Grinson George
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute · Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Research Interests
Aquaculture, fisheries, citizen science, climate change, policy, remote sensing, modelling
Biography
Dr. Grinson George, Principal Scientist at CMFRI, Kochi since 2018 is on deputation as Senior Programme Specialist (Fisheries) to SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka coordinating the fisheries and aquaculture programs for eight South Asian Nations. He has been active in teaching, research, policy, administration, academics, and industry related to fisheries and aquaculture for over 20 years. Specialized in Fisheries Resource Management, he completed post-doctoral research at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom. He served as honorary coordinator CPR Environmental foundation and Juliette Massey Honorary fellow of World Aquaculture Society. He worked at the Ministry of Education, Maldives (2003-04), as a Scientist at CIARI, Port Blair (2005-12), and Senior Scientist at CMFRI (2012-18). His current research focus is on Citizen Science initiatives to address water quality using satellite remote-sensing and marine bio-optics. He is the recipient of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puraskar by ICAR
Education
PhD (Marine Science) MFSc (Fisheries Resource Management) BFSc
Recent Scopus Publications
- Sustainable coastal mariculture through integrated multi-trophic aquaculture of green mussel (Perna viridis) and silver pompano (Trachinotus blochii)
- Modelling primary production: multitude of theories, or multitude of languages?
- Comparative analysis of MHC class II A gene in Trachinotus mookalee and Trachinotus blochii: Molecular identification and in silico characterisation
- First record of Cassiopea xamachana ephyrae from the wild in India, with insights into its life history and development
- Survival and behavioural responses of scalloped spiny lobster, Panulirus homarus (Linnaeus, 1758) to salinity shifts
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0136-5445
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6TlaVV0AAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37104143300
- Personal Weblink https://www.cmfri.org.in/staff-popup/grinsongeorge