Thanumalayaperumal Subramoniam
Professor
Department of Biology
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Thanumalayaperumal Subramoniam earned his BSc and MSc degrees from Madras University, after which he worked on a problem related to fat body metabolism in millipedes under the guidance of Professor G Krishnan and obtained his PhD (1970) from the same University. He changed his field of research to crustacean reproductive biology and obtained DSc (1986) from Madras University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at Bodega Marine Laboratory, California University, USA and worked on sperm-egg interaction in marine shrimp. After joining Faculty in the Department of Zoology, University of Madras (1973), he established the Unit for Invertebrate Reproduction there, and also worked as Professor and Head, Zoology, also Dean of Research, and Coordinator, Biotechnology Department.
Research Interest
Invertebrate Reproductive Biology & Cryobiology
