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Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
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Biodiversity
Marine Biology
Taxonomy
Zoology
Ecology
Microbiology
Virology
Biological Oceanography
Biogeography
Ecosystem Science
Climate Change Biology
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Parasitology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Conservation Biology
Evolutionary Studies
Freshwater Biology
Population Biology
Animal Behavior
Developmental Biology
Nutrition
Environmental Impacts

Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan

Dr. Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran is an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan. He previously served as an Associate Professor at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Malaysia, from 2017 to 2023. Before that, he was a Research Professor at Chonnam National University, Pukyong National University, and Kyungpook National University, South Korea (2015–2017) and a Scientist at the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, South Korea (2011–2015).

Dr. Venmathi Maran earned his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Hiroshima University, Japan, and has 25 years of research experience in marine science and aquaculture. His expertise includes the taxonomy of marine fish parasites and the application of natural products for parasite control in aquaculture. Additionally, his research focuses on jellyfish biodiversity, harmful jellyfish toxins, and the potential of jellyfish collagen in cosmetics.

Currently, he is engaged in a marine science and technology project utilizing artificial intelligence in biological imaging. His significant contributions to research and innovation have been recognized with multiple awards and gold medals from UMS.

Dr. Venmathi Maran has authored over 100 research articles, 10 book chapters, and has edited three books published by Springer and UMS Press. As the principal investigator of several research projects, including an international project on marine biodiversity, he plays a key role in advancing marine research.

Additionally, he serves as an Academic Editor for PeerJ (Q1), International Journal of Microbiology (Wiley), and Diversity (MDPI) as a Guest Editor, along with several other scientific journals.

Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biological Oceanography Ecology Ecotoxicology Marine Biology Microbiology Parasitology Taxonomy

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Nagasaki University
Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Work details

Associate Professor

Nagasaki University
October 2023
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology
Associate Professor, Doing research on the taxonomy of fish parasitic copepods. In addition, intensively worked on leech affest the groupers in aquaculture in southeast Asian countries. I used natural products to control the leech infestation in groupers and hybrid groupers in Malaysia. I have developed a biomedicine to control the leech parasites in Universiti Malaysia Sabah. In addition, I worked on symbionts of marine invertebrates especially jellyfish (Cnidaria). Jellyfish has rich collagen and I focus on this study. It also has collagenases enzymes, gelatin and wound-healing properties.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Edited 14
  • Reviewed 2
September 5, 2025
Drivers of microplastic pollution in soil sediments at fish landing centers in Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair), South Andaman Island
Ajit Kumar, Akshatha Soratur, Sumit Kumar, R Kiruba-Sankar, Dilip Kumar Jha, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19965
February 25, 2025
The avifauna of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu along the Southeast coast of India: waterbird assessments and conservation implications across key sanctuaries and Ramsar sites
Hameed Byju, Hegde Maitreyi, Raveendran Natarajan, Reshmi Vijayan, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18899 PubMed 40028196
October 10, 2024
Extraction and characterization of collagen and gelatin from body wall of sea cucumbers Stichopus horrens and Holothuria arenicola
Noora Barzkar, Gilan Attaran-Fariman, Ali Taheri, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18149 PubMed 39399433

Academic Editor on

January 8, 2025
Genetic analysis of Pinna rudis L 1758 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Pinnidae) in the Northwest Cabo Verde Islands (Central-East Atlantic)
Evandro P. Lopes, Sarah Santos, Raquel Xavier, Joana L. Santos, M. Pilar Cabezas, Fernando Sequeira, António M. Santos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18328 PubMed 39802188
November 26, 2024
Viral metagenomic investigation of two Caribbean echinoderms, Diadema antillarum (Echinoidea) and Holothuria floridana (Holothuria)
Ian Hewson, Marilyn Brandt, Kayla Budd, Mya Breitbart, Christopher DeRito, Samuel Gittens Jr, Michael W. Henson, Alwin Hylkema, Moriah Sevier, Matthew Souza, Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas, Sarah Von Hoene
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18321 PubMed 39619205
October 8, 2024
A preliminary study of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from patchy tropical seagrass meadows in Thailand
Muhammad Halim, Milica Stankovic, Anchana Prathep
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18087 PubMed 39399424
May 16, 2024
Seasonal occurrence and individual variability of bull sharks, Carcharhinus leucas, in a marine reserve of the southwestern Gulf of California
Frida Lara-Lizardi, Eleazar Castro, Vianey Leos Barajas, Juan Manuel Morales, Edgar Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, James Ketchum
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17192 PubMed 38766482
April 30, 2024
Three new species of free-living marine nematodes of the Microlaimus genus (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the continental shelf off northeastern Brazil (Atlantic Ocean)
Alex Manoel, Patrícia F. Neres, Andre M. Esteves
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17355 PubMed 38708361
April 23, 2024
Melanella martarum sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Eulimidae): the first parasitic deep-sea snail reported for the Salas & Gomez Ridge
Leonardo Santos de Souza, Cynthia M. Asorey, Javier Sellanes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16932 PubMed 38680893
February 28, 2024
Halichoeres sanchezi n. sp., a new wrasse from the Revillagigedo Archipelago of Mexico, tropical eastern Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Labridae)
Benjamin C. Victor, Benjamin W. Frable, William B. Ludt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16828 PubMed 38436023
January 15, 2024
Distribution and demographics of mysids (Crustacea: Mysida) as prey for gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in northwest Washington state
Elizabeth Marina Allyn, Jonathan J. Scordino, Adrianne M. Akmajian
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16587 PubMed 38239296
December 19, 2023
Increased contribution of parasites in microbial eukaryotic communities of different Aegean Sea coastal systems
Alexandra Meziti, Evangelia Smeti, Daniil Daniilides, Sofie Spatharis, George Tsirtsis, Konstantinos A. Kormas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16655 PubMed 38144191
December 4, 2023
Characterization of trade-offs between immunity and reproduction in the coral species Astrangia poculata
Natalie Villafranca, Isabella Changsut, Sofia Diaz de Villegas, Haley Womack, Lauren E. Fuess
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16586 PubMed 38077420
November 24, 2023
Geographic range size and species morphology determines the organization of sponge host-guest interaction networks across tropical coral reefs
Antar Mijail Pérez-Botello, Wesley Dáttilo, Nuno Simões
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16381 PubMed 38025729
November 15, 2023
Genetic divergences and hybridization within the Sebastes inermis complex
Diego Deville, Kentaro Kawai, Hiroki Fujita, Tetsuya Umino
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16391 PubMed 38025733
November 9, 2023
Recent and rapid reef recovery around Koh Phangan Island, Gulf of Thailand, driven by plate-like hard corals
Florian Stahl, Selma D. Mezger, Valentina Migani, Marko Rohlfs, Victoria J. Fahey, Eike Schoenig, Christian Wild
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16115 PubMed 38025748
June 14, 2023
Three new species of Axinulus (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) from the Japan and Kuril-Kamchatka trenches and abyssal zone of the northern Pacific Ocean
Gennady M. Kamenev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15543 PubMed 37334138

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February 21, 2023
Two new genera and four new species of Asterocheridae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) associated with sponges (Porifera) from the Korean East Sea
Il-Hoi Kim, Taekjun Lee
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14889 PubMed 36846455
January 3, 2023
Two new temporary ectoparasitic isopods (Cymothoida: Cymothooidea) from Korean waters with a note on geographical distributions of Rocinela Leach, 1818 and Gnathia Leach, 1814
Sung Hoon Kim, Jong Guk Kim, Seong Myeong Yoon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14593 PubMed 36620749