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Master of Science in Coastal Aquaculture, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu India, May 2002.
Bachelor of Science in Aquaculture, Mahatma Gandhi University, kerala, India, June 1999.
Experience
My doctoral dissertation titled Molecular Identification of marine mammals (order: cetacea) along the Indian coast, was carried out at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kerala project was funded by Ministry of earth sciences, Molecular tools have opened up new avenues in the investigation of molecular level identification In India, there is no access to fresh specimens because all of them are protected. Hence accidentally killed animals were utilized to collect data. The present study will serve as a guideline to future researchers to collect quality data on marine mammals. In many ways this study can be considered as the beginning of professional approach to study marine mammals in India. I have extensive laboratory experience in DNA extraction, PCR amplification of mitochondrial DNA both Control region and Cytochrome b.
Actively participated sightings surveys were made onboard FORV Sagar Sampada continuously On Board Cruise Experience in FORV Sagar Sampada. Multi-purpose fisheries and oceanographic research vessel (India). Participated in 20 Cruises, both in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal (2003-2009) for marine mammal observations.
2003 Sept - 2009. 6 years 2 months. Working as a Research Fellow in a project on “Studies on marine mammals along the Indian EEZ and the contiguous seas”, continuing..
Publications
1.Afsal,V.V ,P.P. Manojkumar, K.S.S.M. Yousuf, B. Anoop and E. Vivekanandan The first sighting of Longman’s beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus in the southern Bay of Bengal Marine Biodiversity Records, page 1 of 3. 2009; Vol. 2:133; 2009 Published online.
2.Afsal,V.V K.S.S.M. Yousuf, B. Anoop, A.K. Anoop, P. Kannan, M. Rajagopalan and E. Vivekanandan A note on cetacean distribution in the Indian EEZ and contiguous seas during 2003-07. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE. 10(3):209–215,online publication 2008.
3.Anoop A. Krishnan, K.S. Yousuf, P.L. Kumaran, N. Harish, B. Anoop, V.V. Afsal, M. Rajagopalan, E. Vivekanandan, P.K. Krishnakumar, P. Jayasankar 2007. Stomach contents of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.1-5
4.Anoop, B.,Miriam Paul Sreeram, V. S. Kakati, E.Vivekanandan, N. G. Vaidya , C. K. Dinesh and K.S.S.M Yousuf. Molecular identification and PCR based sex determination of a Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828) washed ashore in south west coast of India (Paper Submitted)
5.Jayasankar, P., B. Anoop, E. Vivekanandan, M. Rajagopalan, K.M.M. Yousuf, P. Reynold, P.K .Krishnakumar, P.L. Kumaran, V.V Afsal, and A.K Anoop 2007. Molecular Identification of Delphinids and Finless Porpoise (Cetacea) from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa 1853: 57–67 (2008).
6.Jayasankar, P., and B. Anoop 2007. PCR-based sex determination of cetaceans and dugong from the Indian seas. Current science, VOL. 94, NO. 11, 10 JUNE 2008.
7.Jayasankar, P., B. Anoop, V.V. Afsal and M. Rajagopalan 2006. Species and sex of two baleen whales identified from their skin tissues using molecular approach. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, No. 190: 16-17.
8.Jayasankar, P., B. Anoop, M. Rajagopalan, E Vivekanandan, P.K.Krishnakumar, P L.Kumaran, P.Reynold, A.K.Anoop,K.M.M.Yousuf and V.V.Afsal 2007. Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of cetaceans and dugong from the Indian seas for their conservation and management. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical & Extension Series, No. 192: 1-6.
9.Jayasankar, P., B. Anoop, M. Rajagopalan, P.K.Krishnakumar, P.Reynold, A.K.Anoop, K.M.M.Yousuf and V.V.Afsal, 2007. Indian efforts on the inventorization of marine mammals based on Molecular taxonomy for their conservation and management. (Article in review), 8th Asian Fisheries Forum November 20-23 2007, Kochi, India, (Book of Abstracts) Asian Fisheries Society.
10.Jayasankar, P., B. Anoop, P. Reynold, V.V. Afsal and M. Rajagopalan 2007. Species of a whale and an unknown fish market sample identified using molecular taxonomy. Indian journal of fisheries science. Indian J. Fish., 54(3) : 339-343, 2007
11.Jayasankar, P., and B. Anoop 2003., Present global status of molecular taxonomy through DNA analysis of marine mammals and standard methods in the collection and analysis of samples from Indian seas, First Workshop on Studies of marine mammals of Indian Exclusive Economic Zone and the contiguous seas 15-18 October 2003 CMFRI Cochin
12.Yousuf K.S.S.M., Anoop, A.K., Anoop, B., Afsal, V.V., Vivekanandan, E., Kumarran R.P., Rajagopalan, M., Krishnakumar, P.K., & Jayasankar, P. (2008) Observations on incidental catch of cetaceans in three landing centres along the Indian coast. Journal of Marine Biological Association UK 2 Biodiversity records, online publication (Ref no.6254) pp6.