Research Interests
I am interested in molecular evolution and population genetics of wild populations. I really like studying evolution over longer time scales- my thesis work is focussed on using museum collections from around the world to study changes in genetic variation over time in tigers and use this to address current conservation needs. Other parts of my work include long term monitoring of the genomes of an isolated population of tigers over generations in Ranthambore, Rajasthan to assess their extinction risk in the future. My overall goal is to use temporal genetics to uncover historic genetic baselines for species and prioritize populations for urgent conservation action and I hope to continue extending this work to additional endangered species and demonstrate how museomics and wild pedigrees can directly inform which populations need immediate intervention to prevent extinction.

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