Personal Details
- Name: Dr. Vinita Gowda
- Designation: Associate Professor
- Department: Biological Sciences
- E-Mail: gowdav[AT]iiserb.ac.in
- Phone: +91 755 269 1417
- Lab Page: Click Here
Academic Details
- Post-Doctoral Fellow: The Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 2012-2013.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow: Dept. of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, 2010-2012.
- Ph.D: in Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, USA, 2002-2009.
- M.Sc.: Applied Botany, Mangalore University, 1999.
Research And Teaching
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My new research group at IISER-B will predominantly focus on: plant evolution and ecology. Using these two broad fields we will address questions related to: a) morphological trait evolution (such as key floral and vegetative characters in plants using phylogenetic tools), b) biogeography, c) plant-pollinator interactions, d) phenological patterns, and e) conservation (evolution of invasive vs. non-invasive plant traits).
Although most of the research questions within the lab will center on plants, we are open to evolutionary questions in other taxa as well, such as phylogeny and evolution of morphological and behavioral traits in key pollinators and disperser species (e.g. insects, birds, and bats). Students and postdocs joining the lab are welcome to pursue their own topic of research within the broad fields of ecology and evolution or can choose to focus on some of the lab's main interests (as listed above). Herbarium, nursery, and collection facilities (for plant and animal tissue and specimen) will be provided to everyone with a strong field component and in-fact everyone is encouraged to build a good collection at IISER-B. Molecular facilities [genomic (Illumina) and sanger sequencing], and bioinformatics training are also available (see Dr. Vineet's page).
For PhD candidates: Click Here
I encourage potential PhD candidates to contact me and discuss their research interests before applying. All potential PhD students have to go through the IISER-B selection process and will be required to have one of the qualifier examinations score. Interviews are held twice a year i.e., Spring and Fall semester. Please find the interview/exam schedules on the main IISER-B page: Click Here
For Post-doctoral fellows: Click Here
Postdoctoral fellows are also encouraged to contact me and discuss their project interests. However, I expect a clear presentation of project idea, good field and lab experience, and publications in press or in print. The PD fellow is also expected to already have an inclination to certain taxa or group of organism when entering my lab. Molecular/phylogenetic training can be provided in the lab for those who come with only ecological training, however in these exceptional cases I will expect the PD fellow to have an excellent ecology background and good understanding of statistics (R or SAS or similar), and morphological taxonomy. I encourage both the PhD and Post-doctoral fellows to have a strong field component in their respective research topics. In the initial years, the main area of fieldwork can be North-East of India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Singapore, Asia, or Western Ghats, in this specific order.
For Undergraduate students: Undergraduate students keen to get some research experience are also welcome - write to me if interested.
Teaching Interest
- Plant Biology: Plant ecology, Plant population genetics, and Conservation biology (all courses with lab).
- Plant Evolution: Morphological systematics, Molecular systematics, and Biogeography (all courses with lab).
| Authors | Title of Article | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| N S Prasanna Vinita Gowda |
Rediscovery of four narrow endemic Didymocarpus species (Gesneriaceae) from Mizoram, India, with revised species descriptions and lectotypifications. | Phytokeys | 2020 |
| N S Prasanna D T Liu Preeti Saryan S Z Duan Cai Lei Vinita Gowda |
Didymocarpus sinoindicus (Gesneriaceae), a new species from India and China | Rheedea | 2020 |
| Preeti Saryan Vinita Gowda |
Low‐cost FloPump for regulated air sampling of volatile organic compounds. | Applications in Plant Sciences | 2020 |
| Saryan P Gupta Shubham Vinita Gowda |
Saryan, P., Gupta, S. and Gowda, V., 2020. Species complex delimitations in the genus Hedychium : A machine learning approach for cluster discovery. | Applications in Plant Sciences | 2020 |
| Ajith Ashokan Vinita Gowda |
Hedychium ziroense (Zingiberaceae), a new species of ginger lily from Northeast India. | Phytokeys | 2019 |
| Ajith Ashokan Vinita Gowda |
Describing terminologies and discussing records: More discoveries of vivipary in the genus Hedychium J. Koenig (Zingiberaceae) from Northeast India | Phytokeys | 2018 |
| Siddharthan Surveswaran Vinita Gowda Mei Sun |
Using an integrated approach to identify cryptic species, divergence patterns and hybrid species in Asian ladies’ tresses orchids (Spiranthes, Orchidaceae). | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2018 |
| Lan Jiang Qingqing Wang Jue Yu Vinita Gowda Gabriel Johnson Jianke Yang Xianzhao Kan Xiaojun Yang |
miRNAome expression profiles in the gonads of adult Melopsittacus undulatus. | PeerJ | 2018 |
| Ajith Ashokan Vinita Gowda |
Diversity of the genus Hedychium J. Koenig (Zingiberaceae) in the Northeast of India-I. | Heliconia Society International Bulletin. | 2017 |
| Amit K Verma Danish Diwan Sandeep Raut Neha Dobriyal Rebecca E Brown Vinita Gowda Justin K Hines Chandan Sahi |
Evolutionary Conservation and Emerging Functional Diversity of the Cytosolic Hsp70:J Protein Chaperone Network of Arabidopsis thaliana. | G3: Genes Genomes Genetics | 2017 |
FYI
- Students interested in a PhD in Ecology and Evolution starting from August 2014 are encouraged to take the new GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam paper titled “Ecology and Evolution” (paper code EY). For more information on the GATE application and deadlines refer to: http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/
Group Home Page
- Please check the Research page and the Group home page.