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Prof . Hema Somanathan

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

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Expertise

Publications

Total Articles 53
Books 0
Proceedings 0

Publications 1992-2022

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Citations 914
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Citations 787
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Honours and Awards

2021

Mercator Fellowship

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany

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Bio

Ecology

Personal Details

  • Female
  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram
  • IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala PO, Vithura - 695551
Ph.D
University of Mumbai 2000
MSc.
Pondicherry University 1990
BSc.
University of Madras 1987
Associate Professor 2015 – -0001
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram
Assistant Professor 2009 – 2015
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram
Professor 2020 – Present
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research(IISER), Thiruvanthpuram

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

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

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

Dhanya

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

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

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

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

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

Scholarly Work

Ecology and Behaviour of Group Living Spiders

Funding Agency: CSIR

2011 - 2014

Completed
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 Present

Completed
Community Plant-Pollinator Interactions at the Landscape Level

Funding Agency: DBT

33,19,000

2015 Present

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

Funding Agency: DBT

21,06,000

2015 Present

Working
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 Present

Working
Ecology and Conservation of Freshwater Swamp Ecosystems

Funding Agency: SERB

56.22 lakhs

-0001 - -0001

Working
Integrating collective behaviour with biomechanics of social spider webs

Funding Agency: SERB

9.67 lakhs

2020 Present

Working

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

Resolution and sensitivity of the eyes of the Asian honeybees Apis florea, Apis cerana and Apis dorsata

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Journal of Experimental Biology · 2009 Volume: 212, Issue: 15, Pages: 2448-2453.
Authors: Hema Somanathan , Renee Maria Borges
DOI 10.1242/jeb.031484
54 citations
50 citations

Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees II: Adaptations of eyes and ocelli to nocturnal and diurnal lifestyles

 Article
2009 Volume: 195, Issue: 6, Pages: 571-583.
Authors: Hema Somanathan , Renee Maria Borges
DOI 10.1007/s00359-009-0432-9
91 citations
90 citations

Nocturnal bees learn landmark colours in starlight

Open Access
 serial
Current Biology · 2008 Volume: 18, Issue: 21, Pages: R996-R997.
Authors: Hema Somanathan , Renee Maria Borges
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.023
72 citations
70 citations

Visual ecology of Indian carpenter bees I: Light intensities and flight activity

 Article
2008 Volume: 194, Issue: 1, Pages: 97-107.
Authors: Hema Somanathan , Renee Maria Borges
DOI 10.1007/s00359-007-0291-1
62 citations
59 citations

Arboreal larder-hoarding in the tropical Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica

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Ecoscience · 2007 Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-169.
Authors: Hiteshkumar Solanki , Hema Somanathan , Renee Maria Borges