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Dr. MUJEEB RAHIMAN. K.M

Associate Professor

School of Industrial Fisheries

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

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mujeebrkm@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
Dr. Mujeeb Rahiman took his Bachelor’s Degree in Zoology from Sree Kerala Varma College, Master’s Degree in Aquaculture and Fishery Microbiology from MES Ponnani College, Calicut University and Ph.D. in Environmental Science (Aquaculture and Microbiology) from School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University. Did his UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT and worked as Research Associate in MoES-CMLRE funded Project. Started teaching and research career in 2015 at MES Ponnani College, Calicut University and joined in the School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT in 2021 as Associate professor. He participated several cruises and represented Indian Team of Arctic Research Expedition.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Antimicrobial Resistance , Aquaculture, Aquatic Microbiology, Fisheries

RESEARCH PROFILES
Scopus : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8889560600
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=C_-s-jEAAAAJ

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 39]
  • From Antibiotics to Probiotics: Sustainable Disease Management in Nile Tilapia Aquaculture, Advanced Gut & Microbiome Research , Wiley 2025

  • Microplastic and Heavy Metal Contamination in the Black Clam (Villorita cyprinoides) and Sediments of Vembanad Lake, India: Characterization and Human Health Risk Assessment, Journal of Marine and Atmospheric Research, School of Marine Science, CUSAT Vol. 4, 2025

  • Investigations on the Antimicrobial Activity of V2–xSb2xO5–? Compound Systems Against the Gram-Positive, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Penicillium, and Aspergillus niger Fungi, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, Springer Vol. 92, 2025

  • Probiotic Effects of Arthrobacter nicotianae and Bacillus cereus on the Growth, Health, and Microbiota of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.), Aquculture Nutrition, Wiley 2025

  • The combinational effect of avian IgY antibodies and broad-spectrum antibiotics (ciprofloxacin and chloramphenicol) in vitro reduces the Incidence of Aeromonas hydrophila, Journal of Applied Aquaculture, Tylor and Francis 2025

  • Baker’s yeast-supplemented black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable fishmeal alternative in Nile tilapia diets: Impacts on growth, health and gut microbiota, Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, ResearchersLinks Ltd, England, UK. Vol. 13, 2025

  • Growth inhibitory properties of specific anti-A. hydrophila IgY antibodies: A promising approach for the prevention of Aeromonas infection in farmed fish., Indian Hydrobiology, KRISHNAMURTHY INSTITUTE OF ALGOLOGY Vol. 22, 2023

  • Impact of anthropogenic organic matter on bacterial community distribution in the continental shelf sediments of southeastern Arabian Sea., Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol. 174, 2022

  • Diversity of sediment bacterial communities in the South Eastern Arabian Sea, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2020

  • Functional Characterization of a New Cold-Adapted ?-Galactosidase from an Arctic Fjord Sediment Bacteria Enterobacter ludwigii MCC 3423., Catalysis Letters , 2018

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 16]
  • Determination of optimum range of suspected themophiles., National Seminar on Trends in Biodiversity Studies, 2014

  • Trichodesmium bloom in south eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS): Observation of diatom-diazotrophic cyanobacterial associations in the bloom event, International Conference on Harmful Algae, 2014

  • Nitrogen fixing organisms in the South Eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS): A new perspective in global climate change, Nitrogen fixing organisms in the South Eastern Arabian Sea (SEAS): A new perspective in global climate change, 2014

  • Bacterial diversity of psychrotrophic bacteria and bioprospecting for cold active enzymes from water and sediment of Kongsfjord, Arctic Ocean., 25th Kerala Science Congress, 2013

  • Characterisation and bioprospecting of cold adapted yeast from water samples of Kongsfjord, Norwegian Arctic, 24th Kerala Science Congress, 2012

  • Recurring algal blooms and resultant changes in water quality- a probable trigger for WSSV outbreak in seasonal paddy cum prawn fields, 24th Kerala Science Congress, 2012

  • Organic pollution of the feeder canal- A major threat to the traditional prawn farms at Edavanakad region of Cochin backwaters, International Conference on The Green Path to Sustainability: Prospects and Challenges , 2010

  • Culturable diversity of heterotrophic bacteria in the Kongsfjord, Norwegian Arctic and their contribution to phosphorous cycle, International Conference on The Green Path to Sustainability: Prospects and Challenges, 2010

  • Probiotic effect of Bacillus and Vibrio on growth performance and immunity enhancement of Macrobrachium rosenbergii, 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 2010

  • Risk assessment of harvested rainwater for individual and community supplies and evaluation of solar disinfection as a simple and cheap means of disinfection for rural India, 22nd Kerala Science Congress, 2010

  • BOOKS PUBLISHED
  • Dr. MUJEEB RAHIMAN. K.M, Environmental Microflora of Macrobrachium rosenbergii- Characterisation and development of probiotic strains from environmental microflora of Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co, Germany, 2012 , ISBN : ISBN: 978-3-8473-3493-4.

  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
  • Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship from University Grants Commission , in the year 2009