An enthusiastic, adaptive, and fast-learning person with a broad and acute interest in the field of marine biogeochemistry, I particularly enjoy collaborating with scientists from different disciplines to develop new skills and solve new challenges related to climate studies. I have completed my and doctoral and masters in Marine Science from University of Calcutta. The doctoral research was on “Distribution of benthic foraminifera and their environmental significance in the Indian Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem” from University of Calcutta in collaboration of Indian Institute of Science and Research Kolkata. During my Ph.D. I have been awarded National and International awards from DST and Cushman Foundation of Foraminifera Research, USA. Regarding the research work have successfully completed two projects entitled.I have been enrolled as teaching assistant for special paper of marine biology for post graduate students in Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta from year 2017 till 2020.
Research/Specialization/Interests:
- Marine and estuaries Biogeochemistry
- Ecology
- Paleontology, Foraminifera taxonomic identifications
- Heavy and trace metal study from water and sediment
- Micro contaminants studies in aquatic and sediment samples
- Data analysis using software- PAST, MATLAB, PRIMER, STATISTICA and CANOCO
- Majumder, N., Dutta, M., Chaterjee, A., Bakshi, S., Sanyal, P., Paul, M., Gupta, V.K., Acharya, A., Mukhopadhyay, S.K., (2022). Ionic composition, source identification of rainwater, and its contribution to nutrient deposition in monsoon, over Sundarban Mangrove Forest. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. doi.org/10.1007/s10874-022-09441-4
- Acharya, A., Sanyal, P., Paul, M., Gupta, V.K., Bakshi, S., P Bhattacharya., Mukhopadhyay, S.K., (2022). Seasonal quantification of carbonate dissolution and CO2 emission dynamics in the Indian Sundarbans estuaries. Regional Studies in Marine Science. p.102413.
- Acharya, A., Sanyal, P., Paul, M., Gupta, V.K., Bakshi., Mukhopadhyay, S.K., (2022). Distribution and dynamics of radiatively active gas (RAG) emissions from major estuaries of the Sundarbans mangrove, India. Frontiers in Earth Science. p.29.
- Sanyal, P., Ray, R., Paul, M., Gupta, V.K., Acharya, A., Bakshi, S., Jana, T.K. and Mukhopadhyay, S.K., (2020). Assessing the dynamics of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the coastal environments dominated by mangroves, Indian Sundarbans. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, p.218.
- Bhadury P., Ansari K.G.M.T., Sen A., Gupta V.K. (2020) Biodiversity of Benthic Fauna in Chilika Lagoon. In: Finlayson C., Rastogi G., Mishra D., Pattnaik A. (eds) Ecology, Conservation, and Restoration of Chilika Lagoon, India. Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management, vol 6. Springer, Cham (doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33424-6_14)
- Mukherjee, R., Acharya, A., Gupta, V. K., Bakshi, S., Paul, M., Sanyal, P., & Mukhopadhyay, S. K. (2020). Diurnal variation of abundance of bacterioplankton and high and low nucleic acid cells in a mangrove dominated estuary of Indian Sundarbans. Continental Shelf Research, 210, 104256.
- Gupta V.K, Sen A, Pattnaik AK, Rastogi G and Bhadury P. (2018). Long term monitoring of benthic foraminiferal assemblages from Asia’s largest tropical coastal lagoon, Chilika, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK (doi.org/10.1017/S0025315418000085)
Posters and Paper Presentations
- Paper presentation (Virtual platform)- Gupta VK and Mukhopadhyay, S.K (2020). “Modern benthic foraminiferal assemblage and their relation with environmental dynamics in World’s largest mangrove biosphere reserve -The Sundarbans”. International Conference on Paleoclimate changes ICPC-2020 at VIT, Chennai, India)
- Oral presentation– Gupta VK and Mukhopadhyay, S.K (2019). “Distribution of foraminiferal assemblage with environmental parameters in the Sundarbans mangrove biosphere”. International Conference on Benthos (ICB-2019), CUSAT, Kochi, Kerela, India. (Oral presentation- received best paper award under the theme -Conserving diversity and productivity of benthic system).
- Poster presentation- Gupta VK and Mukhopadhyay, S.K (2019). “Benthic foraminifera assemblage distribution in the World’s largest mangrove ecosystem”. In 6th Indian Biodiversity Meet, IBM-2019 (International conference held in Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata)-poster presentation.
- Poster presentation- Gupta VK and Mukhopadhyay, S.K (2019). “Modern benthic foraminiferal assemblage changes with the environmental dynamics of tropical Indian mangrove ecosystem”. 27th Indian Colloquium on Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy (ICMS-2019) at Banaras Hindu University-poster presentation
- Participation- National Seminar on Biotechnological Solutions for environmental challenges (BITSFECs-2018), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
- International Workshop – Participated in 11th International School on Foraminifera (2018), Urbino, Italy.
- Poster presentation – Gupta VK and P Bhadury (2015) “Benthic community assemblages in sub-tropical coastal lagoon, Chilika, India” in Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
- Poster presentation- Gupta VK and Mukhopadhyay, S.K (2013). “Bacterioplankton abundance by flow cytometer and influence of physico-chemical parameters on bacterioplankton abundance in Northeast coast of Bay of Bengal, India” at National seminar on recent trends in marine and estuarine sciences (2013), Center for research in nanoscience and nanotechnology, university of Calcutta, India
Awards and Grants
- Awarded DST Women Scientist-B under Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Award number- DST/WOS-B/2017/180 HFN.
- Awarded Johanna M. Resig. Foraminiferal Research Fellowship under Cushman Foundation of Foraminiferal Research, USA 2021
“Inventorizing benthic faunal assemblage in Chilika lagoon” funded by Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project-Chilika Development Authority (ICZMP-CDA)
“Determining the whale shark habitat quality status along the coast of Gujarat – using plankton and benthos as proxies” funded by Wild life Trust of India (WTI) in Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Kolkata.