Scientific peer reviewed publications:
Illustration of cross section of Hong Kong oyster juvenile shell (drawn based on SEM EBSD analysis)
Major part of Hong Kong oyster shell contains foliated microstructure.
7. Chandra Rajan K.*, Thiyagarajan V., Mohamed Madhar Fazil S.**, Muthusamy A.**, Dean MN (2025). Oyster larval biomineralisation - insights from Electron BackScatter Diffraction. Faraday Discussions, Accepted for publication. [I.F 3.3]
6. Schindler, M., Flaum, B., Manafzadeh, A. R., Kamska, V., Chandra Rajan, K., Robles Malagamba, M. J., ... & Dean, MN (2024). Helmeted hornbill cranial kinesis: Balancing mobility and stability in a high‐impact joint. The Anatomical Record, doi: 10.1002/ar.25613. [I.F 2.0]
5. Thiyagarajan, V., Chandra Rajan, K., Yu, Z., Qian, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Proteomic analysis of ocean acidification stress in bivalves: A synthesis and implications for aquaculture. In Ecophysiology and Ocean Acidification in Marine Mollusks (pp. 225-264). Academic Press. [book chapter]
4. Chandra Rajan, K.*, Li, Y**., Dang, X., Lim, Y. K., Suzuki, M., Lee, S. W., & Vengatesen, T.* (2023). Directional fabrication and dissolution of larval and juvenile oyster shells under ocean acidification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(1991), 20221216. [I.F 3.8]
3. Chandra Rajan, K.*, Meng, Y., Yu, Z., Roberts, S. B., & Vengatesen, T.* (2021). Oyster biomineralization under ocean acidification: From genes to shell. Global Change Biology, 27(16), 3779-3797. [I.F. 10.8]
2. Chandra Rajan K.*, & Vengatesen, T.* (2020). Molecular adaptation of molluscan biomineralisation to high-CO2 oceans–The known and the unknown. Marine Environmental Research, 155, 104883. [I.F. 3.0]
1. Fitzer, S. C., Bin San Chan, V., Meng, Y., Chandra Rajan K., Suzuki, M., ... & Fal, L. (2019). Established and Emerging Techniques for Characterising the Formation, Structure and Performance of Calcified Structures under Ocean Acidification. In Oceanography and Marine Biology (pp. 88-125) Taylor & Francis. [book chapter]
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Frontiers in Marine Science
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Marine Pollution bulletin
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Marine Environmental Research
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Marine and Freshwater Research
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Marine Biology
Selected conferences, lectures and research visitis
2025
Oral presentation – Faraday discussions on Advanced imaging techniques in biomineralisation research, UK (May) - Oyster larval biomineralisation - insights from Electron Back Scatter Diffraction
Research visit - DESY synchrotron, Germany (May) – 4D confined compression tests on
cownose ray cartilage
Invited Lecture – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Mar) - Finescale 3D characterization of shark fin structure: Critical design features of a biological hydrofoil - Invited by Prof Rob Scharff, Division of Integrative Systems and Design
Oral presentation - Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting USA (Jan): Shark’s fin-ger print: Fine scale 3D characterization of shark fins for biomimetics & conservation
2024
Research collaboration – National Tsinghua University, Taiwan (Mar) – field sample
collection + research visit to Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Invited guest lecture for Environmental awareness (Oct): Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College,
Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India - Climate Change: How a global phenomenon affects us locally?
2022
Invited speaker - Global biodiversity festival (May): Oyster biomineralization under ocean
acidification
2021
Oral presentation - American Malacological Society (Jun): Oyster biomineralization under ocean acidification: from genes to shells
2019
Oral presentation - BiominXV - International Symposium on Biomineralization (Sep): Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany - Oyster biomineralisation in acidifying oceans
Visiting scholar - South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Guangzhou (Jun): research collaboration
2018
Bioinformatics training at University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Nov) by Dr Pierre De Wit
2017
Poster presentation - XMAS (Jan): Xiamen symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences: Will ocean acidification affect molluscan shell?