CV
Education
- M.S. in Zoology, Periyar University, 2023
- B.S. in Zoology, Kannur University, 2021
Work experience
- October 2025 - Present : Research Assistant
- HKUST
- Supervisor: Dr. Julie Semmelhack
- April 2024 - March 2025: Research Intern
- University of Calicut
- Supervisor: Professor Binu R
- June 2024 - July 2024: Virtual Research Intern
- Harvard University
- Supervisor: Professor Engert and Professor Litchmen
- 2022 - 2023: MS Dissertation
- Periyar University
- Supervisor: Professor R Maheswaran
- 2020 - 2021: BS Dissertation
- Kannur University
- Supervisor: Professor RMS Shamsudheen
Courses
- RIKEN CBS Summer Program Neural Circuits: Coding, Computation and Cognition (RIKEN CBS), Japan 2025
- IRCN & Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation (University of Tokyo), Japan 2025
Publications
Chathooth, N., Chalil, Malik. M. S., Sivarajan, D., Kuniyil, A. A., & Ramachandran, B. (2025).Hunger shapes predator avoidance behaviour in zebrafish, Ethology Ecology & Evolution
Kuniyil, A. A., Malik, M. S., Vellattu, R. K., Sivarajan, D., Mannarapurayil, G. K. T., Faisal, F. P., ... & Ramachandran, B. (2025). Social maintenance masks induced aggression in zebrafish. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 34396.
Preprint highlights:
Part of the preLights community (The Company of Biologist)
- Neural basis of number sense in zebrafish – Link.
- A zebrafish circuit for behavioral credit assignment – Link.
- A topographic code for behavioral flexibility? – Link.
- Molecular road map of functionally defined optic-flow circuits – Link.
- WHOLISTIC: A whole-body functional atlas of cellular dynamics – Link..