Dr. Lakshmi Gopakumar

Chief Minister’s Nava Kerala Post Doctoral Fellow

Development of Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) based diagnostic systems for rapid detection of Vibriosis in Aquaculture farms of Kerala

Vibriosis is one of the most important diseases affecting aquaculture systems, mainly because of the reduction in yields and the relative economic losses incurred due to reduced quality and quantity of fish production. The research is targeted at developing a handy and cost-effective IgY antibody-based Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) detection system for Vibriosis in aquaculture. The Lateral Flow Assay-based diagnostic system will be helpful to aquaculture farmers in the diagnosis of Vibriosis, along with additional advantages like reliability, portability, and ease of storage and handling.

Professional Experience:

  • Navakerala Post Doctoral Fellow in Agriculture and Ecological Science, National Centre for Aquatic Animal health(NCAAH), CUSAT, Kerala, India (June 2023- continuing)
  • Expert on International Network of Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB) and Section Lead author of Best Practices in Conserving and Protecting Soil Biodiversity under Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations (Sep 2022-continuing)
  • Resource Person in Environmental Studies, Sree Narayana Guru Open University, Kerala, India (Feb 2023-continuing)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, Sacred Heart College, Kerala, India (Nov 2021 – Nov 2022)
  • Expert on Global Assessment of Soil Pollution and lead author of book chapter on Technical manual on assessing, mapping, monitoring and reporting on soil pollution under Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations (Mar 2018- continuing)
  • UGC Senior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India (Mar 2018 – Mar 2020)
  • UGC Junior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. (Mar 2015 – Mar 2018)
  • KSCSTE Junior Research Fellow, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. (Mar 2013- Mar 2015)
  • Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (MoES), Kochi, Kerala, India (Sept 2011 – Oct 2013)
  • Project Trainee, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (February 2010 – April 2010)

Ad-Hoc Reviewer/ Editor in Peer Reviewed Journals:

  • Editorial Advisory Board member of Agronomy and Crop Science books, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom
  • Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
  • Tropical Ecology, Springer publications.
  • Forestist, Istambul University
  • Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, Academic Journals.
  • Journal Modern Concepts and Developments in Agronomy, Crimson Publishers, USA.
  • Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, Department of Biology, FMNS, Universitas Sebelas Maret Surakarta
  • Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology published by Society for Biology and Biotechnology, India
  • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments, IOS press, Netherlands
  • Reviewed the country Profile of Privately Protected areas in India prepared as a part of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report based on the Project: UNDP-ILCN Privately Protected Areas (2019).

Publications

  1. Kholdorov, S., Lakshmi, G., Jabbarov, Z., Yamaguchi, T., Yamashita, M., Samatov, N., & Katsura, K. (2023). Analysis of Irrigated Salt-Affected Soils in the Central Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan, Using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Satellite Images, Laboratory Studies, and Spectral Index-Based Approaches. Eurasian Soil Science, 1-12. Springer Publishers

  2. Ameer, A., Saranya, M., Lakshmi, G., Murray, F., Aravind, U.K., Nejumal, K.K, Muneer, A., Singh, ISB (2023). Leaves of Rhizophora mucronata hold quorum quenching moieties functional on the shrimp pathogen Vibrio harveyi as the prospective drug of choice in Aquaculture, Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries (reviewed and Accepted, University of Kerala.

  3. Watts, B. A., Palmeira Zago, V. C., Gopakumar, L., Ghazaryan, K., & Movsesyan, H. (2023). Uncharted risk measures for the management of sustainable mining. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Wiley Publishers.

  4. Kholdorov, S., Gopakumar, L., Katsura, K., Jabbarov, Z., Jobborov, O., Shamsiddinov, T., & Khakimov, A.(2022). Soil salinity assessment research using remote sensing techniques: a special focus on recent research. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 1068, No. 1, p. 012037). IOP Publishing.

  5. Lakshmi, G., Beggi, F., Menta, C., Kumar, N. K., & Jayesh, P.(2021). Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India. Pedobiologia, 85, 150719. Impact factor 2.128.

  6. Lakshmi, G.(2019). Temple ponds as a traditional water management option in Kerala, India, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 39(5) 445-448.

  7. Lakshmi, G. (2017). Jatropha cultivation in the marginal lands of Andhra Pradesh: Its feasibility and effects on farmers’ livelihood. Journal of Biofuels, 8(2), pp 91-97.

  8. Lakshmi, G., & Joseph, A. (2017). Soil microarthropods as indicators of soil quality of tropical home gardens in a village in Kerala, India. Agroforestry Systems, 91(3), pp 439-450.

  9. Gupta, G.V.M., Sudheesh, V., Sudharma, K.V., Saravanane, N., Dhanya, V., Dhanya, K.R., Lakshmi, G., Sudhakar, M. and Naqvi, S.W.A.(2016). Evolution to decay of upwelling and associated biogeochemistry over the southeastern Arabian Sea shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(1), pp.159-175.

  10. Axelsson, L., Franzen, M., Ostwald, M., Berndes, G., Lakshmi, G. and Ravindranath, N.H.(2012). Jatropha cultivation in southern India: assessing farmers’ experiences. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 6(3), pp.246-256.

  1. Book chapter on Reporting Soil Pollution and Communicating Risks. In Handbook of Soil Pollution, Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations (under review)

  2. Gopakumar, L. (2021) Plant-Based Biofuel and Sustainability Issues. In Biofuel from Microbes and Plants (pp. 269-283). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group

  3. Lakshmi, G., & Joseph, A. (2020). Soil Microarthropods as Indicators of Soil Health of Tropical Home Gardens in Kerala, India. In Agroforestry for Degraded Landscapes (pp. 525-538). Springer, Singapore.

  4. Lakshmi, G., Okafor, B. N., & Visconti, D. (2020). Soil Microarthropods and Nutrient Cycling. In Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth (pp. 453-472). Springer, Cham.

  5. Lakshmi , G. (2020). Jatropha cultivation in South India–Policy implications. In Sustainability and Law (pp. 453-472). Springer, Cham.

  6. Gopakumar, L., & Joseph, A. (2019). Intelligent Environmental Biomonitoring Systems: A Promising Arena for Future in the book ‘Biomonitoring in Agriculture and Environment Perspectives in Intelligent Systems’ , IOS press, Netherlands

  7. Lakshmi, G., Ammini Joseph, 2018. Deterioration of soil quality of tropical home gardens- a case study from Kerala, India. Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution. FAO. 2018. Rome, Italy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 976 pp., ISBN: 978-92-5-130863-9

  • Shovkat Kholdorov, Lakshmi Gopakumar (2021). Soil salinity and the associated effects in Mingbulak district, Fergana valley in Uzbekistan, Global Symposium on salt-affected soils, October 2021
  • Beatriz Amanda Watts, Valeria Zago, Lakshmi Gopakumar (2021). Uncharted risk management measures for sustainable mining operations, REMTECH 2021, Europe, September 2021
  • Lakshmi G, Francesca Beggi, Christina Menta, Nallur Krishna Kumar, Jayesh Puthumana (2021). Dynamics of soil microarthropod populations affected by a combination of extreme climatic events in tropical home gardens of Kerala, India’, Tropentag 2021 conference, University of Honenheim, Germany, September 2021.
  • Lakshmi G., Ammini Joseph (2020). Impact of Flood Event on Collembolan and Acari Population of Home Garden Agroecosystems in a Tropical Region, Climate 2020 conference, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  • Lakshmi G, Ammini Joseph (2020). Management strategies for sustainable home garden agroecosystems- a case study from Kerala, 32nd Kerala Science Congress, January 2020.
  • Lakshmi, G., Ammini Joseph, 2018. Deterioration of soil quality of tropical home gardens- a case study from Kerala, India. Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution. FAO. 2018
  • Lakshmi, G. & Ammini Joseph. The effect of vegetation cover on the soil microarthropod abundance of home gardens. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Soil Pollution and Paradigms for Sustainable Soil Management (SPSSM-2015), 83-89.
  • Lakshmi, G., Jaleel, Abdul ; Sudharma, K.V. ; Dhanya, K.R.; Valliyodan, Sudheesh; Dhanya, V.; Saravanane, N.; Gupta, G.V.M.  (2013) Seasonal variation in the standing crop of Polychaetes in the Cochin Coastal waters. Proceedings of 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress, ISBN: 978-81-928129-1-5.
  • Lakshmi G., Ravindranath, N H.; Nair, Malini (2011) Ecological Performance of Jatropha Plantations- a case study from South India (Paper presented) in the first India International Energy Summit held at Visveswarayya National Institute of Technology(VNIT), Nagpur, India

Mentor

Dr. Jayesh Puthumana

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
  • Soil Ecology
  • Biomonitoring and Biomarkers
  • Disaster Management
  • Environmental policy analysis
  • Statistical analysis

Awards/ Honours/ Fellowships/ Scholarships:

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Other academic activities and professional memberships

  • Member, Board of Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, India (Nov 2021- Nov 2022)
  • Member, ECOSUSTAIN, Kerala, India
  • Member, International Society or Tropical Foresters
  • Member, International Network on Soil Pollution, FAO, United Nations
  • Member, International Network on Soil Biodiversity, FAO, United Nations