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All organisms have evolved to emit, detect and respond to chemicals in order to obtain information for survival. Chemical Ecology involves understanding such chemically mediated interactions. My lab is focussed on plant-insect-microbe chemical ecology asking how plants escape herbivores and pathogens? How do insects locate the host plant? We seek answers to these questions by studying economically important crop plants and their associated pest insects. In this seminar, I will present an overview of our results highlighting the importance of chemical signals in sustainable agriculture and pest management.
Brief CV: Masters in Chemistry (Madras Univ.), Masters in Materials Engineering (IISc, Bangalore), PhD from Bioorganic Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany. (JSPS and FPR fellowship) Postdoc from Center for Sustainable Resource Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan. at NCBS since 2015. Ramanujan Fellow, Early career award from SERB, Head of Max Planck Partner group in Chemical Ecology with MPI for Chemical Ecology, Jena. Also part of DBT North East initiative for capacity building. |