Biju Kumar
Professor and Head of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries
University of Kerala
India
Biography
Dr A Biju Kumar is the Professor and Head of Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries and Assistant Director of Centre for Global Academics, University of Kerala, India. He has his PhD from the University of Kerala, India and has over 25 years of teaching and research experience in the fields of marine biodiversity, taxonomy and ecology. Dr. Kumar has won young scientist award from Government of Kerala and Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences. Of late his research focus on molecular taxonomy, phylogeny and phylogeography of marine organisms. He is involved in policy development as expert committee member in state and national agencies in India. He has published over 120 research papers and over 23 books. Attended overseas training in taxonomy and DNA barcoding at Czech Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences, Adelaide University and University of Guelph, Canada.
Research Interest
Biodiversity informatics, molecular taxonomy