Dr. Rajdeep Roy
Present Affiliation:
*US Fulbright Fellow (2011-2012) Woods Hole
Oceanography Institute, MA
USIEF Fulbright Fellow
Anderson's Lab
Woods Hole Oceanographic Lab, MA, USA
Email: rroy@whoi.edu
Ph: 508-289-4838
Past Affiliation:
C.S.I.R Research Associate (RA)
Chemical Oceanography Division
National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula, Goa,
India, 91-403004.
Cell: +91-9421246302
Email: rajdeeproy2003@yahoo.com
Date of Birth: 28/09/1979
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Primary areas of research:
Biogeochemistry with special emphasis on phytoplankton blooms and its relation
with biogenic trace gas production
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Academic Qualifications:
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Ph.D completion Date: 08/04/2010
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Ph.D. thesis title: “
Influence of phytoplankton community structure on the abundance and emissions of Volatile halogenated organic carbons (VHOC) in the
Arabian Sea”
.
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C.S.I.R NET lectureship in (Life Sciences) conducted by Govt of India.
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GATE Exam (Life Sciences) conducted IIT Delhi
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M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences (2003), Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
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B.Sc. (Chemistry, Microbiology, Zoology). Bangalore University, Bangalore,
India.
List of Publications:
1.
Roy, R ., Prathihary, A., Mangesh, G., Naqvi. S.W.A., 2006 .
Spatial variation of phytoplankton pigments along the southwest coast of India. Estuarine Coastal
Shelf Science 69 , 189-195.
2.
Kurian, S., Shenoy, D.M., Gauns, M., Pratihary, A.K., Roy, R ., Narvekar, G.,
Paul, J.T., 2007 . Water column characteristic following the September 2004 stench event off southern Malabar Coast. Indian journal Of Marine Science 36 ,
199-205.
3.
Naqvi, S.W.A., Naik, H., Pratihary, A.K., Narvenkar, A.K. Roy, R ., Thorat, B.R.,
Kurian, S., Gauns, M. Narvekar, P.V., 2009 . Intensification of seasonal oxygendeficient zone over the western Indian Shelf. Geochemica Cosmochimica Acta
73, A930 .
4.
Roy, R ., .
2010 . Temporal variability of chlorine and bromine contaning halocarbons and phytoplankton pigments in coastal Arabian Sea. Estuarine
Coastal and Shelf Science. 88 , 211-217.
5.
M. V. Maya, S. G. Karapurkar, H. Naik, R. Roy , D. M. Shenoy, and
S. W. A. Naqvi. 2011 . Intra-annual variability of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in suspended organic matter in waters of the western continental shelf of
India. Biogeosciences Discussion .
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P. V. Bhaskar*Ө
Roy, R , D.M. Shenoy, Mangesh Gauns,. V.D. Rao and S.
Mochemadkar. 2011 . An unusual phytoplankton bloom and its implications off the west coast of India. Accepted, Journal of Earth System Science .
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Sunita Mochemadkar; Mangesh Gauns; Anil Pratihary; Roy, R ., K S
Karupaswamy*; P.V. Narvekar, SWA Naqvi. 2011.
Nutrient enrichment experiment. Accepted. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences .
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Roy, R ., Pratihary, A., Narvenkar, G., Naqvi, S.W.A., 1; Mochemadkar, M.,
Gauns, M., 2011 . The relationship between volatile halocarbons and phytoplankton pigments during a Trichodesmium bloom in the coastal eastern
Arabian Sea .
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.025
Papers/ Posters presented in National and International Conferences
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Bhaskar, P. V., Mangesh, Gauns., D.M. Shenoy., V.D. Rao., Roy, R ., and S.
Mochemadkar. 2006 . What controls the total Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and Dimethylsulfide (DMS) concentrations during a prasinophyte dominated bloom event?. In: Abstract of “SIBER”, NIO, Goa, India.
2.
Roy, R ., Pratihary, A., Narvenkar, G., Naqvi, S.W.A., 1; Mochemadkar, M.,
Gauns, M., 2007 . Trichodesmium bloom in the Arabian Sea: Spatio-Temporal variability of halocarbons in relation to phytoplankton pigments. SOLAS Summer
School, Corsica, France. (Poster).
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W. Naqvi., M. Gauns., H. Naik., A. Pratihary., R. Roy ., G. Narvenkar., S.
Mochemadkar., S. Kurian., K. Reshma., P. Narvekar. 2008 . Enhanced respiration in pelagic zones. IMBER IMBIZO, Miami, US. (Poster).
Professional experience:
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CSIR Senior Research Fellow (April 2008-October2009)
Research topics: Biogeochemistry with special emphasis on Air-Sea gas exchange of halogenated carbons.
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CSIR Junior Research Fellow (September 2004- March 2008)
Research topics: Biogeochemistry with special emphasis on Air-Sea gas exchange of halogenated carbons.
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Professional Training
1.
POGO Training on ecosystem dynamics and satellite retrieval of primary productivity parameters to understand climatic impact under Dr. Trevor Platt
(Dalhousie University Halifax Canada) held at NIO Kochi.
2.
SOLAS training on Air-Sea gas exchange studies in “Corsica, France” under
Prof. Peter Liss.
3.
GC IRMS Training in analysis of C14 and N15 in sediments held at NIO,
Goa.
Expertise
1.
Sedimentary biomarkers extraction by Dionex ASE-200.
2.
Sedimentary biomarkers analysis by GC-MS-MS (Thermo Scientific)
3.
Flowcytometry analysis of phytoplankton in the Arabian Sea
4.
Analysis of phytoplankton and bacterial pigments by HPLC.
5.
Analysis of dissolved volatile and semi volatile gases by GC/GCMS.
6.
Analysis of nutrients, COD, BOD, TCO2.
7.
HPLC/HPLC MS analysis of vitamins, antibiotics, Amino acids and other byproducts.
8.
Analysis of pesticides, by GC, GCMS, LCMS.
9.
Analysis of PAH compounds and pesticides in different matrix by GC,
GCMS, LC and LCMS.
Instrumental Skills:
1.
Dionex ASE-200 pressurized solvent extractor for sediment biomarker extraction.
2.
HPLC/ (HPLC-MS, Thermo) with UV- Vis detector, Photodiode Array detector,
(MODEL -AGILENT, SHIMADZU).
3.
Gas Chromatography, GC-MS (TOF, Triple Quadrapole) -Electron Capture
Detector (GC-ECD/FID/TCD) MODEL - AGILENT, VARIAN, CHEMITO.
4.
Particle Size analyser (Flow Cytometer).
5.
UV –Vis scanning Spectrophotometer (SHIMADZU).
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Fluorometer (Turner design).
Countries Visited:
1.
France,
2.
South Africa
3.
Chile.
4.
China
5.
UK
Oceanographic cruise experiences in Foreign Vessel and research experience on board:
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Arabian Sea, onboard FORV Roger Revelle. Scripps Institute of Oceanography
(August –September 2007) .
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South Atlantic Ocean (LOHAFEX Expedition) FORV Polarstern (AWI)
(January-March 2009).
Shipboard experiments:
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HPLC analysis of phytoplankton pigments.
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GC analysis of various trace gases including halogenated carbons.
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SF6 instrumentations set up and analysis for enrichment cruises.
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Operation of CTD for collection of seawater samples and CTD data reduction.
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Measurements of various chemical parameters in seawater samples, including
CO
2
, SiO
2
, NO
3
, PO
4
, O
2
and salinity.
List of Referees
1. Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
Scientist G
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Chemical Oceanography Division
National Institute Of Oceanography
Dona Paula Goa
403004
Email: dileep@nio.org
Ph: 0832-2450398
FAX: 08322450-602
2. Dr. Shubha Sathyendranath
Remote Sensing, Modelling and Optics ss@pml.ac.uk
I hereby mention that the particulars mentioned above are true to the best of my knowledge.
Date: 1 st
September 2011
Place: NIO, Goa Rajdeep Roy
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