Albertina Dias
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Albertina Balbina Dias
Work Address: CSIRO Environment, Hobart 7001
Email: albertina.dias@csiro.au, Mobile: 0461 401451
Primary Research Interest
Ocean color remote sensing and marine biogeochemistry
Academic Qualifications
• Ph.D. in Marine Science, 2022 from Goa University, on “Quantification and seasonal variation of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the coastal and estuarine waters of Goa”, under the guidance of Dr. Siby Kurian (Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa).
• MSc. Environmental Science, from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore in May, 2014,
• BSc. Biotechnology from Dhempe college of Arts and Science, Goa University April, 2011.
Achievements
• Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR during 2019.
• Awarded the best student paper award for oral presentation under the theme biogeochemistry for the paper “Spatial and temporal variations of colored dissolved organic matter in the estuarine and coastal waters of Goa” during OSICON, 2015.
• Awarded the best student paper award for oral presentation under the theme for the paper “Influence of Subsurface Chlorophyll Maxima on the Chlorophyll Derived from the Satellite Data” during OSICON, 2013.
Work Experience
• Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment, Australia (November 2023)
• Worked on the project “Plausible role of organic nitrogen in occurrence of phytoplankton blooms in the eastern Arabian Sea” funded by Department of Science and Technology under the Guidance of Dr. Suhas Shetye. My specific role was the quantification and estimation of phytoplankton pigments using the high-performance liquid chromatography at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula Goa (May 2022 - April 2023).
• Senior Research Fellow, CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Goa (2019- 2022) •
• Worked under various projects funded by Space Application Centre (ISRO), INCOIS, in the field of bio-optical studies at CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula Goa, at the Marine Instrumentation Division (Sep 2011- Sep 2016), Ocean Color Group under the guidance of Dr. T Suresh. The studies in-bio-optics included CDOM, phytoplankton pigments, chlorophyll and optical parameters.
Publications
• Shaikh A., Kurian S., Shenoy D.M., Pratihary A.K., Dias A.B., Naik R., Borker S.G (2023) Spatial and temporal variation of dissolved iodine in the Eastern Arabian Sea, Marine Chemistry.
• Dias, A.B., Kurian, S., Vijayan,N.T., Gauns,M., Khichi,R., Pratihary, A.K., Borker, S.G., Shenoy, D.M., (2023) Recurrence of Gonyaulax polygramma bloom in the southeastern Arabian Sea, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 10.1007/s10661-023-11278-7.
• Shetye, S.S., Gazi S., Arundhathy, M., Shenoy, D.M., Kurian, S., Pratihary, A.K., Shirodkar, G., Mohan, R., Dias A., Naik, H., Gauns, M., Nandakumar K., Borkar, S. (2023). Malformation in Coccolithophores in low pH waters: evidences from the eastern Arabian Sea. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25249-5
• Dias, A., & Kurian, S. (2022). Characterization of colored dissolved organic matter along the western continental shelf of India during the seasonal hypoxia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 265, 107714.
• Dias, A., Kurian, S., Thayapurath, S., & Pratihary, A. K. (2021). Variations of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter in the Mandovi Estuary, Goa, During Spring Inter-Monsoon: A Comparison With COVID-19 Outbreak Imposed Lockdown Period. Frontiers in Marine Science.
• Dias, A., Kurian, S., & Thayapurath, S. (2020). Optical characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter during blooms of Trichodesmium in the coastal waters off Goa. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(8), 1-18.
• Dias, A., Kurian, S., & Thayapurath, S. (2020). Influence of environmental parameters on bio-optical characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter in a complex tropical coastal and estuarine region. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 242, 106864.
• Suresh T, Dias Albertina, Desa Erwin, Sahay Arvind. "An algorithm to determine the slope of the spectral absorption of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and detritus". Indian Journal of Remote Sensing. (2018), pp 1-7.
• Ramakrishnan, R., Thayapurath, S., Manguesh, U. G., & Dias, A. B. (2018). Low light phytoplankton genera observed in the coastal and estuarine waters of Goa, India. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 16(2), 1783-1796.
• Dias Albertina Balbina, Suresh Thayapurath, Arvind Sahay, and Prakash Chauhan. "Contrasting characteristics of colored dissolved organic matter of the coastal and estuarine waters of Goa during summer." Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science (2017), Vol. 49(50) pp 860-870.
Conference Papers
• Albertina Dias, and Kurian, S. Characterization of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter along the western continental shelf of India during the south west monsoon. IIOSC, 14-18 March, 2022.
• Suresh T, Reshmitha Ramakrishnan, Albertina Dias, Choudhury S.B. Underestimation of chlorophyll in the estuarine waters of Goa. WOSC, Vishakhapatnam, 25-27 February, 2019.
• Suresh T, Albertina Dias, Erwin Desa. Some factors that control the transparencies of coastal and estuarine waters of Goa. WOSC, Vishakhapatnam, 25-27 February, 2019.
• Albertina Dias, Siby Kurian, Suresh T. Some observations on colored dissolved organic matter during blooms in the coastal waters off Goa. WOSC, Vishakhapatnam, 25-27 February, 2019.
• Albertina Dias, Suresh T, Siby Kurian. CDOM characteristics of Trichodesmium bloom observed in the coastal waters, off Goa, India. ICESAL, Mysore, 2-3 July, 2018.
• Suresh T, Albertina Dias, Talaulikar M, Desa E, Lotlikar A. Preliminary results of an algorithm to determine absorption coefficient due to phytoplankton- an effective tool to identify phytoplankton functional type. SPIE, Delhi, 4-8 April, 2016.
• Albertina Dias, T. Suresh, Manguesh Gauns, Arvind Sahay, Prakash Chauhan. Spatial and temporal variations of colored dissolved organic matter in the estuarine and coastal waters of Goa. OSICON, 22-24 March 2015.
• Albertina Dias, T. Suresh, Arvind Sahay, Prakash Chauhan, Manguesh Gauns. Preliminary Results Of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) In The Coastal And Estuarine Waters Of Goa During Summer, WOSC, Kochi, 5-8 February, 2015.
• Albertina Dias, T. Suresh, Madhubala Talaulikar. Diurnal Variations of Water Parameters Observed in Zuari Estuary Using Naukaa, ICER, Aurangabad,19- 21 December, 2013.
• Albertina Dias, T. Suresh, Madhubala Talaulikar and Aneesh Lotlikar. Influence of Subsurface Chlorophyll Maxima on the Chlorophyll Derived from the Satellite Data, conference proceedings, OSICON, 333-336, November, 2013.
• Albertina Dias, T.Suresh, Laxmi Mandrekar, Madhubala Talaulikar, Aneesh Lotliker. Diurnal Variations Of Water Parameters Observed In Mandovi Estuary Using Naukaa, IGCP, Hyderabad, 14- 16, November, 2012.
• Vishranti Nair, Albertina Dias, T. Suresh, Madhubala Talaulikar, Elgar Desa, S. G. Prabhu Matondkar. 2011. Decadal changes in the transparency of coastal waters derived from the seawifs for 1998-2010. ICCFRE, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 9-11 December 2011.