Projects

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Indian Chelonethida: taxonomy, ecology and phylogeography of Pseudoscorpions with special reference to Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Co-Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Project fellow: Aneesh Mathew Vergis

Project period: May 2019- 2022

Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi

Total Cost: Rs. 40,27,120/-

Bridging the gap in the systematic of Indian araneofauna: An integrated approach using phylogeny and behaviour

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Co-Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Project fellows: Fr. M. J. Joby, Pradeep M. S.

Project period: July 2017–2020

Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi

Total Cost: Rs. 66,85,400/-

Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the cloud forests of the sky islands in Western Ghats: A taxonomic and eco-biogeographical approach

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Co-Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Project fellow: Jimmy Paul

Project period: July 2014–2018

Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi

Total Cost: Rs. 41,49,000/-

Network project on spiders and pseudoscorpions of Western Ghats (AICOPTAX)

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Project fellows: Dhruv Prajapthi , Prasantha Kumara S. Muruthappa

Project period: July 2014–2017

Funding agency: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), New Delhi

Total Cost: Rs. 33,30,000/-

Diversity and Composition of Litter and Ground-Dwelling Spiders in the Western Ghats of Kerala

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Co-Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Project fellows: Fr. M. J. Joby, Pradeep M. S.

Project period: December 2012–2015

Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi

Total Cost: Rs. 49,98,000/-

Which way across the Wallace line? Solving the evolutionary history of a superabundant group of orb-weaving spiders from Asia and Australia

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Project Fellow: NIL

Project period: August 2010 to March 2011

Funding agency: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Govt. of Australia

Total Cost: Rs. 1452959/- (AUD 25,500/-)

Diversity and abundance of spiders (Order: Araneae) in different habitat types of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mathew M. J.

Project fellow: NIL

Project period: August 2008 to July 2010

Funding agency: International Foundation For Science (IFS), Stockholm, Sweden.

Total Cost: Rs. 729394/- (US$ 8324/-)

Bioecology of spiders in Western Ghats of Kerala

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Co-Investigator: Dr. John Joseph

Project fellow: Mathew M. J.

Project period: February 2006–2009

Funding agency: Ministry of Environment , Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), New Delhi.

Total Cost: Rs. 16,67,139/-

A study on the Mygalomorph spiders in Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Project fellow: NIL

Project period: May 2004 to April 2005

Funding agency: University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

Total Cost: RS. 28,000/-

A Qualitative Study on the Biodiversity of Spider Fauna in Ernkulam District, Kerala State

Principal Investigator: Dr. P. A. Sebastian

Co-Investigator: Sunil Jose K.

Project fellow: NIL

Project period: April 2003–2006

Funding agency: Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Total Cost: Rs.3,19,000/-

Bioecology, conservation and predatory potential of spider fauna in vegetable and rice agroecosystems

Principal Investigator: Dr. P.A. Sebastian

Co-Investigators: Dr. S. Pathummal Beevi, Dr. John Joseph

Project fellows: Mathew M. J, Biju C.R.

Project period: April 2002–2005

Funding agency: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

Total Cost: Rs. 16,45,190/-

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