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Rangesh Kannan

Project Scientist – I, MoES-NCCR Project Department of Marine and Coastal Studies Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021, Tamil Nadu · Madurai Kamaraj University

https://researchid.co/rangeshkannan222
@mkuniversity.ac.in
15Scopus Publications
111Google Scholar Citations
6Google Scholar h-index
4Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Served as Teaching Assistant for M.Sc. Marine Biology (Subjects: Oceanography, Biodiversity, Ecology & Evolution, Research Design & Biostatistics) in the Department of Marine and Coastal Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, India.

Biography

Dr. K. Rangesh holds a Ph.D. in Zoology (Marine Biology) from Madurai Kamaraj University, awarded with a Gold Medal for Best Thesis in 2021. He also holds M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Zoology from The American College, Madurai, and qualified the UGC-NET in Environmental Sciences in 2024. Currently a Project Scientist-I in the MoES–NCCR project at Madurai Kamaraj University, he has over nine years of experience in ocean acidification, marine biogeochemistry, aragonite saturation state, blue carbon mapping, and biodiversity assessment. He has authored over 50 publications, including 15 SCI/WOS papers, and contributed to conferences, MOOCs, and outreach. He is an active member of GOA-ON, OAIE, and the UN Ocean Decade Community, and serves as a reviewer for Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. His fieldwork focuses on climate change resilience in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.

Education

2024 - UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) Environmental Studies 2021 - Ph.D. – Zoology (Gold medal -Best Ph.D thesis), MKU, Awarded on 21.10.2021 2015 - M.Sc. – Zoology, The American College, Madurai 2013 - B. Sc. – Zoology (Spl Biotechnology) The American College, Madurai

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Spatial dynamics of aragonite saturation state and blue carbon stocks in seagrass meadows of the Palk Bay, Southeast Coast of India
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2026
  2. Current Advances in the Use of Functionalized Nanoparticles for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Microbial Infections in Aquaculture
    Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Smart Prevention Diagnostics and Therapeutics Fundamentals to Applications, 2024
  3. Metal Nanoparticle-Based Impedimetric Biosensors for Rapid Detection of Bacterial Pathogen in Aquaculture
    Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Smart Prevention Diagnostics and Therapeutics Fundamentals to Applications, 2024
  4. Seaweed Photosynthetic Pigments as Eco-Friendly Sensitizer for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell
    Encyclopedia of Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Volume 1 4, 2024
  5. Assessment of Lobster Resources in Coastal Region of Gulf of Mannar, Southeast Coast of India
    Thalassas, 2023

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