Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanographic Studies
School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata West Bengal, India 700 0032 OrCID Link: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-1959 ResearchGate Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhra_Chanda
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Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 2015 Jadavpur University M.Sc 2009 Presidency College, University of Calcutta B.Sc 2007 Bidhannagar Govt. College, University of Calcutta

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Assistant Professor 2019 to Till Date Jadavpur University Guest Faculty 2016 to 2018

Chemical Oceanography Marine and Freshwater Biogeochemistry Environmental Pollution

Chemical Oceanography Research Methodology

Biogeochemistry of lentic and lotic aquatic systems; Carbonate chemistry of estuaries, near shore coastal waters and aquaculture ponds of wetlands; Ocean acidification; Role of greenhouse gases on climate change; Air-water and air-soil carbon dioxide exchange; Blue carbon; Nutrient dynamics; Mangrove ecosystem

Research as Faculty: 2 years Post-Doctoral Research: 3 years Doctoral Research: 5 years Teaching Experience: 4 years

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Lateral carbon fluxes and CO2 evasion from a subtropical mangrove-seagrass-coral continuum Science of the Total Environment 2021 Akhand A, Watanabe K, Chanda A, Tokoro T, Chakraborty K, Moki H, Tanaya T, Ghosh J, Kuwae T 752-142190 Prediction of Monthly Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) Catch in the Northern Bay of Bengal using Bayesian Structural Time Series Model Regional Studies in Marine Science 2020 Giri S, Purkayastha S, Hazra S, Chanda A, Das I, Das S 39-101456 CO2 effluxes from an urban tidal river flowing through two of the most populated and polluted cities of India Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020 Chanda A, Das S, Bhattacharyya S, Akhand A, Das I, Samanta S, Choudhury SB, Hazra S 27-30093-30107 Assessment of groundwater potential zones using multi-criteria decision-making technique: a micro-level case study from red and lateritic zone (RLZ) of West Bengal, India Sustainable Water Resources Management 2020 Roy S, Hazra S, Chanda A, Das S 6-4 Effect of nutrient alteration on pCO2(water) and chlorophyll-a dynamics in a tropical aquaculture pond situated within a Ramsar site: a microcosm approach Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020 Bhattacharyya S, Chanda A, Hazra S, Das S, Choudhury SB -4353-4364 More

Awarded By Award Name Year Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India DST-INSPIRE Fellowship 2010

Name Of The Scholar Thesis Name Co-Superviser Year Abhishek Bhattacharya Assessment of microlitter pollution in the Bakkhali beach and the Fraserganj beach, West Bengal, India 2020

Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status Role of Sundarban Mangrove Sediments in phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Principal Investigator RUSA Fund, JU 1,70,000/- 1 year 2019 to 2020 Ongoing Collaboration for preparing transects for the 36th IGC Co-Investigator Geological Survey of India 3,00,000/- 1 year 2019 to 2020 Ongoing

Program Name Name Of The Collaborator Year Academic collaboration with Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan 2019

Title Organised By Venue Year Blue carbon dynamics of the Indian Sundarban Eminent College of Pharmaceutical Technology, Barasat 2020

Program Name Organised By Venue Year Type Of Participation Seasonality of air-sea CO2 flux in an under-studied tropical shallow continental shelf: Role of physical vs biological drivers Surface Ocean˗ lowers Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) in Kiel, Germany 2015 Poster presentation National Seminar on Remote Sensing & Environment School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University in Collaboration with Council and Department of Science & Technology, Government of West Bengal 2014 participated An increasing trend in surface water fugacity of carbon dioxide in the Bay of Bengal over the last decade Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) in Bergen, Norway 2014 Poster presentation Rational Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Society of Civil Engineers, Jadavpur University Dr. Triguna Sen Auditorium at Jadavpur University 2008 Participated Melting Mountains, Wilting Glaciers & Quest for Shiva s Trident The Himalayan Club Kalamandir 2008 Participated More

Program Name Session Title Organised By Venue Year Sustainable Water Resources Management under Changed Climate Technical Session II A entitled Surface and Groundwater Quality and Management Gandhi Bhavan, JU 2020 Back To Top

Type of Professional Activity Period Acted as an expert referee for reviewing Abstracts for the 3rd Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences - 3rd Springer 2020, 2nd November to 2020, 5th November Back To Top

Acted as reviewer for international journals like: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier) Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (Elsevier) Environmental Pollution (Elsevier) Marine Pollution Bulletin (Elsevier) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (Elsevier) Carbon Management (Taylor and Francis) Arabian Journal of GeoSciences (Springer) Asian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research World Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences