Research 

 Publications

1.  Verma C. R., Pise, M., Khare T., Kumkar P., Kalous L. (2024). "Social media and genetic evidence demonstrate the expansion of an invasive fish in India," Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 73, 23087.1-6.

2.  Verma C. R., Kumkar P., Shendage T., Shinde P., Kumar V., Kharat S., Khare T. & Kalous L. (2023) Carbon nanofibers caused oxidative stress and disrupted anti-predator responses in common spiny loach. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry.

3. Kumkar, P., Verma, C. R., Hýsek, Š., Pise, M., Źółtowska, S., Gosavi, S. M., ... & Kalous, L. (2023) Contaminants and their ecological risk assessment in beach sediments and water along the Maharashtra coast of India: A comprehensive approach using microplastics, heavy metal(loid)s, pharmaceuticals, personal care products and plasticizers. Science of The Total Environment.

4.  Kumkar, P., Pise, M., Verma, C. R., Khare, T., Petrtýl, M., & Kalous, L. (2022). Micro-contaminant, but immense impact: Source and influence of diethyl phthalate plasticizer on bottom-dwelling fishes. Chemosphere, 306, 135563.

5. Šmejkal, M., Dočkal, O., Thomas, K., Verma, C. R., Kumkar, P. & Kalous, M. (2023). First record of highly invasive Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 (Perciformes: Odontobutidae) in the Elbe River Basin, Czechia. Aquatic Ecology.

6. Verma, C. R., Gosavi, S. M., Pise, M., Kalous, L., & Kumkar, P. (2023). Effect of diethyl phthalate on predator–prey chemo-ecology in Lepidocephalichthys thermalis. Aquatic Ecology.

7. Verma, C. R., Kumkar, P., Khare, T., Pise, M., Kalous, L., & Dahanukar, N. (2022). Contracaecum nematode parasites in hillstream loaches of Western Ghats, India. Journal of Fish Diseases.

8. Verma, C. R., Pise, M., Kumkar, P., Gosavi, S. M., & Kalous, M. (2022). Microplastic Contamination in Ulhas River Flowing Through India’s Most Populous Metropolitan Area. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 233, 520.

9. Verma, C. R., Gorule, P. A., Kumkar, P., Kharat, S. S., & Gosavi, S. M. (2020). Morpho-histochemical adaptations of the digestive tract in Gangetic mud-eel Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton 1822) support utilization of mud-dwelling prey. Acta Histochemica.

10. Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R., Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. (2019). Glass in the water: molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Indian glassy perchlets (Teleostei: Ambassidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.

11. Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P., Gosavi, S. M. (2021) Nothing in excess is good: Double pelvic fin malformation in the wild-caught hill stream loach, Indoreonectes evezardi (Day, 1872) from biodiversity hotspot of India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.

12. Pise, M., Gorule, P.A., Kharat, S., Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P., Gosavi, S.M. (2021) Two new species of Indoreonectes from northern Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa

13. Gosavi, S. M., Tapkir, S.D., Kumkar, P., Verma, C.R., Kharat, S.S. (2020) Act now before its too late: Copper exposure drives chemo-ecology of predator-prey dynamics of freshwater common spiny loach, Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846) Environmental Research, 109509. 

14. Gorule, P. G., Gosavi, S.M., Kharat, S.S., Verma, C.R., (2020) Osteological description of Indian Skipper Frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the Western Ghats of India . Journal of Threatened Taxa 12 (9), 16136-16142.

15. Verma, C.R., Gorule, P. G., Kumkar, P., Kharat, S.S., Gosavi, S. M., (2020) Morpho-histochemical adaptations of the digestive tract in Gangetic mud-eel Ophichthys cuchia (Hamilton 1822) support utilization of mud-dwelling prey. Acta Histochemica 122 (7), 151602.

16. Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P., Raghavan, R., Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Glass in the water: molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Indian glassy perchlets (Teleostei: Ambassidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57 (3), 623-631.

17. Gosavi, S. M., Verma, C.R.*, Kharat, S. S., Pise, M., & Kumkar, P. (2019) Structural adequacy of the digestive tract supports dual feeding habit in catfish Pachypterus khavalchor (Siluriformes: Horabagridae). Acta Histochemica, 121 (4), 437-449.

18. Pise, M., Gorule, P.A., Kharat, S., Verma, C.R., Kumkar, P., Gosavi, S.M. (2018) Length‐weight relationships of four freshwater fishes from northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 34(6), 1394-1396.

19. Verma, C.R.*, Kumkar, P.*, Raghavan, R., Katwate, U., Paingankar, M.S. & Dahanukar, N. (2019). Glass in the water: molecular phylogenetics and evolution of Indian glassy perchlets (Teleostei: Ambassidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 57 (3), 623-631. 

Projects

Project Technician: Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, CZU Prague 

• Conducted water and sludge sampling for micropollutant assessment, executed characterization of microplastics in a recirculating aquaculture system.

•  Investigated the presence of microplastics in fish tissues and assessed their impact on fish health. Analysed data, interpreted results, and presented findings in scientific article 

Master of Science project thesis   

 Karyotype analysis of some freshwater planarians from Western Ghats of Pune.

Conferences/Workshops:

1. Verma, C. R., Kumkar, P., Pise, M., Gosavi, S. M., & Kalous, M. (2023) Impact of Microplastic contamination on esturine Mudskipper Fish. In Book of abstract, XVII European Congress of Ichthyology (ECI 2023), CZU, Prague, Czech Republic, 4-8 September 2023.

2.  Verma, C., Kumkar, P., Rajeev Raghavan & Neelesh Dahanukar, Osteological diversification in the freshwater fish family Danionidae (2019) In Book of Abstract, National conference on Aquatic Ecosystem: Sustainability and Conservation, IISER, Pune, 20-21 Dec 2019.

3.  Kumkar, P., Verma, C., Paingankar, M., Raghavan, R., & Dahanukar, N. (2019) Genetic barcode library for freshwater fishes of Maharashtra state. In Book of abstracts, Aquatic Ecosystem: Sustainability and Conservation, a national conference on aquatic conservation, IISER, Pune, 20-21 Dec 2019.

4. Sandip Tapkir, Chandani Verma, Pankaj Gorule, Sachin Gosavi, Impact, Recovery & Carryover Effect of Roundup® on Native & Non-Native Predator Recognition in Common Spiny Loach (2018) In Book of Abstracts, International Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2018), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, 4-6 October 2018.

Awardeds and Scholarships:

1. Travel grant for ELLS Training Course at Belgium (European Union) June 2024

2. Czech-Austria Mobility Grant (Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports) May 2024

3. ERASMUS+ TRAINEESHIPS Scholarship (European Commission) June–July 2023

4. Extraordinary scholarship (FAPPZ Česká zemědělská univerzita) 2021 – ongoing

5. Doctoral Scholarship (Government of the Czech Republic) 2021 – ongoing

6. Czech Government accommodation scholarship 2021 – 0ngoing

7. Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship (Government of Hungary) 2020 (Declined)