Core expertise

Behavioural evolution and environmental changes

Biography

Upama is a behavioural evolutionary biologist who’s interested in the evolution of behavioural, reproductive, and morphological traits in light of sexual selection and environmental changes. Her postdoctoral research project aims to look at the long-term, intergenerational effects of endocrine disruptors in Australian freshwater fish.
Her PhD research at the Australian National University focused on sexual selection and ageing in a model species.