Dr. K.Kalidasan is working as a National Post-Doctoral Fellow (N-PDF) at the Atal Center for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands (ACOSTI), National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. He has strong interests in the subjects of mangrove ecology and restoration, marine microbial biotechnology, nutraceutical and food microbiology, and natural product research. He has published six research papers in reputed international journals with good impact factors.