Academic background

2022-2024	Postdoc, University of Zurich
2013-2021	PhD student, IISER Mohali, India
2011-2013	MSc student, Kurukshetra University, India
2006-2012	BSc student, Dayanand College, India

Awards and Honours

2023	University of Zurich Postdoctoral grant
2017	2nd best speaker at International Conference in Zoological Sciences, Punjabi University, India
2014	Qualified GATE with All India GATE Score 471 and 92 percentile with rank 621
2014	Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship with All India, rank 72.

Publications

Meena A, Maggu K, De Nardo AN, Sbilordo SH & Lüpold S. 2024. Life stage-specific effects of heat stress on spermatogenesis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Thermal Biology 125: 104001. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.104001

Meena A, De Nardo AN, Maggu K, Sbilordo SH, Snook RR & Lüpold S. 2024. Fertility loss and recovery dynamics after repeated heat stress across life stages in male Drosophila melanogaster: Patterns and processes. Royal Society Open Science 11: 241082. doi: 10.1098/rsos.241082

Ahlawat N, Arun MG, Maggu K & Prasad NG. 2021. Enemies make you stronger: Coevolution between fruit fly host and bacterial pathogen increases postinfection survivorship in the host. Ecology and Evolution 11: 9563-9574. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7774

Maggu K, Ahlawat N, Arun MG, Meena A & Prasad NG. 2021. Divergence of responses to variable socio-sexual environments in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster evolving under altered operational sex ratios. Evolution 75: 414-426. doi: 10.1111/evo.14138