Research Experience
2023: Senior Scientific Researcher, TropWater, James Cook University, Australia
2023: Scientific Researcher, Bombay Natural History Society, India
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Fellow at the SWIRE Institute of Marine Sciences, the University of Hong Kong.
2021-2022: Rauf Ali Fellow in Ecology of Island Ecosystems. Website
2021-2022: National Postdoctoral Fellow at School of Earth Ocean and Climate Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Website
2019-2021: Scientific Researcher, Department of Marine Conservation, Bombay Natural History Society, India
2018: Assistant Professor: Center for Climate Change: Suraj Gyan Vihar University, India
2012-13: Fisheries Development Officer, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, India
2012: Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, India
Professional Mentors
Dr. Nathan Waltham (Project Head): Wetland Restoration, Biodiversity assemblages and Ecosystem Services
Dr. Juan Diego-Gaitan Espitia (Postdoc Mentor): Seagrass Ecology, Climate change biology and Eco-physiology
Dr. Syed Hilal Farooq (Postdoc Mentor): Coastal Biogeochemistry and Trace metal pollution
Dr. Deepak Apte (Mentor): Coastal Ecology
Dr. Jason Hall Spencer (PhD Supervisor): Ocean acidification, CO2 vents, and coastal ecology
Dr. Rui OP Santos (PhD Supervisor): Seagrass Ecology, Climate change impacts, Blue Carbon
Dr. Kartik Shanker (Research Project Supervisor): Community Ecology, Marine Turtles
Dr. Raju Mohanraju (M.Sc. Thesis Advisor): Seagrass, Bacterial Epiphytes
Professional Memberships
British Ecological Society (BES), UK: 2023-24
World Seagrass Association: 2023 onwards
International Association for Biological Oceanography (IABO): 2023 onwards
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA), UK: 2023 Onwards
All India Mangrove Alliance for Climate and Conservation (AIMACC), India: 2023 onwards
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), USA: 2022 onwards
Global Ocean Acidification Observation Network (GOA-ON): Regional Member of South Asia from 2022 onwards
Interdisciplinary Marine Early Career Network (IMECaN): 2021 onwards
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, USA) Ocean Acidification Initiative: 2021 onwards
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Coastal Ecosystems Group; 2018-2023
Professional Service for Scientific Journals
Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology (Taylor & Francis: 2022 onwards)
Regional Environmental Change (Springer Nature: 2022 onwards)
Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier:2021 onwards)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer: 2021 onwards)
Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Biogeochemistry Review Editor:2021 onwards)
Marine Environmental Research (Elsevier: 2019 onwards)
Marine Pollution Bulletin (Elsevier:2019 onwards)
Tropical Ecology (Springer: 2020 onwards)
Biodiversitas: Journal of Biological diversity (2019 onwards)
Journal of Threatened Taxa (JoTT); 2022 onwards
Arabian Journal of Geo-Sciences (2023 onwards)