Santanu Ray
Professor
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Department
Zoology
Contact Address
Professor, Department of Zoolpgy, Visva-Bharati
Siksha Bhavana, Santiniketan 731235, West Bengal
Email, landline & mobile phone no
sray@visva-bharati.ac.in, santanu_5@yahoo.com
Phone No. +91.3324156237; +91.9433157701
Research Areas
Integrated ecosystem theories and ecological modeling (network analysis, dynamic and structural dynamic modeling);
Areas of Specialisation
Theoretical and system ecology
Awards and Honours
Associate editor.International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Systems Ecology published by Elsevier, Netherlands (from January, 2009).
Member of the editorial board of International and National Journals:
1) An International Journal on Ecological Modelling and system ecology published by ELSEVIER, Netherlands (First and only member from India from 2001 to 2008).
2) Journal of Theoretical and Experimental Biology - An International Journal on Basic and Applied Biology published by Elias Academic Publishers, India (since 2003).
3) Member, editorial board of the journal Research and Reviews in BioSciences published by Trade Science Inc., India (since 2006).
Member of International Society:
International Advisory Board member of International Society of Ecological Modelling (ISEM), Head Office, Maryland, USA
Representative publication (Maximum 5, in last 5 years)
1. Mandal, S., Ghosh, P. B., Ray, S. Modeling of the contribution of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from litterfall of adjacent mangrove forest to Hooghly-Matla estuary, India Ecological Modelling 220, 2988 - 3000, 2009.
2. Ray, S. Extremal principles with special emphasis on exergy and ascendency - the modern approach in theoretical ecology. J. Biol. Syst. 14, 255 -273, 2006.
3. Ray S. Comparative study of virgin and reclaimed islands of Sundarban mangrove ecosystem through network analysis. Ecological Modelling 215, 207 - 216, 2008
4. Mandal, S., Ray, S. and Roy, S. Study of biocomplexity through ascendency. Biosystems 95 30 - 34, 2009
5. Sandip Mandal, Santanu Ray, Samar Roy, Sudipto Mandal. The concept of Exergy and its extension to ecological system. In: Chapter 13, Handbook of Exergy, Hydrogen Energy and Hydropower Research, Editors: Gaston Pélissier and Arthur Calvet, published by Nova Science publication, NY, USA 2009.
Research Projects
1. Project title: Impact of mangrove detritus on nitrogen based model of detritivorous fish dynamics in Hooghly - Matla estuarine complex. - grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi 2004 - 2008 (completed)
2. Time series and dynamic modelling of phytoplankton organic carbon cycling at the Marginal Ice Edge zone - Ongoing in collaboration with NCAOR, Goa and Svalbard Science Foundation, Norway.