Dr Anirban Akhand
Research Fellow
Deakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre
Deakin University, Burwood campus
221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125
Anirban's research
Anirban’s research interests are carbonate chemistry and carbon cycle (inorganic and organic) in the estuaries and coasts, the air-water flux of the greenhouse gasses in the estuarine and marine systems, and blue carbon (mangroves, seagrasses, salt marshes, and macrophytes) dynamics concerning climate change. He is also interested in phytoplankton ecology, epiphytic algae, aquatic pollution, coloured dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and broadly marine biogeochemistry. His expertise encompasses fieldwork in the tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal sites of India, Japan, and Hong Kong, along with laboratory analyses and writing/publishing a number of scientific peer-reviewed articles, having worked in coastal and estuarine ecosystems, where he has undertaken research.
At Blue Carbon Lab, Anirban is working on the “Formation and stabilization of coastal blue carbon” project, bringing his intensive expertise in Biogeochemistry/Biogeoscience and affirming experience in carbonate chemistry. His role is also important in researching and global data mining on various aspects, functions, and drivers of coastal blue carbon.
Keywords
carbonate system, air–water CO2 flux, mangrove ecosystem, seagrass, greenhouse gas fluxes, phytoplankton, climate change, ocean acidification
Career Highlights
- Co-Investigator of the project “Identifying the Seagrass Conservation and Restoration Priorities in Hong Kong in relation to Anthropogenic Pressure,” with PI, Prof. Hongbin Liu (The Hongkong University of Science and Technology); awarded 5,76,600 HKD for two years (2024−present)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China (2022-2023)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Coastal and Estuarine Environment Research Group, Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan (2016-2021)
- Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow), School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, India (2014-2016)
- Awarded ‘International Travel Support’ by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and accommodation, subsistence, and registration fees by Ocean Acidification – International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) for participation and presentation in SOLAS Open Science Conference in Kiel, Germany (2015)
- Awarded financial support (US$2000) for participation in the ‘Future Ocean’ Conference organized by Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) in Bergen, Norway (2014)
- PhD, Jadavpur University, India (2014)
Selected publications
Reithmaier, G.M.S.*, Cabral, A, Akhand, A, Bogard, MJ, Borges, AV, Bouillon, S, Burdige, DJ, Call, M, Chen, N, Chen, X, Cotovicz Jr., LC, Eagle, MJ, Kristensen, E, Kroeger, KD, Lu, Z, Maher, DT, Pérez-Lloréns, JL, Ray, R, Taillardat, P, Tamborski, JJ, Upstill-Goddard, RC, Wang, F, Wang, ZA, Xiao, K, Yau, YYY, & Santos, IR. (2023). Carbonate chemistry and carbon sequestration driven by inorganic carbon outwelling from mangroves and saltmarshes. Nature Communications, 14, 8196.
Akhand, A., Chanda, A*, Jameel, Y. & Dasgupta, R. (2022). The present state-of-the-art of blue carbon repository in India: a meta-analysis. Sustainability Science, 18, 1031-1042.
Akhand, A*, Chanda, A, Watanabe, K, Das, S, Tokoro, T, Hazra, S, & Kuwae, T. (2022). Drivers of inorganic carbon dynamics and air–water CO2 fluxes in two large tropical estuaries: insights from coupled radon (222Rn) and pCO2 surveys. Limnology and Oceanography, 67, S118-S132.
Akhand, A*, Chanda, A, Watanabe, K, Das, S, Tokoro, T, Hazra, S, & Kuwae, T. (2021). Reduction in Riverine Freshwater Supply Changes Inorganic and Organic Carbon Dynamics, and Air-water CO2 Fluxes in a Tropical Mangrove Dominated Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126, e2020JG006144.
Akhand, A*, Watanabe, K, Chanda, A, Tokoro, T, Chakraborty, K, Moki, H, Tanaya, T, Ghosh, J & Kuwae, T. (2021). Lateral carbon fluxes and CO2 evasion from a subtropical mangrove-seagrass-coral continuum. Science of the Total Environment, 752.
Akhand, A*, Chanda, A, Manna, S, Das, S, Hazra, S, Roy, R, Choudhury, SB, Rao, KH, Dadhwal, VK, Chakraborty, K, Mostofa, KMG, Tokoro, T, Kuwae, T & Wanninkhof, R 2016. A comparison of CO2 dynamics and air-water fluxes in a river-dominated estuary and a mangrove-dominated marine estuary, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 11726–11735.
