Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Mary Akter Mousumi

PhD
Email: mousumi-akter.mary@ttu.edu

Biography

Mousumi is a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences. Her dissertation research aims to develop methods for the control of harmful algal blooms that are environmentally friendly and based on natural or biologically inspired materials.

Research Publications Publication Date
Mary, M.A., Rashel, R.H., Patiño, R. 2021. Growth inhibition of the harmful alga Prymnesium parvum by plant-derived products and identification of ellipticine as highly potent allelochemical. 33, 3853–3860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02545-6 | Abstract October 2021
Mary, M., Tábora-Sarmiento, S., Nash, S., Crago, J., Mayer, G., Patiño, R. 2024. Plant-derived products selectively suppress growth of the harmful alga Prymnesium parvum. Water, 16:930. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16070930. | Abstract | Publisher Website March 2024
Chávez Montes, R.A., Mary, M.A., Rashel, R.H., Fokar, M., Herrera-Estrella, L., Lopez-Arredondo, D., Patiño, R. 2024. Hormetic and transcriptomic responses of the toxic alga Prymnesium parvum to glyphosate. Science of the Total Environment 954, 176451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176451 | Abstract | Download | Publisher Website September 2024
Project Completion Date
Development of Environmentally Friendly Methods to Control Harmful Algal Blooms August 2021
Presentations Presentation Date
Patiño , R., Mary, M.A. 2021. On the potential use of giant reed-derived products to control harmful algae. Texas Aquatic Plant Management Society, Bryan, Texas. November 2021
Mary, M.A., Rashel, R.H., Patiño. R. 2019. Development of environmentally friendly methods to control harmful blooms of golden alga. Chihuahuan Desert Conference, El Paso, Texas. November 2019
Mary, M.A., Rashel, R.H., Patiño, R. 2020. Development of environmentally friendly methods to control harmful blooms of golden alga. Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Waco, Texas, January 23-25, 2020. January 2020
Mary, M.A., Patiño, R. 2019. Development of cost-effective methods to control harmful algal blooms using allelochemicals. Texas Tech 10th Annual Biological Sciences Symposium. Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas. April 2019