Research

RESEARCH INTEREST

- Aquatic ecosystem functioning, Ecosystem health and management

- Nutrient cycle, trophic dynamics, ecosystem services

- Ability of an ecosystem to respond and withstand stress

- Ecophysiology and ecotoxicology of icthyofauna

- Develop models on ecological systems emphasizing on climate issues and ecosystem health

POSITIONS/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

K.C. College, West Bengal, India

Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Department of Zoology

06/2017- Till date

Visva–Bharati University, Sanitinketan, India

Post doctoral Research Fellow

Study of aquatic ecosystem health through food web model in Hooghly estuarine region, a mangrove system

08/2014- 06/2017

Evolution and Biodiversity Laboratory, University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France

Postdoctoral Fellow (Mobility Programme)

Towards a physiological response of fishes under variable environmental conditions: An approach through neural network

01/2016- 06/2016

Indian Statistical Institute

Visiting Scientist

Growth profile of Chaetoceros sp. and its steady state behavior with change in initial inoculum size: a modelling approach

02/ 2015

Visva – Bharati University, Sanitinketan, India

Ph.D. student

System dynamic modelling of carbon cycle from mangrove litter to the adjacent Hooghly estuary, India

03/2009-08/2014

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1) Postdoctoral fellowship for Woman (Rank 1) funded by UGC, India for five years from February, 2015- February, 2020. Award Letter No. F.15­1/2014­15/PDFWM­2014­15­GE­WES­25053(SA­II) dated January 30, 2015

2) Post-Doc mobility Programme for duration of 6 months at University Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, (France) within the framework of Erasmus Mundus project TECHNO II – 3rd cohort

3) Southern African Young Scientists Summer Programme (SA-YSSP) from Dec 2012-Feb 2013 to work on Robustness Measures of Aquatic Ecosystems Using Network Analysis, in collaboration with International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria and University of Free State, South Africa

4) Best Poster Presentation award in International Conference on India Biodiversity Meet organized by Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, ISI, Kolkata; 21-23 November, 2014

5) National Postdoctoral Fellow 2017 (Not Availed due to DST funding policies)