Anirban Akhand
Details
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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anirban.akhand@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Collaborative projects
- Industry Projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr. Anirban Akhand is a marine and freshwater biogeochemist with a specialisation in the carbonate chemistry of coastal waters and wetlands. His research focuses on air-water greenhouse gas fluxes and carbonate chemistry in estuaries, coasts, and wetlands, with over 15 years of experience in this field. His research also extends to blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reefs, and their role in carbon cycles and mitigating climate change. He received research and travel grants and has actively participated in international conferences and scientific collaborations. He was an invited speaker on topics related to mangrove research, climate change, and ocean conservation. His work is dedicated to developing solutions for the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, with the goal of mitigating the effects of climate change.
Research fields
- 370203 Greenhouse gas inventories and fluxes
- 410501 Environmental biogeochemistry
- 319902 Global change biology
- 41 Environmental sciences
Teaching interests
Anirban assisted teaching Master's and PhD students during his postdoctoral researcher position.
Research interests
Dr. Anirban Akhand has published more than 70 peer-reviewed scientific research articles in high-impact journals, including Nature Communications and Global Change Biology, and book chapters. About half of these articles have been published based on his work on the carbon biogeochemistry of coastal and wetland ecosystems, as well as greenhouse gas fluxes between the air-water interface. He focuses on the biogeochemistry of blue carbon ecosystems, like mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes, researching their different functions and aspects of stabilisation and destabilisation. His recent work spans from Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement to the abatement of greenhouse gas fluxes from freshwater wetlands through restoration measures. Additionally, he is leading research projects on seagrass restoration using an interdisciplinary approach that combines biogeochemistry, remote sensing, and modelling.
