Quantifying the effect of projected abrupt climate change on global biodiversity
PhD Thesis, Université de Montpellier, France
Advisors: Dr. Vasilis Dakos & Dr. Claire Jacquet 
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Modeling historical climate sensitivites of global biodiversity
Research Engineer, Université de Montpellier, France
Advisors: Dr. Vasilis Dakos & Dr. Claire Jacquet 
Empirical Dynamic Modeling in Gut Microbiota
Master’s Thesis, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supervisor: Prof. Serguei Saavedra
Heat tolerance plasticity in plants: a global synthesis
Dept. of Biology, IISER Pune
Supervisor: Prof. Deepak Barua 
Harnessing community science data to predict upward range shifts in montane birds
Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Supervisor: Prof. Umesh Srinivasan
Spatial Models of Higher-order Interactions
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
Supervisor: Theo Gibbs, Prof. Jonathan Levine
Characterizing Intron Splicing Sites Using Unsupervised Clustering
Dept. of Data Science, IISER Pune
Supervisor: Prof. Leelavati Narlikar
Modeling Sign-feasibility in Random Ecosystems
Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Allesina
publications
Community science data provide evidence for upward elevational range shifts by Eastern Himalayan birds
Published in Biotropica, 2022
Species in mountainous regions move upslope to track warming climates. Using community science data from eBird, we design a statistical technique to detect these using observations from the East Himalayas.
Recommended citation: Girish, K. S., & Srinivasan, U. (2022). Community science data provide evidence for upward elevational range shifts by Eastern Himalayan birds. Biotropica, 54(6), 1457-1465.
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Upward Range Shifts in Eastern Himalayan birds from Community Science Data
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Presented a short talk summarizing my results from the project with Prof. Umesh Srinivasan on using community science data to detect upward range shifts in East Himalayan birds.
Preliminary Evidences for Upslope Range Shifts in East Himalayan Birds
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Presented a poster summarizing my work with Prof. Umesh Srinivasan on using community science data to detect upward range shifts in Eastern Himalayan birds. Received the Best Poster Award for this.
Assessing the effect of external perturbations on the stability of microbiota
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Selected to present a lightning talk on my masters’ thesis work with Prof. Serguei Saavedra for MIT-CEE Research Day, the annual showcase of research happening in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Assessing the sensitivity of microbiota to external perturbations
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Presented a poster at the annual MIT Microbiome Symposium, summarizing my work with Prof. Serguei Saavedra for my masters’ thesis. You can see the poster here: MIT Microbiome Symposium Poster
Modeling global patterns in environmental niches
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Presented updates on my work modeling historical multidimensional species climate limits to an audience of 80 climate scientists and oceanographers across Europe.