Amith S J
I am currently a Ph.D. student in Zoology at Jain (Deemed-to-be) University, Bangalore, under the guidance of Dr. Chetan Nag K.S. I am currently exploring to understand urban animal adaptations in an urban heat island scenario. Specifically, I shall be exploring ecological, phenotypical changes of Geckos for my Ph.D. study to understand how natural selection might be shaping Urban evolution trajectory.
Research Interest: Urban evolutionary ecology, Neuroscience, and cognitive biology
Education:
- BSc (2020): Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.
- M.Sc.(Zoology, 2022): Christ(Deemed-to-be-University), Bangalore
- Ph.D. (Zoology, August 2022 Batch): Jain (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India
Publications
2025
Amith, S. J., & Nag, C. K. S. (in prep). Morphometric divergence between urban and rural populations of two gecko species in Bengaluru, India. Centre for Urban Ecology, Bio-Diversity, Evolution & Climate Change (CUBEC), JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru, India.
K.S. Chetan Nag, S J Amith , T. Prathusha. A new locale for an old pattern: enumerating the faunal species-area relationship between two golf courses in Karnataka. JAD. 2025 (Submitted)
2024
Tudu S, S J A, Nag K.S. C. A review of Szulkin, M., J. Munshi-South, and A. Charmantier, eds. 2020. Urban Evolutionary Biology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 303 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-883685-8. JAD 2024; 6 (1) URL: http://jad.lu.ac.ir/article-1-422-en.html
Conferences
2026
Amith, S.J., Winchell, K, & Nag, K.S.C. (2026). Climbing the urban ladder: Locomotor performance of urban and rural geckos in Bengaluru, India. In. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Portland, Oregon, USA. 3-7 January 2026.
2025
Amith, S.J., & Nag, K.S.C.* (2025). Adaptation to Urban Ecosystems? Towards Understanding the Impact of Urbanization on Morphometric Trait Variations of Cnemaspis mysoriensis Gecko Individuals Along an Urban-Rural Gradient of Bengaluru, India. In: International Conference on “Behavioural Studies & Environmental Influence,” REVA University in association with ESI, Bengaluru, India. 22nd–23rd April 2025. P. 53.
Amith, S.J.*, Lahare, S.R., Tudu, S., & Nag, K.S.C. (2025). Understanding the Impact of ALAN on Insects from an Urban Forensic Entomology Perspective. In: WFCCP-2025 Second National Symposium cum Workshop, Jain (Deemed-to-be) University, Bengaluru, India. 20th January 2025.
2024
Amith S J & Nag, K.S.C. (2024). "Morphometric Trait Variations of Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Gecko Individuals Along an Urban-Rural Gradient in Bengaluru, India". In. 5th Conference of the Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. 17th -19th October 2024. p 53.
News Article
2024
Singh, A., Prasad, A., Sj, A., Aj, D., Kumar, S., & Chhipa, V. (2024, September 26). From industrial boom to heat doom: Peenya’s struggle with rising urban temperature. Citizen Matters. https://citizenmatters.in/peenya-industrial-area-urban-heat-island-effect-bengaluru/