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)