Dr. RAMASAMY HARIKRISHNAN

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Ramasamy Harikrishnan, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology at Pachaiyappa’s College for Men (affiliated with the University of Madras), Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. He formerly worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Bharath College of Science and Management, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; as Senior Research Fellow (Ext.) and Research Associate at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India; as a post-doctoral fellowship at the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), South Korea; and as a Research Professor at the College of Ocean Science, Jeju National University, South Korea. He had teach 11 years under-graduate and 8 year post-graduate level. He has guided MPhil students and PhD research scholars at Bharathidasan University. He has been an invited speaker at the University of South Korea. He has been involved in several projects as co-principal investigator at Jeju National University, South Korea. He has visited several countries for oral presentations, including South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, and Japan. He also organized several seminars, symposia, and invited talk. Dr. Harikrishnan is a reviewer and member of the editorial boards for 15 international journals, and has attended many workshops and training courses and national and international conferences and symposiums. He prepared the first cDNA library in a marine kelp grouper, Epinephelus bruneus,and identified 2000 mRNA sequences, and some of which have been submitted to National Center for Biotechnology Information. He has published 128 research and review articles in national and international journals. He edits a book and proceeding in Apple Academic Press, USA and he published 3 book chapters.

Education:

• Ph.D., in Zoology (Fish Molecular Biology) Bharathidasan University, TN, India, 2000-2004 [Thesis]
• M.Phil., Zoology (Fish Immunology), Bharathidasan University, TN, Indian, 1996-1998 [Thesis]
• M.Ed., Education, Bharathidasan University, TN, Indian, 1998
• M.Sc., Zoology (Insect Toxicology), Bharathidasan University, TN, India, 1993-1995 [Thesis]
• B.Sc., Zoology (General), Bharathidasan University, TN, India, 1990-1993