Focus of Research :
- Marine Environment Monitoring and Management
- Critical marine habitat research
- Site selection for deployment of Artificial Reefs
- Intertidal seaweeds and seagrass diversity
Background :
After completing my master's degree in Aquatic Environmental Management (2011) at CIFE, Mumbai, I worked as an Inspector of Fisheries at Rameswaram for the state fisheries department of Tamil Nadu from 2013 to 2014. In 2015, I became a Scientist of the Agricultural Research Service at ICAR (101st FOCARS at NAARM, Hyderabad). Presently, I have been working as Scientist in Marine Biodiversity and Environment Management Division at Mandapam Regional Centre of CMFRI, Mandapam Camp and mainly focus on Marine Pollution, Marine Macrophytes, Jellyfishes, Marine mammals, Critical Marine Habitat related studies, Algal blooms, Site selection and deployment of artificial reefs at the Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar coast.
Education :
- F.Sc.- 2011 (ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Mumbai)
- B.F.Sc. - 2009 (Fisheries College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu)
Current Research Projects :
No | Title | Funded By |
1. | Impact of Coastal Marine Pollution on the Ecosystem’s health, biodiversity and mitigation measures (MBEMD/MPC/28) - (Co-PI) | CMFRI |
2. | Marine Macrophytes in India - Resource dynamics & Ecosystem services (MBEMD/MPH/29) – (Co-PI) | CMFRI |
3. | Jellyfish bloom dynamics in coastal and marine ecosystems of India (MBD/JBD/32) – (Co-PI) | CMFRI |
4. | Marine eggs and larval studies along the Indian Coast (PEL/EL/40) (Adjunct) | CMFRI |
5. | Assessment of resilience potential of coral reef (MBD/CRL/31) (Adjunct) | CMFRI |
6. | Assessing the performance of artificial reefs deployed along Tamil Nadu coast (Adjunct) | CMFRI |
7. | Marine Mammal Stock Assessment in India (Co-CCPI) | DOF, GOI |
Awards & Recognitions :
- Awarded Institutional Fellowship for pursuing M.F.Sc. & Ph.D in Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai through ICAR All India Competitive Entrance Examination for the academic year 2009 & 2011 respectively
- Recognized as External Examiner (Question Setter/Evaluator) of Tamilnadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam.
Publications:
- Rameshkumar, S. Thirumalaiselvan, Mini Raman, L. Remya, R. Jayakumar, M. Sakthivel, G. Tamilmani, M. Sankar, K.K. Anikuttan, N. Nandini Menon, Raju Saravanan, T.T. Ravikumar, I. Narasimapallavan, N. Krishnaveni, V. Muniasamy, S.M. Batcha and A. Gopalakrishnan. 2023. Monitoring of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) of Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) along the Gulf of Mannar, India using in-situ and satellite observations and its impact on wild and maricultures finfishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol.188, 114611, p.1-21. ISSN 1879-3363
- Thirumalaiselvan, M. Rajkumar, R. Vinothkumar, L. Remya, S.M. Sikkander Batcha and P. Kaladharan. 2022. Impact of mini trawl fishing on the population of alligator pipefish Syngnathoides biaculeatus Bloch (1785) caught as bycatch from the seagrass meadows of Palk Bay, Southeast coast of India. Environment and Ecology, 40(4A), p.2228-2234. ISSN 0970-0420
- Rajkumar, M., Lakshmi Pillai, S., Ramesh Kumar, P., Saravanan, Raju., Thirumalaiselvan, S., Josileen, Jose., Sobhana, K.S. and Rosalind, M George. 2023. Reproductive biology of green tiger shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus De Haan, 1844 in Palk Bay, southeast coast of India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 66. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2352 4855
- Remya, L.,Thomas, Sujitha., Kizhakudan, Shoba J., Thirumalaiselvan, S., Gandhi, A., Midhun, M., Rajkumar, R., Vetrivel, V., Rajendran, U., Kalimuthu, S. and Prakash, M. Biological observations and new maximum reported sizes for two threatened rays: ornate eagle ray Aetomylaeus vespertilio and mangrove whipray Urogymnus granulatus from the Gulf of Mannar, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 103. pp. 1-4. ISSN 1469-7769
- Rajkumar, M., Midhun, M., Thirumalaiselvan, S., Rajkumar, R. and Saravanan, Raju. 2022. Unique occurrence of large-sized diamondback squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1857) in the Gulf of Mannar. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 51 (7). pp. 650-653. ISSN 0975-1033
