Gopika Balasubramanian

Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Dual degree, 2019

Department of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
E-mail: gopika@ualberta.ca

Education
2019- M.Sc. Department of Psychology, University of Alberta

2019 Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Dual degree program,

Department of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 9.2/10

Research experience
2019 Master’s thesis
 Examined the use of social information foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulate
 Designed study, collected data, analyzed data in R
 Mentor: Dr. Anuradha Bhat, Associate Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India.

2017 Summer internship

 Studied the effect of period gene mutations (pers and perl) on oviposition rhythm of
Drosophila melanogaster
 Assisted PhD student Mr. Anuj Menon in his project by collecting data and
maintaining test flies
 Mentor: Dr. Sheeba Vasu, Faculty Fellow, Neuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru
Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India.

2016 Summer Internship

 Studied the morphometry of tiny wasp Trichogramma
 Collected morphometric data by observing specimens under microscope
 Mentor: Dr. Sanjay Sane, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India.

Teaching Assistantship
2018 Teaching Assistant for LS2101 Biology Laboratory III (Biochemistry) course,
Autumn 2018, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.

Scholarships awarded
2019 Recruitment Scholarship from Department of Psychology, University of Alberta.
$4000 CAD ($2000/year CAD)
2016 Science Academies’ Summer Research Fellowship, 2016; Offered by Indian Academy of
Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, and The National Academy of Sciences, India.
$307 CAD

2014 Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research – Scholarship for Higher Education
from Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.
$5745 CAD ($1149/year CAD)

Conferences and workshops attended

2019 Understanding Behaviour Conference, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,
Kolkata.

2018 Frontiers in Modern Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.

2017 Advances in Life Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.

2017 Global Initiative of Academic Networks course on Ocean Acidification and its implication
for Marine ecosystems, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.

2014 National Science Camp (Vijyoshi Camp); Organized by Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan
Yojana (KVPY), Gov. of India in collaboration with INSPIRE-SHE programme, Indian
Institute of Science -Bengaluru, and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,
Kolkata.

Poster presentations
2019 Gopika Balasubramanian & Anuradha Bhat. Social learning of a foraging task in guppies,
Poecilia reticulate; Understanding Behavior Conference, Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, Kolkata.

Volunteer work
2018 Volunteered at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata booth,
Indian National Science Exhibition, organized by the Bengal Human Research
Development. Engaged school children with simple science experiments.

References
Dr. Anuradha Bhat
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India.
E-mail: anuradhabhat@iiserkol.ac.in

Dr. Rituparna Sinha Roy

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
E-mail: rituparna@iiserkol.ac.in

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