Dr. Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy is renowned for his research on tropical forests and climate change, focusing on the Western Ghats. He is involved in global networks such as Forestplot.net, GEM, TreeWatch.net, BioTIME, ITMN, and the Global Mangrove Alliance and collaborates nationally with ISRO, IISc, ICFRE, and NCBS. His field studies on vegetation dynamics and ecological processes include monitoring Permanent Sample Plots, such as a 10-hectare plot in Sholayar. Dr. Sreejith contributes to biodiversity documentation, identifying new species in fungi, plants, and fauna. His expertise extends to remote sensing (RS) and GIS in forestry. With over 30 projects and 150+ publications, including in Nature, he also reviews for leading journals like Nature Portfolio.
Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi (March 2011 onwards)
Sree Krishna College, Calicut University (2009 - 2011)
Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala (1998 - 2005)
FRI University, Dehra Dun, for the Thesis entitled “Ecological and Ecophysiological Studies on the successional status of tree seedlings in tropical wet-evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Kerala”
Calicut University
Calicut University
Contributed to biodiversity documentation, forest vegetation dynamics including its response to changing climate, forest inventory and mapping. Developed and implemented more than 30 major projects and coordinated and executed large number of extension and training programmes in relation to biodiversity and climate change. He is having more than 150 publications including most prestigious journal like Nature. He also serves as expert members in state and national level committees and for judiciary.
International Research Collaborations: University of Oxford, UK; Ghent University, Belgium; Leeds University UK
Aguirre-Gutiérrez et. al (including Sreejith, KA) Nature (IF: 50.5( 2025)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08663-2
Senanayake, I.C., Rossi, W., Leonardi, M. (including Sreejith.K.A.) et al Fungal Diversity. (IF 24.5).(2023)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-023-00523-6
Abdulla Naseef, Akhil Javad, A.K. Kausal, Deepak Barua, Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy 176366, ISSN 0048-9697(2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176366 (IF 8.2).
Sreejith K.A , Sanil M. S , Prasad T. S , Prejith M. P , Sreekumar V. B, Akhil Murali bioRxiv(2021)
https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.31.474647
Sanil, MS., Sreekumar, VB., Sreejith, KA., Dev, S.A., Sasi, R and Balakrishnan S Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 67: 21-32( 2022)
V. Nayana Prakash, K. Pranav, Arun ChristySiljo Joseph, K A Sreejith, V B Sreekumar, T. S. Jincy. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 51, 948–953(2024)
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359023606225
Kunhiraman C. Rajeshkumar, Sruthi O. Paraparath, Sreejith K. Ashtamoorthy, Aloor J. Robi, Ajay Kumar Gautam, Rajnish Kumar Verma, Rajesh Jeewon, Parayelil A. Ansil, Samantha C. Karunarathna, Sankaran Kavileveettil. Phytotaxa DOI: 10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.675.3.3 VOL. 675 NO. 3: 4 DEC. 2024 233-246(2024)
V. Anitha, D. Soman, S. Sandeep, K. A. Sreejith & V. B. Sreekumar In: Joseph, S., Pradeepkumar, A. (eds) Ecosystem Services Valuation for Sustainable Development. Springer, Singapore.(2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4688-0_4
Nasla Najeeb, Karun Jose, K A Sreejith, Sandeep Pulla, H S Suresh, Jayashree Ratnam, H V Raghavendra, Dayani chakravarthy, Rajiv Kumar Chathurvadi ELSIVER ,Biological Conservation,12 May 2025(2025)
K S Arunkumar,Neethu Paul,K A Sreejith,C K Jithin, S Aparna, V B Sreekumar June 2025,Biology Bulletin(2025)
https://doi:10.1134/S1062359024607304
Aniraban Roy,Merlin Lopus,Sruthy surendran,Amit Kushwaha,K A Sreejith,Akhila K C,Anna G,aranga P,Sethulakshmi N,Deepak Jaiswal 26 June 2025,Elseiver.(2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100925
| # | Name | Research Work | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdulla Naseef. S.A | Ecophysiology of the Mangroves from Estuarine Sedimentary Islands, Southwest Coast of Kerala., [UOC, 2025] |
Principal Scientist
Forest Ecology
Forest Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation Division