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Madhvi Venkatraman is a predoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian’s Center for Conservation Genomics. Her research interests include using genomics and transcriptomics to understand population history and adaptation in birds. Venkatraman’s dissertation focuses on high-elevation adaptation in the avian family zosteropidae, commonly known as white-eyes. She is particularly interested in studying ancestral plasticity to inform our understanding of how species will react to climate change in the future.
Venkatraman's projects include:
Venkatraman received her bachelor's degree in biology from Occidental College in 2013, and is currently working on her Ph.D at the University of Maryland, College Park.