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Jithin
Vijayan

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Biodiversity Sciences
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Biodiversity Sciences

Areas of expertise

Biodiversity Conservation
Applied Ecology
Conservation Social Science

Biography

Jithin is an interdisciplinary researcher in Biodiversity Conservation working at the Department of Biodiversity Sciences. He has obtained a Master's degree in Wildlife Science from the Wildlife Institute of India (2021). He was previously a Research Fellow at the Nature Conservation Foundation, India (2022-2026); and a POBE Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India (2017-19). His previous research include applied ecological studies and conservation social science works connected to Himalayan montane streams, amphibians, place-based education, and rocky outcrops of the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.