Utkal University | June 1998 | Ph.D. Department: Zoology Thesis Title: Ecology of Gahirmatha and olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) with special reference to eggshell calcium utilization during embryonic development. Areas: Developmental Biology Advisor: Prof. (Mrs.) Priyambada Mohanty-Hejmadi |
Utkal University | July, 1991 – August, 1992 | M. Phil. Department: Zoology Thesis Title: Studies on growth in natural population of Bufo melanostictus Schneider (Anura: Bufonidae) Areas: Ecology Advisor: Prof. Sushil Kumar Dutta |
Utkal University | July, 1987 – May, 1989 | M.Sc. Department: Zoology Thesis Title: Chromosome complement of an aquatic spider Areas: Cytogenetics Advisor: Prof. B. B. Parida |
Utkal University | July, 1985 – May, 1987 | Bachelor of Science Hons: Zoology |
Utkal University | October 2020 – present October, 2015 –Sept. 2020 |
Associate Professor Reader |
Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo University | April 2008 – September 2015 | Assistant Professor |
Colleges under Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha | August, 1997 – March, 2008 | Lecturer |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
Course Name- M Sc Paper Name: ZOO 101, ZOO – 104, ZOO – 201, ZOO – 302, ZOO – 304 Department and University Name – Zoology, Utkal University |
2015-Till date |
Course Name-M Phil Paper Name – ZOO 501, ZOO – 502, ZOO – 601, ZOO – 602 Department and University Name – Zoology, Utkal University |
2015-Till date |
Course Name- P h D Course work Paper Name – ZOO – 701, ZOO – 702 Department and University Name – Zoology, Utkal University |
2015-Till date |
Invited lectures:
Around 20
PhD thesis
Book Articles (Authored/Edited)
Sl. No. | Authors | Title of the Book | Title of the chapter | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
1 | Jasmin Rout and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Assessment of river health through water and biological characteristics | River Health and Ecology in South Asia | Springer-Nature | 978—3-030-83553-8 | 2021 DOI: 10.1007/ 978—3-030-83553-8 |
2 | L. Padhi, S.K. Panda and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Salmonella associated with snakes | Ethno-Pharmacology, Biodiversity and Conservation | Kunal Books, New Delhi | 978-81-932499-5-6 Pages: 286-297 | 2017 |
3 | G. Prudhviraj, K. Vasudevan, Gunanidhi Sahoo and S.K. Dutta | Diversity and Ecology of Amphibians of India | Larval Taxonomy of Indian Anurans | ENVIS, WII, India | Pages: 117-130 | 2017 |
4 | S. Mahapatra, J. Rout and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Biodiversity Conservation, Research & Management | Ecology of anuran tadpoles | Himalaya publishing House, New Delhi | 978-93-5202-849-8 Pages:182-194 |
2015 |
5 | L. Padhi , Gunanidhi Sahoo, S.K. Dutta and S. K. Panda | Recent Trends in Microbial Diversity and Bio- prospecting | Oral microflora of venomous snakes | Westville Publ. New Delhi | Pages: 15-37 | 2014 |
ArXiv Preprints
Refereed Conference Publications
Sl. No. | Authors | Title of the paper | Name of the Conference with date | Place/Country |
1 | P. Mohanty-Hejmadi and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Biology of olive ridleys of Gahirmatha | Sea Turtle Biology & Conservation | Miami, USA |
2 | P. K. Panigrahy, Gunanidhi Sahoo M. R. Prasad, J. Das, B. B. Nayak, B. N. Sahoo, B. C. Acharya, S. N. Das, S. C. Basa, S. B. Rao and R. K. Sahoo | Heavy metals content in sediments of estuarine and coastal regions of Orissa | Harbour and Ocean Engineering | Thiruvanantapuram, India |
3 | P. K. Panigrahy, J. Das, M. R. Prasad, Gunanidhi Sahoo, R. K. Sahoo, B. N. Sahoo, and S. B. Rao | Nutrient characteristics of coastal waters of Orissa | Advances in Environmental Sciences | Chennai, India |
Book Articles (Authored/Edited)
Sl. No. | Authors | Title of the Book | Title of the chapter | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
1 | Jasmin Rout and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Assessment of river health through water and biological characteristics | River Health and Ecology in South Asia | Springer-Nature | 978—3-030-83553-8 | 2021
DOI: 10.1007/ 978—3-030-83553-8 |
2 | L. Padhi, S.K. Panda and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Salmonella associated with snakes | Ethno-Pharmacology, Biodiversity and Conservation | Kunal Books, New Delhi | 978-81-932499-5-6 Pages: 286-297 | 2017 |
3 | G. Prudhviraj, K. Vasudevan, Gunanidhi Sahoo and S.K. Dutta | Diversity and Ecology of Amphibians of India
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Larval Taxonomy of Indian Anurans | ENVIS, WII, India | Pages: 117-130 | 2017 |
4 | S. Mahapatra, J. Rout and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Biodiversity Conservation, Research & Management | Ecology of anuran tadpoles | Himalaya publishing House, New Delhi | 978-93-5202-849-8
Pages:182-194 |
2015 |
5 | L. Padhi , Gunanidhi Sahoo, S.K. Dutta and S. K. Panda | Recent Trends in Microbial Diversity and Bio- prospecting | Oral microflora of venomous snakes
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Westville Publ. New Delhi | Pages: 15-37 | 2014 |
Journal Articles (Selected)
Sl. No | Authors | Title of the paper | Journal | Publisher | ISBN | Year with Page No | IF |
1. | Rout J., Panda SK., and Sahoo G. | Dark or light? Preference of anuran tadpoles to background illumination in response to food and predators | Journal of Bioscience | Springer – IAS | 0973-7138 | 2023, 48:23 DOI: 10:1007/ S12038-023-00347-1 | 2.9 |
2. | Nayak S., Sahoo G., Das II., Mohanty AK., Kumar R., Sahoo L., and Sundaray JK. | Poly- and per fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Do they matter to aquatic ecosystems? | Toxics | MDPI | 2305-6304 | 2023, 11.543
DOI: 10:3390/ toxics 11060543 |
4.6 |
3. | Raj P., Vasudevan K., Agarwal RK., Dutta SK., Sahoo G., Mahapatra S., Sharma R., Janani J., Kar NB., & Dubois A. | Larval morphology of selected anuran species from India | Alytes | Int. Society for the Study &Conservation of Amphibians | 0753-4973 | 2023, 39-40, 1-140 | – |
4. | Panda SK., Daemon M., Sahoo G., and Luyten W. | Essential oils as novel anthelmintic drug candidates | Molecules | MDPI
|
1420-3049 | 2022, 27,8327 doi.org: 10:3390/molecules 27238327 | 4.927 |
5. | Rout J., Mahapatra S., and Sahoo G., | Oral and buccopharyngeal morphology of the tadpoles of Polypedates maculatus with notes on their diet pattern | Current Herpetology | The Herpetological Society of Japan | 1881-1019 | 2022, 41(2):180-195 doi:10.5358/hsj.41.180 | 0.84 |
6. | S. K. Das, B. Das, A. K. Jena, C. Pradhan, Gunanidhi Sahoo & J. Dandapat | Therapeutic potential and ethnopharmacology of dominant mangroves of Bhitarakanika National Park, Odisha, India | Chemistry and Biodiversity | Wiley | 1612-1880 | 2022, 19, e202100857
doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202100857 |
2.408 |
7. | S. K. Panda, Gunanidhi Sahoo, S. S. Swain and Walter Luyten | Anticancer Activities of Mushrooms: A Neglected Source for Drug Discovery | Pharmaceuticals | MDPI | 1424-8247 | 2022, 15, 176
doi:10.3390/ph15020176 |
5.68 |
8. | S. S. Swain, Gunanidhi Sahoo, P. K. Mahapatra and S. K. Panda | Disease burden and current therapeutical status of leprosy with special emphasis on phytochemicals | Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry | Bentham Science | 1568- 0266 | 2021
doi: 10.2174/ 1568026621666210909162435, PMID; 34503409 |
3.295 |
9. | Alaka Sahoo, S. S. Swain, A. Behera, Gunanidhi Sahoo, P. K. Mahapatra and S. K. Panda | Antimicrobial peptides derived from insects offer a novel therapeutic option to combat biofilm: A Systematic Review | Frontiers in Microbiology
|
Frontiers. org | 1664- 302X | 2021
doi: 10.3389. fmicb.021.661195 |
5.64 |
10. | P. Gowri Shankar , P. Swamy, R. C. Williams, S.R. Ganesh, Matt Moss, J. Hoglund, I. Das, Gunanidhi Sahoo, S.P. Vijayakumar , K. Shanker, W. Wüster, S. K. Dutta | King or royal family? Testing for species boundaries in the King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836), using morphology and multilocus DNA analyses | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | Elsevier | 1055- 7903 | 2021,
165 (2021)107 300 doi: https:// doi.org/ 10.1016/ j. ympev.2021. 107300 |
4.286 |
11. | L. Padhi, S. K. Panda, P. P. Mohapatra and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Antibiotic susceptibility of cultivable aerobic microbiota from the oral cavity of Echis carinatus from Odisha (India) | Microbial Pathogenesis | Elsevier | 0882-4010 | 2020 | 3.738 |
12. | S. K. Panda, L. Padhi and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Evaluation of cultivable aerobic bacterial flora from Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) oral cavity | Microbial Pathogenesis | Elsevier | 0882-4010 | 2019 | 3.738 |
13. | J. Rout. S. Mohapatra, S. Asrafuzzaman, and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Oviposition site selection by the Asian common toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) in an Indian biosphere reserve | Herpetozoa | Austrian Herpetological Society | 1013-44 | 2019
31(3/4)): 157-171 |
1.125 |
14. | S. K. Panda, L. Padhi and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Oral bacterial flora of Indian Cobra (Naja naja) and their antibiotic susceptibilities. Heliyon | Heliyon | Elsevier | 2405-8440 | 2018 | 2.85 |
15. | S. Mahapatra, S.K. Dutta and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Opportunistic predatory behavior in Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) tadpoles | Current Science | Current Science Association, India | 0011-389 | 2017
doi: 10.18520 /cs /v112 /i08 /1760-1764 |
1.102 |
16. | J. Jee, B.K. Mohapatra, S.K. Dutta and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Sources of calcium for the agamid lizard Psammophilus blanfordanus during embryonic development. Acta Herpetologica, | Acta Herpetologica | Firenze University Press | 1827-9635
|
2016
11(2):3-10 doi: 10.13128 /Acta_ Herp etol-15109 |
0.654 |
17. | S. K. Panda, A.K. Bastia and Gunanidhi Sahoo | Process characteristics and nutritional evaluation of handia – A cereal based ethnic fermented food from Odisha | I Indian J. Traditional Knowledge | CSIR- NISCAIR | 0972-59 | 2014
13(1):149-156. |
0.757 |
18. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, B.K. Mohapatra, and S.K. Dutta. 2010 | Chemical composition and ultrastructure of shells of unfertilized eggs ofOlive Ridley turtles, Lepidochelys olivacea. | Current Herpetology | Herpetological Society of Japan | 1345-583 | 2010
29(1): 37-43 |
0.684 |
19. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, B.K. Mohapatra, and S.K. Dutta | Structure and chemical composition of shells of abnormal eggs of olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Testudines: Cheloniidae). | Herpetozoa | Austrian Herpetological Society | 1013-44 | 2009
22(3/4)): 137-143 |
1.125 |
20. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, B.K. Mohapatra, and S.K. Dutta | Structural changes in olive ridley turtle eggshells during embryonic development | Herpetological Journal | British Herpetological Society | 0268-01 | 2009
(19): 143-149 |
1.338 |
21. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, R.K. Sahoo and P. Mohanty-Hejmadi | Calcium metabolism in olive ridley turtle eggs during embryonic development. | Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology, Part A | Elsevier | 1095-64 | 1998
(121):91-97 |
2.32 |
22. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, B. K. Mohapatra,R. K. Sahoo and P. Mohanty-Hejmadi | Ultrastructure and characteristics of eggshells of the olive ridley turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, from Gahirmatha, India. | Acta Anatomica | Karger press | 0001-51 | 1996
261-267 |
2.481 |
23. | Gunanidhi Sahoo, B. K. Mohapatra,R. K. Sahoo and P. Mohanty-Hejmadi | Contrasting ultra- structures in the eggshells of olive ridley turtles, Lepidochelys olivacea, from Gahirmatha, Orissa. | Current Science | Current Science Association, India | 0011-389 | 1996
246-248 |
1.102 |
Sl No | Name of the Candidate | University | Title of the thesis | Subject |
1 | Laxmipriya Padhi (Awarded) |
Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo University | Studies on oral micro-flora of venomous and non-venomous snakes | Life Science |
2 | Syed Asrafuzzaman (Awarded) |
Utkal University | Ecology and natural history of some anuran tadpoles from eastern India | Life Science |
3 | P Gowri Shankar (Continuing) |
Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo University | Astudy on population genetics of King cobra, Ophiphagus Hannah (Canter- 1836: Serpentes: Elapidae) across peninsular India | Life Science |
4 | Susmita Mahapatra | Maharaja Srirama Chandra Bhanja Deo University | Resource partitioning in some anuran tadpoles of temporary ponds from northern Odisha | Life Science |
5 | Jasmin Rout (Continuing) |
Utkal University | Developmental plasticity of tadpoles of Duttaphrynus melanostictus with reference to breeding seasons and habitats | Zoology |
6 | Udit Pratap Das (Continuing) |
Utkal University | Diversity and ecology of moths (Lepidopera: Insecta) of Chandaka-Damapara Wildlife sanctuary, India | Zoology |
7 | Binita Murmu (Continuing) |
Utkal University | Characterization of myoststin gene in carps | Zoology |
8 | Subrath Ranjan (Continuing) |
Utkal University | Genetic diversity of Olive Ridley turtles of Odisha | Zoology |
Title of the project | Funding Agency | Period | Amount received in Rs. (Lakhs) | Principal/ Co- Investigator |
Epidemiological study of snakebite incidence in Mayurbhanj District and assessment of their antibiotic prophylactic therapy | UGC, New Delhi | 2010-13 | 9.41 | Principal Investigator |
Systematics of select amphibian species using their larval morphology and ontogeny | SERB, GOI | 2013-16 | 38.438 | Principal Investigator |
Microbial diversity of Olive Ridley turtles rookeries of Odisha | DST, Govt. of Odisha | 2021-24 | 9.56 | Principal Investigator |
- Erasmus Mundus India to Europe (EMINTE) fellowship under Academic Staff Exchange category: Uppsala University, Sweden, 2015.
Attendee/Organization of Refresher Course/Workshops/ Trainings, etc.: 12
Attendee of Faculty Development Programme (FDP): six
Journal Reviewing: List of Journals.
Reviewer: Annual Research & Review in Biology, Veterinary and Animal Science, Scientific African
Associated with Administration, IPR Cell, SWAYAM-MOOC, Central Instrumentation Facility, Centre of Excellence, students’ residential life as hostel superintendent, Departmental Alumni Association (Vice President, Zoological Society of Orissa (Secretary).
Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, December 06, 2021