Sajal Ray
Sajal Ray received his MSc and MPhil in Zoology and Environmental Science, respectively, from the University of Calcutta. He obtained a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, India. His thesis reported the immunotoxicity of pesticides in an economically important snail in India. As an awardee of the Fogarty Visiting Fellowship, Dr. Ray carried out his postdoctoral research in cardiac pathology at the National Institutes of Health, USA. His research interest is studying the immunological responses of molluscs, sponges, crabs, earthworms, and starfishes exposed to pollutants. His team is engaged in understanding the evolutionary mechanism of immunity in phylogeny. He has presented his research at various conferences, including the World Congress of Malacology in Washington DC. Dr. Ray, currently a professor in the Department of Zoology at Calcutta University, India, has been teaching zoology for nearly 30 years at the postgraduate level.