S.S.S. Sarma (Full name rarely used in publications: Singaraju Sri Subrahmanya Sarma, born on 24 September 1958), PhD obtained in 1988, is an aquatic ecologist, known for his research contributions in the field of freshwater zooplankton [1]. He is full time Professor of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (= Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, known in the abbreviated form as UNAM) at its north Mexico City Campus, FESI, Tlalnepantla (Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala) [2] , [3]. He is elected member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC Mexico), International Society of Limnology (SIL USA), Royal Society of Biology (RSB London) and National Researcher (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores – S.N.I. level III 2009-2028) of the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT, Mexico). He has published more than 300 articles and book chapters [4] of which 285 scientific works are from the journals indexed in Web of Science (Core collection) including Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06168-4 . He has edited/co-edited 14 special volumes for prestigious publishers including Springer, Elsevier, Francis & Taylor, and Acad. Env. Biol. He is currently Editor of Rotifer News, a virtual newsletter for professional and amateur investigators of phylum Rotifera [https://sitios.iztacala.unam.mx/rotifernews/].
He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Editorial Boards
He was/is on the Editorial Board of the following standard journals: Allelopathy Journal (Int. Allelopathy Foundation), Aquatic Ecology https://www.springer.com/journal/10452/editors (Springer), Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Sciences https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-egyptian-journal-of-aquatic-research/about/editorial-board (Elsevier),Fishes (MDPI) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fishes/editors?search=sarma, Frontiers in Marine Science https://www.frontiersin.org/my-frontiers/overview (Frontiers Media SA), Hydrobiologia https://www.springer.com/journal/10750/editors (Springer), Inland Waters https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tinw20 (International Society of Limnology, SIL, Taylor & Francis), Journal of Environmental Biology http://www.jeb.co.in/index.php?page=editorial_board (Acad. of Env. Biol.), Journal of Environmental Science and Health A https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=lesa20 (Francis & Taylor), Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research http://www.limnofish.org/en/pub/board (Egirdir Fisheries Research Institute, Turkey), Journal of Plankton Research (Oxford University Press), PLOS One https://journals.plos.org/plosone/static/editorial-board (Public Library of Science) and Saline Systems (Biomed Central).
Reviewer of Research Projects for National (CONACyT, UNAM, COMECyT etc.), Bilateral Collaborative (CONACyT-USA) and International (NSC Poland, NKFIH Hungary, IFS Sweden, European Science Foundation EU etc.) Funding Agencies.
He was/is reviewer for about 100 journals belonging different publishers including Elsevier, Springer & Wiley.
Thesis guidance: 75 students have finished their theses (In Spanish with English Summary) at the three different levels of University Education (B.Sc. (4-year programme) by thesis; M.Sc. (2-year programme) by thesis & Doctorate by thesis).
According to AD Scientific Index (World Scientist and University Rankings, 2023) he is within the top 2% of World Scientists with Total i10 Index and within the top 2% of Total H Index in Mexico. [http://www.webometrics.info/en/node/63
According to Web of Science (WoS), he has published the highest number of WoS-indexed works on Rotifera during the last 120 years.