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Area of Research
  • AI applications in fisheries engineering
  • Fish processing equipment/ electronic instruments/gadgets and machinery
  • Solar thermal energy conversion systems
  • Non-destructive sensors for fish quality and freshness
  • Tools and techniques for optimization of energy and water in seafood industries
  • Natural refrigeration system for the seafood industry
Education
  • Ph.D in Post Harvest Technology [Post Harvest Engineering and Technology], IARI, New Delhi
Current projects
  • Design and Development of indigenous tools and technologies for the post-harvest fisheries sector (PI)
  • Identification and mitigation of environmental burdens and emission hotspots in selected fisheries and aquaculture production system using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to develop framework for carbon market in fisheries (Co-PI)
  • Establishing Value Chain For Fish: Ensuring The Nutritional Security Of Vulnerable Groups And Developing A Sustainable Model (Co-PI)
  • Production Systems, Agribusiness, and Institutions - Component 1: Impact of Agricultural Technology - Fishery Technology (Associate)
Awards and recognitions
  • Kerala State Young Scientist Award for the year 2023 by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
  • Young Scientist Award for the year 2022 by AFST(I) - Association of Food Scientists & Technologists (India), Mysuru, Karnataka
  • Best Paper Award for oral presentation in the ECOFEST’21, organized by TNAU, Coimbatore
  • Best Poster Award in the XVI Agricultural Science Congress and ASC Expo 2023, jointly organized by NAAS, New Delhi and ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi.
  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research – JRF & SRF
  • DST -Young Scientist (SYST) Scheme
Publications (Best 5 publications)
  • Murali, S., Sreelekshmi, B., Reshma, P. R., Aniesrani Delfiya, D. S., Murugadas, V., Binsi, P. K., & Ninan, G. (2025). Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) freshness evaluation using image processing and convolutional neural networks approach. Food Measure 19, 6968–6978.
  • Murali, S., Amulya, P. R., Alfiya, P. V., Delfiya, D. A., & Samuel, M. P. (2020). Design and performance evaluation of solar-LPG hybrid dryer for drying of shrimps. Renewable Energy, 147,2417-2428.
  • Murali, S., Alfiya, P. V., Delfiya, D. A., Harikrishnan, S., Kunjulakshmi, S., & Samuel, M. P. (2022). Performance evaluation of PV powered solar tunnel dryer integrated with a mobile alert system for shrimp drying. Solar Energy, 240, 246-257.
  • Murali, S., Krishnan, V. S., Amulya, P. R., Alfiya, P. V., Delfiya, D. A., & Samuel, M. P. (2021). Energy and water consumption pattern in seafood processing industries and its optimization methodologies. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 4, 100242.
  • Murali, S., Delfiya, D. A., Alfiya, P. V., Samuel, M. P., & Ninan, G. (2023). Development of sensible heat storage based solar hybrid dryer with evacuated tube collector and biomass gasifier for shrimp drying. Solar Energy, 262, 111836.

 

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