Biography

Nallamuthu Godhantaraman, Head – Centre for Environmental Sciences and Director-UGC, Human Resource Development Centre and Adjunct Faculty, Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies, University of Madras. Completed his M.Sc., in Marine Biology & Oceanography and Ph.D in Marine Biology (specialized in microzooplankton population and production ecology in marine coastal ecosystems, South India), Annamalai University. Later did his JSPS Postdoctoral Research at Hiroshima University, Japan (1998-2000) and STA Postdoctoral Research at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Hiroshima, Kure (Japan) (2000-2002). He has been nominated as Senate Member - Middle East University, United Arab Emirates and Visiting Fellow, Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Dr. Nallamuthu has made significant contributions to research in the field of biological oceanography with special reference to population and production ecology of microzooplankton, climate change impacts on marine ecosystem, and coastal zone management. He has published over 25 research articles in refereed journals and chapters in books. Dr. Nallamuthu participated and delivered lectures in various national and international symposia/conferences/workshops (over 30) and visited countries like Japan, USA, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He has organized International and National conferences and presently he is INNOTAL Project Manager for the Erasmus + Program of the EU sponsored program.

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Research Interest

Population and production ecology of microzooplankton; Climate change impacts on marine ecosystem.