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Education
1. High School, R.V. P.U. College, Bangalore
May 2017 - May 2019
Percentage: 92.7
2. BS-MS in Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
August 2019 - May 2024
CGPA: 8.7
3. PhD, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg
September 2024 - Present
Master’s Thesis
Automated Tracking of Behavioural Synchrony in Cooperating Marmosets
With Prof. Judith Burkart and Nikhil Phaniraj, Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Zurich
Establishing an automated 3D pose-tracking pipeline to study gaze following, interpersonal behavioural synchrony and posture imitation in common marmosets using DeepLabCut.
Talks and Poster Presentations
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Kulkarni, V. Phaniraj, N. Burkart, J. Automated Tracking of Behavioural Synchrony in Common Marmosets. Gesellschaft fur Primatologie (GfP) Conference, Konstanz. March 2024
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Kulkarni, V. Phaniraj, N. Burkart, J. Behavioural Synchrony in Common Marmosets. Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology (UZH) Symposium talk. Nov 2023
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Kulkarni, V. Rajan, R. Reinforcement-induced Reduction of number of Introductory Notes. IISER Pune Biology Undergraduate Poster Session. April 2023
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Kulkarni, V. T. S. Nandu, Rajan, R. Comparative Analysis of Introductory Notes across Four Estrildid bird species. IISER Pune Biology Undergraduate Poster Session. Nov 2022
Relevant Coursework
Biology
Animal Behaviour, Neurobiology I, Evolution, Ecology I and II, Animal Physiology I and II, Chemical Ecology, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Physiology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Biology of Systems
Data Science
Data Analysis, Bioinformatics, Introduction to Statistical Learning, Generalized Linear Models and their Applications
Mathematics
Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Humanities
History of Science, Science and Society, Political Ecology, Political Thought in India, Disasters and Society, Diseases and Discourse, Contemporary Stories from the Subcontinent
Scholarships and Awards
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A H Schultz Grant (16,100 CHF) - A support grant from the A H Schultz Foundation for my master’s thesis at the University of Zurich (2023-24)
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KVPY Fellow (≈ 5,600 USD) - Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna (Young Scientist Encouragement Program), 2019 - 2024, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India