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.
[citation needed] Her lab developed methods to conduct population monitoring and landscape/population genetics with tiger fecal samples.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.