Jan 2025 – Current - Visiting Professor (Lab of Professor Raman Sukumar), Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Jan 2015 – Nov 2024 - Director - Institute of Bioecosciences, Virginia, US
Aug 2013 – July 2014 - Assistant Professor - Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
May 2012 – Oct 2012 - Australian Endeavour Scholar - Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia
Jan 2007 – Dec 2009 - Marie Curie Researcher - Cranfield University, England
Jan 2004 – Dec 2006 - Visiting Fellow - National Institutes of Health, Maryland, US
Mar 2003 – May 2003 - Visiting Researcher - University of Kalmar, Sweden
Research Interest
Interfaces with Sensors, Climate Change, Forest Ecology, and Ecological modeling
Climate change adaptation strategies, the Ecological impacts of forest ecosystems, Conservation Biology and Remote sensing of forests
Awards
2012 - Adjudged as a candidate of Extraordinary Ability in Ecological Sciences by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, US
2012 - Australian Senior Endeavour Award for research in Ecological Sciences, Australia
2007 Marie Curie Fellowship, EU
2004 Visiting Fellowship [National Institutes of Health, (NIH) Bethesda], US
2003 - Lord Kings Norton Medal for the best PhD thesis from Cranfield University, UK
2002 - Environmental Sensors, Cornell University, US
2002 - Enterprise Fellowship Award (Business/University Collaboration Award for East of England), UK
2002 - Senspol European sensor research grant, University of Kalmar, Sweden
1999 - Commonwealth International Scholarship, Cranfield University, UK
Memberships
Fellow, Royal Society of Biology
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
Publications
Patents
Projects
Scholars
Interests
Biodiversity conservation and management
Forest ecology
Sustainable Development
Thought Leaderships
There are no Thought Leaderships associated with this faculty.
Top Achievements
Education
2003
PhD
Cranfield University, United Kingdom
2012
Masters
Durham University, United Kingdom
2017
Beahrs Natural Resources Management
UC Berkeley, United States
Experience
Jan 2025 – Current - Visiting Professor (Lab of Professor Raman Sukumar), Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Jan 2015 – Nov 2024 - Director - Institute of Bioecosciences, Virginia, US
Aug 2013 – July 2014 - Assistant Professor - Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
May 2012 – Oct 2012 - Australian Endeavour Scholar - Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia
Jan 2007 – Dec 2009 - Marie Curie Researcher - Cranfield University, England
Jan 2004 – Dec 2006 - Visiting Fellow - National Institutes of Health, Maryland, US
Mar 2003 – May 2003 - Visiting Researcher - University of Kalmar, Sweden
Research Interests
Interfaces with Sensors, Climate Change, Forest Ecology, and Ecological modeling
Climate change adaptation strategies, the Ecological impacts of forest ecosystems, Conservation Biology and Remote sensing of forests
Awards & Fellowships
2012 - Adjudged as a candidate of Extraordinary Ability in Ecological Sciences by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, US
2012 - Australian Senior Endeavour Award for research in Ecological Sciences, Australia
2007 Marie Curie Fellowship, EU
2004 Visiting Fellowship [National Institutes of Health, (NIH) Bethesda], US
2003 - Lord Kings Norton Medal for the best PhD thesis from Cranfield University, UK
2002 - Environmental Sensors, Cornell University, US
2002 - Enterprise Fellowship Award (Business/University Collaboration Award for East of England), UK
2002 - Senspol European sensor research grant, University of Kalmar, Sweden
1999 - Commonwealth International Scholarship, Cranfield University, UK
Jan 2025 – Current - Visiting Professor (Lab of Professor Raman Sukumar), Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India
Jan 2015 – Nov 2024 - Director - Institute of Bioecosciences, Virginia, US
Aug 2013 – July 2014 - Assistant Professor - Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
May 2012 – Oct 2012 - Australian Endeavour Scholar - Charles Sturt University, Orange, Australia
Jan 2007 – Dec 2009 - Marie Curie Researcher - Cranfield University, England
Jan 2004 – Dec 2006 - Visiting Fellow - National Institutes of Health, Maryland, US
Mar 2003 – May 2003 - Visiting Researcher - University of Kalmar, Sweden
Research Interests
Interfaces with Sensors, Climate Change, Forest Ecology, and Ecological modeling
Climate change adaptation strategies, the Ecological impacts of forest ecosystems, Conservation Biology and Remote sensing of forests
Awards & Fellowships
2012 - Adjudged as a candidate of Extraordinary Ability in Ecological Sciences by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, US
2012 - Australian Senior Endeavour Award for research in Ecological Sciences, Australia
2007 Marie Curie Fellowship, EU
2004 Visiting Fellowship [National Institutes of Health, (NIH) Bethesda], US
2003 - Lord Kings Norton Medal for the best PhD thesis from Cranfield University, UK
2002 - Environmental Sensors, Cornell University, US
2002 - Enterprise Fellowship Award (Business/University Collaboration Award for East of England), UK
2002 - Senspol European sensor research grant, University of Kalmar, Sweden
1999 - Commonwealth International Scholarship, Cranfield University, UK
