WORK EXPERIENCE
My work over the years has transitioned from pure taxonomical research to data analytics and visualization.
PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST - BIOLOGIA LIFE SCIENCE LLP
February 2020 -
Create R, Python, Spreadsheets and Biostatistics modules and conduct online workshops. Over 30 sessions successfully conducted to date with the participation of over 300 people.
Consultation on data modeling, analysis, interpretation and effective communication for scientific research projects. Eight projects successfully completed.
Design, implement and manage research projects focused on biodiversity monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). One project successfully completed and two projects are ongoing.
DATA ANALYST (FREELANCE) - KOLABTREE
February 2019 - January 2020
Successfully completed over 10 data analytic projects dealing with explorative and inferential statistical data analysis and visualization
SCIENTIST - ZOO OUTREACH ORGANIZATION
February 2019 - January 2020
Studied Eutrophication impacts on species communities and functional diversity of an urban lotic river habitat (http://rpubs.com/sameerpadhye/532598)
Created a database of crustaceans from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra and Goa (https://www.gbif.org/dataset/974c7838-232a-4fb8-bc02-ef408fcb6944/project)
Developed an R Shiny App for spatial visualization of some freshwater crustaceans on the Indian subcontinent (https://sameermpadhye.shinyapps.io/Distribution_of_large_branchiopods_on_the_Indian_subcontinent/)
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER - LEUVEN UNIVERSITY, BELGIUM
July 2017 - January 2019
Studied Evolutionary rescue as a response to elevated temperatures using zooplankton
Assessed the species communities distribution and functional diversity patterns across a Eutrophication gradient using multivariate statistics and linear mixed effects modeling
Studied how functional and phylogenetic diversity in species communities affect ecosystem functioning using multivariate statistical approaches
VISITING FELLOW - YALE PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, YALE UNIVERSITY
May 2017
Studied the South Asian branchiopod crustacean collections deposited at the Museum
RESEARCHER - WILDLIFE INFORMATION LIAISON DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, INDIA
January 2017 - June 2017
Defined biogeographic patterns of a freshwater crustacean species from the Indian Subcontinent using multivariate statistical methods
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-017-3122-6
LECTURER - MASTERS IN BIODIVERSITY, ABASAHEB GARWARE COLLEGE
July 2016 - November 2016
Conducted lecture and practical courses in Animal Taxonomy and Systematics (Semester I) & Research Methodology and Scientific Communication (Semester III) and supervised M.Sc. projects
VISITING FELLOW - EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF BASEL, SWITZERLAND
June 2016
Worked on the molecular phylogenetic techniques for zooplankton
LECTURER, MASTERS IN ZOOLOGY, R.M.C PUNE
July 2015 - December 2015
Conducted lecture and practical courses in Biostatistics & Freshwater Zoology (Semester I), Research Methodology and Scientific Communication (Semester III) & Bio-diversity assessment (Semester IV)
Set examination papers and supervised M.Sc. project theses
VISITING SCHOLAR - MUSÉUM NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE, PARIS, FRANCE
October 2015
Studied and digitally documented
The Indian large branchipod specimens deposited almost 100 years ago https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4294.3.5
Described a new species of a clam shrimp crustacean from India https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.4
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE - WILDLIFE INFORMATION LIAISON DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY, INDIA
January 2014 - June 2015
Studied the biodiversity dynamics of freshwater zooplankton in the Western Ghats of India
1: https://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1115
2: https://www.jlimnol.it/index.php/jlimnol/article/view/1033
Successfully completed a project titled, 'Digital documentation of Heteroptera (“true bugs”) of Western Ghats of India as a Project Fellow for French Institute of Pondicherry, India
https://public.tableau.com/profile/sameer.padhye#!/vizhome/Bugfaunistics2/Dashboard1
Worked as a Teaching Assistant for Biology Practicals at the Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research, Pune