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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA
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Faculty Details

Radhika Venkatesan
Radhika Venkatesan

Department: Biological Sciences (DBS)

Email: rv [at] iiserkol.ac.in

Personal Website: Click Here


Research Interests

My lab primarily works on plant-insect interactions in the broad area of chemical ecology. We investigate interesting research questions relating to tri-trophic interactions between plants, insect herbivores and parasitoid wasps. We also work on plant defence responses and their spatiotemporal allocation patternsTo know more details, www.rv-ilab.weebly.com

Academic Background

  1. PhD (Chemical Ecology), Max Planck Institute for ChemicalEcology (Jena, Germany), 2010

Positions

  1. Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
  2. Assistant Professor, NCBS (2015 - 2020)

Awards and Honors

  1. Early Career Award from SERB (2016)
  2. Ramanujan Fellowship from SERB (2015)

Selected Publications

List of Publications: