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DrThiru Somasundaram

Associate Research Fellow, Aquaculture Nutrition

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science

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  • Associate Research Fellow, Aquaculture Nutrition
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science
  • 0426578635 (Mobile)
  • Queenscliff Marine Centre, Weeroona Pde, Queenscliff Victoria 3225

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Aquatic food production
  • Aquaculture nutrition
  • Food compositional analysis
  • Marine biomass processing and valorization
  • Extraction and characterization of bioactive compounds and their utilization in food, feed, and health
  • Sustainable alternatives in aquatic food production systems
  • Abalone nutrition
  • Finfish nutrition
  • Analytical chemistry (Nutrients, Toxicants, Phytochemicals, Bioactives)
  • Physicochemical characterization - Texture, Rheology, Material flow
  • Nutrient input-output modelling - Machine Leraning LLM
  • Laboratory Quality Control Systems (ISO 17025)

GRANTS

  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Deakin Marine International Conference Award
    Deakin University9 Apr 2026 - 15 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Somasundaram T
    Australia New Zeland Marine Biotechnology Society
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Deakin Marine Innovation Enabler Grant
    Deakin University6 Apr 2026 - 15 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Somasundaram T,
    • Francis D,
    • Callahan D,
    • Mcneill B,
    • Mulder M
    Metabolic and bioactive responses to macroalgal metabolites sourced from Australian, European, and Asian species. – A pilot trial
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
    Deakin University13 Nov 2019 - 19 Jul 2023