I am currently working as a project assistant at BEER lab, NCBS, Bangalore.
Undergrad Institution: St. Joseph's College, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Major(s): Chemistry, Environmental Science, Zoology
GPA in Major: 8.4/10
Position in Class: Top 5%
Graduate institution: TERI University, New Delhi
Major: Environmental Studies and Resource Management
GPA in Major: 8.5/10
Position in class: Top 10%
Major project thesis title: Activity time budget of Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia) butterfly across an elevational gradient in Himachal Pradesh, India (manuscript in prep)
Type of Student: Male international
Research Experience:
1.5 years as a project assistant at BEER lab, NCBS, Bangalore working on the chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions. Won the best speaker award at Student Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS Bangalore, 2017).
Applied for: PhD in Biology (Specialization: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Applied at: University of Arkansas (Accepted), Virginia Tech, University of Nevada, UMass, Amherst (Rejected), Northwestern University (Rejected).