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Kholdorov, S., Lakshmi, G., Jabbarov, Z., Yamaguchi, T., Yamashita, M., Samatov, N., & Katsura, K. (2023). Analysis of Irrigated Salt-Affected Soils in the Central Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan, Using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images, Laboratory Studies, and Spectral Index-Based Approaches. Eurasian Soil Science, 1-12. Springer Publishers
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Ameer, A., Saranya, M., Lakshmi, G., Murray, F., Aravind, U.K., Nejumal, K.K, Muneer, A., Singh, ISB (2023). Leaves of Rhizophora mucronata hold quorum quenching moieties functional on the shrimp pathogen Vibrio harveyi as the prospective drug of choice in Aquaculture, Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (reviewed and Accepted, University of Kerala.
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Watts, B. A., Palmeira Zago, V. C., Gopakumar, L., Ghazaryan, K., & Movsesyan, H. (2023). Uncharted risk measures for the management of sustainable mining. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Wiley Publishers.
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Kholdorov, S., Gopakumar, L., Katsura, K., Jabbarov, Z., Jobborov, O., Shamsiddinov, T., & Khakimov, A.(2022). Soil salinity assessment research using remote sensing techniques: a special focus on recent research. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1068, No. 1, p. 012037). IOP Publishing.
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Lakshmi, G., Beggi, F., Menta, C., Kumar, N. K., & Jayesh, P.(2021). Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India. Pedobiologia, 85, 150719. Impact factor 2.128.
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Lakshmi, G.(2019). Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala, India, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 39(5) 445-448.
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Lakshmi, G. (2017). Jatropha cultivation in the marginal lands of Andhra Pradesh: Its feasibility and effects on farmers’ livelihood. Journal of Biofuels, 8(2), pp 91-97.
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Lakshmi, G., & Joseph, A. (2017). Soil microarthropods as indicators of soil quality of tropical home gardens in a village in Kerala, India. Agroforestry Systems, 91(3), pp 439-450.
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Gupta, G.V.M., Sudheesh, V., Sudharma, K.V., Saravanane, N., Dhanya, V., Dhanya, K.R., Lakshmi, G., Sudhakar, M. and Naqvi, S.W.A.(2016). Evolution to decay of upwelling and associated biogeochemistry over the southeastern Arabian Sea shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(1), pp.159-175.
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Axelsson, L., Franzen, M., Ostwald, M., Berndes, G., Lakshmi, G. and Ravindranath, N.H.(2012). Jatropha cultivation in southern India: assessing farmers’ experiences. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 6(3), pp.246-256.
Dr. Lakshmi Gopakumar
Chief Minister’s Nava Kerala Post Doctoral Fellow
Development of Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) based diagnostic systems for rapid detection of Vibriosis in Aquaculture farms of Kerala
Vibriosis is one of the most important diseases affecting aquaculture systems, mainly because of the reduction in yields and the relative economic losses incurred due to reduced quality and quantity of fish production. The research is targeted at developing a handy and cost-effective IgY antibody-based Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) detection system for Vibriosis in aquaculture. The Lateral Flow Assay-based diagnostic system will be helpful to aquaculture farmers in the diagnosis of Vibriosis, along with additional advantages like reliability, portability, and ease of storage and handling.
Professional Experience:
- Navakerala Post Doctoral Fellow in Agriculture and Ecological Science, National Centre for Aquatic Animal health(NCAAH), CUSAT, Kerala, India (June 2023- continuing)
- Expert on International Network of Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB) and Section Lead author of Best Practices in Conserving and Protecting Soil Biodiversity under Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations (Sep 2022-continuing)
- Resource Person in Environmental Studies, Sree Narayana Guru Open University, Kerala, India (Feb 2023-continuing)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Sacred Heart College, Kerala, India (Nov 2021 – Nov 2022)
- Expert on Global Assessment of Soil Pollution and lead author of book chapter on Technical manual on assessing, mapping, monitoring and reporting on soil pollution under Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations (Mar 2018- continuing)
- UGC Senior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India (Mar 2018 – Mar 2020)
- UGC Junior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. (Mar 2015 – Mar 2018)
- KSCSTE Junior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. (Mar 2013- Mar 2015)
- Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (MoES), Kochi, Kerala, India (Sept 2011 – Oct 2013)
- Project Trainee, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (February 2010 – April 2010)
Ad-Hoc Reviewer/ Editor in Peer Reviewed Journals:
- Editorial Advisory Board member of Agronomy and Crop Science books, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom
- Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
- Tropical Ecology, Springer publications.
- Forestist, Istambul University
- Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, Academic Journals.
- Journal Modern Concepts and Developments in Agronomy, Crimson Publishers, USA.
- Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, Department of Biology, FMNS, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta
- Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology published by Society for Biology and Biotechnology, India
- Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, IOS press, Netherlands
- Reviewed the country Profile of Privately Protected areas in India prepared as a part of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report based on the Project: UNDP-ILCN Privately Protected Areas (2019).
Publications
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Book chapter on Reporting Soil Pollution and Communicating Risks. In Handbook of Soil Pollution, Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations (under review)
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Gopakumar, L. (2021) Plant-Based Biofuel and Sustainability Issues. In Biofuel from Microbes and Plants (pp. 269-283). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group
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Lakshmi, G., & Joseph, A. (2020). Soil Microarthropods as Indicators of Soil Health of Tropical Home Gardens in Kerala, India. In Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes (pp. 525-538). Springer, Singapore.
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Lakshmi, G., Okafor, B. N., & Visconti, D. (2020). Soil Microarthropods and Nutrient Cycling. In Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth (pp. 453-472). Springer, Cham.
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Lakshmi , G. (2020). Jatropha cultivation in South India–Policy implications. In Sustainability and Law (pp. 453-472). Springer, Cham.
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Gopakumar, L., & Joseph, A. (2019). Intelligent Environmental Biomonitoring Systems: A Promising Arena for Future in the book ‘Biomonitoring in Agriculture and Environment Perspectives in Intelligent Systems’ , IOS press, Netherlands
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Lakshmi, G., Ammini Joseph, 2018. Deterioration of soil quality of tropical home gardens- a case study from Kerala, India. Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution. FAO. 2018. Rome, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 976 pp., ISBN: 978-92-5-130863-9
- Shovkat Kholdorov, Lakshmi Gopakumar (2021). Soil salinity and the associated effects in Mingbulak district, Fergana valley in Uzbekistan, Global Symposium on salt-affected soils, October 2021
- Beatriz Amanda Watts, Valeria Zago, Lakshmi Gopakumar (2021). Uncharted risk management measures for sustainable mining operations, REMTECH 2021, Europe, September 2021
- Lakshmi G, Francesca Beggi, Christina Menta, Nallur Krishna Kumar, Jayesh Puthumana (2021). Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India’, Tropentag 2021 conference, University of Honenheim, Germany, September 2021.
- Lakshmi G., Ammini Joseph (2020). Impact of Flood Event on Collembolan and Acari Population of Home Garden Agroecosystems in a Tropical Region, Climate 2020 conference, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Lakshmi G, Ammini Joseph (2020). Management strategies for sustainable home garden agroecosystems- a case study from Kerala, 32nd Kerala Science Congress, January 2020.
- Lakshmi, G., Ammini Joseph, 2018. Deterioration of soil quality of tropical home gardens- a case study from Kerala, India. Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution. FAO. 2018
- Lakshmi, G. & Ammini Joseph. The effect of vegetation cover on the soil microarthropod abundance of home gardens. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Soil Pollution and Paradigms for Sustainable Soil Management (SPSSM-2015), 83-89.
- Lakshmi, G., Jaleel, Abdul ; Sudharma, K.V. ; Dhanya, K.R.; Valliyodan, Sudheesh; Dhanya, V.; Saravanane, N.; Gupta, G.V.M. (2013) Seasonal variation in the standing crop of Polychaetes in the Cochin Coastal waters. Proceedings of 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress, ISBN: 978-81-928129-1-5.
- Lakshmi G., Ravindranath, N H.; Nair, Malini (2011) Ecological Performance of Jatropha Plantations- a case study from South India (Paper presented) in the first India International Energy Summit held at Visveswarayya National Institute of Technology(VNIT), Nagpur, India
Mentor
Dr. Jayesh Puthumana 
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
- Soil Ecology
- Biomonitoring and Biomarkers
- Disaster Management
- Environmental policy analysis
- Statistical analysis
Awards/ Honours/ Fellowships/ Scholarships:
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Other academic activities and professional memberships
- Member, Board of Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, India (Nov 2021- Nov 2022)
- Member, ECOSUSTAIN, Kerala, India
- Member, International Society or Tropical Foresters
- Member, International Network on Soil Pollution, FAO, United Nations
- Member, International Network on Soil Biodiversity, FAO, United Nations
Dr. Prem Kumar, a Senior Scientist in the Finfish Culture Division at the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE), is recognized for his contributions to finfish aquaculture and sustainable fish farming practices. His research focuses on advancing breeding, seed production, and grow-out techniques for economically important finfish species, essential for enhancing fish farming efficiency and profitability. Dr. Kumar has been instrumental in developing improved methods for breeding and rearing native fish species, supporting biodiversity conservation while boosting aquaculture productivity in India.
Dr. David Verner-Jeffreys is a Senior Scientist at WorldFish and an esteemed expert in aquatic animal health and aquaculture biosecurity. With a background in fish pathology and disease management, Dr. Verner-Jeffreys has dedicated his career to developing solutions that enhance disease prevention and sustainable health practices in aquaculture systems globally. His research focuses on combating infectious diseases that impact fish farming, particularly in developing countries, where aquaculture plays a crucial role in food security and livelihoods.
Dr. M. Shashi Shekhar, is a distinguished expert in aquatic animal health and environmental management in brackishwater aquaculture. With extensive experience in fish and shrimp health management, his work addresses critical challenges in disease prevention, environmental sustainability, and biosecurity, contributing to the growth and resilience of India’s brackishwater aquaculture sector. By emphasizing biosecurity, environmental monitoring, and eco-friendly health management practices, Dr. Shekhar has contributed to enhancing the resilience and sustainability of shrimp and fish farming.
Dr. K.V. Rajendran is a prominent aquaculture scientist at the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) in India, recognized for his expertise in fish health management and aquatic animal disease control. With a focus on advancing disease diagnostics, biosecurity, and sustainable health practices in aquaculture, Dr. Rajendran’s work has greatly contributed to improving the resilience and productivity of India’s aquaculture sector. His research addresses major challenges related to fish and shellfish health, particularly in diagnosing and managing viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases that impact farmed species.
Dr. T. Raja Swaminathan is a renowned scientist at the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) in Kochi, India, with expertise in fish health management, aquaculture biosecurity, and disease diagnostics. His work focuses on addressing challenges related to aquatic animal health, particularly in ensuring sustainable and safe practices in India’s aquaculture industry. Dr. Swaminathan is recognized for his contributions to the detection and control of fish and shellfish diseases, which are critical for enhancing productivity and reducing economic losses in aquaculture.
Dr. Neeraj Sood, a distinguished scientist at the ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR) in India, is recognized for his work in fish genetics, conservation, and sustainable aquaculture practices. His research focuses on the genetic characterization and conservation of fish biodiversity, which is critical for protecting valuable genetic resources and promoting sustainable aquaculture. By identifying and cataloging fish species and their genetic diversity, Dr. Sood has contributed to the preservation of native fish species, ensuring that these resources can support resilient and productive aquaculture systems in India.
Dr. B. Santhosh, a leading scientist at the Vizhinjam Regional Centre of the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI), is known for his impactful contributions to marine aquaculture and coastal fisheries development in India. His work focuses on advancing sustainable practices in mariculture, particularly in seed production, hatchery technology, and the cultivation of high-value marine species like finfish, shellfish, and sea cucumbers. Dr. Santhosh’s research has played a critical role in supporting livelihood opportunities for coastal communities by promoting aquaculture as a viable and environmentally sustainable industry.
Dr. Victoria Alday-Sanz is a renowned aquaculture expert at National Aquaculture Group (NAQUA) in Saudi Arabia, recognized globally for her work in shrimp health management, biosecurity, and sustainable aquaculture practices. With a background in veterinary science and extensive experience in aquatic animal health, Dr. Alday-Sanz has played a critical role in advancing shrimp farming practices to enhance productivity while maintaining rigorous biosecurity standards. Her work is instrumental in addressing major health challenges in shrimp aquaculture, particularly in the prevention and management of viral and bacterial diseases that can impact large-scale operations.
J.M.P.K. Jayasinghe is a distinguished figure in aquaculture, known for his contributions to sustainable fish farming practices, particularly in Asia. With a focus on innovative aquaculture technologies and resource management, he has dedicated his career to improving the productivity, efficiency, and environmental sustainability of aquaculture systems. Jayasinghe has been involved in developing best practices that help small-scale and commercial farmers enhance yields while minimizing the environmental impact, which is crucial for both economic growth and ecological health.
Dr. Vasant Kripa is the former Secretary of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority (CAA) in Chennai, India, and a highly respected scientist in marine biology, coastal aquaculture, and environmental management. With a career spanning over three decades, Dr. Kripa has been instrumental in developing policies and practices that promote sustainable and responsible coastal aquaculture in India. Her work has focused on balancing the growth of aquaculture with environmental conservation, ensuring that coastal ecosystems remain resilient and productive.
Dr. K.M. Shankar is the Vice Chairman of the Asian Fisheries Society, Indian Branch, and former Dean of the College of Fisheries in Mangalore, India. A highly respected figure in fish health management and aquaculture, Dr. Shankar has contributed significantly to advancing aquaculture science, particularly in aquatic animal health, biotechnology, and sustainable fisheries. His research focuses on pathogen detection, disease management, and biosecurity in aquaculture, addressing key challenges to improve productivity and sustainability in the industry.
Prof. Arun K. Dhar is a Professor and Director of the Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory at the School of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences, The University of Arizona, USA. An expert in aquaculture pathology and virology, Prof. Dhar is highly regarded for his research on diseases affecting shrimp and other aquatic species. His work focuses on identifying, understanding, and managing viral pathogens that pose significant threats to aquaculture industries globally.
Dr. Iddya Karunasagar is a distinguished Indian microbiologist and food safety expert, known for his pioneering work in aquatic microbiology, aquaculture health, and public health. His research focuses on seafood safety and disease management in aquaculture, with significant contributions to understanding and controlling microbial pathogens, such as Vibrio species, which affect marine organisms. His work has helped develop diagnostic tools and strategies that promote sustainability in aquaculture and ensure safer seafood.
Dr. Pramoda Kumar Sahoo is the Director-cum-ICAR National Professor at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA). A leading expert in fish health management and aquatic animal diseases, Dr. Sahoo’s work focuses on advancing disease control, immunology, and molecular biology in freshwater aquaculture. His research is pivotal in improving the health, resilience, and sustainability of India’s aquaculture industry, which plays a vital role in food security and rural livelihoods.
Dr. Rohana Subasinghe is the Managing Director of FutureFish, a consultancy specializing in sustainable aquaculture and fisheries development. With over 30 years of experience in aquaculture, aquatic animal health, and international fisheries, Dr. Subasinghe is a globally recognized expert dedicated to promoting sustainable practices that support food security, environmental protection, and socioeconomic growth.
Dr. Eduardo Leano is the Director General of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), an intergovernmental organization focused on sustainable aquaculture development in the Asia-Pacific region. With a strong background in aquatic animal health and pathology, Dr. Leano has dedicated his career to advancing sustainable aquaculture practices, improving disease management, and promoting biosecurity within the industry.