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Burlington, VT 05405
United States
- Ph.D. in Botany, University of Kerala, India
- Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory
- Morales-Williams Lab
BIO
Anila Ajayan is a freshwater ecologist working on phytoplankton trait diversity and ecosystem function. Her research background is in identifying the anthropogenic and climate change impacts on phytoplankton. She did her MSc in Botany from the University of Kerala, specializing in Plant Taxonomy, Plant Biotechnology, and Environmental Studies. She received her Doctoral degree from the University of Kerala after working on the ecological assessment of a lake using phytoplankton as bioindicators. Anila was working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan, China where she was engaged in the phytoplankton biodiversity of the upstream Yangtze River, China. Associating with AQUACOSM-Plus projects after METU, Ankara Türkiye, and INRAE, Rennes France got her interested in mesocosm experiments to study the interactive effects of anthropogenic and climatic stressors on algae. She is interested in learning the phenotypic plasticity in phytoplankton.
At the UVM, Anila will be interested in understanding the phytoplankton phenology in response to warming winter conditions in experimental mesocosms and small lakes.
Area(s) of expertise
Water quality, environmental impact assessment, phytoplankton community structure, diversity index, phytoplankton taxonomy
Bio
Anila Ajayan is a freshwater ecologist working on phytoplankton trait diversity and ecosystem function. Her research background is in identifying the anthropogenic and climate change impacts on phytoplankton. She did her MSc in Botany from the University of Kerala, specializing in Plant Taxonomy, Plant Biotechnology, and Environmental Studies. She received her Doctoral degree from the University of Kerala after working on the ecological assessment of a lake using phytoplankton as bioindicators. Anila was working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan, China where she was engaged in the phytoplankton biodiversity of the upstream Yangtze River, China. Associating with AQUACOSM-Plus projects after METU, Ankara Türkiye, and INRAE, Rennes France got her interested in mesocosm experiments to study the interactive effects of anthropogenic and climatic stressors on algae. She is interested in learning the phenotypic plasticity in phytoplankton.
At the UVM, Anila will be interested in understanding the phytoplankton phenology in response to warming winter conditions in experimental mesocosms and small lakes.
Areas of Expertise
Water quality, environmental impact assessment, phytoplankton community structure, diversity index, phytoplankton taxonomy