Building Knowledge Through Partnerships
My research is strengthened through collaborations with scientists, institutions, and organisations working across ecology, paleoscience, archaeology, environmental chemistry, microbiology, and biodiversity conservation. These partnerships allow for interdisciplinary research, integration of multiple datasets, and application of diatom science to a variety of environmental challenges.
National Collaborations
I work closely with several leading institutions across India on taxonomy, ecology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, molecular phylogeny, and applied environmental science.
IISER Mohali
- Paleoclimate studies, microplastics, sediment analysis, and joint workshops.
Ashoka University
- Archaeological diatom studies and landscape history.
ATREE, Bengaluru
- Biodiversity assessments, Western Ghats ecology, and conservation research.
Pune Knowledge Cluster
- Water quality training programmes, outreach, and teacher capacity building.
Tamil Nadu State Archaeology Department
- Diatom-based environmental reconstruction of ancient sites across the Kaveri basin and southern India.
HCL Foundation & CSR Partners
- Restoration monitoring of urban lakes and ecosystem health assessments.
International Collaborations
My work has benefited from collaborations with researchers across continents, focusing on taxonomy, molecular evolution, biogeography, and freshwater ecology.
University of Colorado, USA
- Postdoctoral research, diatom taxonomy, and biogeographic analysis.
Northwest University, South Africa
- River ecology, environmental gradients, and field-based diatom studies.
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
- Curation, comparative taxonomy, and type material study.
Russian Academy of Sciences
- Molecular phylogeny, ultrastructure, and new taxa documentation.
Collaborators in Japan
- Education programmes (SimRiver), river ecology, and environmental education models.
European taxonomists and phycologists
- Comparative systematics, nomenclature, phylogeny, and global datasets.
These collaborations help integrate Indian diatom data with global taxonomic and ecological frameworks.