SAVANNA LAB
The whole world is a savanna; forests and grasslands are just special cases
The whole world is a savanna; forests and grasslands are just special cases
Rohit is from India, where he obtained his BSc in Zoology (2016) from Osmania University and MSc in Wildlife Conservation Action (2018) from Bharati Vidyapeeth University. Prior to starting a PhD at NMSU, he was a Project Manager at the National Centre for Biological Science (NCBS) in India where his research focused on understanding long-term carbon and vegetation dynamics across broad environmental gradients in savanna-woodland ecosystems. His research also explored how tree-tree and tree-grass interactions play a role in constraining tree cover in Indian mesic savannas.
Rohit is currently a PhD student with Professor Hanan at NMSU, where his research focuses on understanding how top-down factors such as fire and large mammal herbivory shape savannas. On-going research combines macro-ecological synthesis and plot-based experiments with theoretical modelling to better understand the structure and function of savanna ecosystems.
