Dr. Vinod Kumar

About

Vinod Kumar is a Senior Technical Officer at the CSIR–Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES), Hyderabad, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology with research focused on conservation physiology, wildlife endocrinology, and chemical ecology. His work emphasizes the development and application of non-invasive hormone monitoring techniques for assessing reproductive and stress physiology in endangered wildlife. His research has contributed to the development of indigenous enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) for reproductive and stress hormones, validation of hormone monitoring methods across diverse wildlife species, and investigations into chemical communication and putative sex pheromones in the Indian mouse deer. He has also worked extensively on wildlife conservation projects involving species such as tigers, elephants, lion-tailed macaques, Himalayan ibex, blue sheep, and mouse deer.

Employment

• Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology CSIR Senior Technical Officer
  2009 - Present

Education

• IK Gujral Punjab Technical University PhD

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (32)

• Human Activity, Including Tourism, Increases Stress and Influences Breeding Location Choice in Wild Tigers in India
  Animal Conservation 2026 DOI: 10.1111/acv.70073
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• Establishing reproductive seasons for the conservation of the critically endangered Kashmir red deer Cervus Hanglu
  Scientific Reports 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89244-1
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• Assessing the impact of Livestock Grazing on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites Levels and Gastrointestinal Parasites in Himalayan Ibex in Spiti Valley, Western Himalayas
  Journal of Wildlife Science 2025 DOI: 10.63033/JWLS.UVJZ6291
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• From Captivity to Conservation Success: A Review on the Mouse Deer Breeding Program and its Implications for Biodiversity Preservation
  Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction 2023 DOI: 10.18311/jer/2023/34990
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• Measures of Adrenal and Gonadal Hormones in Relation to Biological and Management Factors among Captive Red Pandas in Indian Zoos
  Animals 2023 DOI: 10.3390/ani13081298
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• Development of an enzyme immunoassay to measure urinary and faecal 5α-androst-16-en-3-one in pigs
  MethodsX 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102178
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• Glucocorticoid concentration and parasitic load in a wild striped hyaena (Hyaena hyaena) population in Southern India
  Theriogenology Wild 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.therwi.2023.100039
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• The Exoproteome of Staphylococcus pasteuri Isolated from Cervical Mucus during the Estrus Phase in Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
  Biomolecules 2022 DOI: 10.3390/biom12030450
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• Predictors of Adrenal and Gonadal Hormones in Relation to Biological and Management Factors Among Captive Red Pandas in Indian Zoos
  2022 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202202.0097.v1
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• Discovery of Boar Pheromones and their Functional Role in Reproduction of Mouse Deer (Moschiola Indica)
  2022 DOI: 10.20944/preprints202210.0242.v1
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