Spotlight on project manager Roshin P. Raj

He moved from the beautiful landscapes of Kerala to the research labs in Bergen. Now, Roshin Raj wants to give back to his roots by contributing with key insights in the Kerala project.

Roshin Raj grew up in the state of Kerala, south-west part of India. He moved to Bergen in 2008 and took his Ph.D. at the University in Bergen in 2014 and is now a senior scientist at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center. He is also part of Bjerknes Center and is co-leading the Polar Climate group. Now he wants to give back to the place he grew up.

Raj is leading the C3-eKerala project that will look at the impact of climate change on the marine ecosystem of the Kerala coast. They will look at how climate change induced sea level rise and changes in ocean waves affects the shoreline. How this information can be used to predict future coastal shoreline changes and inundations. They will also look at the cascading effects of sea level rise on the vulnerable coastal ecosystems and will assess the long-term change in mangrove cover along Kerala coast and identify potential habitat for sea grass rehabilitation, a major breeding ground of fishes.