People
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Dr. Rajeev Raghavan (Group Leader) (see more)Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Resource Management South Asia Chair, IUCN SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group & IUCN Freshwater Fish Red List Authority Coordinator for Asia/Oceania, |
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Unmesh Katwate (PhD candidate)
Thesis title: Systematics of the barbs of the sub-family Smiliogastrinae of the Western Ghats |
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Anoop VK (PhD candidate)Thesis title: Taxonomy and systematics of the Western Ghats hillstream loach genus, Mesonoemacheilus |
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Akshaya A (PhD candidate)Thesis title: Systematic conservation planning and identification of freshwater protected areas |
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Ramvilas Ghosh (Co-supervised PhD candidate)Thesis title: Taxonomy, phylogenetics and evolution of gorgonians of the Central Indian Ocean. |
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Shalu Kannan (Co-supervised PhD candidate)Thesis title: Taxonomy and conservation of syngnathid fishes. |
Ryan Babu (Project Officer/Research Fellow)Project: Mahseer fishes of Kerala – diversity, distribution and conservation |
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Krishnaprasad P.H (Research Fellow)Project: Mahseer fishes of Kerala – diversity, distribution and conservation |
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Rayees Mohammed (Masters Student)Project: DNA barcoding of fishes of the Laccadive Archipelago |
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Abisha C (Senior Research Fellow)Project: Fishes of Ashtamudi and Sasthamcotta Lakes |
Previous Members
Arya Sidharthan (PhD Student 2016 – 2023) – currently Project Associate at the Wildlife Institute of India
Remya L Sundar (Research Fellow 2015 – 2023) – currently Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Aquatic Resource Management and Conservation, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India
Anju Joseph (Junior Research Fellow 2021-2022)
Ravi Kiran (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2020-2022) – currently with CP Aquaculture Pvt. Ltd, Bhimavaram, India
Ryan Babu (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2020-2022) – currently Research Fellow at the Rajeev Lab, Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India
Mohammed Naeem (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2019-2021) – currently Researcher at the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR)
Smrithy Ramadasan (2019-2020) – currently PhD candidate at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa, India
Ashley Shaji (2019-2020) – currently Master of Science in Research (MRes) candidate at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Ashna Shanmughan (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2018-2019) – currently PhD candidate at the ICAR – Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, India
Sruthymol, UM (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2018-2019)
Rahul Rajan (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2018-2019) – currently Research Fellow at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi, India
Seethalakshmi Sanil (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2018-2019) – currently Executive Assistant at the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad, India
Mubarak M (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2017-2018) – currently PhD candidate at the National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), Keelung, Taiwan
Shubra Singh (Visiting MFSc Student 2018 – Master of Fisheries Science in Fish Genetics, Central Institute of Fisheries Education/CIFE, Mumbai, October 2018)
Sanniya Sekhar (Intern – August/September 2018 – Master of Science in Biodiversity & Ecosystem Management, University of Camerino, Italy)
Anju CV (Master of Science in Marine Biology, 2016-2018)
Eldho PS (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2016-2017) – currently PhD candidate at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Sangeetha Nair (Visiting PhD Student, Central Institute of Fisheries Education/CIFE, Mumbai, February/March 2017) – currently Scientist at the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Barrackpore, India
Parul Gurjar (Visiting PhD Student, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, December 2016)
Rufus T (Master of Fisheries Science/MFSc, 2015-2016) – currently Fisheries Assistant at the Department of Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Swathy KS (Master of Science in Biological Oceanography and Biodiversity, 2015-2016) – currently PhD candidate at the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Richu A (Master of Science in Biological Oceanography and Biodiversity, 2015-2016)
Collaborators
We believe that success in science comes through collaboration and therefore much of our research is born and progress through joint effort. Here is a list of collaborators and research buddies with whom we work on collaborative projects and jointly publish scientific papers.
Neelesh Dahanukar, School of Life Sciences, Shiv Nadar Insitute of Eminence, Delhi NCR
Siby Philip, Department of Zoology, Nirmalagiri College, Kannur, India
Anvar Ali, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Sanjay Molur, Zoo Outreach Organization (ZOO), Coimbatore, India
Bijukumar A, Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India
Ralf Britz, Senckenberg Natural History Museum, Dresden, Germany
Steven J. Cooke, Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Jörg Freyhof, Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany
Kazunori Yamahira, Nishihara Station, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Ranjeet K, Department of Aquatic Environment Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Adrian C. Pinder, University of Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Binoy V.V, National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, India
P.O. Nameer, Center for Wildlife Studies, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Thrissur, India
Josin Tharian, Department of Zoology, St. John’s College, Anchal, India
Suresh Kumar, School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Benno Pereira, Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Nadeem Qadri, The Nature University, Srinagar, India
Nikhil Sood, India Gills, Bangalore, India
C.P. Arjun, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Thiruvananthapuram, India
D.B. Gurung, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan
Derek D’souza, International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) and Mahseer Trust
