Rate My Professor A Manimekalan

Dr. A. Manimekalan is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, where he has served since February 1999. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. and has held positions including Professor and Head of the Department, as well as Chairperson of the Board of Studies. His academic and research career centers on environmental sciences, with a strong emphasis on biodiversity conservation, particularly ichthyofauna in the Western Ghats, waste management strategies, and sustainable practices. He leads the Biodiversity and DNA Barcoding Lab and is involved in the Waste to Resource Laboratory, contributing to projects on municipal solid waste and household waste management.

Dr. Manimekalan's research interests encompass municipal solid waste characterization, microbial roles in waste management, sustainable agriculture, ichthyofauna diversity and conservation, mangrove ecosystems, bioaccumulation of heavy metals, wastewater surveillance, freshwater fish fauna, molecular systematics of fishes, land-use changes and biodiversity impacts, aquaculture, and environmental pollutants. Key publications include 'Freshwater fish fauna of rivers of the southern Western Ghats, India' (Earth System Science Data, 2018, co-authored with A.A. Arunkumar), 'Resolving the taxonomic enigma of the iconic game fish, the hump-backed mahseer from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India' (PLOS ONE, 2018), 'Women at the Forefront: Assessing Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practices of Women in Household Waste Management in Coimbatore City, India' (2024), 'Cognizing waste: a comprehensive quantitative and characterization analysis of municipal solid waste in Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation, India' (2024), 'Identifying high-vulnerable garbage accumulation areas in Coimbatore City, India: an AHP-GIS approach for effective waste management' (2024), 'Arthospira platensis and Bacillus subtilis Synergies for Sustainable Agriculture' (2023), and 'Species diversity, distributions and conservation implications of Ichthyofauna of hill streams of Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Southern Western Ghats, India' (2023). With over 250 citations, his work has advanced understanding of regional ecological diversity and urban sustainability challenges. He continues to lead research initiatives at Bharathiar University.