Dr. Vijo Thomas Kurien

Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]

Education

  • B. Sc., M G University, 2001
  • M.Sc., Madras University, 2003
  • M.Ed., Madras University, 2008
  • Ph.D., M.G University, 2021

Area of Specialization

  • Soil biodiversity, Climate change & Environmental history

  • Soil biodiversity and Earthworm systematics
  • Soil respiration and Climate change
  • Ecology and Environmental history

  • ZY1921101- Biosystematics and Animal diversity
  • ZY1922105- Ecology-Principles and practices
  • ZY1923111- Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • ZY1924301- Entomology-Morphology and Taxonomy
  • ZY1815105- Environmental biology and Human rights
  • ZY1816112- Occupational and Applied Zoology
  • ZY1813203- Physiology and Immunology
  • ZY1814204- Applied Zoology
  •  ZY1815401- Vocational Zoology (Open course)
  •  ZY1921601- Practical-1 for PG
  • ZY1921602- Practical-2 for PG
  • ZY1924801- Project for PG
  • ZY1815605- Environmental biology and Human rights (UG practical for Core)
  • ZY1816612- Occupational Zoology (UG practical for Core)
  • ZY1811702- Physiology and Immunology (UG Practical for Complimentary)
  • ZY1811704- Applied Zoology (UG Practical for Complimentary)

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  1. ‘A preliminary study on the mutualistic interaction between ants and Okra plants and its   impact on plant health’ (National symposium on Plant health management: Current trends and novel mitigation strategies, organized by Indian Phytopathological Society, South zone, 11-12 September 2023)
  2. ‘Domestic migrant labourers-Health challenges and scope for future research’ (International conference on socio-cultural impacts of migration: Challenges and possibilities, organised by Kerala Sociological Society, 6 – 7 January 2020).
  3. ‘Soil CO2 efflux in selected tropical land use systems of Kerala, part of Western Ghats, India’ (International conference on Air pollution and Monitoring, ICAM-2019, organised by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 8-11 March 2019)
  4. ‘Impact of land-use changes on the soil carbon fractions and carbon management index of a selected soil series, in the southern western Ghats region of kerala, india’ (National online conference on Environment, Human health and Sustainable Development Goals, organized by Environment and Social Development Association-ESDA, Delhi, 5-6 June 2020).
  5. ‘Responses of soil microbial community biomass and composition following land-use changes in the southern Western Ghats region of India’ (International Web Conference Perspective on Agricultural and Applied Sciences in COVID-19 Scenario -PAAS-2020, organised by Agricultural & Environmental Technology Development Society (AETDS), Uttarakhand, India, 4-6 October 2020).
  6. ‘Soil health status of selected land use systems in a region of achenkovil Watershed, Kollam district: a study on the impacts of land use and Management’(31st Kerala Science Congress, held at Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, 2-3 February 2019).
  1. ‘A study on the soil health of selected land use systems’(Second International Seminar on Emerging trends in Organic farming and Sustainable agriculture, organised by Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, 22-24 April 2018)

Zoology
Department