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Mahesh Sankaran
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Prof Mahesh Sankaran

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Professor | Biological Sciences
TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences
Karnataka
Expertise: Ecology
ORCID 0000-0002-1661-6542 Scopus 6603748057 ResearcherID DYY-0841-2022 Google Scholar MgvffSAAAAAJ
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63 Scopus Citations
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17 Years 7 Months Total Experience
Publications
26 Total
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24
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2
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Professional Recognition

Ramalingaswamy Fellowship
2009
Department of Biotechnology, India
Ramanujam Fellowship
2009
Department of Science & Technology, India
Kavli Frontier of Science Fellow
2013
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Distinguished Investigator Award
2018
SERB-PRISM, Department of Science & Technology
Fellow
2020
Indian Academy of Sciences
Fellow
2021
Indian National Science Academy
Infosys Prize for Life Sciences
2021
Infosys Foundation
R. M. Tupule Chair Professorship for Global Change
2023
TIFR, Mumbai
J C Bose Grant 2025, ANRF
2025
Department of Science & Technology

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Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2001
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Professor
Jan 2019 – Present
TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences
Associate Professor G
Jul 2013 – Jan 2019
TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences
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Feb 2009 – Jun 2013
TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
Ecology

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Scholarly Publications

Harmonising distributed tree inventory datasets across India can fill critical gaps in tropical ecology

Open Access
Preprint
Year: 2024.
Authors: Krishna Anujan; Neha Mohanbabu; Abhishek Gopal; Akshay Surendra; Aparna Krishnan; Ankitha Jayanth; Tanaya Nair; Shasank Ongole; Mahesh Sankaran
DOI 10.1101/2024.05.18.594774

Savannahs of Asia: antiquity, biogeography, and an uncertain future

Journal Article
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Year: 2016. Volume: 371 , Issue: 1703 , Pages: 20150305 .
Authors: Jayashree Ratnam; Kyle W. Tomlinson; Dina N. Rasquinha; Mahesh Sankaran
DOI 10.1098/rstb.2015.0305 Crossref Crossref: 179

Range extension of the endangered Salim Ali’s Fruit Bat Latidens salimalii (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Anamalai Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

Open Access
Journal Article
Journal of Threatened Taxa. Year: 2016. Volume: 8 , Issue: 12 , Pages: 9486 .
Authors: Claire F.R. Wordley; Eleni K. Foui; Divya Mudappa; Mahesh Sankaran; John D. Altringham
DOI 10.11609/jott.2796.8.12.9486-9490 Crossref Crossref: 4

Comment on “The extent of forest in dryland biomes”

Journal Article
Science. Year: 2017. Volume: 358 , Issue: 6365 , Pages: eaao1309 .
Authors: Daniel M. Griffith; Caroline E. R. Lehmann; Caroline A. E. Strömberg; Catherine L. Parr; R. Toby Pennington; Mahesh Sankaran; Jayashree Ratnam; Christopher J. Still; Rebecca L. Powell; Niall P. Hanan; Jesse B. Nippert; Colin P. Osborne; Stephen P. Good; T. Michael Anderson; Ricardo M. Holdo; Joseph W. Veldman; Giselda Durigan; Kyle W. Tomlinson; William A. Hoffmann; Sally Archibald; William J. Bond
DOI 10.1126/science.aao1309 Crossref Crossref: 50

Effects of increased N and P availability on biomass allocation and root carbohydrate reserves differ between N-fixing and non-N-fixing savanna tree seedlings

Other
Year: 2017.
Authors: Varan Varma; Arockia M Catherin; Mahesh Sankaran
DOI 10.1101/224188 Crossref Crossref: 1

Nutrient deposition enhances post-fire survival in non-N-fixing savanna tree seedlings

Other
Year: 2018.
Authors: Varun Varma; Mahesh Sankaran
DOI 10.1101/444372

A thorny issue: Woody plant defence and growth in an East African savanna

Journal Article
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. Year: 2019. Volume: 107 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 1839-1851 .
Authors: Benjamin J. Wigley; Corli Coetsee; David J. Augustine; Jayashree Ratnam; Dawood Hattas; Mahesh Sankaran; Giselda Durigan
DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.13140 Crossref Crossref: 27

Large herbivores maintain a two‐phase herbaceous vegetation mosaic in a semi‐arid savanna

Open Access
Journal Article
Ecology and Evolution. Year: 2019. Volume: 9 , Issue: 22 , Pages: 12779-12788 .
Authors: David J. Augustine; Benjamin J. Wigley; Jayashree Ratnam; Staline Kibet; Moses Nyangito; Mahesh Sankaran
DOI 10.1002/ece3.5750 Crossref Crossref: 14
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