Education:

Area of Specialization & Interest:

• Geology, hydrogeochemistry, hydrochemistry, GIS

Professional Careers:

SCI Publications:

1. Krishnakumar, A., Jose, J., Kaliraj, Kumar, A. S., Krishnan, K.A. (2022). Assessment of the impact of flood on groundwater hydrochemistry and its suitability for drinking and irrigation in the River Periyar Lower Basin, India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research,1-40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021- 17596-y
2. Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., Krishnan, K. A., Vivekanandan, N., Kaliraj, S., & Jose, J. (2023). Establishment of baseline reference geochemical values in tropical soils of western ghats: Assessment of Periyar basin with special reference to contaminant geochemistry. Clean–Soil, Air, Water, 51(2), 2200382. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202200382

Book/ Monographs /Chapters/Edited Volumes:

1. Evaluation of suspended sediment concentration and heavy metal distribution in Ashtamudi Lake, a Ramsar site in the southwest coast of India using remote sensing and GIS techniques - Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments, Elsevier Ltd., Rani, M., Kaliraj, S., Rehman, S., Kumar, P., Sajjad, H. (Eds). ISBN: 978- 0-12-819604-5., Chapter 15, pp. 251-275. Authors: Krishnakumar, A., Aditya, S. K., Kaliraj, S., Anoop Krishnan, K., Jeenu Jose (2021), ISBN: 978- 0-12-819604-5.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia:

1. Jose, J., Krishnakumar A and Krishnan K. A “Evaluation of Groundwater Quality using Water Quality Index Within the Buffer Zone of Ashtamudi Ramsar Wetland System, Kollam, Kerala” International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Health : Governance for a Sustainable Future (ICEGSF)- 2023 organised by Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kerala, 22nd -24th November, 2023. ISBN 978-93-5996-849-0.
2. Jose, J., A. Krishnakumar and Anoop Krishnan K. (2022) “Water and sediment quality of Ashtamudi estuarine wetland system, A Ramsar site, Southwest Coast of India” National Seminar on Marine Pollution and Ecological Degradation (MPAED-2022) organised by Department of Geology, Malankara Catholic College, Tamil Nadu, 27-29 July, 2022. ISBN: 978-93-5627-389-4.
3. Jose, J., A. Krishnakumar and Anoop Krishnan K.(2021) “Water Quality and Environmental Implications of a Tropical Wetland System of International Importance: Study of Ashtamudi Lake of Kerala” International Virtual Conference in Geosciences with focus on Climate Change Perspectives organised by Department of Geology, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, 10th July, 2021.
4. Jose, J., A. Krishnakumar and Anoop Krishnan K.(2021) “Assessment of Toxic Metal Ions in Ashtamudi Ramsar Wetland System, SW Coast of India” National Seminar on Recents Advances in Geoscience Research in India organised by Department of Geology, University of Delhi, 1-2 July, 2021.
5. Jose, J., A. Krishnakumar and Anoop Krishnan K.(2021) “Impacts of Kerala Flood 2018 on groundwater suitability in River Periyar Lower basin using GIS based WQI model” International Conference (Online) on Challenges of Disasters: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience organised by Centre for Disaster Management, Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2-3 March 2021.
6. Jose, J and A Krishnakumar “Drinking Potential of Groundwater resources of Periyar Basin, Southern Western ghats, Kerala during Pre & Post Flood times of 2018: A Comparative Assessment” in the Indian National Conference on Groundwater Resources Management for Sustainable Development: Special Emphasis on Coastal and Urban Environment organised by Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, India on 18- 20 February 2020.
7. Jose, J and A Krishnakumar “A study on the health dependent environmental parameters of Ashtamudi tropical estuarine wetland ecosystem, a ramsar site in India” International Conference on Frontiers in marine science challenges and prospects, MARICON 2019 at CUSAT, Kerala 16-20 December 2019.ISBN:978-81922264-3-9.
8. Jose, J, Dr A. Krishnakumar, Aditya S. K and Dr Anoop Krishnan. K “Changes in water quality: an environmental analysis of Periyar river on the background of 2018 kerala flood” Young Scholars Congress-2019 (International Young Scholars Conference) organised by AKG Centre for study and research in association with University students union, Thiruvananthapuram 16-17 March 2019.
9. Aditya SK, A Krishnakumar, Jose, J and Anoop Krishnan K “Assessment of Global Environmental Change Impacts in Sahyadri: A Comparative Evaluation of Nutrient Levels during the Pre and Post Flood Times in Periyar River Basin, Southern Western Ghats, India” International Conference on Climate change Impacts and Vulnerabilities, Kharagpur (26 February - 02 March 2019), p134.
10. Gayatri Vastrad, Sandhya Sudhakaran, Helan Priya Pious, Jose, J, V. Arun, A. Krishnakumar, K. Anoop Krishnan “Hydrochemical assessment of groundwater quality in Netravati river basin, Karnataka, India” National Seminar on the Environmental Status of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems in India (ECEI- 2019), pp. 65-67.ISBN: 9789353469269.
11. Jose, J, A Krishnakumar “Assessment of selected metal enrichment in sediments of Ashtamudi estuary, Kerala, SW coast of India” National Seminar on the Environmental Status of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems in India (ECEI- 2019), pp. 111-114. ISBN: 9789353469269.
12. Jose, J, Reshma Raj V, A. Krishnakumar and K. Anoop Krishnan “Assessment of surface and groundwater quality in Periyar river basin with special reference to its upper catchments, Southern Western Ghats”. International conference on water resources: Innovation in quality and quantity, sustainable development challenges and management, University of Kerala, March 2018. p83.
13. Jose, J, K K Ajay and Binoj Kumar R. B “Slope Stability Zonation using Geospatial Techniques Techniques: Kottayam Taluk, Kerala” National Seminar on Geospatial Information systems: Emerging trends and utilities, 2017, pp.116.