Poonam Kamath

Poonam Kamath is a doctoral student and lecturer in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She is conducting her doctoral research at the University of Heidelberg under the supervision of Dr. Karin Polit, focusing on the intersection of fertility desires and feminism in Germany.

Her educational background is highly interdisciplinary:

• B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India
• M.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Bangalore, India
• M.A. in Medical Anthropology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Her research interests span Medical Anthropology, Digital Anthropology, Mental Health, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Feminism, and Women’s Health. Her Master’s thesis examined mental health and diagnostic frameworks in urban clinical spaces in Mumbai. Since 2017, she has served as a research assistant on two major projects: WunschKinder, funded by the DFG, comparing meanings of a 'desired child' among German and Indian women, and Home Away from Home, a collaborative study on the cultural capital of the Indian diaspora in Germany involving the Universities of Bonn and Heidelberg and the Indian Embassy/Consulate.

Although no recent articles are listed, her research trajectory indicates a strong focus on reproductive health, gender, migration, and the sociocultural dimensions of medicine and technology.

She has not received any scientific awards mentioned in the text and does not appear to supervise students at this time.

Poonam Kamath is actively engaged in both research and teaching. She contributes to academic life at the University of Tübingen as a lecturer while advancing her doctoral work. She is part of a vibrant research environment that bridges anthropology, gender studies, and transnational cultural analysis.