National Centre for Earth Science Studies

Education:

Professional career:

Achievements & Awards:

1. UGC-NET (Library Science)

Membership:

1. KLA – Kerala Library Association.

Education:

Professional career:

Training:

• Short term training on Isotope tracer techniques for Water Resources Development and Management,9-13 June 2014 organized by CWRDM, Kozhikode sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
• National Seminar on “Biogeochemistry” 28-29 March 2014, Department of Environmental sciences, UoK
• National Workshop on “World environmental Day” 5 June 2014 organized by Department of Environmental sciences, UoK
• Workshop on Environmental Laws of India, CPR Environmental Education Foundation Chennai, UoK, 2004
• National Seminar on “World Wetland day’’, KSCSTE, 2017

Research Interest:

Wetland ecosystem resilience and restoration, Climate variability and Greenhouse gas monitoring

Publications:

1. A. Krishnakumar, Revathy Das and Saranya Puthalath, (2017)." Assessment of the quality of water resources in coastal urban lands of two small catchment rivers, Southwest India ", Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 444 – 459.
2. A. Krishnakumar, Saranya Puthalath and Revathy Das, (2017). “Hydrogeochemistry and Environmental Issues of the Wetlands of Kerala, Southwestern India”.Wetland Science, Springer, pp.145-161.

Conferences Papers:

• Revathy Das, A.Krishnakumar and Vinduja.V. 2014. Spatio-temporal land use changes in the Sasthamkotta Wetland region: a GIS based study. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Lakes, Rivers, and Wetland Ecosystem – A climate change perspective. Dept of PG studies and research in Geology, M.E.S College, Ponnani
• Revathy Das and A. Krishnakumar. 2015.Recent hydro chemical characterization of two tropical lacustrine ecosystems of Kerala, Paper published in the Proceedings of Recent and emerging advances in Chemical Science, Dept of Chemistry, ALL SAINT’S College, Thiruvananthapuram

Education:

Research Interest:

Synthesis and characterization of various novel natural polymers based materials such as Chitosan derivatives, ceramics materials, organoclays for environmental pollution management strategies, Development of new methods and strategies in routine instrumental analysis such as GC-MS and LC-MS. Adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics, Removal of Heavy metals and micronutrients, Solid-liquid interfacial Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry.

Achievements & Awards:

1. GATE 2012 Qualified (Rank 495)
2. 1st Rank in BSc Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry Exam conducted by Kerala University in 2008.
3. Junior Research Fellow(JRF) 2014, University of Kerala

Publications:

1. K. Anoop Krishnan, Vinu V. Dev, K.G. Sreejalekshmi, V. Vimexen (2016); “Evaluation of adsorption properties of sulphurised activated carbon for the effective and economically viable removal of Zn(II) from aqueous solutions” Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 124, Feb 2016, Pages 418–425
2. K. Anoop Krishnan, Vinu V. Dev, K.G Sreeja lekshmi, Sibin Antony; “Removal of Cu(II) from aqueous phase using tailor made sulphur impregnated activated carbon inspired by Claus Process” Desalination and Water treatment, May 2017 (Accepted Manuscript).
3. K.Anoop Krishnan, Vinu V Dev, S.L Sruthy, S.Arya “hydrochemical and biological candidature of ground water sources at Kadakkavoor grama panchayath, Trivandrum, South India: Quality as well as modeling aspects”: Journal of the academy of chemistry teachers, Volume 2(1), June 2016, Pages 24-27.

Conference Proceedings:

1. K. Anoop Krishnan,Vinu.V. Dev, Seema S Nair “Comparative Study of Adsorption of Malachite Green Using China Clay and Cassava Starch as Adsorbents” National Symposium on ITCER-2017 (The innovative Trends in Chemical Education and Research: Hurdles and Successive Progress) March 2017, Pages 12-15, ISBN: 978-93-5268-268-3.
2. K.AnoopKrishnan ,Vinu.V. Dev, Gayathry Baburaj “ A comparative study of the adsorptive removal of heavy metal ions from aqeousphase using Glycidyl Mathacrylate(GMA) graft copolymerised Chitosan” Natural Resources Management for Horticultural Crops under Changing Climatic Conditions (NRMHCCC), March 2017,pages 34-42.
3. K.Anoop Krishnan, Vinu V Dev, Seema K Nair, M. Ratheesh Kumar, S Arya “ Adsorption properties of Cassava Starch in removing malachite green from aqueous phase: Solar photochemistry fundamentals and application, January 2016, Pages 12-23.
4. Vinu V Dev, K. Anoop Krishnan, Faisal A K, Arya S; “Aqueous nutrient flux and sediment heavy metal contamination in cochin backwaters: A systematic special pattern study on monthly basis”, (REACS-2015) ISBN: 978-81-930193-0-6
5. Vinu V Dev, K. Anoop Krishnan, Nisha M Nair, Faisal A K, ‘’ Preparation, Characterization, and Application of egg shell based hydroxyapatite for the removal of Cu, Co and Ni from aqueous phase’’ (FPAM- 2014).

Education:

Training:

• Marine Biology Training ,CAS, Annamalai University

Publications:

1. Diurnal Phototactic Migration of Phytoplankton in Cochin Waters and Its Correlation with Limiting Nutrient Flux., Springer India 2012, Imp factor : 2.06
2. Proliferation of dinoflagellates in Kochi estuary, India, Journal of Env biology, 2014, Imp factor :0.66
3. An assessment of faecal and supplemental indicator bacteria based water quality of Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep (2013), IJMS, Imp factor :0.294
4. Effects of acidic industrial effluents on water quality, Veli, Kerala (2012), India, JEMA, Imp factor :1.6
5. Signature of bioluminescence by Cypridina hilgendorfii in Kavaratti Lagoon, Lakshadweep Archipelago, India, International Journal of Fisheries and aquatic sciences, May, 2016, IF. 0.39