Biodiversity Baseline Assessment Studies in Goa, India

Dr. Fraddry D’Souza a marine biologist/ecologist is current working as Guest Researcher at PTB, Braunschweig, Germany. He previously worked at a top Think Tank Institute ‘TERI – The Energy and Resources Institute’ for almost 11 years as an Area Convenor of ‘The Coastal Ecology and Marine Resources Centre’, Goa. Prior to joining TERI, he has also worked for five years as a Scientific Researcher in TNO Science and Industry, the Netherlands in applied marine research areas.

His most frequent subjects of interest are ranging from Coastal resources management, Biodiversity management and conservation, Marine biofilm and biofouling, Blue Economy, Policy research, Aquaculture and Water management.

He received his PhD degree at Goa University, wherein the entire research study was carried out at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa and awarded CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship. He was also awarded European Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for "Joint European Masters in Water and Coastal Management” at University of Algarve, Portugal and University of Cadiz, Spain.

He also served as a member to several committees appointed by Government of Goa and published more than 30 research papers in national and international peer reviewed journals on range of topics.