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Prof Hema Somanathan

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Professor, School of Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram

Publications

Total Articles 53
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 914
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Citations 787
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Professional Recognition

2021

Mercator Fellowship

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany

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Bio

Ecology

Personal Details

  • Female
  • Professor , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram
  • IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala PO, Vithura
Ph.D
University of Mumbai 2000
MSc.
Pondicherry University 1990
BSc.
University of Madras 1987
Professor Jan 2020 – Present
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram | School of Biology
Associate Professor Jul 2015 – Nov -0001
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram | School of Biology
Assistant Professor Aug 2009 – Jul 2015
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram | School of Biology

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Co-Authors (11)

Baskaran

Dr Baskaran Subbian

V.O.C. College, Tuticorin - 628 008

Deepak

Dr Deepak Barua

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Pune

Hiteshkumar

Prof Hiteshkumar Solanki

Gujarat University

Kavita

Dr Kavita Isvaran

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Nandini

Dr Nandini Rajamani

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Tirupati

Renee Maria

Prof Renee Maria Borges

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

V.V.

Dr V.V. Robin

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Tirupati

V Srinivasa

V Srinivasa Chakravarthy

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tejas G

Prof Tejas G Murthy

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Ullasa

Dr Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram

Umesh

Dr Umesh Srinivasan

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Scholarly Work

Integrating collective behaviour with biomechanics of social spider webs

Funding Agency: SERB

9.67 lakhs

2020 - Ongoing

Ongoing
The Effect of Interannual Variation in Flowering Intensity, Periodicity and Synchrony on Pollution and Fruit Set in a Highly Seasonal Tropical Forest in the Western Ghats

Funding Agency: SERB

20,42,854

2018 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Community Plant-Pollinator Interactions at the Landscape Level

Funding Agency: DBT

33,19,000

2015 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Measuring the Imapct of Forest Fragmentation on Pollination Services in Small Agricultural Holdings Within the Western Ghats Landscape

Funding Agency: OTHERS

9,84,000

2015 - Ongoing

Completed
Programme Support on Biotechnology Approches for Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Wealth of Western Ghats

Funding Agency: DBT

21,06,000

2015 - Ongoing

Ongoing
Ecology and Behaviour of Group Living Spiders

Funding Agency: CSIR

2011 - 2014

Completed
Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Swamp Ecosystems

Funding Agency: SERB

56.22 lakhs

-0001 - Ongoing

Ongoing

Reproductive ecology of Myristica swamp forests, specialized habitat islands

University IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2018

Visual Ecology of Tropical and Temperate Bees

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2018

Collective Behaviour in the Inbred Social Spider, Stegodyphus Sarasinorum

University IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019

Visual Ecology of the Indian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula iridipennis

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2023

Visual ecology of pteropodid bats of southern India

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022

Behavioural and visual ecology of the Asian giant honey bee, Apis dorsata

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2023
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Scholarly Publications

Influence of floral traits on visitation patterns in a miniature tropical stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis

Open Access
Article
Authors: M A.J.;N K.M.;Sreekumar S.;Kelber A.;Somanathan H.

Why diversity matters for understanding the visual ecology and behaviour of bees

Open Access
Review

Cog in the migration wheel: migratory waggle dances are necessary but not sufficient in the nest movement of the Asian giant honeybee Apis dorsata

Open Access
Article

Comparative Psychophysics of Colour Preferences and Colour Learning in Bees with Special Focus on Asian Social Bees

Open Access
Review

Effect of artificial light on activity in frugivorous bats (Pteropodidae)

Open Access
Article
Authors: Murugavel B.;Rathinakumar A.;Baskaran S.;Marimuthu G.;Kelber A.;Somanathan H.

The adaptive function of touch-sensitive stigmas

Open Access
Review

Dim-light colour vision in the facultatively nocturnal Asian giant honeybee, Apis dorsata

Open Access
Article
Authors: Vijayan S.;Balamurali G.S.;Johnson J.;Kelber A.;Warrant E.J.;Somanathan H.