Dr Kiran S Kumar did his graduation and post-graduation from University College, Thiruvananthapuram and did his PhD from Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram. Before joining Malabar Christian College as Guest Faculty, he was working as guest faculty in NSS College Pandalm. His field of specializations are DNA barcoding, Phylogenetics, and Population genetics. He has got many International research publications to his credit. He also involved in several bird surveys and documentation as volunteer coordinator for WWF-India (Kerala chapter), Indian Dragonfly Society’s Odonate Survey at PTR and in Kerala Bird Atlas.
Important Publications:
Kumar, K. S., Chandrika, S. K., & George, S. (2020). Genetic structure and demographic
history of In- dirana semipalmata, an endemic frog species of the Western Ghats, India.
Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 1-14. (Impact factor: 1.073 (2019))
Kumar, K. S., George, S. (2019). Development and characterization of ten polymorphic
microsatellites of the Western Ghats frog Indirana semipalmata and cross amplification in
related species. Molecular Biology Reports. doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04854-z (Impact
factor: 1.402 (2019))
Kumar, K. S., Sivakumar, K. C., Reghunathan, D., Manoj, P., & George, S. (2016). The
complete mitochondrial genome of Indirana semipalmata (Amphibia: Anura). Conservation
Genetics Resources, 1(9), 83-86. (Impact factor: 1.107 (2019))
Kumar, K. S., Anoop, V. S., Sivakumar, K. C., Reghunathan, D., Manoj, P., Deuti, K., &
George, S. (2017). An additional record of Fejervarya manoharani Garg and Biju from the
Western Ghats with a description of its complete mitochondrial genome. Zootaxa 4277 (4):
491–502. (Impact factor: 0.949 (2019))
Anoop, V. S., Kumar, K. S., Sivakumar, K. C., Reghunathan, D., Manoj, P., Deuti, K., & George, S. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of Euphlyctis karaavali (Amphibia: Anura) with a note on its range expansion. Conservation Genetics Resources, 1-4. (Impact factor: 1.107 (2019))
