Projects

Research programmes connecting organismal diversity, evolutionary history and conservation

In press / ongoing synthesis

Integrative Revision of Western Ghats Tyrannochthoniini

An integrative taxonomic and biogeographic revision combining morphology, molecular evidence and evolutionary analyses to resolve poorly known Western Ghats pseudoscorpion diversity.

OrganismsPseudoscorpiones: Tyrannochthoniini
GeographyWestern Ghats, India
MorphometricsMultilocus phylogeneticsSpecies delimitationHistorical biogeography
Proposed research programme

Multi-lineage UCE Phylogenomics in the Western Ghats

A comparative framework designed to test whether different low-dispersal pseudoscorpion lineages preserve concordant geographic and evolutionary signals.

OrganismsTyrannochthoniini, litter Atemnidae and Geogarypidae
GeographyWestern Ghats, India
Ultraconserved elementsSpecies-tree inferenceDivergence datingBiogeographic modelling
Planned international collaboration

Comparative Tyrannochthonius Systematics

Comparative study of North American and East Asian lineages using museum collections, morphology, molecular evidence and phylogenomic approaches.

OrganismsTyrannochthonius and allied pseudoscorpions
GeographyNorth America and East Asia
Museum collectionsIntegrative taxonomyUCE phylogenomicsComparative biogeography
Conservation research programme

Western Ghats Tarantula Conservation

Field-based research supporting distributional baselines, habitat documentation and conservation assessment for threatened and poorly known Western Ghats tarantulas.

OrganismsTheraphosidae
GeographySouthern Western Ghats, India
Burrow surveysHabitat documentationCamera trappingConservation assessment
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Published, in-press, active, proposed and planned work are deliberately distinguished rather than presented as equivalent.