Focus of Research :
Fish genetics with a focus on phylogeneticsand transcriptomics
Background :
Graduated in Bachelor of FisheriesScience (B.F. Sc) from Kerala Agricultural University and completed Masters in FishGenetics and Biotechnology (M.F. Sc) from Central Institute of FisheriesEducation (CIFE), Mumbai. Completed Ph.D. with CSIR-UGC fellowship at CUSAT. Thetopic of research was “Genetic divergence in lobsters (Crustacea: Palinuridaeand Scyllaridae) from the Indian EEZ”. Qualified ARS in the ‘FishGenetics and Breeding’ discipline
Education :
- PhD (CSIR-UGC) in Marine Sciences at CUSAT
- M.F. Sc in Fish Genetics and Biotechnology from CIFE, Mumbai
- B.F. Sc from Kerala Agricultural University
Current Research Projects :
| 1 | Genetic and Genomic approaches forfishery resource management, conservation, and sustainable mariculture |
| 2 | Development of hatcherytechnologies for commercially important species in mariculture |
| 3 | Popularizing Eco-friendlyMolluscan Farming Strategies |
| 4 | Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp(Penaeus semisulcatus) Post Larvae(PL) in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, for sustainable shrimpproduction |
Awards & Recognitions :
- Third rank in the all India entrance examination by ICAR for admission to P.G. Programmes in Fisheries Science
- Selected as ICAR-JRF, and CSIR-JRF
Publications:
- Jeena NS, Rahuman S, Roul SK, Azeez PA, Vinothkumar R,Manas HM, Nesnas EA, Rathinam AMM, Surya S, Rohit P, Abdussamad EM andGopalakrishnan A (2022) Resolved and Redeemed: A New Fleck to the EvolutionaryDivergence in the Genus Scomberomorus Lacepède, 1801(Scombridae) With Cryptic Speciation. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:888463.doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.888463
- Rahuman, S, Jeena NS, Asokan PK, Vidya R and Vijayagopal P(2020). Mitogenomic architecture of the multivalent endemic blackclam (Villorita cyprinoides) and its phylogenetic implications. SciRep 10, 15438 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72194-1
- Jeena NS, Sajikumar KK, Rahuman S, Ragesh N, Koya KPS, Chinnadurai S, SasikumarG and Mohamed KS (2023). Insights into the divergent evolution of the oceanicsquid Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis(Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) from the Indian Ocean. Integr Zool. 2023. doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12705
- Jeena NS, Sebastian W, Rahuman S and Sajeela KA (2023). A vignette of mitogenomeand evolutionary status of the giant form of Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson,1830) endemic to the northwestern Arabian Sea. Mar Biol 170,107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04254-9
- Ebeneezar S, Tejpal CS, Jeena NS, Summaya R, Chandrasekar S,Sayooj P and Vijayagopal P (2021) Nutritional evaluation, bioconversionperformance and phylogenetic assessment of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens, Linn. 1758) larvaevalorized from food waste. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 23,101783.
