Manoj is currently working as a Electron Microscopy-Laboratory Technician at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the UK . He pursued his Masters’ in Tropical Marine Biology from the University of Essex. He holds a postgraduate degree in Biology from Pondicherry University where his master’s thesis abstract has been selected for the International Indian Ocean Science Conference 2020. He has also completed undergraduate in Zoology from Delhi University. He has previously worked as an aquaculture consultant with CPF India in Kakinada. In the near future, Manoj wants to do a PhD focussing on Biofouling and larval ecology. His career goal is to be a Professor at Premier Institutes in India. Manoj enjoys carrom, football, and sketching and is a regular swimmer and freediver.