We conduct research on the following broad areas:

• Wildlife Ecology

 - Asian elephant ecology and management
 - Social and reproductive biology of Asian elephants
 - Wildlife-human conflict 

• Tropical forest ecology

-  Diversity, structure and dynamics of tropical forests
-  Fire ecology in seasonally dry tropical forests
-  Invasive plant ecology
-  Seed dispersal in tropical forests
-  Climate variability and forest dynamics

• Climate change

-  Reconstructing Quaternary climate change
-  Assessing impacts of future climate change on forests and biodiversity

• Conservation biology

- Conservation of elephants and forests