Shailesh S. Nair

Shailesh S. Nair

Marine Microbiologist

Associate Professor (Research)
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

About Me

Always eager to explore more about what's under the sky and beyond.

I am an associate professor at the Marine Carbon Sequestration and Energy Microorganism (MCS), Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

My work integrates meta-omics (genomics and transcriptomics) with experimental microbiology, statistical modeling, and big data analytics to uncover marine algae-microbe interactions and regulation of marine nitrogen cycling and carbon sequestration.

Aside from academics, I enjoy cooking, writing stories/poems, swimming, cricket, and other fitness activities.

Research Projects

Kelp Disease Research

Investigating large-scale kelp disease event

April 2022

This project aims to investigate the recent kelp disease outbreak in Weihai, Shandong, China.

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Nitrogen Fixation Research

Role of algae-bacteria interactions in bacterial nitrogen fixation

May 2022

We had exciting findings from our Sci. adv. publication. We will continue to investigate how interactions between algae and bacteria can support heterotrophic bacterial nitrogen fixation.

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Presentations

ASLO Presentation

Marine Synechococcus and heterotrophic bacteria tends to be friends for survival in nutrient-depleted environments

August 2022

ASLO-Amplifying Voices Webinar

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Publications

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Contact

Address

Research Center for Marine Biology and Carbon Sequestration
Room no. 517, Biology Building
Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Laoshan, Qingdao-China, 266100