Research Areas: Crustacean integrative taxonomy, resource management, stock assessment and population dynamics, reproductive biology, feeding ecology, and marine bioactive compounds from bacteria

Current Research Projects:

• Integrated Assessment of Fish biodiversity of selected streams of the Jharkhand State with ecological and conservation insights
• Integrated Assessment of Ecological Health, Fish Diversity, Bioprospecting Potential and Cryoconservation Strategies in the Nagfeni Stretch of the South Koel River, Jharkhand
• Integrated Assessment of ichthyofaunal diversity, habitat ecology and climate change impacts for sustainable fisheries and conservation in the Sone River sub-basin
• Integrative Assessment of the Reef-Associated Faunal Diversity in Selected Islands of Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
• Molecular Characterisation, Population Genetic Structure and Ecological Assessment of Indigenous Seaweeds and Crustaceans from the Lakshadweep Islands

1. Chakraborty, Rekha D., Gayathri, A. P., Dash, G., Sreesanth, L., & Sunil, K. T. S. (2025). Growth Parameters, Current Fishery Status and Population Characteristics with Biological Reference Points for Heterocarpus woodmasoni Alcock, 1901 from Southwestern India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 42(22), 1-14. (ISSN 2366-1674)
2. Chakraborty, Rekha D., Gayathri, A. P., Dash, G., Maheswarudu, G., Josileen, J., Laxmilatha, P., et al. (2025). Towards sustainable management: growth and population assessment of the deep-sea shrimp Aristeus alcocki Ramadan, 1938, in Southwestern Indian waters. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 29, 1-18. (ISSN 1874-7841)
3. Chakraborty, R. D., Kumar, R., Dash, G., & Maheswarudu, G. (2024). Stock assessment of exploited populations of shovel-nosed lobster Thenus unimaculatus along the Indian coast using length-based approaches. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 1–9.
4. Chakraborty, R. D., Sreelakshmy, S., Sunil, K. T. S., Sreesanth, L., & Ragesh, N. (2025). Growth parameters and population dynamics of deep-sea caridean shrimp Plesionika semilaevis (Spence Bate, 1888) along the south-west coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 72(3), 35–44.
5. Chakraborty, Rekha D., & Surendran, P. K. (2009). Incidence and Molecular Typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from Tiger Shrimp Culture Environments along the Southwest Coast of India. Food Biotechnology, 23, 284-311.

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• Jawaharlal Nehru Award for outstanding work in PhD in the stream of Fishery Biotechnology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (2009)
• Prof. T. J. Pandian & A. J. Matty Award for excellent work in aquaculture development through research, Indian Fisheries Forum, Asian Fisheries Society (2011)
• DST Fast Track Project (Young Scientist Project for Women) - Integrative Taxonomy of deep-sea shrimp resources along the Southern Coast of India, Department of Science and Technology (DST), SERB, India (2013-2016)