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Associate Professor
virology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
India
BSc –1999,Microbiology, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. MSc –2001, Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. PhD –2007, Biotechnology, Pathology and Microbiology in Aquaculture, University of Madras, Chennai, India. Central Institute of Brackish water aqua culture (CIBA), ICAIR, Chennai, India. Thesis Title: Morphological and Molecular Studies on White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) and Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) Affecting Farmed Penaeus monodon from the South East Coast of India. Supervisor: Dr. KK. Vijayan, Director, Central Institute of Brackish water aqua culture (CIBA), ICAIR, Chennai, India Work Experience Associate Professor : School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram Jul 2017 to till date Scientist : Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. oct 2010 to Jun 2017. Post-doctoral Fellow : University of Liege, Belgium. Oct 2009 to Sep 2010. Senior Research Fellow : Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture Chennai, India. Sep 2001 to April 2005.
My research interests include both basic and applied research on the topic of emerging and re-emerging viral diseases in humans, livestock, and wildlife. Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases are a major public health concern and cause considerable socioeconomic problems worldwide. Over 30 new infectious pathogens have been detected worldwide in the last three decades and most of these emerging and re-emerging pathogens are viruses. Mostly unpredictable, emerging and re-emerging infection outbreaks occur at an unprecedented and unrelenting pace, due to social and environmental factors and microbial evolution, such as population growth, urbanization, deforestation, livestock production, climate change, and pathogen mutation. Because of their high mutational rate and adaptability to changing environments, including host switch, RNA viruses are among the most frequent causes of such emerging diseases.