Scientific Project Manager
Educational Engineering Lab
Department of Informatics
University of Zurich
Binzmühlestrasse 14
CH - 8050 Zurich
Location: BIN 5.E.13
Phone: +41 - (0)44 635 75 78
Fax: +41 - (0)44 635 68 09
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Education
| 2004 to 2007 | Doctoral student Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich |
| 2001 | Master of Science Biotechnology University of Mysore, Karnataka, India |
| 1999 | Bachelor of Science Biochemistry, Zoology, Food Science & Nutrition University of Mysore, Karnataka, India |
Research Experience
Doctoral student, March 2004 to 2007
University of Zurich, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Switzerland
The importance of genetic diversity in invasive plants
Advisors: Prof. Bernhard Schmid and Dr. Jasmin Joshi
Guest Scientist, August 2003 - February 2004
ETH, Plant Genetics Group, Institute of Plant Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
Effect of knockout genes on flu mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana L.
Research Assistant, February 2003 - July 2003
ETH, Institute of Biotechnology, Zurich, Switzerland
Functional characterization of membrane bound alkane hydroxylases
Master thesis, February 2001 - April 2001
Central Food Technological Research Institute, Department of Protein chemistry and technology, Mysore, India
Isolation and characterization of a trypsin resistant species of arachin: the major protein fraction of Arachis hypogaea L.
Academic trainee, June 2000 - August 2000
Indo-American hybrid seeds, Bangalore, India
Collaborations
Determination of allelopathic compounds present in American and European plants of the Solidago canadensis complex is done in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Jorge Vivanco and Dr. Laura Perry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins (USA)
Experimental screening of alleopathic effects in invasive European Erigeron annuus populations on European competitor species has been done in collaboration with Prof. Dr. P. Edwards, PD. Dr. S. Güsewell and Miluse Kousalova (Institute of Integrative Biology of the ETH Zurich)
Hobbies
Organizing scientific and art events, Gardening, Yoga, Classical Indian dancing
Papers in preparation
Abhilasha, D., Quintana, N., Vivanco, J., Joshi, J. Does allelopathy explain the invasion success of Solidago canadensis s.l.?
Abhilasha, D., Joshi, J. Study on latitude based inter- and intra-population competition in Conyza canadensis
Abhilasha, D., Joshi, J. Higher fitness due to reduced defence against generalist herbivores in an invasive annual plant
Abhilasha, D., Kousalova , M., Güsewell, S., Joshi, J. Experimental analysis of interspecific competition in Erigeron annuus
Joshi, J., Joseph, J., Kocyan A., Abhilasha, D., Lexer, C. Genetic relationships among invasive European and native American Solidago plant taxa assessed by molecular markers