My research focus is on understanding function in extinct and living vertebrates. I use biomechanical analyses such as finite element analysis to analyze skulls which helps deduce the process of feeding. These can then be corraborated to large macroevolutionary trends, allowing us to understand the link between form and fucntion over time and in a broad scale.I use computed tomography (CT) datasets, digital reconstructions of bones and muscles and computational methods such as finite element analysis (FEA), geometric morphometrics (GM) and phylogenetic comparative methods (PCM) to understand the evolution of the skull in limbless vertebrates. I am also interested in new techniques such as nanoindentation and vibrometry to validate these models.
- M.Sc. (2018) Palaeobiology, University of Bristol
- B.Sc. (2017) Geology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Bangalore University
Cranial mechanics, Biomechanics and functional morphology of tetrapods, Finite element analysis, Validation, Laser Doppler Vibrometry, Nanoindentation, XROMM, Multibody dynamics analysis, Convergent evolution, Computational biology
University of Bristol, Society of Vertebrate paleontology, Palaeontological Association