Mauritius Oceanographic Institute


THE SCIENTIFIC STAFF

PROJECT OFFICERS

TM. Rezah BADAL, Grad. Stat., MSc [Applied Maths and Modeling], MSc [Oceanography]
rezahmb@moi.intnet.mu

Mr. Badal joined the public sector in 1988, and was working until 1999 as statistician at the Central Statistical Office before embarking in his new career as Project Officer at the Mauritius Oceanography Institute. For his MSc thesis, he undertook research studies on the Mascarene Plateau through the application of satellite imagery. He is mostly involved in Ocean Remote Sensing and Oceanographic Data Management.

Asha POONYTH, BSc (Hons.), MSc [Oceanography], PhD [Marine Biology]
ashadp@moi.intnet.mu

Dr. Poonyth is interested in the study of invasive marine species by ballast water and attached to ships hulls. She is currently leading a sensitisation programme on the protection of the lagoon and reefs around Mauritius. Asha is also interested in the biology of deep-sea organisms.

Sharveen PERSAND, BSc (Hons.) [Physics], MSc [Physical Oceanography]
persands@intnet.mu

Mr. Persand joined the Mauritius Oceanography Institute in November 2000 as Project Officer. He is an experienced PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor and his main area of interest is the physical processes around coastal regions of Mauritius and the outer islands.

Daniel MARIE, BSc (Hons.), PhD [Chemistry]
depmarie@moi.intnet.mu

Since the year 2000, Dr. Marie has been with the MOI as Project Officer and presently leading the activities related to Marine Chemistry. He was awarded the Young Investigator award in 2001 during the 2nd International Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR). His interest includes studying the medicinal properties of bioactive compounds from marine organisms and the distribution of pollutants in the lagoon.

Ruby MOOTHIEN PILLAY, BSc, MSc [Marine Ecology and Fisheries Biology], Ph.D. [Fisheries Science]
rubykm@moi.intnet.mu

Dr. Kamla Ruby Moothien Pillay has worked at the Albion Fisheries Research Centre as a Scientific Officer for 10 years prior to joining the Mauritius Oceanography Institute in October 2001. Her research interests are mainly in coral biology, coral reef ecology, and evolutionary and population genetics. She has published several research papers and has co-authored a book on 'Biostatistics' . She is the main author of "The Field Guide to Corals of Mauritius". She is at present undertaking collaborative research with Kitasato University, Japan and the Research Centre for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taiwan on the phylogeny and population genetics of scleractinian corals.

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