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{{short description|Indian molecular ecologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Uma Ramakrishnan
| image =
| alma_mater = PhD, [[University of California, San Diego]]
Postdoc, [[Stanford University]]
| occupation = Professor
| awards = [[Parker-Gentry Award]]
| website = https://www.ncbs.res.in/faculty/uma-research
}}
'''Uma Ramakrishnan''' is an Indian molecular ecologist and professor at [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]] (NCBS), Bangalore. Her research investigates population genetics and evolutionary history of mammals in the Indian subcontinent, including work to save India's tigers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbs.res.in/faculty/uma|title=Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan {{!}} NCBS|website=www.ncbs.res.in|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> In July 2019, she was elected as a fellow to the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="news.ncbs.res.in">{{Cite web|url=http://news.ncbs.res.in/spotlight/congratulations-dr-uma-ramakrishnan-elected-fellow-insa|title=Congratulations! Dr Uma Ramakrishnan elected fellow of INSA {{!}} NCBS News|website=news.ncbs.res.in|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>

==Education==
Ramakrishnan did a Bachelor of Science in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and a Master's in biotechnology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thelifeofscience.com/2018/03/16/tiger-trail-uma/|title=On the tiger trail with Uma|date=2018-03-16|website=The Life of Science|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> She subsequently received a PhD from the [[University of California, San Diego]], following which she was a postdoc at [[Stanford University]].{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==Research and career==
Ramakrishnan joined NCBS in 2005 as an assistant professor.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Her lab developed methods to conduct population monitoring and landscape/population genetics with tiger fecal samples.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/cehg/cgi-bin/cehg-symposium/speakers/uma-ramakrishnan/|title=Uma Ramakrishnan « CEHG Symposium|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-16|archive-date=18 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218101018/https://web.stanford.edu/dept/cehg/cgi-bin/cehg-symposium/speakers/uma-ramakrishnan/}}</ref> Her previous projects include work on contrasting population structure between commensal and wild rodents, and understanding drivers of diversification in montane bird communities in the Western Ghats.<ref name=":2" /> Ramakrishnan has worked with the tiger expert and former director of Wildlife Conservation Society- India, [[K. Ullas Karanth]]. Together with Karanth, Ramakrishnan's lab used genetic sampling to estimate the tiger population in [[Bandipur National Park]].<ref name="On the tiger trail with Uma">{{Cite web|date=2018-03-16|title=On the tiger trail with Uma|url=https://thelifeofscience.com/2018/03/16/tiger-trail-uma/|access-date=2019-08-31|website=The Life of Science|language=en-GB}}</ref> Her research on the connectivity of tiger populations in Central India was presented in court to stay the widening of NH7 which cuts across the Kanha-Pench corridor.<ref name="On the tiger trail with Uma"/>

== Publications ==
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* Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems, ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Zhang|first1=Zhibin|last2=Wake|first2=Marvalee H.|last3=Stenseth|first3=Nils Chr|last4=Stegner|first4=M. Allison|last5=Stegner|first5=Lynn|last6=Solari|first6=Katherine|last7=Shrestha|first7=Kashish Das|last8=Schnitzler|first8=Jan|last9=Ramakrishnan|first9=Uma|date=2017-02-10|title=Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems|journal=Science|language=en|volume=355|issue=6325|article-number=eaah4787|doi=10.1126/science.aah4787|issn=0036-8075|pmid=28183912|hdl=10138/308891|s2cid=206652071|hdl-access=free}}</ref>
* History of Click-Speaking Populations of Africa Inferred from mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Variation, [[Molecular Biology and Evolution]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mountain|first1=Joanna L.|last2=Reed|first2=Floyd A.|last3=Ramakrishnan|first3=Uma|last4=Nyambo|first4=Thomas B.|last5=Lema|first5=Godfrey|last6=Fernandopulle|first6=Neil|last7=Gignoux|first7=Christopher|last8=Knight|first8=Alec|last9=Mortensen|first9=Holly|date=2007-10-01|title=History of Click-Speaking Populations of Africa Inferred from mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Variation|url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/24/10/2180/1071196|journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution|language=en|volume=24|issue=10|pages=2180–2195|doi=10.1093/molbev/msm155|pmid=17656633|issn=0737-4038|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India, [[Biological Conservation (journal)|Biological Conservation]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ghosh-Harihar|first1=Mousumi|last2=An|first2=Ruby|last3=Athreya|first3=Ramana|last4=Borthakur|first4=Udayan|last5=Chanchani|first5=Pranav|last6=Chetry|first6=Dilip|last7=Datta|first7=Aparajita|last8=Harihar|first8=Abishek|last9=Karanth|first9=Krithi K.|date=2019-09-01|title=Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India|journal=Biological Conservation|volume=237|pages=114–124|doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2019.06.024|s2cid=198252839 |issn=0006-3207|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mondol|first1=Samrat|last2=Ullas Karanth|first2=K.|last3=Samba Kumar|first3=N.|last4=Gopalaswamy|first4=Arjun M.|last5=Andheria|first5=Anish|last6=Ramakrishnan|first6=Uma|date=2009-10-01|title=Evaluation of non-invasive genetic sampling methods for estimating tiger population size|journal=Biological Conservation|volume=142|issue=10|pages=2350–2360|doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.014|issn=0006-3207}}</ref>
* Conservation priorities for endangered Indian tigers through a genomic lens, [[Scientific Reports]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ramakrishnan|first1=Uma|last2=Borthakur|first2=Udayan|last3=Zachariah|first3=Arun|last4=Jhala|first4=Yadvendradev V.|last5=Nigam|first5=Parag|last6=Atla|first6=Goutham|last7=Natesh|first7=Meghana|date=2017-08-29|title=Conservation priorities for endangered Indian tigers through a genomic lens|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|page=9614|doi=10.1038/s41598-017-09748-3|pmid=28851952|pmc=5575265|issn=2045-2322}}</ref>
* Rapid multiplex PCR based species identification of wild tigers using non-invasive samples, ''[[Conservation Genetics (journal)|Conservation Genetics]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Nibedita|last2=Mondol|first2=Samrat|last3=Andheria|first3=Anish|last4=Ramakrishnan|first4=Uma|date=2007-12-01|title=Rapid multiplex PCR based species identification of wild tigers using non-invasive samples|journal=Conservation Genetics|language=en|volume=8|issue=6|pages=1465–1470|doi=10.1007/s10592-007-9289-z|s2cid=2653535|issn=1572-9737}}</ref>
* Commensalism facilitates gene flow in mountains: a comparison between two Rattus species [http://www.nature.com/hdy/journal/v115/n3/full/hdy201534a.html]
* Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India - Mondol, S., Kumar, N.S., Gopalaswamy, A. et al. Conservation Genet Resour (2015) 7: 353. doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0371-9 [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12686-014-0371-9]
* Reassessment of the distribution and threat status of the Western Ghats endemic bird, Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis - V. V. Robin*,†, C. K. Vishnudas* and Uma Ramakrishnan [http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/04/0622.pdf]

== Awards and honours ==
* Ramanujan Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2010)<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncbs.res.in/honors-awards/2010-2012|title=Honors & Awards(2010-2012) {{!}} NCBS|website=www.ncbs.res.in|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref>
*Parker/Gentry Award by [[Field Museum of Natural History|Field Museum, Chicago]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-based-ecologist-bags-parker-gentry-award-work-tiger-conservation-42026|website=www.thenewsminute.com|access-date=2019-02-16|title=Bengaluru based ecologist bags Parker-Gentry award for work on tiger conservation|date=22 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Dr. Uma Ramakrishnan {{!}} Parker/Gentry Award|url=https://parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org/2016|access-date=2019-08-31|website=parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org|archive-date=21 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421034244/https://parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org/2016}}</ref>
*Senior Research Visiting Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (2011)<ref name=":4" />
*Outstanding Scientist Award, Department of Atomic Energy (2012)<ref name=":4" />
*Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)<ref name="news.ncbs.res.in"/>

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