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Dr. Preetham Elumalai, Assistant Professor (Biochemistry), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, completed his Masters from University of Madras, Tamilnadu. He has qualified National Eligibility Test for Lecturership conducted by ASRB/ICAR/UGC. He took his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular immunology from the Institute for Immunology, University of Regensburg, Germany. He did his Post-doctoral research in the same University and worked on lectin Glycomics.



Dr. Preetham has worked at various Universities and has quite a good experience in teaching and demonstrating concepts in Biochemistry and Immunology. His current research practice includes Proteomics and Functional genomic approach for the analysis of pathomechanisms of different aquatic diseases, application of nanotechnology for the regulation of nutrient uptake in fish using nutrigenomic approaches, Genetic regulation of gene expression across tissues, time and environments.

He holds editorial positions in National and International Journals and is a member of many prestigious societies, including Asian Fisheries Society, European association of Fish pathology, International Veterinary Vaccinology Network, International Complement Society and Society of Neurochemistry. He has widely travelled to more than 20 countries on various teaching and research assignments. He was awarded the prestigious INSA (2017), MASTS (2019) UK visiting fellowship.









Dr. Sreeja Lakshmi hold a Master degree in Biochemistry from University of Calicut, Kerala. She persued her PhD in Biochemistry from Molecular Cell Biology, University of Regensburg, Germany. She did her Post-doctoral Research in Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Germany. Dr. Sreeja is an awardee of HRD Fellowship for Women Scientists by Department of Health Research and MASTS (Marine Alliance Science & Technology, Scotland) Award for Post doctoral