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UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

Department of Marine Science

FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV

Full name of the faculty member: DR. SANTOSH KUMAR SARKAR

1. Designation: PROFESSOR

2. Specialisation : Marine & Estuarine Ecology

3. Passport size photograph :

4. Contact information :

Address : Department of Marine Science University of Calcutta

35, Ballygunge Circular Road

Calcutta, PIN 700 019, West Bengal, INDIA

Mobile : +91-9831242492

Fax : +91-33-2461 4849

Email : <sarkar22@yahoo.com> <sarkar.santosh@gmail.com>

6. Academic qualifications:

College/ university from which the degree was obtained

Abbreviation of the degree

Raj College, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 1973

B.Sc. (Honors)

Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 1975

M.Sc.

Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 1985

Ph.D.

National Institute of Oceanography Post-doctorate

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(NIO), Cochin and Goa, 1991 7. Positions held/ holding: Professor 8. Research interests:

Please cite briefly the areas of research interests Monitoring of heavy metals/metalloids and persistent organic contaminants

(POPs) in biotic and abiotic matrices in coastal and marine environment and their ecotoxicological significance

Community responses of marine and estuarine biota to climate change, habitat degradation and restoration

Biodiversity of Macrozoobenthos and phyto- and zooplankton and their possible role in evaluating the degree of marine pollution

Water and sediment quality characteristics and their effects on marine organisms Coastal resources (both living and non-living) and their sustainable use and

management Assessment of silver nanoparticles and their possible toxicity in marine sediments Occurrence of algal bloom and its impact on marine environments with the

application of remote sensing Role of mangrove plants in reducing the toxic effects of heavy metals through

phytoremediation

9. Research guidance :

Number of researchers awarded M.Phil/ Ph.D degrees: 5 (Five)

Number of researchers pursuing M.Phil/ Ph.D : 6 (Six)

10. Projects :

Completed projects: Monitoring of Water and Sediment Parameters of Hugli River and Source Points from Calcutta City, India - Kurita Water Foundation Research Grant, Japan (September 2002 - October 2003). Principal Investigator Principal Scientist in an international research project entitled “Automobile-derived pollution in aquatic environment in the tropical Asian countries” (Grant number 15405044), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology, Japan (2003 – 2006) Heavy metal concentrations in sediment profiles of Sundarban mangrove environment, West Bengal, Northeast India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India bearing Sanction No. 24 (0276)/05/EMR - II. Principal Investigator Biodiversity of Zooplankton in Coastal and Offshore waters in Sunderban mangrove environment, West Bengal, India - Approved and financed by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, Sanction No. F.No. 31-236/2005 (SR). Principal Investigator Characterization of River Sediment Contamination from Humid Tropical Hugli River, India and Temperate Rivers of Croatia in terms of Geochemical and Mineralogical Data based on Weathering Processes - Indo - Croatia Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology (2007-2009) Sanction No. DST/INT/CROA/P-7/05. Principal Investigator. Heavy metal enrichments in coastal areas of Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mexico: A multidisciplinary approach (water, sediment and bivalves) – Link to climatic stress in tropical and temperate environment” under Indo-Mexico Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology (2009–2011). Sanction No. DST/INT/MEX/RPO-12/08 (Duration 2009 – 2012). Principal Investigator

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Critical evaluation of available toxicity due to Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) in Indian

Sundarban Mangrove Wetland, A UNESCO World Heritage Site – Approved by UKIERI (UK-

India Education and Research Initiative).Sanction No : UKUTP 2 0110021; Project Leader

Exposure assessment of arsenic contaminated coastal sediments of Sundarban, India -

funded jointly by Royal Society, London and British Geological Survey . Sanction No.

GA/11F/005/S1. 2011 – 2013. Principal Investigator .

Green chemistry in pollution monitoring development of a method to estimate trace

element concentrations in sediments from spectrometric measurements using multivariate

calibration techniques - partially funded by the University of the Basque Country

(UPV/EHU) Duration or the project : March 2012 – September 2013. Active Member.

Heavy metal concentration, antioxidative status and biopotential of polychaetes

(Annelida) from Sunderban mangrove wetland, northeast coast of India - under the

‘University with Potential for Excellence scheme’ bearing Sanction No. UGC/199/UPE/07

dt. 18/4/2007 .2010-2013. Principal Investigator

Occurrence and impact of algal bloom in Sundarban mangrove coastal waters. West

Bengal and its possible predictive measures - approved and financed by Council of Scientific

and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India. Sanction No. 23 (0014)/09/EMR - II. (Duration

2009- 2013). Principal Investigator.

Metal uptake, transport and release by mangrove plants in Sundarban Wetland, India :

Implications for phytoremediation and restoration - approved and financed by Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India. Sanction No. 38 (1296)/11/EMR -II.

(Duration 2011- 2014). Principal Investigator

Contamination of mercury and methylmercury in marine fishes of Indian Sundarban

mangrove wetland : Implications for human health - approved and financed by Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sanction No. 09/028 (0776)/2010/EMR - I

(Duration 2010-2012). Principal Investigator

Role of mesozooplankton in determining status of heavy metal contamination in

Sundarban wetland coastal waters, northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal - approved and

financed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Sanction No. 09/028

(0738)/2009/EMR - I (Duration 2009-2011). Principal Investigator

Biodiversity of microzooplankton along the stretch of the Ganges (Hugli) River, West

Bengal with special emphasis on Tintinnids (Ciliata : Protozoa)”- Approved and financed by

University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, Sanction No. F.No. 40-388/2011

(SR). Principal Investigator

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Current projects: Geochemical speciation and risk assessment of trace metals in sediments from two

tropical mangrove environment –India and Thailand – funded by India-Thailand

Programme of Cooperation in Science & Technology. Sanction No. DST/INT/THAI/P-

04/2012 (Duration 2013 – 2016). Principal Investigator

Mesozooplankton population dynamics as a response to environmental changes of two

tropical mangrove wetlands: An approach to ecosystem indicator – funded by India-Taipei

Programme of Cooperation in Science & Technology. (Duration 2013 – 2016). Principal

Investigator

Assessment of impact of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on

the state of water ecosystems of Ganges River estuary, India and Svisloch River, Minsk,

Belarus – under India- Belarus Joint Science & Technology (2014 – 2016). Principal

Investigator.

Influence of mangrove roots and soil bacterial community on trace metal bioavailability in disturbed and pristine mangroves - Sponsored jointly by Ministry of Education and Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling ( CENSAM) Research Initiative, Singapore (2016 - 2018), Project Collaborator. Relative grazing impact of nano- and picoplankton by microzooplankton through trophic

dynamics in Indian Sundarban mangrove region- approved and financed by Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India, Sanction No.

09/028(948)/2015-EMR-I (Duration 2015-2016). Principal Investigator

Distribution and possible sources of trace metals in sediments along the Hugli Estuary and

Sundarban Mangrove Wetland, India and their ecotoxicological significance - approved and

financed by Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India, Sanction No.

DST/INSPIRE Fellowship/2014/IF140943 (Duration 2015-2020). Principal Investigator

11. Select list of publications:

a) Journals (2011 onwards):

1. Silva-Filho EV, Sarkar SK, Jonathan MP, Bhattacharya A, Alam A, Chatterjee M,.

Satpathy KK, 2011. Ecological consideration of trace element contamination in sediment

cores from Sundarban wetland, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer 63: 1213-

1225 (n= 6 ), DOI 10.1007/s12665-010-0795-9, Impact Factor 1.765.

2. Antizar-Ladislao, B, Sarkar, SK, Anderson, P, Peshkur T, Bhattacharya BD, Chatterjee M,

Satpathy KK, 2011. Baseline of butyltin contamination in sediments of Sunderban

mangrove wetland and adjacent coastal regions, India. Ecotoxicology, Springer 20 (8):

1975-1983 (n= 5 ), DOI 10.1007/s10646-011-0739-5, Impact Factor 2.706.

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3. Jonathan MP, Roy PD, Thangadurai N, Srinivasalu S, Rodríguez Espinosa PF, Sarkar SK,

Lakshumanan C, Navarrete-López M, Muñoz-Sevilla P, 2011. Metal concentrations in

water and sediments from tourist beaches of Acapulco, Mexico , Marine Pollution

Bulletin, Elsevier 62: 845-850 (n= 4), DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.042, Impact

factor 2.793

4. Kwokal Z, Sarkar SK, Franciskovic-Bilinski S, Biliniski H, Bhattacharya A, Chatterjee

M, 2012. Mercury concentration in sediment cores from Sundarban mangrove wetland,

India. Soil and Sediment Contamination, Taylor & Francis 21 (4): 525-544 (n= 2), DOI:

10.1080/15320383.2012.664185, Impact factor 0.575

5. Satpathy KK, Mohanty AK, Prasad MVR, Natesan U, Sarkar SK, 2012. Studies on the

variations of heavy metals in the marine sediments off Kalpakkam, east coast of India.

Environmental Earth Sciences , Springer 65 (1): 89-101 (n=8), DOI 10.1007/s12665-011-

1067-z, Impact factor 1.765.

6. Frančišković-Bilinski S, Bhattacharya A, Bilinski H, Bhattacharya BD, Mitra A, Sarkar

SK, 2012. Fluvial geomorphology of the Kupa River drainage basin, Croatia: A

perspective of its application in river management and pollution studies. Annals of

Geomorphology, schweizerbart science 56 (1): 93-119 (n=0), DOI: 10.1127/0372-

8854/2011/0056, Impact factor 0.821.

7. Chatterjee M, Canário J, Sarkar SK, Branco V, Godhantaraman N, Bhattacharya BD,

Bhattacharya A, 2012. Biogeochemistry of mercury and methylmercury in sediment cores

from Sundarban mangrove wetland, India - a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer 184 (9), 5239 – 5254 (n= 2), DOI

10.1007/s10661-011-2336-8, Impact factor 1.679.

8. Sarkar SK, Binelli A, Riva C, Parolini M, Chatterjee M, Bhattacharya A, Bhattacharya

BD, Jonathan MP, 2012. Distribution and ecosystem risk assessment of Polycyclic

Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in core sediments of Sundarban Mangrove Wetland.

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Taylor & Francis 32: 1-26 (n= 0), DOI:

10.1080/10406638.2011.633592, Impact factor 0.982.

9. Massolo S, Bignasca A, Sarkar SK, Chatterjee M, Bhattacharya BD, Aftab Alam M,

2012. Geochemical fractionation of trace elements in sediments of Hugli River (Ganges)

and Sundarban wetland (West Bengal, India). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,

Springer 184 (12): 7561-7577 (n= 6), DOI 10.1007/s10661-012-2519-y, Impact factor

1.679.

10. Aftab MA, Sarkar SK, Gomes AA, 2012. High molecular weight protein extract of

Mastobranchus indicus (Mi-64) having antiarthritic activity in experimental animals.

Inflammation, Springer 35(4): 1223-1231 (n= 0), DOI: 10.1007/s10753-012-9432-y,

Impact factor 2.208.

11. Fattorini D, Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya BD, Chatterjee M, Regoli F, Satpathy KK, 2012.

Levels and chemical speciation of arsenic in representative biota and sediments of a

tropical Mangrove wetland, India. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, RSC

publishing 15 (4): 773 – 782 (n= 2 ), DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.019, Impact factor

2.109

12. Naha Biswas S, Godhantaraman N, Sarangi S, Bhattacharya BD, Sarkar SK, 2013. Bloom

of the centric diatom Hemidiscus hardmannianus (Bacillariophyceae) and its impact on

water quality characteristics and plankton community structure in Indian Sundarban

mangrove wetland. CLEAN - Soil, Air and Water Pollution, Willey 41(4): 333-339

(n=0), DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200012,Impact factor 1.838.

13. Watts MJ, Barlow TS, Button M., Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya B, Alam MA, Gomes A,

2013. Arsenic speciation in polychaetes (Annelida) and sediments from the intertidal

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mudflat of Sundarban mangrove wetland, India. Environmental Geochemistry and

Health, Springer 35:13 – 25 (n= 1 ), DOI 10.1007/s10653-012-9471-1, Impact factor

2.566.

14. Jonathan MP, Sarkar SK and others, 2013. Evaluation of trace element concentration

(acid leachable) in sediments from River Pánuco and its adjacent lagoon areas, NE México.

Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer 68 (8): 2239-2252 (n= 3), DOI 10.1007/s12665-

012-1906-6, Impact factor 1.765.

15. Sahu G, Satpathy KK, Mohanty A, Biswas S, Achary MS, Sarkar SK, 2013. Larval

abundance and its relation to macrofouling settlement pattern in the coastal waters of

Kalpakkam, southeastern part of India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment,

Springer 185: 1951-1967 (n= 0), DOI 10.1007/s10661-012-2679-9, Impact factor 1.679.

16. Corsolini S, Sarkar SK, Guerranti C, Chatterjee M, Biswas SN, Jonathan MP, 2012.

Perfluorinated compounds in recent sediments of the Ganges River and adjacent Sundarban

mangrove wetland, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier 64: 2829-2833 (n=8), DOI:

10.1039/c3em30819g, Impact factor 2.793

17. Ahmed MK, Kundu GK, Al-Mamun MH, Sarkar SK, Akter MS, Khan M S, 2013.

Chromium (VI) induced acute toxicity and genotoxicity in freshwater stinging catfish

(Heteropneustes fossilis). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Elsevier 92: 64-70

(n= 7), doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.02.008, Impact Factor 2.482.

18. Zuloaga O, Prieto A, Ahmed K, Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya A, Chatterjee M, Bhattacharya

BD, Satpathy KK, 2013. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in recent

sediments of Sundarban mangrove wetland of India and Bangladesh: a comparative

approach. Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer 68 (2): 355-367 (n= 4), DOI

10.1007/s12665-012-1743-7, Impact factor 1.765.

19. Nagarajan R, Jonathan MP, Priyadarsi Roy D, Prasanna MV, Sarkar SK and Navarrete

López M, 2013. Metal concentrations in sediments from tourist beaches of Miri City,

Sarawak, Malaysia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier 73 (2): 369-373 (n=4 ), DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.036, Impact factor 2.793.

20. Rakshit D, Biswas SN, Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya BD, Godhantaraman N, Satpathy KK,

2014. Seasonal variations in species composition, abundance, biomass and production rate

of tintinnids (Ciliata: Protozoa) along the Hooghly (Ganges) River Estuary, India: A

multivariate approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Springer 186:5 3063-

3078 (n= 0), DOI 10.1007/s10661-013-3601-9, Impact factor 1.679.

21. Sean R. Connolly, M. Aaron MacNeil …..Santosh K. Sarkar and others, 2014.

Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of

Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1406664111: 1-14

(n= 0), DOI 10.1073/pnas.1406664111, Impact factor 9.809

22. Biswas SN, Dibyendu Rakshit, Sarkar SK, Sarangi RK, Satpathy KK, 2014. Impact of

multispecies diatom bloom on plankton community structure in Sundarban mangrove

wetland, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier 85:306-311 (n= 0), DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.015, Impact factor 2.793.

23. Chatterjee M, Sklenars L, Chenery SR, Watts MJ, Marriott AL, Rakshit D, Sarkar SK,

2014. Assessment of total Mercury (HgT) in sediments and biota of Indian Sundarban

Wetland and Adjacent Coastal Regions. Environment and Natural Resources Research 4

(2): 50-64 (n= 0), ISSN 1927-0488 E-ISSN 1927-0496, Impact factor 0.059

24. Bhattacharya BD, Hwang JS, Tseng LC, Sarkar SK, Rakshit D, Mitra S, 2014.

Bioaccumulation of trace elements in dominant mesozooplankton group inhabiting in the

coastal regions of Indian Sundarban mangrove wetland. Marine Pollution Bulletin,

Elsevier 87: 345-351 (n= 0), DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.050, Impact factor 2.793.

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25. Levin LA, Liu KK, Sarkar SK and coauthors, 2015. Comparative biogeochemistry–

ecosystem–human interactions on dynamic continental margins. Journal of Marine

Systems, Elsevier 141: 3-17 (n=2), doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.016, Impact factor

2.476.

26. Bhattacharya BD, Hwang JS, Sarkar SK, Rakshit D, Tseng LC, 2015. Community

structure of mesozooplankton in coastal waters of Sundarban Mangrove Wetland, India: A

multivariate approach Journal of Marine Systems, Elsevier 141: 112-121 (n= 0), DOI

10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.08.018, Impact factor 2.476.

27. Chowdhury R, Favas PJC, Pratas J, Jonathan MP, Ganesh PS, Sarkar SK, 2015.

Accumulation of trace metals by mangrove plants in Indian Sundarban Wetland: Prospects

for Phytoremediation. International Journal of Phytoremediation, Taylor and Francis,

17: 885-894. DOI:10.1080/15226514.2015.981244 (Article in press) (n= 0) Impact factor

1.466.

28. Favas PJC, Sarkar SK, Rakshit D, 2015. Geochemical fractionation of trace elements in

stream sediments contaminated by mining activity in Northern Portugal. CLEAN - Soil,

Air and Water Pollution, Elsevier 43(3): 446-455 (n= 0), DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200718,

Impact factor 1.838.

29. Bhattacharya BD, Nayak DC, Sarkar SK, Biswas SN, Rakshit D, 2015. Distribution of

dissolved trace metals in coastal regions of Indian Sundarban mangrove wetland: A

multivariate approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 96 233-243 (n= 0),

DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.04.030, Impact factor 3.590.

30. Jayaprakash M, Jonathan MP, Senthil Kumar R, Giridharan L, Sujitha SB, Sarkar SK.,

2015. Bioaccumulation of metals in fish species from water and sediments in macro-tidal

Ennore Creek, Chennai, SE Coast of India: A Metropolitan City effect - Ecotoxicology

and Environmental Safety, Elsevier, 120, 243-255, DOI 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.05.042,

Impact factor 2.482.

31. Rakshit D, Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya BD, Jonathan M.P., Biswas JK, Mondal P and Mitra

S. Human-induced ecological changes in Indian Sundarban megadelta: A threat to

ecosystem stability, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 99 (1 &2) : 186-194, DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.027, Impact factor 2.793.

32. Kadarkarai Murugan, Joseph Selvaraj Eugine Venus, Chellasamy Panneerselvam, Santosh

Kumar Sarkar & others - Biosynthesis, mosquitocidal and antibacterial properties of

Toddalia asiatica-synthesized silver nanoparticles: do they impact predation of guppy

Poecilia reticulate against the filariasis mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus? - Environment

Science Pollution Research, Springer, DOI 10.1007/s11356-015-4920-x, Impact factor

2.828

33. Gredilla A, Fdez-Ortiz de Vallejuelo S, Rodríguez-Iruretagoiena A, Diego AD, Arana G,

Stoichev T, Amigo JM, Wasserman JC, Botello VA, Sarkar SK, Schäfer J, Moreno C, de

la Guardia M , Madariaga JM,. A Chemical status Predictor. A methodology based on

World-Wide sediment samples – Journal of Environmental Management ,Elsevier

2015, 161 : 21-29, DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.06.044, Impact factor 2.723

34. Antizar-Ladislao B, Bhattacharya B, Ray Choudhuri S, Sarkar SK. Impact of silver

nanoparticles on benthic prokaryotes in heavy metal-contaminated estuarine sediments in a

tropical environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier. 99 (1 & 2): 104-111, 2015, DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.07.051, Impact factor 2.793.

35. Antizar-Ladislao B, Mondal P, Sarkar SK. Assessment of trace metal contamination level

and toxicity in sediments from coastal regions of West Bengal, eastern part of India.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Elsevier, 2015, 101, 886–894. DOI

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.014, Impact factor 2.991.

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36. Rakshit D, Ganesh PS, Sarkar SK. Choreotrich ciliate Tintinnid (Protozoa: Ciliophora) in

a tropical meso-macrotidal Estuary, eastern part of India, Regional Studies in Marine

Science, Elsevier, 2016, 3, 89-100. DOI 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.06.003,

37. Retama, M. P. Jonathan, Priyadarsi D. Roy, P.F. Rodríguez-Espinosa, R. Nagarajan, S.K.

Sarkar, S.S. Morales-García and N.P. Muñoz-Sevilla Metal concentrations in sediments

from tourist beaches of Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico: An evaluation of post-Easter week

vacation. Environmental Earth Sciences, Springer, 2016, 75, 374-385. DOI

10.1007/s12665-016-5281-6, Impact factor 1.76.

38. Li-Chung Tseng, Hsiao SH, Sarkar SK, Bhattacharya BD, Chen QC, Hwang JS.

Influences of Kuroshio water on annual copepod community structure at estuary area in

northwest Pacific Ocean. Continental Shelf Research, Elsevier, 2016, 118, 165-176.

DOI:10.1016/j.csr.2016.02.018 Impact factor 1.89.

39. Dibyendu Rakshit, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, N. Godhantaraman, K. K. Sathpathy, P.

Sankar Ganesh - Tintinnid (Ciliata: Protozoa) in the core region of Sundarban mangrove

wetland (India), CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water, Willey, 2016 (Accepted). Impact factor 1.95.

40. Herman J. Gibb, Keri G O'Leary; Santosh K Sarkar; Jing Wang,; Lisa Liguori; Holly

Rainis; Katy A Smith; Mousumi Chatterjee - Hair Mercury Concentrations in Residents of

Sundarban and Calcutta, India – Environmental Research, Elsevier,

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.03.028 (article in press) Impact Factor 4.37.

41. Cordeiro C, Favas PJC, Pratas J, Sarkar SK, Venkatachalam P. Uranium accumulation

potential in aquatic macrophytes in an uraniferous regions of NE Portugal: Relevance to

natural attenuation – Chemosphere, Elsevier, 156, 76-87, 2016.

42. Paulo J. C. Favas, João Pratas, Soumita Mitra, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Perumal

Venkatachalam Biogeochemistry of uranium in the soil–plant and water–plant systems in

an old uranium mine of Central Portugal – The Science of the Total Environment,

Elsevier, 2016(Accepted)

b) Books/:

1. Title of the Book : Loricate Ciliate Tintinnids in a Tropical Mangrove Wetland: Diversity, Distribution and Impact of Climate Change, ISBN 978-3-319-12792-7; pp. 106; Springer, 2014. 2. Title of the Book : Marine organic micropollutants : A case study of the Indian Sundarban Mangrove Wetland, Springer, 2016 (In process) Book chapters: 1. S.K.Sarkar, B.Bhattacharya and S.Debnath. Bivalve molluscs as a tool in evaluating the

status of mercury pollution in deltaic Sunderbans, east coast of India. In: Advances in Environmental Science; C.S.P.Iyer (Editor), Educational Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, pp.299-304, 1997.

2. B.Bhattacharya, S.K.Sarkar and S.Debnath. Pelecyora trigona and Saccostrea cucullata as bioindicators of trace metal pollution. In: Advances in Environmental Science. C.S.P.Iyer (Editor). Educational Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, pp. 277-281, 1997.

3. B.Bhattacharya and S.K.Sarkar. Interspecific variability of heavy metals in biotic matrices of east coast of India for its sustainable conservation and management. In :Ecology of Wetlands, Rivers and Associated Habitats, The Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, USA, E.W.Miller et al (Editors), Chapter 25, pp. 359-371, 1998.

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4. B.Bhattacharya, G.Bandopadhaya and S.K.Sarkar. Riverine input of environmental

contaminants from upstream river Hooghly, eastern part of India. In : Industry and Environment, R.K.Trivedy (Editor), Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, pp. 252-257, 1999.

5. S.K.Sarkar, B.Bhattacharya and G.Bandopadhaya. Levels of mercury and organomercury in tropical coastal organisms: Implications of monitoring and environmental assessment. In: Analytical Techniques in Monitoring the Environment. Students Offset Printers, Tirupati, India, Prof. J.Reddy (Editor), pp. 418-421, 2000.

6. B.Bhattacharya, R.Das and S.K.Sarkar. Variability of selenium and tellurium in biotic and abiotic matrices of eastern coastal part of India. In: Emerging Trends in Environmental Science, C.S.P.Iyer (Editor), Asiatech Publishers Inc., New Delhi, pp. 78-82, 2001.

7. Sarkar, S.K., Bhattacharya, A., Dey, D. and Giri, S. Ecology of tropical soft-bottom benthic polychaetes in the meso-macrotidal wetland environment of northeast India. In: Advances in Marine and Polar Science, D.Sahoo and P.C.Pandey (Editors), Chapter 7, pp. 121-137, 2002.

8. B.Bhattacharya and S.K.Sarkar. Renewable Energy Resources from the Oceans. In: Renewable Energy : Trends and Prospects, S.K. Majumdar, E.W.Miller and A.I.Panah (Editors), The Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, USA, Chapter 5, pp. 75 – 83, 2002.

9. S. K Sarkar, C. Maggi, M. Chatterjee, J. Bianchi, A. Bhattacharya, L. Manfra, B.D. Bhattacharya and K.K Satpathy . Distribution, source and status of heavy metals and organochlorine pesticides in sediments of Sunderban mangrove wetland, India.- In ‘Environmental Research Trends’ edited by Marvin A. Cato, Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , USA, Chapter 2, pp. 63-103, 2007.

10. S. K. Sarkar, K.K. Satpathy, M.P.Jonathan, A. Bhattacharya, A. Alam, M. Chatterjee and S. N. Biswas. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediments and biota in coastal environment of India” - In Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World : Nanotechnology and Health Risk (Volume 1) (Editors E. Lichtfouse et al., Springer, 2012, Part 2, pp. 375-406.

11. K K Satpathy, A K Mohanty, G Sahu, S K Sarkar, M V R Prasad. Water quality characteristics in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam, southeastern part of the Bay of Bengal. In: Environmental Impact Assessment. (Ed. GT Halley & YT Fridian, NOVA Science Publication, USA), p117-192, (2009).

12. K K Satpathy, A K Mohanty, G. Sahu, S K Sarkar, M.V.R. Prasad, & R. Venkatesan. Ecological monitoring of coastal marine environment at southeast coast of India. In: Impact monitoring and management of Environmental Pollution. (Ed. Ahmed EI Nemr, NOVA Science Publication, USA). In Press, (2010)

13. K K Satpathy, A K Mohanty, S Biswas, M Selvanayagam & S K Sarkar. Tsunami effect on a coastal lake in India - In: Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs (Ed. L Bengtson, R Herschy & R Fairbridge), Springer publication, Netherlands, 814-820, 2012.

14. S K Sarkar, A. Bhattacharya, A. Bhattacharya, A. Bhattacharya, K K Satpathy, A K Mohanty, S. Panigrahy. Chilika Lake. In: Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs (Ed. L Bengtson, R Herschy & R Fairbridge, Springer publication, Netherlands), 148-156, 2012.

15. A. Bhattacharya, A. Bhattacharya, S. K. Sarkar, M. Chatterjee. Bengal Basin - Sediment Sink. In: Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs (Ed. L Bengtson, R Herschy & R Fairbridge, Springer publication, Netherlands), 113-117, 2012.

16. S.K.Sarkar. Arabian Sea. In : Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Golson Media, NY.

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17. Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Paulo J.C. Favas, Dibyendu Rakshit and K.K. Satpathy. Geochemical Speciation and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments. In: Environmental Risk Assessment of Soil Contamination; Maria C. Hernandez-Soriano (Editor), InTech publisher; ISBN 978-953-51-1235-8,Chapter 25, pp. 1-35, 2014.

18. P.J.C. Favas, S.K. Sarkar, D. Rakshit, P. Venkatachalam, M.N.V. Prasad Acid Mine Drainages From Abandoned Mines: Hydrochemistry, Environmental Impact, Resource Recovery, and Prevention of Pollution In Environmental Materials and Waste Resource Recovery and Pollution Prevention Edited by M.N.V. Prasad & Kaimin Shih, pp. 413 – 449, 2016, Academic Press.

c) Conference/ seminar volumes:

1. An assessment of coastal modification in the low-lying tropical coast of northeast India

and role of natural and artificial forcings - Asokkumar BHATTACHARYA, Santosh Kumar SARKAR & Aparajita BHATTACHARYA - Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuaries and Coasts; November 9-11, 2003, Hangzhou, China; pp. 158 – 165.

2. Rakshit D. and Sarkar S.K. Phytoplankton diversity in the coastal regions of Indian

Sundarban wetland. Proceedings in International Wetland Symposium, 2012,Nepal

ISBN: 978-9937-2-5938-5; pp: 29-35

3. Naha Biswas S., Rakshit D., Godhantaraman N., Sarkar S.K., Ahmed K. Biodiversity and community composition of tintinnids in Sundarban mangrove wetland, India along with A special case study. Proceedings in International Wetland Symposium, 2012,Nepal ISBN: 978-9937-2-5938-5; pp: 87-92

d) Other publications : Nil 12. Membership of Learned Societies:

Member, International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG), Germany Member, World Association for Copepodologists Member, Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, IUCN Member, International Union of Hydrological Sciences (IUHS), Germany Member, Statistical Hydrology (STAHY)- ICSH (International Commission on Statistical Hydrology) Member, SETAC-UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Member, Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, UK Life Member, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta Life Member, Zoological Society, Calcutta Life Member, Paribesh Unnayan Parishad, Calcutta Life Member, Institute of Ecotoxicology & Environmental Sciences, Calcutta Life Member, Indian Nuclear Society, Mumbai, India Member of the School Board of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University 13. Patents : Nil

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14. Invited lectures delivered (2011 onwards) :

Delivered special lecture in Mangroves For the Future, International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Regional Office, Bangkok on 17 February, 2011 Delivered special lecture in Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Environment and Development (CISED) (CIIEMAD) National Politechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico on 9 March 2011 Special lecture in School of Biological Sciences, National Politechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico on 14 March 2011 Special lecture in Institute of Geology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico on 16 March 2011 Invited speaker in “The 7th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics (RCEM2011) to be held in Beijing during September 6-8, 2011 organized by Tsinghua University of China and the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (UNESCO) Delivered a lecture on “Heavy metals in biotic and abiotic matrices of coastal regions of Sundarban, India” in British Geological Survey of India, Nottingham, UK, 15 June, 2011 Invited speaker in the 75th Year Celebrations of National Politechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico held during 15 – 17 November, 2011 Delivered lecture in Asia Regional Forum on Biodiversity, held in Phetchaburi, Thailand during November 3-4, 2011 Invited Speaker in a Workshop Programme on “Managing Community Impacts of Climate Change” organized by Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University, Australia, held in Calcutta during March 12-13, 2012. Delivered a lecture on “ Arsenic and its species in sediments & biota of the Ganges river Basin-Workshop on Managing community impacts of climate change organized by Monarch University, Australia held in Calcutta, 12 March, 2012. Invited lecture on “Sundarban Mangrove Wetland: An appraisal to changes in Ecological system” at British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK on May 14, 2012. Chaired a Technical Session in 13th International Conferences on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, November 25-29, 2012. Invited lecture on “Sources, distribution and ecotoxicological assessment of heavy metals in Sediment in Sundarban Mangrove Wetland” at School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on 29 November, 2012. Invited lecture in Academic Refresher Course, 7 December, 2012, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta. Invited lecture on “Arsenic speciation in representative biota and sediments from the intertidal mudflat of Sundarban Mangrove Wetland, India” in Thematic Orientation Workshop on Trace Element Analysis & Radiological Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal, March 12-14, 2013. Invited lecture on “Sundarban mangrove wetland ; An Ecological Perspective’ at Institute for Infrastructure & Environment, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh on October 1, 2013. Invited lecture on “ Sustainable management of coastal resources of Sundarban mangrove wetland “ at Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan on 29 November, 2013

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Invited lecture on “Sundarban mangrove wetland: An Ecological Perspectives“ at Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan on 27 December, 2013 Acted as a Chairperson in a technical session in 13th International Conference on Wetlands Systems for Water Pollution Control, Murdoch University, Australia, 24-29 November, 2013. Delivered a special lecture on “Speciation of metals in sediments of a tropical macrotidal mangrove ecosystem” in Institute for Infrastructure & Environment, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 28 September, 2013 Delivered a lecture titled “Coastal resources and their sustainable management of Sundarban Mangrove Wetland- a UNESCO World Heritage Site” – Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan, 29 November, 2013. Delivered a lecture on “Arsenic speciation in sediments & representative biota of Sundarban mangrove wetland”, India in Department of Marine Science, Chulalongkurn University, Thailand, June 26, 2013. Acted as a Chairperson in Joint Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) AP/AU 2014 Conference, 14-17 September, 2014, Adelaide, South Australia. Delivered a lecture on “Organochlorine pesticide residues in Sediments of a tropical mangrove environment : Distribution, Sources and Ecotoxicological Implications” on the occasion of a training programme on “Measurement of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Environmental Samples” on 25 November. 2014 organized by National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR), Hyderabad, India. Acted as a Guest Speaker and Chairperson in UGC-CAS Conference on Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization, held at Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, 14 – 18 March, 2015. 15. Awards :

Australian Leadership Award Fellowship jointly funded by AusAID with the Monash

Sustainability Institute for a Climate Change Forum addressing consequences for South Asia, 2011.

16. Other notable activities : Nominated as a Member, International PhD Evaluation Committee, National Taiwan

Ocean University, Keelung City, Taiwan Reviewed the book titled “Wetlands for Water Pollution Control” (2nd Eds.: Miklas

Scholz), published by Elsevier, Netherlands, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-444-63607-2, pp. 524 Member of the Editorial Board of the journal “Regional Studies in Marine Science,

Elsevier”. Act as a Chairperson in 13th International Conference Wetlands Systems for Water

Pollution Control held at Perth, Australia during 25-27 November, 2012. Member of the Experts Group on “Nanotechnologies for Clean Water Meeting Water

Challenges in Developing Countries”, 16-18 December, 2013 Invited Expert, APN Gap Analysis Scoping Workshop – Biodiversity and Ecosystem

Services in Asia Pacific Regions, Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 February, 2011.

Expert Review of the Working Group II (WGII) , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), Climate Change 2013: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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Chaired a Technical Session and delivered a special lecture in International Conference on Multidisciplinary Biology, National Taiwan Open University, Taiwan, June 15-18 , 2015.

Scientific Reviewer of the following journals:

Marine Environmental Research, Elsevier Environment Pollution, Elsevier Environment International, Elsevier FRESENIUS Environment Bulletin, Germany Environmental Research, Elsevier Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Elsevier Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Springer Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Elsevier Chemosphere, Elsevier Estuarine & Coastal Shelf Science, Elsevier PLOS ONE, USA Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, New Delhi Reviewed the book titled “Wetlands for Water Pollution Control” (2nd Eds.: Miklas Scholz), published by Elsevier, Netherlands, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-444-63607-2, pp. 524