
September 16, 2020, 9:40 am Public Archive CSIR Young Scientist Award 2020 New Delhi CSIR
Dr. Jagadeesan Loganathan, Scientist in CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam. His area of expertise is Biological oceanography and Marine Biology with specialization in Plankton ecology and their dynamics with respect to the ecosystem functioning. His work is broadly classified into the following two aspects: Plankton with respect to the ecosystem functioning and marine biological/ experimental studies.
Dr. Loganathan has been chosen for the “CSIR Young Scientist Award” for the Year 2020 in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences. His significant contributions to the plankton ecology in the context of the ecosystem functioning in the Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, and the Mud banks phenomena occurring along the southwest coast of India have recognized him for the award.
In addition to the field based studies, Dr. Loganathan has derived numerical coefficients to estimate plankton growth, grazing, mortality, respiration and egg production which will help to improve ecosystem modeling studies.
Dr. Loganathan has a total of 32 papers published in International journals with Impact factor ~75. He has successfully guided 2 students for internship/ dissertation.
Director and staff congratulate Dr. Loganathan, on this achievement.