Megha Suresh works on understanding the origin and evolution of the genetic code. Her research is motivated by curiosity about how simple molecular interactions can assemble into the highly organized machinery that sustains life. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in India. During her Master’s, Megha had the opportunity to conduct her dissertation research at the University of Barcelona, where she carried out a comparative analysis of genes involved in translation across Metazoa. Megha’s doctoral research focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of the genetic code, with a particular interest in the dynamics of the tRNA pool in different organisms, codon reassignments, and the constraints under which decoding systems evolve. By combining theoretical and computational modeling with phylogenomic and systems-level analyses, she aims to understand how the translation system adapts, stabilizes, and diversifies over evolutionary time. Megha enjoys working with code and models as tools to explore biological ideas. Outside of research, she enjoys hiking and spending time outdoors, which is really helpful in offering new perspectives on complex problems.
