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Dr. Pankaj Pramod Koparde
Program Coordinator & Assistant Professor
Dr. Pankaj Pramod Koparde

Bio

Dr. Pankaj Koparde is an Evolutionary Ecologist working with core expertise in subjects such as Urban Ecology, Biogeography, Conservation Science, Biodiversity Informatics, and Science Communication. He primarily works on owls and dragonflies. He is an admin of two mega citizen science projects, DragonflySouthAsia and OwlIndia. He is a TEDx speaker and has delivered talks across popular platforms such as Towards and Ecological Landscape (TEL), Indian Society of Landscape Architects (ISOLA), and Science on Tap.

He is a DST Young Scientist awardee; SAEVUS Rising Star of Conservation; Prakriti & EarthWatch Fellow. He is an IUCN contributor and actively engaged in research benefitting on-ground conservation. His work is featured in several newspapers and magazines. In their latest study his team discovered a new species of damselfly and named it after Ecological Armageddon.

He is a member of two government committees such as the Panchagani Biodiversity Committee and Pashan Lake Conservation Committee. He is a member of the World Dragonfly Association USA, International Biogeography Society USA, and Society for Conservation Biology UK. He also works as an ecological consultant & subject matter expert with various organizations such as ERM, Ramboll, Ranwa, and corporates.

He is also a published Marathi writer with a major interest in literary essays (Lalit). His lab group is known as Chatur Ullu Lab denoting the off beat research Dr. Koparde and his team is doing on Dragonflies (Chatur) and Owls (Ullu).

Education :

MSc Biotechnology (2010), IBB, SPPU Pune

PhD in Ecology & Evolution (2019), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in collaboration with Salim Ali Center for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON) and National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS), TIFR Bangalore

PGD in Data Science (2022), RISE WPU & KPMG Netherlands

Research Area
Biodiversity, Ecology, Biogeography, Urban Ecology, Phylogeny, Biodiversity Informatics, Citizen Science, Science Communication

Publications List

1. VC, A., Chandran, R., SS, R., Jose, S.K. and Koparde, P., 2023. Description of Phylloneura rupestris sp. nov. (Odonata, Platycnemididae) from the Western Ghats, India with notes on its reproductive behavior. International Journal of Odonatology, 27: pp. 26-36.

2. Mukherjee, S., Gawari, A.R., Pillai, K., Koparde, P., Karunakaran, P.V. and Khanolkar, N., 2024. Diet of Rusty-spotted Cat Prionailurus rubiginosus (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)(Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(5), pp.25129-25136.

3. Chalke, P. and Koparde, P., Losing the Carbon Game? Changing Face of a Tropical Smart Metro City and its Repercussions on Carbon Sequestration, Heat and Flood Mitigation Capacity. Changing Face of a Tropical Smart Metro City and its Repercussions on Carbon Sequestration, Heat and Flood Mitigation Capacity. Pre-print available at SSRN.

4. Kapadi, P., Ram, M., Sahu, A., Koparde, P. and Jhala, L.S., 2023. Odonata assemblage of the Gir National Park with three additional records for Gujarat state, India. Notulae odonatologicae, 10(2), pp.31-37.

5. Lele, A., Arasumani, M., Vishnudas, C.K., Koparde, P., Joshi, V. and Robin, V.V., 2023. Ecological niche modelling reveals an elevated threat status for the Nilgiri Pipit (Anthus nilghiriensis). Journal of Ornithology, pp.1-13.

6. Darshetkar, A., Patwardhan, A. and Koparde, P., 2023. A comparison of four sampling techniques for assessing species richness of adult odonates at riverbanks. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(1), pp.22471-22478.

7. Payra, A., Chandran, R., Deshpande, A. and Koparde, P., 2023. Description of Protosticta armageddonia sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats of India. International Journal of Odonatology, 26, pp.93-102.

8. Payra, A., Tiple, A.D. and Koparde, P., 2023. First descriptions of the females of Cyclogomphus heterostylus Selys, 1854 and Ictinogomphus distinctus Ram, 1985 from India, with comments on the status of Cyclogomphus wilkinsi Fraser, 1926 (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa, 5319(3), pp.421-428.

9. Payra, A., Deshpande, A. and Koparde, P., 2023. New spatial records of three Odonata species from the Western Ghats, India (Coenagrionidae, Aeshnidae). Amurian Zoological Journal, 15(4), pp.847-853.

10. Payra, A., Deshpande, A. and Koparde, P., Northernmost records of two endemic odonates Protosticta sanguinostigma Fraser, 1922 and Idionyx saffronatus Fraser, 1924 from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. SPIXIANA, 45(2), pp.249-253.

LinkedIn Link
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pankaj-koparde-a557949/

Google Scholar Link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xmcTPqsAAAAJ&hl=en

Scopus Link
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55612726200

ORCID Link
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7418-8814

Other
Grants Receipient from: DST-SERB (GoI), MGBP (Govt. of Maharashtra), IndiaBioscience, MoEFCC (GoI), EarthWatch Institute India, Prakriti Research Fellowship, CSR Funds

Website
https://www.chaturullu.in/

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