I am an ecologist with interests spanning freshwater ecology, behavioural ecology, natural history, education, media, gender, and science communication. I completed my Masters in Wildlife Sciences from the Wildlife Institute of India in 2021. I am currently leading a project that aims to determine the impacts of land-use change on amphibians and snakes on lateritic plateaus in the northern Western Ghats. During my Masters, I worked on the ecology and conservation issues of overwintering tadpoles in the Western Himalaya. Previously, I was a POBE fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, where I worked on the foraging behaviour of Common Myna in relation to communal roosting. I am a graduate of Botany from Farook College, University of Calicut, Kerala. Apart from the ecological works, I have led a project on the inclusion of women in the field of Chemical Science in Kerala and founded 'Myristica- The Ecological Fiesta' which intensively engaged in the conversation of technology, culture, ecology and life among Kerala's college students. Find my musings and publications at https://www.jithinvijayan.info