Shipra Singh
IIASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
IIASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
IIASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Capacity Development and Academic Training Unit
Biography
Shipra Singh is an IIASA postdoctoral fellow jointly affiliated with the Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems Research Group in the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program and the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group in the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program. Her current research focuses on assessing the utilization of Forest Ecosystem Services across environmental gradients in the Indian Himalayan region.Singh earned her PhD in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India in 2022. Her doctoral research titled, Functional Traits of Woody Plants in the Temperate Forests of the Western Himalayas, focused on understanding ecological systems with increasing elevation via a trait-based approach. Prior to joining IIASA as a postdoctoral fellow, she served as a guest lecturer at Delhi University, India. She also participated in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in 2021. During her YSSP tenure, her research work focused on trait-based modeling in temperate forests in India.
Singh also holds an Master of Philosophy degree from the School of Environmental Sciences at JNU, where her research explored the impact of slope aspect on species composition, forest structure, and soil physico-chemical properties with increasing elevation (400-3000 meters above sea level) in Western Himalayan forests.
Her academic journey began with a Bachelor's degree in Zoology and a master's degree in Environmental Sciences from Banaras Hindu University. She completed her dissertation work on biodiesel production from municipal sewage sludge at the Indian Institute of Technology.
Last update: 14 DEC 2023
Publications
Singh, S., Verma, A., & Hofhansl, F. (2023). Topographical heterogeneity governs species distribution and regeneration potential by mediating soil attributes in Western Himalayan forests. Research Square 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3462205/v1. (Submitted)
Singh, S., Verma, A.K., & Garkoti, S.C. (2023). Species identity and resource availability explain variation among above and below-ground functional traits in Himalayan temperate forests. Flora 306 e152363. 10.1016/j.flora.2023.152363.
Joshi, J., Hofhansl, F. , Singh, S., Stocker, B., Vignal, T., Brännström, Å., Franklin, O. , Blanco, C., Aleixo, I., Lapola, D., Prentice, I., & Dieckmann, U. (2023). Predicting the adaptive responses of biodiverse plant communities using functional trait evolution. In: Ecological Society of American 2023 Annual Meeting, 6-11 August 2023, Portland.
Joshi, J., Hofhansl, F. , Singh, S., Stocker, B., Brännström, Å., Franklin, O. , Blanco, C.C., Aleixo, I., Lapola, D.M., Prentice, I.C., & Dieckmann, U. (2023). Competition for light can drive adverse species-composition shifts in the Amazon Forest under elevated CO2. BioRxiv 10.1101/2023.07.03.547575. (Submitted)
Joshi, J., Hofhansl, F. , Singh, S., Stocker, B., Brännström, Å., Vignal, T., Casagrande Blanco, C., Aleixo, I., Lapola, D., Prentice, I.C., & Dieckmann, U. (2023). Roles of diversity and adaptation in the eco-evolutionary responses of biodiverse plant communities to climate change. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna.