Pratyaksh Singh

November 2022- Present

PhD student at iDiv, investigating the experimental evolution of inherited symbionts in novel hosts

August 2022- October 2022

The spread of Phoxinus, an ecologically important schooling fish, in the River Sieg and its territories

2021-2022

MSc thesis at Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels (LIB) Bonn, titled “Interspecific differences in host finding traits in Nasonia wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea:Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae)” supervised by Dr. Ralph S Peters and Dr. Lars Podsiadlowski

January 2020-July 2020

Internship at Zoological Research Museum Alexander König (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany on “Diversity, biology and species delimitation of Afro-tropical parasitoid wasps “Supervisor: Dr. Ralph S Peters

June 2019

Field work at Eifel National Park, Kottenforst, and Bad Honnef, Germany. Evolution, Diversity, and Biology of Arthropods Module

2017-2018

Elite fellowship at Th!nk Lab, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India worked on “Understanding the symbiosis between earthworm (E. fetida) and its gut Cellulolytic bacteria”

2017-2018

Part-time research project at Th!nk Lab, Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, India focused on “Understanding bee diversity and ecology in New Delhi”

June 2017-July 2017

Summer fellowship at the Plant Biotechnology Lab, University of Delhi, India focused on “DNA barcoding of Medicinal Plants “Research advisor: Prof. Dr. S.B. Babbar, Akanksha Priya

2015-2016

Innovation fellowship at University of Delhi, India. Research focused on “Development of low-cost, robust, portable water purifier prototype with Physical, chemical and biological filtration for field water disinfection and portable water generation in natural calamity affected zones with harsh conditions