Our Team
Diwakar Prakash
Research topic: Microbial community structure along the riverine and estuarine stretches of the River Ganga and its bioremediation.
Focus area: Biodiversity Research, Community Structure, Zooplankton Diversity, Plankton Ecology
Devesh Kumar Yadav
(UGC-SRF, Govt. of Inida)
Research topic: Study of aquatic fungal diversity and its bioremediation potential.
Focus area: Biodiversity Assessment, Bioremediation, Applied Mycology, Aquatic Microbial Ecology
May Thu Win
(ICCR fellow, Govt. of India)
Research topic: Effect of emerging pollutants on zooplankton community structure.
Focus area: Aquatic Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Feeding Ecology, Aquaculture, Zooplankton, Ecology
Juhi Gupta
Research topic: Microplastic associated with agricultural crops.
Focus area: Microplastic pollution, Ecotoxicology, Feeding Ecology, Aquaculture, Agricultural economics
Nisha Kumari
Research topic: Microbial biofilm formation on plastic debris and its impact on benthic community of the River Ganga.
Focus area: Limnoecology, Environmental Monitoring, Biodiversity
Banaja Prakashini Samantaray
(UGC-SRF, ANRF-ITS, Govt. of India)
Research topic: Community level response of aquatic organisms to agrochemicals.
Focus area: Aquatic Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Evolutionary Biology, Aquaculture, Animal behavior, Zooplankton Ecology, Freshwater Ecology
Shilpi Lala
(UGC-JRF, Govt. of India)
Research topic: Effect of emerging pollutants on zooplankton resting eggs.
Focus area: Aquatic Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Feeding Ecology, Aquaculture, Zooplankton Ecology
Shweta Sharma
Research topic: Consortium of biological agents for removal of emerging contaminants.
Focus area: Aquatic Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Bioremediation, Effluent treatment
Kumar Rajan
(DST- Project Fellow)
Research topic: Study of microplastic in surface waters of the River Ganga and its impact on riverine planktonic community.
Focus area: Environmental Monitoring, Wastewater Treatment, Biodiversity Assessment
Abhishek Patel
(NFOBC-SRF, Govt. of India)
Research topic: Assessment of bioremediation potential of macrophytes in River Ganga: an integrated approach.
Focus area: Bioremediation, Wastewater Management, Biodiversity assessment, Macrophyte Research
Annie Anand
(UGC-JRF, Govt. of India)
Research topic: Plastisphere community and dispersal of pathogens.
Focus area: Microbial ecology, Ecotoxicology, Aquatic ecology, Microplastic pollution, Metagenomics