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Date of Birth     : April 4th, 1972
Sex                   : Female
Nationality        : Indian
Languages known : English, Hindi, Kannada

Academic Qualifications:
(1) Bachelor of Science (1992), University of Delhi, India. (Subjects: Botany (Main), Zoology, Chemistry)
(2) Master of Science (1994), University of Delhi, India (Subject: Environmental Biology)
(3) PhD. (2002), Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (Thesis supervisor: Prof. Madhav Gadgil)

Positions held:
1) Worked as Research Assistant at the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi, India for the project- Ground Water Quality Monitoring of Delhi (Oct.'94- July'95).
2)PhD studentship at Centre for Ecological Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. (Aug. 1995- July 2000).
3) Research Assistant at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (July 2000- July 2002)
4) Research Fellow, Botanical Institute, University of Bonn, Germany (Mar. ‘03 – June ‘03). Worked on the Biota-Africa project dealing with development of biodiversity models for the African subcontinent using data on plant species richness and climactic parameters.
5) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004-2006), Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.

Research Experience :
(1) "Phytoplankton- Zooplankton Interactions in aquatic ecosystems: a review". Dissertation submitted to the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Delhi, in partial fulfilment of Masters Degree (1994).
2) Ground water quality assessment for Delhi- using laboratory analyses (organic and inorganic) of water samples- at Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi, India (1994-1995).
3) Ph.D Dissertation (Thesis title: A study of the diversity and ecology of the freshwater fishes of four river systems of Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India) at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1995-2002).
4) An investigation of the pattern of distribution and vertical migration of European whitefish in relation to zooplankton population distribution in Lake Constance, Germany. Research conducted as a visiting fellow at the Limnological Institute, University of Konstanz (June – Sept.,2003).
5) Conservation models for freshwater riverine fish communities of tropical systems (2004-)

Publications :
(1) Anuradha Bhat. Impact of human disturbances on the fish communities and their habitats in the river catchments of Central Western Ghats, India -- an initial investigation. (in preparation)
(2) Anuradha Bhat and Anne Magurran.More than the sum of the parts: diversity partitioning and conservation priorities in tropical river ecosystems. Biological Conservation, in review.
(3)Anuradha Bhat and Anne Magurran (2007). Does disturbance affect the structure of tropical fish assemblages? A test using null models. Journal of Fish Biology, 70(2), 623-629. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01252.x.
(4) Anuradha Bhat and Anne Magurran (2006). Taxonomic distinctness in a linear system: a test using tropical freshwater fish assemblages. Ecography, 29 (1), 104-110. doi: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04418.x.
(5)Anuradha Bhat and Anne Magurran (2006). Benefits of familiarity persist after prolonged isolation in guppies. Journal of Fish Biology, 68, 759-766. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.00963.x.
(6) Anuradha Bhat (2005). Ecomorphological correlates of tropical stream fishes of Southern India. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 73(2):211-225.
(7)Anuradha Bhat (2004). Patterns in the distribution of freshwater fishes in rivers of Central Western Ghats, India and their associations with environmental gradients. Hydrobiologia, 529: 83-97.
(8) Neelesh Dahanukar, Rupesh Raut and Anuradha Bhat (2004). Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Biogeography, 31: 123-136.
(9) Anuradha Bhat (2003). Diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in streams of Central Western Ghats, India. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 68: 25-38. (PDF file)
(10) Anuradha Bhat and K.C. Jayaram (2004). A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes:Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka State. Zoos' Print Journal, 19 (2): 1339 - 1342. (PDF file)
(11) Anuradha Bhat (2001). New report of the species, Horabagrus brachysoma in the Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 98 (2): 294-296. (PDF file)
(12) Anuradha Bhat (2000). Fish germplasm inventory of Sharavati, Aghanashini, Bedti and Kali Rivers, Uttara Kannada.pp. 148-151. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A (Eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR- NATP Publication- 1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India.

Other Articles:
1) Anuradha Bhat (2000)."Freshwater fishes of the Indian region" by K. C. Jayaram: A Book Review. Current Science, 79 (3): 382- 383.
2) Madhav Gadgil, H. N. Chandrashekhariah, Anuradha Bhat (2001). Freshwater fish: Out of sight, out of mind. The Hindu Survey of the Environment: 137-142. (This article outlines the major threats to fish diversity in the Indian context and calls for an immediate action to prevent further loss and protection of the freshwater ecosystems and its fish diversity)

Workshops and Conferences attended:
(1) Workshop on Germplasm Inventorisation and Gene Banking of Freshwater fishes. Organized by National Bureau of Fish Genetic resources, Lucknow, on 12 and 13th October 1998, at CMFRI, Cochin.
(2) National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources- Kerala Forest Research Institute: Training Workshop on Taxonomy of Western Ghats Fish Fauna. Organized by NBFGR, Lucknow at KFRI, Peechi, Kerala (1-5 March 2001).
(3) Students' Conference on Conservation Science, 2002: Organised by the Department of Zoology, Cambridge UK. (25th to 27th March 2002).
(4) 2nd European Conference of Poeciliid Biologists, 2005, Trondheim, Norway (4th-6th December 2005).

Talk and Posters presented:
1) Talk on "Diversity and Distribution of freshwater fishes in the rivers systems of Central Western Ghats, India" at the Students' Conference on Conservation Science (25th to 27th March 2002) at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
2) Poster on " Ecomorphological Adaptations in some species of freshwater fishes of Central Western Ghats, India" at the Students' Conference on Conservation Science (25th to 27th March 2002) at University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
3) Talk : " Benefits of familiarity persists over prolonged isolation in guppies" at the 2nd European Conference of Poeciliid Biologists, Trondheim, Norway, 2005.

Invited Talks:
Talk: "Studies on the diversity and ecology of freshwater fishes in rivers systems of Central Western Ghats, India" : given at the Institute of Limnology, University of Konstanz, Germany, on 3rd April 2002
Talk: "Factors affecting distribution patterns of freshwater fishes in rivers of Central Western Ghats" at the Institute of Ecology, University of Jena, Germany on 5th April, 2002.
Talk: "Measuring ecological and taxonomic diversity" at a training course on Measuring Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning in Estuarine ecosystems at the Gatty Marine Laboratory, Univ. of St Andrews, Scotland, UK (5-9 June 2006)
Talk: "Conservation of stream fish assemblages: a multiscale approach" at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India (24th April 2006)
Talk: "Role of familiarity in schooling decisions among guppies" at Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (31st July 2006)
Talk: "Additive partitioning of diversity in freshwater fish communities:a multiscale approach to conservation" at School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (31st August 2006)
Talk: "Distribution patterns of fish assemblages and their habitat structure in tropical aquatic systems of India" at Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA (6th March 2007), Brown Bag Series
Poster: "Variations in behavioral traits among natural populations in zebrafish (Danio rerio)" presented by Anuradha Bhat, Deanna Soper, Emilia P. Martins at The 14th Annual Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA (23rd April 2007)

Research Interests:
1) Community ecology of freshwater systems: Diversity, distribution and abundance patterns; spatial and temporal factors determining community compositions; correlation of morphological features to habitat occupation (study of morphological adaptations to habitats).
2) Biotic (predation, competition and territoriality) and abiotic (environmental and habitat parameters, climate and geography) factors that influence structure of aquatic communities.
3) Impact of human induced disturbances to aquatic ecosystems and their long term implications.
4) Population distributions of species across geographical ranges using molecular genetic techniques.
5) Biodiversity monitoring of aquatic ecosystems and conservation of these habitats.
(6) Genetic basis of behavioural traits in the zebrafish model system.

Other experiences:
1) Coordinating and conducting field studies for sampling freshwater fishes in streams of Western Ghats (as part of a project, "Western Ghats biodiversity network" headed by Prof. Madhav Gadgil)
2) Assisted in preparing a manual for taxonomic identifications of fish for local organizations and schools and also have helped in specimen identification (as part of the project "Karnataka Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan", of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, coordinated by Prof. Madhav Gadgil).