Current Workplace
Research Expertise and Interests
Trait based ecology; Experimental ecology; Global change Ecology; Eco-metabolomics - molecular interactions ecology; Plant environment interactions; Alpine Ecology; Ecosystem Ecology; Climate adaptation; Trait evolution; Plant and Ecosystem Multifunctionality; Nutrient Recycling and Reuse
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Prsonal Information
Nationality: India; Current residency: Czech Republic
Marital status: Married
Father of a Daughter
Education
2019 PhD (Biological Sciences, Specialization - Plant Ecology), Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research at “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, India”.
2010 Master’s in Science - Botany, Department of Botany, Meerut College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India.
2008 Bachelor’s in Science - Life Sciences, Degree College Kathua, University of Jammu, India.
Experience
• Current position Since January 2025 - Researcher, “Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IBOT-CAS), Czech Republic”. • Previous positions Jan, 2021- Dec. 2024 - Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Population Ecology, Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IBOT-CAS), Czech Republic. 2021-2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action - Widening Fellow Department of Population Ecology, IBOT, CAS, Czech Republic.
Dec. 2022- Feb. 2023 Visiting Researcher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Halle, Germany in November 2022 and February 2023.
Jan-Mar, 2020 Post-Doctoral Researcher CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India.
2013-2015 Junior research fellow CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India.
2015-2018 Senior research fellow CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India.
Research Interests and Expertise
My research interests lie at the interface of global change ecology, functional ecology, and molecular interactions, with a focus on how biodiversity patterns and plant–environment interactions shape plant performance and ecosystem functioning under climate stress. I am particularly motivated by advancing eco-metabolomics as a novel lens for understanding ecosystem resilience, linking biochemical pathways with community dynamics and ecosystem processes. My expertise spans field ecology and controlled experiments, trait-based and phylogenetic approaches, and eco-metabolomics workflows, including data acquisition, annotation, and ecological informatics.