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Mrs. Leanna Kalicharan
Bsc., Msc
Lecturer II / Undergraduate Research & Internship Coordinator
Department of Biology
Email
leanna.kalicharan@uog.edu.gy

Education

  • BSc. (2012), Biology, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Guyana
  • MS.c. (2017), Natural Resource & Environ. Mgmt.: Coastal & Marine Resource Management, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Saint Michael, Barbados
  • PgDipEd. (2018), Secondary - Higher Education, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Guyana
  • M.A. (2022), Education (Leadership), University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
  • Ph.D. (Expected Completion 2025), Education, UNICAF University, Malawi

Biography

Leanna Kalicharan obtained her BSc. in Biology, with distinction, from the University of Guyana in 2013, where she was the best graduating students in the programme. She also holds an MS.c. in Natural Resources and Environmental Management, with a specialization in Coastal and Marine Resource Management, from the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Additionally, she holds an M.A in Education (Leadership) from the University of Bedfordshire and a Post Graduate Diploma in Secondary - Higher Education with honors in both. Leanna is a Lecturer II in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, where she instructs multiple courses in both general and marine biology. Furthermore, she supervises and research in the fields of coastal and marine biology as well as education. Leanna’s main research interest includes biodiversity management and development of formulation of policies aimed at biological conservation, with a specific focus on coastal and marine management and resources. Her MSC research was pioneer as it investigated the bycatch discards of finfish in the artisanal Chinese seine fishing conducted in the Demerara estuary, Guyana.

Teaching

  • BIO3120: Biology of Marine Organisms
  • BIO3223: Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecology
  • BIO4117: Oceanography
  • BIO4200: Capstone Research Project
  • BIO4205: Internship
  • 2024-2025 Coordinator – Undergraduate Research Project & Internship

Selected Publications

  • Research Gate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leanna-Kalicharan ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-2554
  • Kalicharan, L. (2024). Understanding Perceptions of Undergraduate Students on Academic Plagiarism. European Journal of Contemporary Education and E-Learning, 2(3), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.59324/ejceel.2024.2(3).02
  • Tirbani , B. L., & Kalicharan , L. (2024). Measuring Total Mercury Level in Local Food Fish Bangamary (Macrodon ancylodon) in Guyana. Journal of Biology and Nature, 16(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.56557/joban/2024/v16i18632
  • Glasgow, S., Daniel, R., & Kalicharan, L. (2023). Determination of Bacterial Quality of Indoor Air of Health Centers around Georgetown. Journal of Biology and Nature, 15(2), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.56557/joban/2023/v15i28323
  • Scott, S., Daniel, R., & Kalicharan, L. (2023). Effectiveness of Passiflora foetida (Baby Semitoo) and Ocimum campechianum extracts (Married Man Pork) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Asian Journal of Natural Product Biochemistry, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.13057/BIOFAR/F210204
  • Rosenblatt, A.E., Li, F., Kalicharan, L., & Taylor, P. (2022). ‘What do black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) actually eat?’, Biotropica, 54, pp. 275 – 278. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13038
  • Kalicharan, L. and Oxenford, H. A. (2020) ‘Short-term Estimate of Finfish Bycatch Discards in the Inshore Artisanal Shrimp Fishery of Guyana’, Gulf and Caribbean Research, 31(1), pp. GCFI1–GCFI9. doi: 10.18785/gcr.3101.01.
  • Kalicharan, L. and Oxenford, H.A. (2019). ‘Examining finfish bycatch discards in the artisanal Chinese seine fishery in the Demerara estuary, Guyana’, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados, CERMES Technical Report No. 95. Retrieved from: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes/docs/technical_reports/kalicharan_o…
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  • Kalicharan, L., and Seecharran, D. (2018) ‘Impacts of Coastal Agricultural activities on freshwater fish diversity in Guyana’, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 8(10), pp. 93 –95. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.8.10.2018.p8214
  • Rosenblatt, A.E., Li, F., Holland, A., Taylor, P., and Kalicharan, L. (2015). Melanosuchus niger (Black Caiman) Diet. Herpetological Review, 46(3), 430. Retrieved from: https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/