The
Chavhan
Lab for
Understanding
Evolution


Members
(In alphabetical order)



Anuraag Avadhany
PhD student
Bacteria-phage coevolution
Muhammed Hadi
Jyoti Singh
PhD student
The origin of new cell types;
The ecological consequences
of multicellularity
Integrated-PhD student
Asexual adaptation with
fluctuating bottleneck intensities


Pratyay Sarkar
PhD student
Evolutionary transitions in individuality;
Dispersal evolution in multicellular collectives
Vignesh PR
PhD student
Repair of cellular handicaps
using experimental evolution

Yashraj Chavhan
Principal Investigator
Alumni
Diya Elizabeth Shaji (pursued her BS-MS Major project with us)
Gatikrushna Mishra (pursued his BS-MS Major project with us)
Kalyani Kore (pursued her BS-MS Major project with us)
Robinson Araud (pursued his Master's Thesis Project with us via an exchange between IISER TVM and ENS-PSL Paris)
Summer Student Visitors
Meenakshy AS, Ajin V L, Shruti Swaminathan, Shraddha Agrawal, Manas Sathe, Godhashri R P, Mufeed Bin Saeed, M Rishika
We are very eager to work with with fellow Evolutionary Biology enthusiasts. Please contact Yash (the PI) if you would like to join the lab! Please do visit our Research page to see if your academic interests align with ours!
