Dr. Sankar Manalilkada Sasidharan

Dr. Sankar  Manalilkada Sasidharan

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

sm3317@msstate.edu
Office: 662-686-3583
NWAC 154, Delta Research and Extension Center

Overview

Education

  • Mississippi State University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biogeochemistry
  • Texas Tech University, Master of Science (M.S.) , Aqueous Geochemistry

Research Interests

Aquatic Biogeochemistry
Water Quality Monitoring
Ecosystem Health
Sediment-Water Interaction
Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Characterization
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Aquaculture Applications
Statistical modelling and Spatial Analysis

Websites

Publications

Year Publications
2025

Katkar, A., Dash, P., Li, C., Nur, A. M., Manalilkada Sasidharan, S. 2025. Short-term impacts of cold front passage on coastal water quality and material transport. Scientific reports 15(1):42820.

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2025

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Dash, P., Katkar, A. P., . Wetz, M. S. 2025. The Impact of Hydrologic Variability on Organic Matter Dynamics in a Lagoonal, Low Inflow Estuary (Baffin Bay, TX). Estuaries and Coasts 48(160).

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2023

Ferdush, J., Paul, V. G., Varco, J. J., Jones, K. D., Manalilkada Sasidharan, S. 2023. Consequences of elevated CO2 on soil acidification, cation depletion, and inorganic carbon: A column-based experimental investigation. Soil and Tillage Research 234:105839.

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2023

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Dash, P., Lu, Y., Mercer, A. E., Wickramarathna, S., Beshah, W. T., Sanders, S. ., Arslan, Z., Dyer, J. L., Moorhead, R. J. 2023. Seasonal changes of trace elements, nutrients, dissolved organic matter, and coastal acidification over the largest oyster reef in the Western Mississippi Sound, USA. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195(175).

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2021

Paul, V. G., Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Vattikuti, S., Dash, P., Arslan, Z. 2021. Pollution assessment and land use land cover influence on trace metal distribution in sediments from five aquatic systems in southern USA. Chemosphere 263.

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2020

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Dash, P., Lu, Y., Mercer, A. E., Turnage, L. G., Shoemaker, C. M., Chen, S., Moorhead, R. J. 2020. Land use and land cover control on the spatial variation of dissolved organic matter across 41 lakes in Mississippi, USA. Hydrobiologia 847:1159–1176.

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2019

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Dash, P., Lu, Y., Paul, V. G., Mercer, A. E., Arslan, ., Varco, J. J., Rodgers, J. C. 2019. Dissolved organic matter and trace element variability in a blackwater-fed bay following precipitation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 231:106452.

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2019

Singh, S., Dash, P., Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Silwal, S., Lu, Y., Shang, P., Moorhead, R. J. 2019. Hydrological and Biogeochemical Controls of Seasonality in Dissolved Organic Matter Delivery to a Blackwater Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 42:439–454 .

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2019

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Dash, P., Singh, S., Lu, Y., Mercer, A. E., Chen , S. 2019. Effect of photo-biodegradation and biodegradation on the biogeochemical cycling of dissolved organic matter across diverse surface water bodies. Journal of Environmental Sciences 77: 130-147.

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2014

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Vega, M., Defoe, ., Kibria, M., Ford , ., Telfeyan, K., Neal , A., Mohajerin, T., Hettiarachchi , G., Barua , S., Hobson, C., Johannesson, ., Datta, S. 2014. Elevated arsenic and manganese in groundwaters of Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Science of The Total Environment 488:570-579.

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2013

Mohajerin, T. J., Neal, A. W., Telfeyan, K., Manalilkada Sasidharan , S., Ford, S., Yang, N., Chevis, D. ., Grimm, D. A., Datta, S., White , . ., Johannesson, K. H. 2013. Geochemistry of tungsten and arsenic in aquifer systems: a comparative study of groundwaters from West Bengal, India, and Nevada, USA. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 225(1792).

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Extension Publications

Year Publications
2022

Manalilkada Sasidharan, S., Wetz, . S. 2022. Impact of the 2021 freeze event on Baffin Bay water quality.

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Society Memberships

  • American Geophysical Union