Dr Siljo Joseph graduated in Botany from Mahatma Gandhi University (Kerala) and post-graduation in Plant Sciences from Bharathiar University (Tamil Nadu) as a Rank holder in both. He commenced his research on lichens in 2009, focusing his master’s dissertation on "Studies on the Lichen Flora of the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu”. After completing post-graduation, he was selected as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and Senior Research Fellow under the Flora of India Project by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and holds a Ph.D. in Botany (Lichens) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. So far, he has described 15 new species, 120 species new to India, and three new combinations. He has contributed over 50 research papers in peer-reviewed journals. A species of Synarthonia, Synarthonia josephiana Van den Broeck & Ertz from Madagascar, has been dedicated to him in honour of his contributions to Arthoniales.
KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi (2024-Present)
KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi (2022-2024)
Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow (2019-2022)
Faculty of Biological Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Govt. of India (2020-2022)
Lichenology Laboratory, Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow (2017-2019)
Flora of India Project at Botanical Survey of India (BSI) (2010 - 2016)
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
S. Joseph & G.P. Sinha The Lichenologist 47(2): 123-130. (2015)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273916623
S. Joseph & G.P. Sinha. Taiwania 60(1):18-22. (2015)
https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/pdf/tai.2015.60.18.pdf
S. Joseph, G. P. Sinha & T. A. M. Jagadeesh Ram Indian Journal of Forestry 39(2): 155-157. (2016)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316283800
S. Joseph, S.N. Dudani & S. Nayaka Studies in Fungi 3: 264-270. (2018)
https://www.studiesinfungi.org/pdf/SIF_3_1_27.pdf
S. Joseph, G.P. Sinha & V.S. Ramachandran Indian Journal of Forestry Additional Series VI. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India. pp. 1-172. (ISBN: 978-81-211-0967-3). (2018)
https://www.ompublications.in/product/books/OM30183
S. Joseph, G.P. Sinha & S. Nayaka The Lichenologist 52: 329-331. (2020)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343290179
S. Joseph & S. Nayaka Cryptogam Biodiversity and Assessment 5: 11-16. (2021)
https://cbaj.in/index.php/journal/article/view/209
V. Kumar, S. Joseph, Y.P. Sharma & S. Nayaka. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 15: 527-540. (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2022.05.004
R. Yahr, et. al (including S Sijo) Lichenologist 56: 345-362.(2024)
https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl:38447
K.K. Ingle, S. Joseph, S. Nayaka & D.K. Upreti. National Academy Science Letters 48: 115-121. (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-024-01443-y
Junior Scientist/Scientist B
Forest Botany
Forest Ecology & Biodiversity Conservation Division
Kerala Forest Research Institute
Peechi P.O, Thrissur District
Kerala - 680653, India.