Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Ecology
Research interest
Sudeep's research program focuses on the conservation of aquatic ecosystems and the betterment of livelihoods through the development of science-based environment policies. He advocates for cooperative international research that assists people in developing countries. His interest in international research began in 1997 when he participated in the Tahoe-Baikal Institute’s annual environmental exchange program, which brought him to Lake Baikal, Russia. In 2003, he was awarded his 1st international research funding from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the National Geographic Society to investigate the impacts of mining activities in the Lake Baikal watershed in Russia and Mongolia. This work led to the development of a project funded by the Global Environment Fund and World Bank to use faith-based, economic generation initiatives to protect Mongolian culture and livelihoods during a period of rapid economic development and the transition to democratic governance. Towards that end, University of Nevada Researchers have continued to use scientific information that conserve the world’s largest trout of Mongolia, the Taimen. You can see a movie about their work, Fertile Waters.
Environmental and societal consequences of winter ice loss from lakes
Wildfire smoke impacts lake ecosystems
Controls on Lake Pelagic Primary Productivity: Formalizing the Nutrient‐Color Paradigm
Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs
Fish Diversity and Use of Nearshore and Open-Water Habitats in Terminal Lakes
Variable impact of wildfire smoke on ecosystem metabolic rates in lakes
Variable impact of wildfire smoke on ecosystem metabolic rates in lakes
Nava V, S Chandra , et al. 2023. Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs. Nature. 619 317-322.
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Noble PJ, C Seitz*, SS Lee, KM Manoylov and S Chandra . 2023. Characterization of algal community composition and structure from the nearshore environment, Lake Tahoe (United States) . Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:1053499.
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Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene
Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes
Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes.
Macrosystems as metacoupled human and natural systems
Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide.
A framework for lotic macrosystem research
Hierarchical genetic structure and implications for conservation of the world's largest salmonid, Hucho taimen.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) detects the invasive crayfishes Orconectes rusticus and Pacifastacus leniusculus in large lakes of North America
Morphometry and average temperature affect lake stratification responses to climate change
Littoral Greening: A Workshop to Understand the Drivers of Attached Filamentous Algal Blooms in Pristine Lakes; October, 2019 Lake Tahoe (CA-NV, USA)
Quenching a thirsty west: Integrated scientific knowledge and technological infrastructure to solve water issues in the Western United States
Collaborative Research: Hierarchical Functioning of River Macrosystems in Temperate Steppes From Continental to Hydrogeomorphic Patch Scales
Collaborative Research. IPY: The Polaris Project: Rising Stars in the Arctic