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Annagiri Sumana Professor |
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Research Interest:
Evolution Ecology Animal Behaviour
Academic Background:
- BSc (Botany, Biochemistry & Zoology), Maharani's College (Mysore University), 1993
- Post Grad Diploma (Ecology & Environment), Indian Institute of Ecology and Envirnom (New Delhi), 1994
- MSc (Bioscience), Hemagangotri - Hassan (Mysore University), 1995
- PhD (Dominance Hierarchy in a social wasp), Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), 2002
Positions:
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Tufts University (2002 - 2004)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (2008 - 2014)
- Chairman - Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (2012 - 2014)
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
Awards and Honors:
- First Rank from Mysore University (1995)
- Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship award from Council of Scientific and and Industrial Research & University Grants Commission (Government of India) (1995)
- Emerging nations award from Animal Behaviour Society and International Ethology conference, 2011 (2011)
Selected Publications:
- Kaur, Rajbir and Sumana, Annagiri. 2014. "Coupled adult-brood transport augments relocation in the Indian queenless ant Diacamma indicum." Insectes Sociaux, 61, 141-143
- Annagiri, Sumana and Sona, Chandan. 2013. "Key relocation leaders in an Indian queenless ant." Behavioural Processes, 97, 84-89
- Kaur, Rajbir; K, Anoop and Annagiri, Sumana. 2012. "Leaders follow leaders to reunite the colony: relocation dynamics of an Indian queenless ant in its natural habitat. ." Animal Behaviour , 83, 1345–1353