Research Interests

• Aquatic microbial communities
• Sustainable aquaculture and fish health management
• Host–microbiome–pathogen interactions in aquatic organisms

Field of Activity

• Aquaculture and aquatic animal health
• Molecular biology of aquatic organisms
• Aquatic microbiology

Brief CV

PhD project, Fish Health Division, Vetmeduni, Vienna, Austria: AQUAWELL, Steering microbiomes to ensure rainbow trout health and welfare, FWF Grant DOI 10.55776/PIN1743725, Supervisor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mona Saleh.

Research Associate, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Maharashtra, India, February 2025 - October 2025.

Masters of Fisheries Science (MFSc.) in Aquaculture.  Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, India, 2022 - 2024.

Bachelors of Fisheries Science (BFSc.). Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, India, 2018 - 2022.

Projects

2025 - 2028: Researcher working on host–microbiome–pathogen interactions in aquaculture systems. My current research focuses on investigating how early-life culture conditions shape the microbiome and subsequently influence susceptibility and immune responses to infectious diseases at later life stages in rainbow trout.

This project is fully funded by the EU/FWF project AQUAWELL, Steering microbiomes to ensure rainbow trout health and welfare, FWF Grant DOI 10.55776/PIN1743725, November 2025 - October 2028, PI: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Mona Saleh.

Publications and book chapters

G. Behera, S.S Kawade, B.S.K Reddy and Panchakarla Sedyaaw, 2024. “Single cell protein in aquaculture: a comprehensive review”. International Journal of Development Research, 14, (04), 65385-65389.

Behera G, Kawade, S.S, Keerthisinghe, B.,  Zumba, R. F. Restoration ecology in aquatic systems: Strategies for resilience and biodiversity conservation.  2025. Textbook on Advanced Technologies in Aquatic Science for Sustainable Fisheries, 56–71. Elite Publishing House.