Ph.D. (Ecology, 2009) | kusum@uark.edu
Associate Professor and Lab Director
Kusum grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India. She completed a bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Isabella Thoburn College (University of Lucknow), a master’s degree in Environmental Science from the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, and a doctoral degree in Ecology from the University of Wyoming. She worked as a postdoctoral associate and research faculty at Penn State before joining UofA. In her spare time, she enjoys watching movies, taking pictures, reading literature from different countries, visiting new places, and learning about different cultures.