The
Chavhan
Lab for
Understanding
Evolution
Members
(In alphabetical order)
Ajin V L
BS-MS (Minor) student
Multicellular pattern formation
Gowri Ramesh
BS-MS (Major) student
Antagonistic coevolution
Jyoti Singh
Integrated-PhD student
Asexual adaptation with
fluctuating bottleneck intensities
Rushikesh Mule
BS-MS (Major) student
Multicellular pattern formation
B Anjali
BS-MS student
Multicellular pattern formation
Muhammed Hadi
PhD student
The origin of new cell types
Jyotishko Ghosh
BS-MS student
Evolutionary theory
Vignesh PR
PhD student
Antagonistic coevolution
Anuraag Avadhany
PhD student
Bacteria-phage coevolution
Harini Sridhar
Integrated-PhD student
The genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity
Pratyay Sarkar
PhD student
Evolutionary transitions in individuality
Yashraj Chavhan
Principal Investigator
Lab picture (May 2025)
Alumni
Diya Elizabeth Shaji (conducted her BS-MS Major project with us; currently pursuing a PhD with Dr. Peter Lind at Umeå University, Sweden)
Gatikrushna Mishra (conducted his BS-MS Major project with us; currently pursuing a PhD with Dr. Christian Kost at Osnabrück University, Germany)
Kalyani Kore (conducted her BS-MS Major project with us)
Robinson Araud (conducted his Master's Thesis Project with us via an exchange between IISER TVM and ENS-PSL Paris)
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!
