Miss Apoorva Gopinath
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences
College of Science
"No man is an island"
All organisms are closely linked to the environment they are a part of, be it ecological or social. The social environment of an individual and its disturbances are a critical but often overlooked component of fundamental and conservation studies, and this is the gap I am aiming to explore. My research employs Social Network Analysis to address this question. The endemic social lizard species, gidgee skinks are my experimental model and I work in collaboration with an amazing team at the Flinders University Lab of Evolutionary Genetics and Sociality (LEGS).
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2023 | Project Associate | National Institute of Advanced Studies |
| 2020 - 2021 | Junior Research Fellow | Ashoka University |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central University of Kerala | India | Master of Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Sarai, E. M., Clarke, T. M., Colton, I. E., Gopinath, A., Roberts, C. N., Huveneers, C., & Crino, O. L. (2025). Effects of capture method and handling time on the physiological stress responses of a benthic elasmobranch. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 310, 9 pages. |
| - | Krishna, S., Gopinath, A., & Bhattacharjee, S. M. (2022). Ordering and topological defects in social wasps’ nests. Scientific Reports, 12(1). |
| Date | Topic | Location | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - 2024 | Sex specific differences in exploratory behaviour in social skink Egernia stokesii | The University of Adelaide | Constance Demion |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Representative | Gender, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Network | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - ongoing | Member | Animal Behaviour Society | United States |
| 2023 - ongoing | Member | Ecological Society of Australia | Australia |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 - 2023 | Propensity to take risky decision and spatial learning ability in the hatchery reared juveniles of a megafish Deccan Mahseer (Tor khudree) | Conference - Wildlife Conservation: Emerging Scenario and Way Forward | National Institute of Advance Studies (NIAS) | India |
| 2023 - 2023 | Recognising Intelligence in Fishes: Tests Techniques and Applications | Conference - Intelligence in Animals, Humans and Machines | National Institute of Advance Studies (NIAS) | India |
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