Curriculum vitae
Curriculum vitae
Education
2022 PhD in Ecology, Minor in Social Epidemiology
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Advisors: Spencer Hall and Farrah Bashey-Visser
2016 BS – MS in Inter-Disciplinary Science major in Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India
Advisor: Kavita Isvaran
Research Appointments
2025 (incoming) G Evelyn Hutchinson Fellow, Yale University
2024 – 2025 Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution & Macrosystems Fellow, Michigan State University.
Collaborative grant ($100,000)
2022 – 2024 Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan State University.
2016 – 2022 Graduate Assistant and Researcher, Indiana University
Publications
Peer-reviewed publication
Ramesh, A., & Hall, S. R. (2025). On the cause and consequences of coinfection: A general mechanistic framework of within-host parasite competition. Ecology Letters: Synthesis
Ramesh, A., Sharma, M., & Isvaran, K. (2025). Social clues in risky pools: Perceived conspecific rivals modify individual mosquito oviposition decisions in response to larval predation and competition. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 79(1), 5.
*Distinguished paper published as a “Featured Student Research” intended to honor the highest quality student research
Ramesh, A., McDermott-Sipe, O†. & Bashey-Visser, F (2024). Maintenance of parasite species diversity: Spatiotemporal niche partitioning and aggregation facilitate enteropathogenic nematode species coexistence. (in review, The American Naturalist)
Ramesh, A., & Hall, S. R. (2023). Niche theory for within‐host parasite dynamics: Analogies to food web modules via feedback loops. Ecology Letters, 26(3), 351-368
*Volterra Prize Recipient for Best Presentation, ESA Theoretical Ecology Section
Publications in review and in preparation
Ramesh, A*., Petri, L.*, Martínez-Blancas, A., Tiwari, A., Bills, P., & Zarnetske, P. L. (2024). Global quantification of species competitive ability along resource gradients. Open Science Framework and in submission, PNAS
Sharma M, Ramesh A, N N, and Isvaran K. Females use multiple sources of information for egg-laying decisions. (in review, Animal Behaviour).
Sundaresan A, Lamba K, Ramesh A, and Barua D. Phenology research in Asian tropical forests is dominated by a low number of studies and poor sampling effort and inadequate sampling extent (available on request)
Frans, V., Ramesh., A, & Liu., J. Moving towards a Coupled Human and Natural Niche Theory: CHANNT for harmonizing people in nature. In preparation
Grants, Fellowship and Honors
Research Grants
2025 Yale G Hutchinson Fellow (Research) – $10,000
2025 IBEEM Collaborative Research Grant – $35,000
2024 IBEEM Collaborative Research Grant – $65,000
2022 MSU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (Research)– $16,000
2021 IU George Brackenridge Research Award– $2000
2019 Graduate Women in Science National Fellow Research Grant–$5,250
2019 Indiana Academy of Sciences Senior Research Grant – $3,000
2019 IU Graduate & Professional Student Org. Research Grant –$1,000
2019 IU Research and Teaching Preserve Research Grant–$1,000
2018 NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Mentorship Grant – $1,000
Fellowship
2025 Institute for Biodiversity, Ecology, Evolution & Macrosystems Fellow – $25,000
2022 MSU Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship – $120,000
2022 IU Centre for Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour Fellowship –$4,500
2019 IU Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship – $2,000
2019 IU Centre for Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour Fellowship – $12,500
2018 IU Department of Biology Research Recruitment Fellowship –$12,500
2012 Indian Academy of Science, Summer Research Fellowship – $500
2011 INSPIRE Scholarship, Department of Science & Technology, India – $5,000
Honors
2025 American Naturalist Society, Early Career Investigator Prize
2022 Rowling Mentoring Award, Centre for Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour
2020 Volterra Prize Recipient, Theoretical Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
2019 Mondy / Langenheim Fellow, Graduate Women in Science Foundation
2016 IISER Outstanding Master’s Thesis Dissertation Award
2011 Duke of Edinburgh Medal for Community Service
Teaching
2021 R for REUs: Data Visualization in R, Lead Instructor, Indiana University
*Developed and conducted a R workshop for data wrangling and visualization for undergraduates in NSF CISAB REU Program
2020 Evolution, Assistant Instructor, Indiana University
2019 R for Beginners Workshop, Assistant Instructor, Indiana University
2018 Foundations of Ecology & Evolution, Assistant Instructor, Indiana University
2017 Foundation of Biology Laboratory, Lead Instructor, Indiana University
2016–2020 Foundation of Biological Mechanisms, Assistant Instructor, Indiana University
Mentoring
Mentored 12 undergraduate researchers: 3 summer REUs/ 9 REUs for more than one year on a variety of projects involving lab and field work.
Lymann-Briggs Professorial Assistantship (2022 – 2025): Litts A, Lippert A, Nelson A
Center for Women in Technology (2016 – 2022): Mcdermott-Sipe O, Totaro L, Whitney L, Espada S, Herbert T
Centre for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (2016 – 2022): Dorleans R, Jones T, Rosswurm J
NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (2018): Ammons M
Service & Outreach
Scientific Service
2020–present Peer Review: Freshwater Biology (1), Functional Ecology (1), Theoretical Ecology (1), American Naturalist* (2), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1) *Recognized as an outstanding reviewer by the American Naturalist Editorial Board 2022, 2023
2018–2021 Animal Behaviour Conference Organizer & Chair of promotions
2017–2019 Chair and committee member for the graduate students’ weekly workshop series ‘Ecolunch’
Departmental Service
2024 Organizer for weekly EEB community coworking
2024 MSU Presidential Postdoctoral search committee
2017– 2020 IU Graduate Recruitment Weekend organizing committee
STEM Outreach
2024 Decoding the hidden curriculum for the postdoc market
2023–2024 Founded and organized the annual MSU EEB Art in Science Prize
2018–2020 AFRISNET: African STEM Network
2019 Graduate Women in STEM volunteer at Wonder Labs (35 students)
2017–2019 Jim Holland SRFP Evolution Lecture Series (50 students each year)
2016–2019 IU Science Fest volunteer at Killer Worms and Germs Table
2011–2013 DISHA Educational outreach program for underprivileged (50 students)