Dr. Prosanta  Chakrabarty  is currently working as a Associate Professor  in the Department of Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University , USA. His research interests includes the evolution of bioluminescent systems and historical biogeography of freshwater fishes. He is serving as an editorial member and reviewer of several international reputed journals. Dr. Prosanta  Chakrabarty  is the member of many international affiliations. He has successfully completed his Administrative responsibilities. He has authored of many research articles/books related to the evolution of bioluminescent systems and historical biogeography of freshwater fishes.

Research in my lab focuses on recovering the relationships of fishes in order to better understand evolutionary processes. My research interests are currently targeting two main fields: the evolution of bioluminescent systems and historical biogeography of freshwater fishes. Bioluminescent systems have evolved multiple times in fishes, predominantly among deep-sea clades. I am particularly interested in using phylogenetic tools to better understand how sexual selection on bioluminescent structures may have played a role in speciation. My biogeographic studies have looked at how fishes with low dispersal ability (such as blind cave fishes) came to be distributed across biogeographic barriers and how the distribution of freshwater fishes explain earth history. Students interested in working in my lab will learn molecular and morphological phylogenetic techniques, how to conduct geometric morphometric analyses, and various other tools to better understand fish biology.