Currently engaged in research on the taxonomy, ecology, bio-geography, phylogeny and conservation of spiders, pseudoscorpions and opiliones (harvestmen) of Western Ghats

Research Projects

Period Title of the project Funding Agency Institute Designation Total Project Cost
Aug 2008 –

July 2010

Diversity and abundance of spiders in different habitat types of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Southern Western Ghats of  Kerala, India International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Chief investigator USD 8291/-

 

Aug 2010 – February 2011 Which way across the Wallace line? Solving the evolutionary history of a super-abundant group of orb-weaving spiders from Asia and Australia. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Govt. of Australia University of Western Australia (Perth) and Western Australian Museum (Perth) Postdoctoral Research Scientist AUD 24500/-

 

Dec 2012

Dec 2015

Diversity and composition of litter and ground-dwelling spiders in Western Ghats of Kerala Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), New  Delhi Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Co-Investigator INR 49,98,000/-
September 2014

September 2017

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the cloud forests of the sky islands in Western Ghats: A taxonomic and eco-biogeographical approach Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), New  Delhi Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Principal

Investigator

INR 41,49,000/-
September 2017

September 2010

Bridging the gap in the systematics of Indian araneofauna:

An integrated approach using phylogeny and behaviour

Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), New  Delhi Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Co-

Investigator

INR 66,85,400/-
May 2019

May 2022

Indian Chelonethida: Taxonomy, Ecology and Phylogeography of Pseudoscorpions with Special Reference to Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), New  Delhi Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Principal

Investigator

INR 41,49,000/-
September 2019

September 2022

 

Taxonomy and Diversity of the Lesser Known Arachnid, Opiliones in Western Ghats Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi Principal

Investigator

INR 35,01,380/-