Dr. Haimanti Biswas ( CSIR-NIO )
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Dr. Haimanti Biswas 

Senior Principal Scientist ( Headquarters, Goa )

DepartmentBiological Oceanography (BOD)

Research Interests/SpecializationMarine Biogeochemistry; Climate Change; Phytoplankton; Marine Carbon Cycle

Career at CSIR

Date of Joining CSIR : 2008-12-10
Date of Joining Present Post : 2022-12-10
Date of Retirement : 2036-01-31

Contact Details
 Emailhaimanti.nio@csir.res.in
  Office +91 8322450280
Work Details

Work Domain Scientific

Area of WorkIndian Ocean

People Trained

Number of Ph.D. students supervised (Ongoing & Completed): 9
No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :14

Grant-in-aid Projects
Ongoing Completed
1 1

 Education
Degree Specialization University Graduation Year
Ph.D Marine Science University of Calcutta 2005
MSc Marine Science University of Calcutta 1998
BSc ( Hons. ) Botany University of Calcutta 1996
 Experiences
Position Organization From To
Principal Scientist CSIR National Institute of Oceanography 2017 2020
Visiting Scientist (2 months) LOCEAN, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, 2018 2018
Visiting Scientist (3 weeks) Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superieure IBENS, Paris, France 2018 2018
DAAD Re-invitation Fellowship (2 months) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany 2015 2015
Senior Scientist CSIR National Institute of Oceanography 2013 2017
Scientist CSIR National Institute of Oceanography 2008 2013
Project Scientist CSIR National Institute of Oceanography 2008 2008
START Visiting Scientist Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany 2006 2007
DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany 2004 2005
CSIR Senior Research Fellow University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India 2003 2004
Research Fellow University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India 1999 2003
 Scholarship / Awards
Scholarship/Award Award Granting Agency Year
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2023
 Conferences / Seminars / Workshops / Meetings Presentations
  • Conferences
  •  The Future Oceans IMBeR Open Science Conference,
    ( Brest, France - 2019 )

     SOLAS Open Science Conference,
    ( Kiel, Germany - 2015 )

     Indian Ocean Expedition-II,
    ( Goa, India - 2015 )

     OSICON ,
    ( Goa, India - 2015 )

     European Union General Assembly Meeting,
    ( Vienna, Austria - 2014 )

     Third Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World,
    ( Monterey Bay, California, USA - 2012 )

     European Union General Assembly Meeting,
    ( Vienna, Austria - 2012 )

     AOGS Meeting,
    ( Hyderabad, India - 2010 )

     OceanObs'09 Conference,
    ( Venice, Italy - 2009 )

     Advance in Marine Ecology Modeling Research,
    ( Plymouth, England - 2007 )

     International Young Scientist’s Global Change Conference,
    ( Beijing, China - 2006 )

     LOICZ II Inaugural Open Science Meeting,
    ( Egmond An Zee, Netherlands - 2005 )

  • Seminars
  •  "Perspectives in Marine and Estuarine Research: Retrospect and prospect,
    ( Kolkata, West Bengal - 2016 )

     UGC Sponsored National Seminar On Environmental Awareness: Demand of the Day,
    ( Bhawanipur Education society college, Kolkata, WB - 2016 )

     National Seminar on Recent Trends in Marine and Estuarine Research,
    ( Kolkata, West Bengal - 2013 )

  • Workshops
  •  Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Ocean Acidification Research,
    ( Kolkata, West Bengal - 2020 )

     International Workshop on Ocean Acidification,
    ( IISER Kolkata, WB - 2013 )

     International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change,
    ( IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal - 2010 )

     Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories ,
    ( Mestre, Italy - 2009 )

  • Meetings Presentations
  •  SCOR Working group meeting,
    ( Brest, France - 2019 )

     SCOR Working Group meeting,
    ( Monaco - 2017 )

Publication other than NIO
In peer reviewed International journal:

  1. Biswas, H., M. Dey, D. Ganguly, T. De, S. Ghosh, and Jana, T. (2010): Comparative analysis of phytoplankton composition and abundance over a two-decade period at the land–ocean boundary of a tropical mangrove ecosystem. Estuaries and Coasts. 33: 384-394 (IF:2.686)

  2. K. Schulz, U. Riebesell, R. Bellerby, H. Biswas, M. Meyerhöfer, M. Müller, J. Egge, J. Nejstgaard, C. Neill, and Wohlers, J. (2008): Built-up and decline of organic matter during PeECE III. Biogeosciences, 5: 707–718 (IF:3.951)

  3. Barcelos-Ramos, J., Biswas, H., Schulz, K. G., LaRoche, J. and Riebesell, U. (2007) Effect of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide on the marine nitrogen fixer Trichodesmium. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21: GB2028, doi:10.1029/2006GB002898. (IF:5.73)

  4. Biswas, H., S. K. Mukhopadhayay, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2007): Spatial and temporal patterns of methane dynamics in the tropical mangrove dominated estuary, NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Marine System 68 (1) Nov: 55-64 (IF:2.54)

  5. Mukhopadhyay, S. K. , H. Biswas, T. K. De and Jana, T. K. (2006): Fluxes of nutrients from the tropical River Hooghly at the land–ocean boundary of Sundarbans, NE Coast of Bay of Bengal, India, Journal of Marine System 62: 9 – 21 (IF: 2.54)

  6. Biswas, H., S. K. Mukhopadhayay, T.K. De, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2006): Methane Emission From the Wetland Rice Fields in Sagar Island, NE Coast of Bay of Bengal, India, International Journal of Agricultural Research 1(1): 78- 86.

  7. Biswas, H., S. K. Mukhopadhyay, T. K. De and Jana T. K. (2005): Estimation of ammonia exchange at the land-ocean boundary condition of Sundarban mangrove, northeast coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Atmospheric Environment 39 (25): 4489- 4499 (IF: 4.012).

  8. Biswas, H., S. K. Mukhopadhyay, T. K. De, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2004): Biogenic controls on the air water carbon dioxide exchange in the Sundarban Mangrove environment, NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Limnology and Oceanography 49: 95 -101 (IF: 4.325).

  9. Mukhopadhyay, S. K., H. Biswas, T. K. De, B. K. Sen, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2002): Impact of Sundarban mangrove biosphere on the carbon dioxide and methane mixing ratio at the NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Atmospheric Environment 36: 629 – 638 (IF:4.012).
    In national peer-reviewed journal

  10. Mukhopadhyay, S. K., H. Biswas, T. K. De, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2002): Seasonal effects on the air-water carbon dioxide exchange in the Hooghly estuary, NE coast of Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Environmental Monitoring (The Royal Society of Chemistry) 4(4): 549 – 552 (IF: 2.668).

  11. S. K. Mukhopadhyay, H. Biswas, K. L. Das, T. K. De, and Jana, T. K. (2001): Diurnal variation of carbon dioxide and methane exchange above Sundarban mangrove forest, in NE Coast of India. Indian Journal Geo-Marine Sciences (NISCOM, CSIR, India), vol. 30, pp. 70-74.(IF:0.172).

  12. H. Ghatak, S. K. Mukhopadhyay, H. Biswas, S. Sen and Jana, T. K. (2001): Quantitative study of Co (II) complexation with mangal humic substances by synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science (NISCOM, CSIR, India), Vol. 31(2), pp. 136 -140. (IF:0.172)

Invited lectures:
International:

  1. Haimanti Biswas et al. (2018) Physiological Responses of Coastal diatoms to elevated CO2 levels from Indian water, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS-IBENS), Paris France, May 30, 2018.
  2. Haimanti Biswas et al. (2018) Responses of Coastal diatoms to elevated CO2 levels from Indian waters, LOCEAN, Sorbonne University, Paris France, June 5, 2018,
  3. Haimanti Biswas et al. (2018) Physicochemical variability and phytoplankton response study during a summer monsoon upwelling event in the Arabian Sea, Helmholtz center for Ocean Research Kiel, GEOMAR, 2019, June 25, 2018.
  4. Haimanti Biswas, 2015, Copper addition helps alleviate iron stress in a coastal diatom: response of Chaetoceros gracilis from the Bay of Bengal to experimental Cu and Fe addition, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 7th Sept. 2015.
  5. Haimanti Biswas, 2014, Preliminary evidences of CCM operation and its down regulation in relation to increasing CO2 levels in natural phytoplankton assemblages from the coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, 12th May, 2014.
  6. Haimanti Biswas, 2009, “Effect of Rising CO2 on natural phytoplankton assemblage from Godavari estuary: is there any shift in Community structure?” at IFM Geomar, Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel Germany, 28th Sept 2009.
  7. Haimanti Biswas, 2007. “Global environmental change: is Trichodesmium sensitive to increasing atmospheric CO2”? Workshop on “Advance in Marine Ecology Modeling Research”. Plymouth, England, 12 – 14th Feb, 2007.

National

  1. Haimanti Biswas, 2016, "Perspectives in Marine and Estuarine Research: Retrospect and prospect" 16th September, Department of Marine Science, University of Kolkata, WB, India.
  2. Haimanti Biswas, 2016, Global marine biodiversity: loss and conservation in the Anthropocene, UGC Sponsored National Seminar On Environmental Awareness: Demand of the Day, 9th -10th September, Bhawanipur Education society college, Kolkata, WB, India
  3. Haimanti Biswas, 2016, Marine Diatoms, past, present and Future, International Conferences on Emerging trends in Biotechnology, DAAD alumni association, Department of Biotechnology, Warangal University, Telegana, India. 30th Jan -1st Feb, 2016.
  4. Haimanti Biswas, 2014. Climate change and environment, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board, 6th June Vijaywada. AP, India.
  5. Haimanti Biswas, 2014, The Risks of Marine Oil Pollution at the pollution awareness program conducted by the district headquarter of Indian Coast guard office during 23rd -24th April, Visakhapatnam.
  6. Haimanti Biswas, 2013. Life in a glass box-the cross liner between global carbon and silicon cycle) at the National Seminar on Recent Trends in Marine and Estuarine Sciences, 21st -22nd June 2013,High Tach Campus, Salt Lake city, Kolkata.
  7. Haimanti Biswas, 2012, "Anthropogenic perturbation and its effects on the adjacent coastal areas of the Bay of Bengal: a case study, “Training program on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Livelihood Development” 11th -14th September, 2012. Gov of India and Andhra Pradesh, Kakinada, AP. India.
 External Profile Links
 Professional Interests
Observational Oceanography, Conducting experiments on ocean acidification, Carbon Chemistry measurements, phytoplankton taxonomy, HPLC pigment analysis
 Professional Membership
Ocean Society of India
SCOR Working group member (149)
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Editorial Board Member in Frontiers in Marine Science
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