Raghu Chandrasekaran

About

I am currently working as Research Associate in Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India. My Research interest is in the field of microalgal photophysiology & ecology; microalgal biomass production for biotechnological applications; biodiscovery from extreme environment; Ecosystem health monitoring.

Employment

• IISER - Kolkata Research Associate
  2024 - Present
• Muthayammal College of Arts and Science Assistant Professor
  2020 - 2023
• Annamalai University UGC DSK Postdoctoral Fellow
  2017 - 2020
• SK Aquaa Senior Microbiologist
  2015 - 2016

Education

• Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli PhD
  2012 - 2015
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata 5 year Dual BS-MS Degree
  2006 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Nutrient-driven cyanobacterial blooms and microbial shifts in a lake-wetland system: a case study from a Ramsar-designated wetland of Northeast India
  Wetlands Ecology and Management 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11273-025-10076-x
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• Concurrent bloom of Microcystis spp. and Aulacoseira spp. in the River Ganga
  Environmental Research Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/adfc2e
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• Genome description of a potentially new species of Streptomyces isolated from the Indian Sundarbans mangrove
  2024 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000892.v4
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• In vitro and in silico inhibition properties of fucoidan against α-amylase and α-D-glucosidase with relevance to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  Carbohydrate Polymers 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.01.039
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• Role of nutrient concentrations and water movement on diatom’s productivity in culture
  Scientific Reports 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37611-6
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• Light-induced changes in the photosynthetic physiology and biochemistry in the diatom Skeletonema marinoi
  Algal Research 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.04.013
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• Light modulation of biomass and macromolecular composition of the diatom Skeletonema marinoi
  Journal of Biotechnology 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.10.016
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• Spectral radiation dependent photoprotective mechanism in the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata
  PLoS ONE 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087015
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• The challenge of ecophysiological biodiversity for biotechnological applications of marine microalgae
  Marine Drugs 2014 DOI: 10.3390/md12031641
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• Picophytoplankton community from tropical marine biofilms
  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2012 DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.05.022
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