Bhakti Shah

Bhakti Shah is a Doctoral Student at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) GmbH since January 2022, with prior experience as a Project Associate at the CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography in late 2021. Bhakti's earlier role at the same institute involved a dissertation focused on assessing environmental suitability for reef growth on a Coral Bank, employing foraminiferal assemblage and the FORAM Index for coral reef health evaluation. Additionally, an internship at the CSIR - National Institute of Oceanography included working with multi-beam echo-sounding bathymetric data and utilizing ArcGIS and QGIS for mapping purposes. Academic qualifications include a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Savitribai Phule Pune University and dual Bachelor's degrees in Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences and Botany/Plant Biology from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Current studies also include a Doctor of Philosophy in Geology/Oceanography.