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

Hunger shapes predator avoidance behaviour in zebrafish

Chathooth, N., Chalil, Malik. M. S., Sivarajan, D., Kuniyil, A. A., & Ramachandran, B. (2025).Hunger shapes predator avoidance behaviour in zebrafish, Ethology Ecology & Evolution

Social maintenance masks induced aggression in zebrafish

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..