▁S . M . ▁from ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 . ▁ ▁For ▁her ▁doctor al ▁th esis , ▁she ▁worked ▁on ▁pol lin ation ▁of ▁the ▁hem i - par as it ic ▁mist le to es ▁by ▁ne ct ar ▁feed ing ▁birds , ▁under ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁the ▁natural ist , ▁Sal im ▁Ali , ▁who ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" bird ▁man ▁of ▁India ". ▁ ▁Work ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁conservation ▁bi ologist , ▁her ▁work ▁mostly ▁revol ved ▁around ▁forest ▁e col ogy , ▁pol lin ation ▁bi ology ▁and ▁end anger ed ▁species ▁conservation . ▁ ▁She ▁worked ▁for ▁close ▁to ▁three ▁dec ades ▁in ▁P ond icher ry ▁University ▁at ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁E col ogy ▁and ▁Environment al ▁Sciences ▁until ▁she ▁retired . ▁Currently , ▁she ▁is ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁research ▁project ▁  where ▁she ▁is ▁“ anal ys ing ▁tree ▁distributions ▁at ▁the ▁bio - ge ographical ▁scale , ▁and ▁the ▁conservation ▁gen et ics ▁of ▁end anger ed ▁species ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Asian ▁ele ph ant ▁and ▁Nil gi ri ▁T ahr ” ▁ ▁She ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁women ▁who ▁were ▁field ▁bi olog ists ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁Though ▁scient ists ▁who ▁have ▁only ▁carried ▁out ▁research ▁inside ▁of ▁their ▁labor ator ies ▁do ▁not ▁adjust ▁well ▁to ▁field work , ▁All ison ▁Snow , ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁fellow ▁post doc ▁in ▁Pan ama ▁remarked , ▁" P ri ya ▁was