Conversation with Vinita Gowda

Vinita is a botanist and an Associate Professor at IISER-Bhopal : https://treelab.wixsite.com/tree

She and her research group work on tropical ecology and evolution of plants. Her lab specializes in plant ecology and evolution, with a focus on Zingiberaceae and Gesneriaceae. Their research interests include floral evolution, community ecology, plant-pollinator interactions, and reproductive ecology.

In the episode, we explore her intellectual journey and find how she got interested in botany via explorations in fauna and flora.

Watch/listen as we humanize science.

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