Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian

Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian (born 15 June 1939), a retired professor of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), is an Indian geneticist and ecologist, known for his pioneering studies in bioenergetics and animal ecology.

[5] His post-doctoral studies were at Bilogische Anstalt, Helgoland, Germany and he obtained the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer.

[5] Pandian's early work was in the field of bioenergetics and focusing on metabolism, he developed a model for predicting the transformation of food energy into growth.

[8] He published his research findings in Marine Biology journal of Springer in an article, Intake, digestion, absorption and conversion of food in the fishes Megalops cyprinoides and Ophiocephalus striatus, which eventually became a citation classic.

[9] Subsequently, shifting his attention to the sexuality of fish, he demonstrated that the sperm survived in catfish for over 240 days if they were preserved at -20o degree Celsius and could still be fertilized, a discovery which had commercial relevance in places where liquid nitrogen is not easily available.

[6] Later, he created the first transgenic fish from preserved sperm and genome-inactivated eggs of compatible species which helped him to generate interspecific and intergeneric androgenetic clones.

[6] He is also a Member of the Governing Council and an Advisor of the Centre for Scientific & Applied Research of PSN College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli[19] and the Inspire Internship Camp of Velammal Institute of Technology, Panchetti[20][21] and he has attended several seminars and conferences to deliver keynote addresses,[22][23] notably the National Seminar on Sustainability of Seafood Production in 2006[24] and the CSIR Foundation Day lecture in 2012.