Rajendran Rajaram holds a Ph.D. from Annamalai University, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Marine Science at Bharathidasan University. He is also a Life Member of the Marine Biological Association of India and the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Society, and a Fellow of the Society of Applied Biotechnology. He is the winner of the Best Environmental Research Paper Award with Cash Prize from the Department of Environment and Climate Change, Govt. of Tamil Nadu 2020; the DST Young Scientist Award 2010; and the Outstanding Scientist in Marine Biotechnology awarded by Venus International Foundation 2016. His areas of research include (1) EIA, toxic metal pollution, and microbial remediation; (2) marine natural products and the DNA Barcoding of marine resources; (3) polar research—m0etal flow in polar food-webs; and (4) microplastics—impacts on marine resources and biomitigation strategies.