Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position – BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

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May 17, 2026

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Job Description

We are recruiting for one Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position under our ANRF-ARG funded interdisciplinary project at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Pilani Hyderabad Campus.

Signals in the Dark: Emergence and Fragility of Collective Synchrony in Fireflies
PIs: Akanksha Rathore, Jitesh Jhawar, Rohit Naniwadekar, Rahul Nigam, Sriram Murali

The project combines:
-ecology & animal behaviour
-AI/computer vision
-nocturnal field biology
-collective behaviour & quantitative analysis

Open to candidates from computational OR ecology/wildlife backgrounds.
📍 Convertible to PhD at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
📅 Application deadline: 20 June 2026
Please see the attached poster and application document for details and submission instructions.
Application document:

Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position - BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus