Personal Details
Date of Birth :
29-05-1972
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status :
Married, two kids
Present Address : Marine Studies Section, Center
for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals, PB.No. 1995, Dhahran-31261, KSA. Email: joydastv@yahoo.com;
tvjoydas@kfupm.edu.sa.
Mob: +966 508034600
Permanent Address :
Thadickal House, Cherai, Ernakulam-683514, Kerala, India
Research Interest
Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA), Taxonomy of macrobenthos; stress to the benthic community;
indicator organisms; recovery; spatio–temporal variability; deep-sea benthos; multivariate
statistics.
Appointments
2005 – Present
Research Scientist
III/Assistant Professor, Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute,
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA.
2002 – 2005
Benthic Ecologist,
Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals – Worked in the UNCC funded project "Oceanographic
Survey in Support of the Marine and Coastal Damage Assessment (OSDA)"
aimed to estimate the long-term impact of oil spill in the Arabian Gulf during
the 1991 Gulf Conflict.
1995 – 2002
Research Fellow, Cochin
University of Science and Technology – Worked in the project "Estimation
of Benthic Productivity in the EEZ of India", did my Ph.D. and
involved in a number projects at the Department of Marine Biology, Cochin
University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.
Academic Records
2002 Ph.D. –
Macrobenthos of the shelf waters of the west coast of India, Cochin University
of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.-- Supervisor: Prof. R. Damodaran
(Dept of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry).
1995 M.Sc. – Marine
Biology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.--
Subjects: Marine Ecology, Plankton logy, Marine Pollution, Fish and Fisheries,
Aquaculture, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Physical, Chemical and Geological
Oceanography.
1992 B.Sc. – Zoology,
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.--· Subsidiary subjects: Biochemistry
and Botany.
Training Undergone
January - March, 2000 - Remote Sensing
Application to Marine Environment - Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, NASA, Dept of Space, Dehradun, India.
May
2014 - Project Management for Professionals - Masters Consultancy, Solutions and Training, Dubai.
Professional
Knowledge
Experience in the EIA of
oil pollution, dredging and drilling operations, offshore facility, causeway
construction, submarine pipeline and cable etc.
Proficiency in taxonomic
identification upto species level for polychaetes and order / family / generic
/ species level for other groups. So far I have identified more than 200
polychaete species from Arabian Sea and over 300 species from Arabian Gulf.
Confidence to handle
statistical packages PRIMER for windows and several other softwares.
Familiarity in diving:
PADI certified open water SCUBA diver (Diver No. 0308U00944).
Cruise Participation
As
Chief Scientist of RV Aegaeo Cruise in the Red Sea during June-July 2014.
Numerous cruises
in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Gulf.
Several offshore
experience in the Arabian Sea (including cruise nos. 149, 160, 162, 177 and 192A of
FORV Sagar Sampada, India).
Awards
Distinguished awards:
Outstanding Applied Research Team for the Academic Years 2006–07, 07–08, 08–09
and 11-12 of the Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals.
Other activities
(a) Appointed reviewer
of research papers to determine their suitability for publication in the
journals:
(1)
Marine Pollution Bulletin, (2) Journal of Sea Research, (3) Deep-Sea Research Part 1, (4) Estuaries and
Coasts, (5) Marine Ecology, (6) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, (7) Helgoland Marine
Research, (8) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom, (9) Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, (10) Journal of Ecology and
Natural Environment, (11) Journal of Oceanography and Marine Science, (12)
Journal of Ocean University of China, and (13) Journal of Soil Science and Environmental
Management.
(b) Appointed Ph. D.
thesis evaluator of (i) Bharathiar University, India and (ii) Annamalai
University, India and (iii) Madras University.
(c) Chairman of Session,
Protection of the Marine Environment,
Wastewater Treatment of the 20th Joint GCC- Japan Environment
Symposium (Challenges for a Sustainable
Environment in the Oil and Gas Industry) held at Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 22-24
Nov, 2011.
Membership
Environmental Technology
and Management Association (ETMA), Saudi Arabian Section of Air and Waste
Management Association.
