0000-0002-5290-8454 About
Dr. Ashutosh Parab is a marine microbial ecologist and biogeochemist at the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), India. His research focuses on microbial contributions to biogeochemical cycling, carbon sequestration, and environmental sustainability in diverse marine ecosystems, including the Arabian Sea, mangroves, and coastal sediments. He specializes in high-throughput metagenomics, microbial genomics, and functional ecology to investigate carbon and nutrient fluxes, microbial community dynamics, and ecosystem functioning under seasonal and anthropogenic influences.
Dr. Parab has authored several peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals, integrating microbial diversity, functional gene analysis, and environmental parameters to explore microbial roles in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). He is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research combining molecular tools, bioinformatics, and in situ observations to understand microbial ecosystem services in blue carbon habitats. His long-term vision is to develop microbial-based strategies for climate change mitigation and sustainable marine ecosystem management.
Employment
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National Institute of Oceanography Senior Project Associate2017 - 2025
Education
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Goa University Ph.D. Marine Science2019 - 2024
Projects & Funding
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Publications (23)
- Anthropogenic influence and substrate-driven structuring of bacterial communities and functional potential in coastal seaweed habitats Save
- Integrated metagenomic analysis of bacteriomes associated with beach-cast seaweeds reveals metabolic potential for biotechnological and environmental applications Save
- Microbial Diversity and Functional Profiles Reveal Contrasting Carbon Storage and Remineralization Processes Across Mangrove and Terrestrial Soils Save
- Metagenome-based analysis of xenobiotic degradation potential in urban mangrove sediments under chronic anthropogenic impact Save
- Bacterial Dynamics in the Northern Indian Ocean Region: Understanding from the Pre-genomics to Present-Day OMICS Era Save
- Characterization, Bio-Prospection, and Comparative Metagenomics of Bacterial Communities Revealing the Predictive Functionalities in Wild and Cultured Samples of Industrially Important Red Seaweed Gracilaria dura Save
- Bacterial communities and their functional profiles from mangroves, a blue carbon ecosystem and terrestrial forest habitats Save
- Comparative Metabarcoding Analysis of Bacterial Communities and Functional Profiles in the Seaweed and Mangrove Blue Carbon Ecosystems of Goa, India Save
- Variations in the bacterial and fungal community structure along the hypoxic gradient of the Arabian Sea oxygen-depleted environment based on eDNA metabarcoding analysis Save
- Monsoon-Driven Variability in Water Quality Index and Microbial Pollution Influencing the Carrying Capacity of the Mandovi-Zuari Estuarine System, Goa, India Save