Kiran Marathe
PhD student
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Kiran Marathe
PhD student
Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia
Hello and welcome!
A naturalist and explorer at heart interested in biodiversity and its evolution. Currently, I am a PhD student with Prof Wayne Maddison at the University of British Columbia, learning and working on systematics (and taxonomy) of jumping spiders.
For my PhD, I study three salticid groups – plexippines, aelurillines, and chrysillines. The principal objective is to resolve the phylogeny of each group using ultraconserved element (UCE) data to investigate the validity of the current classification and assess and propose limits of genera. The broad outcomes of my thesis will include well-resolved phylogenies for the three groups and revision of the genera. Go to 'Research' and 'Publications' for more details.
A naturalist and explorer at heart interested in biodiversity and its evolution. Currently, I am a PhD student with Prof Wayne Maddison at the University of British Columbia, learning and working on systematics (and taxonomy) of jumping spiders.
For my PhD, I study three salticid groups – plexippines, aelurillines, and chrysillines. The principal objective is to resolve the phylogeny of each group using ultraconserved element (UCE) data to investigate the validity of the current classification and assess and propose limits of genera. The broad outcomes of my thesis will include well-resolved phylogenies for the three groups and revision of the genera. Go to 'Research' and 'Publications' for more details.
Amidst the rapid loss of biodiversity (and taxonomists!), the advancement of taxonomic research greatly depends on collaborations. So please feel free to get in touch if you're interested in discussing potential projects on salticid taxonomy and systematics.