Faculty of Marine Sciences, CUSAT

🎉👩‍🎓 Congratulations to SARIGA P K, a Research Scholar at the School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT, for successfully completing the open defence of her Ph.D. thesis titled "Indigenous Ornamental Fisheries Management in Chalakudy River, Kerala, S. India for Sustainable Fisheries" under the guidance of Dr. Mini Sekharan N.

🎉👩‍🎓 Huge congratulations to Keziya James, a Research Scholar at CMFRI, for triumphantly completing open defence for her Ph.D. on "Microplastic contamination in selected coastal habitats and biota of south India," guided by Dr. V Kripa! 🌟📚 Let's celebrate this remarkable achievement together! 🎓✨

Congratulations, Judine John Chacko!

We are thrilled to announce that Mr. Judine John Chacko has successfully completed the PhD viva voce defense at the School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT! Under the guidance of Dr. Mini Sekharan N, the thesis titled "Studies on reproduction and ontogenic growth of Nilgiri Melon Barb Haludaria fasciata (Jerdon, 1849)".

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Judine John Chacko on this monumental success! 🎓 Your dedication and hard work have culminated in this remarkable milestone.

Let's celebrate Judine John Chacko's academic triumph together! 🎊

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We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of the PhD Open Defence of ANU SUSAN CHERIYAN (Register No. 5O72)!

ANU SUSAN CHERIYAN, a diligent Research Scholar of the Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-16, has triumphantly defended her Ph.D. thesis titled "Biogeochemical Characterization of a Tropical Mangrove Ecosystem" under the esteemed guidance of Dr. N Chandramohanakumar, Emeritus Professor, Department of Chemical Oceanography.

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The Dean's Office, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-I6, proudly announces the successful completion of the PhD Open Defence for Mr. SREENATH A V. Under the guidance of Dr S. Abhilash, Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric sciences, CUSAT, Cochin 682016, the thesis titled "The structure and dynamics of deep convective clouds and the characteristics of precipitation over India and adjoining oceanic region” was defended. The event took place on 22-11-2023 (WEDNESDAY), at 11:30 am, convened at the Conference hall, Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research (ACARR), CUSAT, Kochi 22. Warmest congratulations to SREENATH A V and Dr S. Abhilash on this notable academic accomplishment! 🌟

Congratulations to Dr. SUMAYYA ASHARAF on successfully completing your PhD defense! 🎓 Your hard work, dedication, and the guidance of Dr. Kajal Chakraborty have led to this remarkable achievement. Your research on "Development of Polyketide class of compounds from seaweed associated Firmicutes and their pharmacological potential" is a significant contribution to the academic community. Best wishes for your future endeavors. 🌟👏

We are delighted to inform you that SASWATA MAITRA, a dedicated Research Scholar from the School of Industrial Fisheries at Cochin University of Science and Technology, has successfully completed the PhD Open Defence.

Thesis Title: "Feeding ecology and trophic dynamics of major carnivorous fishes inhabiting Cochin Estuary"

Guided by: Dr. M Harikrishnan, Professor, School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science & Technology.

🎉 Congratulations to BINDU B NAYAR for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis, "WATER QUALITY OF PERIYAR AND MUVATTUPUZHA RIVERS IN ERNAKULAM DISTRICT" under the guidance of Dr. N Chandramohanakumar. 🌟 Outstanding achievement! 👩‍🎓🎉

👨‍🎓ANIL KUMAR K P (Reg No. 4228), a dedicated Research Scholar, School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT has successfully completed his PhD Open Defence. His thesis, titled "Studies on Temporal Variations in the Abundance of Caridean Larval Forms (Class Crustacea) in Three Ecological Regions of Vembanad Lake," was completed under the expert guidance of Dr. M. Harikrishnan, Professor at the School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science & Technology.

🎓 Celebrating Nashad M's Ph.D. Success in Marine Biology! His research on 'Studies on the marine fish parasites of Andaman and Nicobar Islands' is a remarkable contribution to our understanding of marine ecosystems. 🐟🔬 Congratulations, Nashad!

🎉 **Celebrating Success!** 🎉

We are delighted to share that Twinkle Sathish has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis in Marine Biology at CUSAT, Kochi.

Her research on microphytoplankton ecology in the Arabian Sea is a significant contribution. Congratulations to Twinkle and her mentor, Dr. K B Padmakumar.

Heartfelt congratulations to NISA ANIL on the successful completion of her PhD viva vice. It is a remarkable achievement, and her dedication to the research in the Department of Physical Oceanography at CUSAT is truly commendable. The thesis on "Air Sea Interaction processes over the Indo Pacific region and its impacts on the Indian Ocean" under the guidance of Dr. R Sajeev reflects her hard work and expertise.

I wish her all the best for her future endeavors, and I hope her research continues to make a significant impact in the field of marine sciences.

🎉We are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to PRASEETHA B S for successfully defending her PhD thesis in Earth Science Studies at School of Marine Sciences at CUSAT! 🎓🌍

Under the esteemed guidance and supervision of Dr. T N Prakash, Scientist G (Rtd.), NCESS Marine Geoscience Group, Akkulam, Trivandrum - 695 011, PRASEETHA's exceptional research on "Environmental magnetism and geochemical characteristics of estuarine sediments, Beypore, Kerala, SW India" has contributed significantly to the field. 🌊

The open defense took place on 07-08-2023 (MONDAY) at 11.30 am at the School of Marine Sciences Auditorium, CUSAT, Kochi-16, and was conducted successfully in the public domain through Google Meet. 🎙️

PRASEETHA, your dedication and hard work have earned you this well-deserved achievement. As the Dean's office, we take immense pride in your accomplishments and wish you a brilliant future ahead! 🌟🌏

We are delighted to announce the successful PhD open defence of Ms. Bini Francis (Reg. No. 4899), a Research Scholar in the Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry at the School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi-16. Ms. Francis has successfully completed her PhD work titled "Prevalence and Risk Assessment of Biofilm-Associated Escherichia coli and Vibrio Parahaemolyticus from Food Contact Surfaces in a Seafood Pre-processing Plant and its Control Using Bioagents." Under the guidance of Dr. A. A. Mohamed Hatha, Professor in the same department, the viva voce examination and open defence of her thesis were held on 18th July 2023. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Bini Francis for her remarkable accomplishment and commend her on her valuable research contributions to the field of Marine Sciences.

Congratulations to Ms. ATHIRA U NAMBEESAN (Reg. No 5588), Research Scholar of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16, for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation titled 'Role of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupled Processes over the Indian Ocean Basin on the Onset and Active Phases of Indian Summer Monsoon.' I am delighted to inform you that her work has been completed under the exceptional guidance and supervision of Dr. Abhilash S, Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16. Her vivacious viva voce and open defense of Ph.D. research have been recommended by the Dean, Faculty of Marine Sciences.

PhD Open defence of Ms. NIYA BENNY (reg. No 6010), a Research Scholar of the Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. K B Padmakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, CUSAT, Kochi-16 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 her 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Biocoenosis of microphytobenthos in the selected mangrove ecosystems of Southwest coast of India" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 12-04-2023 (WEDNESDAY) at 11.30 am at School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

This is to inform the PhD Open defence of PhD Open defence of JAYARANI R, a Research Scholar of the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi - 29 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Niladri Sekhar Chatterjee, Scientist, Biochemistry and Nutrition Division, ICAR- Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi'- 29 and the joint guidance of Dr. Susheela Mathew, Principal Scientist, Biochemistry and Nutrition Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi – 29 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 her 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Fucoxanthin Bioactive Lipids and Sulfated Polysaccharides from Brown Seaweed: Extraction and Formulation using Sustainable Chemistry Approaches" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 5-04-2023 (WEDNESDAY) at 11.30 am at School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Mr. RASWEEF ALI M K, a Research Scholar of the School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-16 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. S Sabu, Associate Professor, School of Industrial Fisheries, GUSAT, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi-16 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 his 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Preparation and characterization of chitin and chitosan from deep-sea shrimp shell wastes and application of chitosan in the recovery of protein-rich biomass from shrimp processing wash water and flocculation of microalgae" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 13-03-2023 (MONDAY) at 11.30 am (School of Marine Sciences Auditorium, CUSAT, Kochi-16). 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Mr. SIMON E K a Research Scholar of the Department of Physical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi – 16 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. R Sajeev, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi 16 and Joint guidance of Dr. Basil Mathew, Associate Director (Rtd.), Naval Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), Kochi – 21 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 his 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "North-East Monsoon rainfall variability over south peninsular India in response to Air-Sea interaction processes" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 23-02-2023 (THURSDAY) at 11.30 am. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

𝑴𝒔. 𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑺. 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂, 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 & 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝑪𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, 𝑲𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒊-𝟏𝟔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒌𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒉, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 (𝑹𝒕𝒅.), 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚, 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 & 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝑪𝑼𝑺𝑨𝑻, 𝑲𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒊- 𝟔𝟖𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝒕𝑒𝑑 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝒐𝒏 "𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒔 (𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒆𝒖𝒔, 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟖)" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝟎𝟑/𝟎𝟐/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Mr. Midhun Shah Hussain (Register No. 5696), a Research Scholar of the Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. A. A. Mohamed Hatha, Professor, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, CUSAT, Kochi-16 and the joint guidance of Dr. Smitha B R, Scientist E, Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, LNG Road, Ochanthuruth (PO), Puthuvype, Kochi-682508 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 his 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Biophysical coupling: Chlorophyll-a dynamics of the North Eastern Arabian Sea in a warming scenario" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 27/01/2023. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Mr. Amal Dev J, a Research Scholar of the National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram-695011 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Tomson J Kallukalam, Scientist E & Group Head, Solid Earth Research Group, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram-695011 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 his 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 & offline) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Petrochronological constraints on the tectonothermal evolution of Kambam ultrahigh-temperature belt and its implications for the Precambrian crustal evolution of south India" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 16/12/2022. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Ms. Sameera Shamsudheen, a Research Scholar (reg. no. 5007) of the School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi-16 worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. M Harikrishnan, Professor, School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT, Fine Arts Avenue, Kochi-16, has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 her 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 on "Molecular investigations on targeted species substitution in fish and fishery products traded in domestic markets" 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 01/12/2022. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

ARSHA KRISHNAN, worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Sujatha C H, Professor (Rtd.), Department of Chemical Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-16 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 08/11/2022. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Ms. JAYASREE V S, a Research Scholar of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi-18 has 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑣𝑎 𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒) 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐 “Spatial diversity of culturable bacterial communities of coral reef ecosystems along the southern coast of India with emphasis on functional properties of selected strains” 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 Dr. K S Sobhana, Principal Scientist, Marine Biodiversity Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute- ICAR, Kochi – 682018. 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛, 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑃ℎ𝐷 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

Glad to inform that as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of CUSAT, the Dept. of Marine Biology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, FACULTY OF MARINE SCIENCES, is honoured to announce the INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP ON DNA BARCODING and MOLECULAR TAXONOMY (ITW04) (hands on training), to be held from 11-16 July 2022 in the Department.

For information the international workshop will offer a unique blend of hands- on experience and theoretical knowledge by national and international experts in the area of DNA barcoding and molecular taxonomy & systematics. This workshop is dedicated to our fond memories of late Dr Vijayan, Indian Structural biologist.

The details are provided provided with the Google form link for registration please fill the google form
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All interested candidates can submit their application through the google forms

PhD Open defence of Damaris Benny Daniel, a Research Scholar, School of Industrial Fisheries, CUSAT, Kochi 682016 held today. Damaris Benny Daniel worked under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Saly N Thomas, Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin-29 and the joint guidance of Dr. K.T. Thomson, Adj. Professor, School of Industrial Fisheries, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Fine Arts. Avenue, Cochin-16 on the PhD. thesis entitled "Assessment of plastic debris in coastal and marine environments of Kerala with special emphasis on microplastics and fishing related plastics".