People

Researchers connected by a shared interest in organismal diversity and evolutionary history

JJ

Principal investigator

Dr. Jithin Johnson, FLS

Assistant Professor · Department of Zoology, Bharata Mata College (Autonomous)

Jithin is an evolutionary biologist and arachnologist working on pseudoscorpion systematics, Western Ghats biogeography, phylogenomics, integrative taxonomy, fossil arachnids and invertebrate conservation.

  • Pseudoscorpion systematics
  • Historical biogeography
  • Phylogenomics
  • Integrative taxonomy
  • Fossil arachnids
  • Invertebrate conservation

Professional roles

  • Visiting Scientist, Museum of Nature Hamburg (LIB)
  • Subject Editor, Zootaxa (Pseudoscorpiones)
  • Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

Research network

External collaborators

These researchers are external collaborators, not administrative staff or permanent ORiGIN Lab members.

Germany

Dr. Danilo Harms

Head, Arachnida & Myriapoda, Museum of Nature Hamburg (LIB)

Arachnid systematics, phylogenomics, museum collections, fossil lineages and UCE development

View professional profile ↗
United States

Dr. Stephanie F. Loria

Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma

Arachnid systematics, Indo-Pacific biogeography, comparative sampling and phylogenomic strategy

View professional profile ↗
Australia

Dr. Mark S. Harvey

Research Associate, Western Australian Museum

Global pseudoscorpion taxonomy, comparative morphology, nomenclature and Australasian biodiversity

View professional profile ↗
India

Dr. Mathew M. Joseph

Senior Scientist, Centre for Arachnology, Bharata Mata College

Western Ghats arachnid diversity, institutional research development and long-term field expertise

View professional profile ↗
Republic of Korea

Dr. Sora Kim

Associate Professor, Jeonbuk National University

Insect and arachnid systematics, molecular identification, micro-CT and East Asian collaboration

View professional profile ↗
Republic of Korea

Kyung-Hoon Jeong

Graduate Researcher, Jeonbuk National University

Integrative pseudoscorpion taxonomy, Korean cave lineages, genome workflows and micro-CT imaging

View professional profile ↗

Developing the group

Research students and alumni

Research students
Profiles will be added when appointments and supervision are formally confirmed.
Alumni
Alumni records will be added as the group develops.