Dr. S. Bijoy Nandan, Senior Professor, Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Member Syndicate & Senate CUSAT, has 29 years of academic administration, research and teaching experience. Areas of interest are Marine Biology & Pollution, Climate Science & Polar Biology. Recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Award (ICAR) for outstanding doctoral thesis in India (1993), UNESCO Fellowship (2008), Recognition award of ZSI (2008), U.S Fulbright Fellowship (2013-2014), and UGC-BSR Mid-Career Award (2021). Completed or ongoing 37 research & consultancy projects as PI funded by national and international agencies. Several international, national collaborations & MoU for academic growth and enhancement achieved. 152 full length papers, 64 books/book chapters, 136 proceedings and 29 PhDs to his credit. New species of deep sea wood boring mollusc Xylophaga nandani & estuarine crab Aniptumnus bijoyi named in his honour.

Climate science, Invertebrate zoology, Marine Biology, Marine pollution, Polar Biology

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Unusual blooming of invasive ctenophore Beroe ovate (Bruguière, 1789) and geographical range expansion based on morphology and molecular analysis. , Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2023

Carbon stocks and sequestration rate in mangroves and its major influencing factors from highly urbanised port city, southern India. , Journal of Environmental Management, 2023

Spatial dynamics of macrofauna with special reference to bivalve molluscs in the Arctic Kongsfjord, Svalbard, Norway. , Polar Science, 2023

Feeding ecology of Parasesarma plicatum and its relation to carbon structuring in mangrove ecosystem. , Hydrobiologia, 2023

Winter spring assemblage pattern of Harpacticoid copepods from lagoon waters of Agatti and Kavaratti, Lakshadweep islands, Southeastern Arabian Sea, , Journal of Earth System Science., 2023

Ecological risk assessment and phytomanagement of trace metals in the sediments of mangroves associated with the Ramsar sites of Kerala, southern India. , Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022

Changes in Shoreline and its Impact on Mangrove Structure in Selected Islands of Sundarbans, Northeast Coast of India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol. 39, pp. 343–356, , 2022

A trait based perspective toward the mechanistic understanding of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblage in a tropical rice field., Aquatic ecology, 2022

Morphological revision of phytal red-stripe Eudactylopus fasciatus Sewell, 1940 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep, India. , Nauplius, 2022

Evaluation of toxicological impacts of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) microplastics on fish, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1790), Cochin estuary, India, Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences, 2022

Community organization and molecular systematics of pelagic calanoid copepods from the lagoon waters of South West coast of India, International Seminar on status and protection of Coral Reefs, STAPCOR 2018 , 2018

Mangroves – Current status and need for conservation, Proceedings of National Seminar on Conservation and Sustainability of Aquatic Resources (CSAR’ 18), National Seminar on Conservation and Sustainability of Aquatic Resources (CSAR’ 18), 2018

Resolving the Taxonomic Ambiguity of Acartiella Gravelyi (Calanoid Copepod) from Vembanad Backwater Kerala, using Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I Gene Sequences, 29th Kerala Science Congress, 2017

Conservation, Management and Implication of law in Biodiversity of Aquatic Resources, National workshop on Biodiversity and Conservation of Aquatic resources, (BioCAR 2016), 2016

Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Concepts and its Applications, National Seminar on Aquatic Toxicology, held at St. Albert's College, Ernakulam , 2016

Diversity and Traditional Knowledge of Mangroves in Kerala, 26th Kerala Science Congress, 2014

Length weight relationship and relative factor of the scad Alepes djedaba (Forsskal, 1775) off Cochin, 26th Kerala Science Congress, 2014

Carbon emission potential and dynamics from the paddy wetlands of Kerala-India, Fifth National Research Conference on Climate Change, 2014

Meiobenthic nematodes of the Arctic Kongsfjorden ecosystem, Norway, Invertebrates ,Systematics and Biology, National Seminar on Invertebrate Taxonomy, published by Nirmala Academic and Research Publications, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha, 2014

Seasonal dynamics in the abundance and diversity of macrobenthic fauna in a tropical kole wetland, Kerala, India, 24thKerala Science Congress, 2012

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Studies on the Impact of retting on Aquatic Ecosystems, 2004

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Fish Biology, 2000

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Fish Handling, 2000

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Vichithralokam Vibhinnalokam, 2011 , ISBN : 978-93-80095-16-5

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Field Guide to the identification of backwater fishery resources, 2012 , ISBN : 978-93-80095-33-2

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Manual on Mangroves, 2015 , ISBN : 978-93-80095-67-7

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Training manual- 1st International Training Workshop on Taxonomy of Bivalve Molluscs. Kochi, India., 2016 , ISBN : 978-93-80095-79-0

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Monograph on Benthic Meiofauna -Training Manual of International Workshop on Meiofauna (ITW’02), 2018 , ISBN : 978-93-80095-88-2

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Compendium on Advances in benthic studies: Souvenir of the International Conference on Benthos (ICB 2019), 2019

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, Lathika Cicily Thomas, Micro-phytoplankton of North Eastern Arabian Sea-A winter monsoon analysis, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016 , ISBN : 978-3-659-82153-0

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, S. Bijoy Nandan, P. Priyaja, Swapna P. Antony, K. B. Padmakumar, M. Harikrishnan, P. R. Sreerekha, P. R. Jayachandran , Abstract proceedings- International Conference on Benthos (ICB’19), Directorate of Public Relations and Publications for Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, CUSAT, Kochi, India, 2019 , ISBN : 978-81-936217-5-2

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, S. Bijoy Nandan, Lathika Cicily Thomas, Aneesh B., Hari Praved P , Advances in DNA Barcoding & Molecular Taxonomy – Training Manual of International Workshop on DNA Barcoding and Molecular Taxonomy (ITW’04), Directorate of Public Relations and Publications for Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi, 2022 , ISBN : 978-81-954804-0-1

Prof. Dr. S BIJOY NANDAN, S. Sreelekshmi and S. Bijoy Nandan, Floristic structure and zonation pattern of mangroves of India, Structural attributes and distribution pattern of selected Indian mangrove habitats, LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing, Germany, 2018 , ISBN : 978-613-9-83950-6

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AWARD instituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research as high quality doctoral (PhD) thesis research priority/ frontier areas of agriculture of allied areas from Indian Universities. from Indian Council of Agricultural Research , in the year 1993

BEST PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD from 4TH INDIAN ENVIRONMENT CONGRESS held at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in the year 2006

Officer in Charge (HEAD) of Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Alappuzha Centre, won the BEST EXHIBITOR PRIZE in the category GOURAMI species of ORNAMENTAL FISH at THE INDIA-INTERNATIONAL AQUA SHOW from Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Kerala in association with the Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. , in the year 2006

RECOGNITION AWARD of the Zoological Society of India for my contributions in wetland research. from This was given at the International Conference on Biodiversity and Conservation (BIOCAM 2008) organised by the Cochin University of Science &Technology from, in the year 2008

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION IN WETLAND SCIENCE from MSM College, Kayamkulam instituted in connection with the National Seminar on Wetland Biodiversity, in the year 2008

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION received from Pampa Parirakshana Samithi, Environmental Resource Centre, Kerala for getting selected for Indian Scientific expedition to Antarctica and successfully completing the pre-Antarctic snow acclimatization trainin from Pampa Parirakshana Samithi, Environmental Resource Centre, Kerala, in the year 2009

ELECTED FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY (NIE) for significant research contribution in the field of ecology and environment from National Institute of Ecology , in the year 2009

Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellow, Science & Technology (Marine Biology), Topic: Marine Ecotoxicology, Ecosystem level Monitoring, Assessment and Management. from Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William &Mary, USA, in the year 2013

Fulbright Outreach lecture fund award for delivering a special lecture at Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) seminar from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), in the year 2013

Best poster award for the paper: Akhilesh Vijay and S Bijoy Nandan, 2014, Carbon emission potential with to CH4 and CO2 from the flooded rice paddy wetlands of Kerala-India) from Fifth National Research Conference on Climate Change, held at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , in the year 2014

Best poster award won at International conference on climate change 2018 held in Colombo from International Institute of Knowledge Management, Colorado University USA and Colombo University , in the year 2018

UNU Fellowship - United Nations University, Japan Fellowship on Coastal Marine Biodiversity of Mangrove Ecosystems from CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India, in the year 2002

DST Travel Grant-Govt. of India partial travel grant for participating in the International Conservation Conference in New Zealand from DST Travel Grant-Govt. of India, in the year 2007

United Nations Fellowship to participate and present a research paper in the 3rd Bilateral Seminar Italy-Japan on "Physical and chemical impacts on marine organisms- seeking sustainability and post-genomics, Nagoya, Japan, from United Nations, in the year 2008

UGC BSR MID CAREER AWARD (2021-22) from UGC BSR, in the year 2021

Dy. Coordinator, University Grants Commission (UGC) – Special Assistance programme (SAP phase I) in the Dept. of Marine Biology, CUSAT from CUSAT, in the year 2011

Coordinator, UGC-SAP programme vide UGC order F4-11/2018/DRS-II (SAP-Phase II) from CUSAT, in the year 2017

Chairman, Board of Studies in Marine Biology from CUSAT, in the year 2019

• Technical Member, Kerala State Pollution Control Board from Kerala State Biodiversity, in the year 2011

Liaison Officer in the Inter session meeting of the consultative committee Meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture from Ministry of Agriculture , in the year 2002

Technical Advisor of the Kuttanad Vikasana Samithi, Alappuzha and Pampa Parirakshana Samithi, Environmental Resource Centre, Kozhencherry from Environmental Resource Centre, Kozhencherry , in the year 2002

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Agrobiodiversity Enhancement Programme –Study on benthic fauna and soil chemistry of selected wetlands in Palakkad, Kerala" (Kerala State Biodiversity Board- 2009 -2011 , Total outlay Rs.647400)

"Wetland biodiversity enhancement through sustainable utilisation of wetland resources (Formulation of a model wetland management programme for the Kole wetlands) – Diversity and abundance of Plankton and Benthic fauna of Maranchery Wetland" (Kerala State Biodiversity Board- 2009 -2009 , Total outlay Rs.800000)

"Current status on the Biotic Potential in relation to the Environmental quality of the Cochin estuary, India" (Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Department of Environment, Govt. of Kerala- 2009 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.1319000)

"Ecology and Fish production Potential of the Kodungallur – Azhikode backwater ecosystem" (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Govt. of Kerala- 2009 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.1097000)

"Marine Biodiversity Assessment: species diversity and genetic charcterisation of gastropods from the Mangroves of Kannur, Kerala" (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Govt. of Kerala- 2011 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.10000)

"Toxic effects of organochlorine pesticide, lindane (ýHCH), on the antioxidant activity in Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852)" (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Govt. of Kerala- 2011 -2012 , Total outlay Rs.9000)

"Studies on the Mangrove Ecosystems of South West coast of India in the context of sustainable livelihood objectives" (Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala- 2010 -2013 )

"Ecosystem Based Monitoring and Modelling of the Vembanad-Kol Wetland in Kuttanad, Kerala" (Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India- 2010 -2013 , Total outlay Rs.2500000)

"Community Diversity and Phylogeny of Benthic Nematodes in Arctic Systems" (Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India- 2011 -2014 )

"Systematics and Molecular Phylogeny of Pelagic Copepods (Crustaceans) from the coastal wetlands of South West Coast of India" (University Grants Commission, Govt. of India- 2012 -2015 , Total outlay Rs.1224300)

"Carbon Dynamics and budgeting in Wetland ecosystems and its Possible Influence on Livelihood Activities" (Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala- 2012 -2015 , Total outlay Rs.6512000)

"Taxonomy and Genetic Characterization of Pelagic Copepods (Crustacea) from the Marine habitats of the South West Coast of India" (Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India- 2012 -2016 )

"Community analysis of Meiobenthos and genetic diversity of major functional groups in Arctic Konsfjorden" (National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Partial funding, Ministry of Earth Sciences- 2015 --0001 )

"Sea Water Quality Criteria - Toxicity Effects of Selected Heavy Metals and Pesticides on Marine Organisms" (Ministry of Earth Sciences -Integrated Coastal Marine Area Management Project Directorate (ICMAM- PD), Govt. of India- 2012 -2017 , Total outlay Rs.15800000)

"Carbon potential with special reference to Greenhouse gas emissions from the Coastal ecosystems of Kerala" (Directorate of Environment & Climate Change, Govt. of Kerala- 2015 -2018 , Total outlay Rs.3200000)

"Soft bottom Meiobenthic fauna as proxies of the Functional character of selected Arctic fjords" (National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Science- 2016 --0001 )

"Ecology and functional diversity of meiofauna in selected Arctic fjords" (National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Science- 2017 --0001 )

"Functional importance and responses of meiofauna to environmental gradients in the Arctic fjord" (Ministry of Earth Science- 2018 --0001 )

"Impact of Climate variability on the India Ocean: Role of gelatinous zooplankton structuring food web structure and community assemblages" (Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoESS), Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)- 2017 -2020 )

"Network project on Unravelling Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) zones along the Indian Subcontinent and its Islands (Mission-SGD) – PILOT STUDY)" (National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS)- 2019 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.1685000)

"Biomimetic approaches to decipher the decadal changes in meiobenthic community structure of the Arctic Kongsfjorden" (National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Science- 2019 --0001 )

"Preparation of checklist of Meiofauna" (Ministry of Environment Forests and climate change, Govt of India- 2019 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.700000)

"Sea water quality criteria and Ecological risk Assessment (coastal research programme)" (National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India- 2020 --0001 , Total outlay Rs.3420000)

"Marine Biodiversity and Bioprospecting for sustainable development " (University Grants Commission- Special Assistance programme – Departmental Research Support- Phase–II- 2018 -2022 , Total outlay Rs.10000000)