2622-8612 About
Tanaya is an ecologist and artist from India. As a visiting researcher in Archibald Ecology lab (Wits Uni) she works with microclimate models to map frost dynamics in the Southern African Miombos. As a DPhil student at the University of Oxford she is investigating how plants manage nutrients across tropical forests and savannas using a whole-plant nutrient flux approach—linking nutrient content in leaves, wood, and roots with measures of plant growth. This project aims to understand how insects like termites and ants, rainfall, and soil conditions influence nutrient flows in tropical ecosystems across Africa and South Asia.
She is actively researching and workshopping how art and science can come together through participatory interventions to roll out research more meaningfully and urgently in the world.
She is an ECR representative at the BES macroecology Special Interest Group, a member of the Biodiversity Collaborative in India, where she contributes to assessment reports for policy makers, and a member of the The India Tree Inventory Network (INvenTree), a group of early career researchers in India collating tree inventory datasets from disparate datasets across the country towards syntheses that will benefit ecological research and researchers.
Employment
Employment history is unavailable.
Education
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University of Oxford DPhil2024 - Present
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University College, London MRes Biodiversity, Evolotion, and Conservation2021 - 2022
Projects & Funding
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Publications (5)
- Harmonizing Distributed Tree Inventory Datasets Across India Can Fill Critical Gaps in Tropical Ecology Save
- Integrated land systems for sustainable food production and biodiversity conservation in the semi-arid to moist tropics: stakeholder perspectives from Andhra Pradesh, India Save
- Harmonising distributed tree inventory datasets across India can fill critical gaps in tropical ecology Save
- Author Correction: Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being Save
- Prioritizing India’s landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being Save