PhD Awardees

Dr Sunil Jose K.

Title: A faunistic survey of spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) in Kerala

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2003,

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2007
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Mathew M. J

Title: Systematics and bionomics of spiders in agricultural and forest ecosystems of central Kerala, India

Research Guide: Dr. S. Murugesan

Co-Investigator: Dr. P.A. Sebastian

Registered on: 2004

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2008
University: FRI University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Dr Sudhikumar A.V.

Title: Studies on the taxonomy and bionomics of some predacious spiders on insect pests of Kuttanad rice agroecosystem, Kerala, India

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2004

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2008
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Samson Davis Padayatty

Title: Systematic study on Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Kerala, India – with notes on habit and habitat of common forms

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2007

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2012
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Lakshmi Devi Menon P.

Title:  Investigation on the taxonomy of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) associated with Rice ecosystem in Thrissur and Palakkad Districts of Kerala State.

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2008

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2013
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Pradeep M. S.

Title: Taxonomy and bioecology of ground dwelling spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Kerala region of Western Ghats.

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2013

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2019
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr (Fr.) Joby J. Malammel

Title: A faunistic survey of spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) in Kerala

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2003,

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2007
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Elizabeth V. Mathew.

Title: Taxonomy of spiders belonging to the genus Cyrtophora Simon, 1864 (Araneae, Araneidae)  of the Western Ghats using morphological and molecular data

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2013

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2019
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Sunish E.

Title: Systematics of spider in central Malabar, Kerala, India with special emphasis on  mygalomorphs (Araneae: Orthognatha)

Research Guide: Dr. P.A. Sebastian
Registered on: 2007

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2019
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

Dr Jimmy Paul

Title: Taxonomy and ecology of spiders in Tropical Montane Cloud Forests of Western Ghats

Research Guide: Dr. M. J. Mathew
Registered on: 2016

Ph.D. Awarded on: 2023
University: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala

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