Sizing up an elephant footprint, early 2025, at the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in
Arunachal Pradesh.
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Hi, I am Anuj!I am a biodiversity researcher with a love for amphibians and reptiles. I'm currently working towards a PhD in the Keogh Lab at the Australian National University. My research explores large-scale biodiversity patterns across geography and evolutionary time, with a particular focus on the macroevolutionary dynamics that drive the diversification of anurans (frogs and toads).
Beyond my doctoral work, I am involved in science communication and community engagement through two key initiatives. At HerpClub, we help foster collaboration within the Indian herpetology community—over the past two years, we published HerpBuzz, a monthly online newsletter that connected researchers and enthusiasts (this publication is currently paused). I also co-manage the Shieldtail Mapping Project, a citizen science initiative created to spread awareness about the small and neglected shieldtail snakes, while gathering valuable crowdsourced data on Indian shieldtail distributions and natural history. In my free time, I like to play tennis and only recently got into indoor rock climbing. Find me on: Bluesky | Github | G Scholar | Instagram |
