Manavalan Murugash
PhD student funded by Charles University
+420792618882
manavalm@natur.cuni.cz
I am a PhD Student of Botany at Charles University. My research focus revolves around the Floral Economic Spectrum (FES) and its significance in relation to the Whole Plant Economic Spectrum. In accordance with that, I am studying the interspecific variation of various plant functional traits of species belonging to the Grasslands of Czechia, giving particular emphasis to floral traits. In addition, I will also be studying how the interacting effects of different environmental factors such as nutrient availability and water scarcity alter floral traits which will provide key insights into the various adaptation strategies undertaken by plants in times of stress.
Education
From 2023: PhD student in Botany, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
2020 – 2022: Master’s degree in Botany, Bishop Heber College, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
2017 – 2020: Bachelor’s degree in Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Madras Christian College, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India