S11E3: Studying microbial ecology and soil restoration with Dhruthi

About this episode

Dhruthi shares her academic journey from studying botany and zoology in Bangalore to researching microbial populations in Australia for her PhD.

In this episode of DAP, we are joined by Dhruti, a long-time listener and a friend of the pod. She takes us through her academic journey, studying botany and zoology as part of her undergrad program in Bangalore to researching microbial populations of the soils in Australia for her PhD studies. We talk about her love of birds and spiders and how that contributed to her scientific journey, documenting 'soppus' in local communities, her dissertation work about understanding microbial ecology of soil in Australia, and much more! Join in!!! RECOMMENDATIONS: Megh Like: A History of the World's Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word – An Informative and Engaging Look at Language, Women, and Society, Megan C. Reynolds Should Scientists and Engineers Run Society? Dr Fatima Shows: Narcos, The Pitt Vatsal Tapeworm Spreads Deadly Cancer to Human | Scientific American ‘All authors agree’ to retraction of Nature article linking microbial DNA to cancer Dhruti Merlin Sheldrake’s works (https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/) Jake Robinson (https://www.jakemrobinson.com/books) Amitav Ghosh: Ghost Eye

People in this episode

Host: Desi Academia Podcast

Guest: Dhruthi

Topics covered

• microbial ecology
• soil restoration
• academic journey
• botany
• zoology
• research
• local communities

Keywords

• microbial ecology
• soil restoration
• Dhruthi
• botany
• zoology
• PhD research
• soppus
• birds
• spiders
• dissertation

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