BIO

Dr. Ravidas Krishna Naik is a Project Scientist III in the Ocean Observations and Modelling Group at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India. He is a marine biologist whose research focuses on understanding the structures of microscopic plants and their responses to environmental changes driven by climate variability. His work also extends to related areas, including harmful algal blooms and strategies for mitigating microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans. Currently, he is investigating the dynamics of phytoplankton and their interconnected processes in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, as well as within the land-fast sea ice ecosystem of Prydz Bay in eastern Antarctica.

STORYLINE

From India’s coasts to Antarctica, a marine scientist uncovers sea ice ecosystems, revealing climate clues amid coastal decline and polar productivity rise.

FUN FACT:

I get so absorbed in conversations with like-minded people that I forget about time and space , it feels like the discussion just flows endlessly