Personnel

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

Dr. Pierre Edgard Daniel MARIE, Director

depmarie@moi.intnet.mu

Dr. P.E.D Marie was promoted to Director of the Mauritius Oceanography Institute (MOI) on July 19, 2024. He holds a B.Sc. Joint Honours degree in Chemistry and Environmental Studies (EVS) and a Ph.D. in Natural Product Chemistry. He received a scholarship from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for his M.Phil./Ph.D. at the University of Mauritius and was awarded a scholarship from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (AUC) to complete his Ph.D. research work at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2002, Dr. Marie won the “Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie” (AUF) postdoctoral fellowship, which allowed him to pursue a year of research at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, Belgium. He joined the MOI in 2000 as a Project Officer in Chemical Oceanography and later became a Principal Research Scientist in 2009. He also served as Officer-in-Charge of the Institute from December 2012 to January 2014, August 2015 to June 2016, and December 2020 to July 2024. On July 1, 2016, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Mauritius Oceanography Institute. As a researcher, Dr. Marie has pioneered marine-derived pharmaceutical research and contribute largely to the overall development of Oceanography in Mauritius.

 

Mrs. Nazli TEGALLY - Confidential Secretary

director@moi.intnet.mu

 

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Mr. Javed Iqbal MOSAHEB

jmosaheb@moi.intnet.mu

Mr. Javed Mosaheb possessed a BSc [Marine Biology], a BSc [Biochemistry with Molecular Biology] and MSc Coastal and Ocean Management. He had worked as adviser at the Albion Fisheries Research Centre for 8 years before joining the Mauritius Oceanography Institute in June 2005. His research interests are mainly in the field of Environmental Impact Assessment, Coastal Erosion and Marine Ecology. He was the focal point person for Mauritius for COI/EU Coral Reef Monitoring Regional Project. He is the main author of a book on "Biostatistics" and co-author of the "Field Guide to Coastal Fishes of Mauritius". He has also published several research papers.

 

SCIENTIFIC CADRE

Dr. SINGH Manvendra Principal Research Scientist msingh@moi.intnet.mu
Dr. MUSSAI Prakash Principal Research Scientist pmussai@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. SADASING Oocheetsing Research Scientist - Assigned duties of Principal Research Scientist osadasing@moi.intnet.mu
Dr. RAMANJOOLOO Avin Research Scientist aramanjooloo@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. CURPEN Sarvanen Research Scientist scurpen@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. ROY Prerna Associate Research Scientist proy@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. SOOROOJEBALLY Rajni Associate Research Scientist rsooroojebally@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. RAMDHONY Kamlesh Associate Research Scientist kramdhony@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. GOOROOCHURN Oomarsing Associate Research Scientist ogooroochurn@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. OOGARAH N. Preeti Associate Research Scientist poogarah@moi.intnet.mu
Dr. DUMUR NEELAYYA Danishta Associate Research Scientist ddumur@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. BHIWAJEE Rohinee Associate Research Scientist rbhiwajee@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. SADIEN Murughen Associate Research Scientist smurughen@moi.intnet.mu
Miss AUDIT Anishta Associate Research Scientist aauditmanna@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. JORAI Avijit Associate Research Scientist ajorai@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. SEETOHUL Tooshit Kumar Associate Research Scientist tseetohul@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. BHUJUN-SEENUNDUN Yushma Associate Research Scientist ybhujun@moi.intnet.mu

 

IT SECTION

Mr. BHANTOO Vivekanand IT Manager vbhantoo@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. MARTIAL Eric Systems Administrator emartial@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. ASKOOLUM Prathav IT Officer paskoolum@moi.intnet.mu

 

TECHNICAL

Mr. SAMYAN Chettanand Technical Assistant/Senior Technical Assistant csamyan@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. HARREE-SOMAH Luxmibye Technical Officer lharreesomah@moi.intnet.mu

 

FINANCE

Mr. RAJAH Pranshan Accountant/Senior Accountant prajah@moi.intnet.mu
Miss GOPAL Nivedita Accounts Officer ngopal@moi.intnet.mu

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Miss BOYJOONAUTH Ranjeeta Public Relations Officer rboyjoonauth@moi.intnet.mu

 

DOCUMENTATION

Mrs. MOONESAWMY Asha Documentation Officer aramanah@moi.intnet.mu

 

PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

Mr. KUTWAROO Dhruvanand Procurement and Supply Officer kkutwaroo@moi.intnet.mu

 

HUMAN RESOURCE

Mrs. RATHOA DHOORAH Bhavna Human Resource Officer/Senior Human Resource Officer hro@moi.intnet.mu

 

SAFETY AND HEALTH

Mrs. JAHAJEEAH Bhinashi Safety and Health Officer (Part-time) hso@moi.intnet.mu

 

PLANT AND MAINTENANCE

Mr. CHUTOOREE Vishall Plant and Maintenance Officer vchutooree@moi.intnet.mu

 

ADMINISTRATION

Mrs. KUREEMAN Lutchmee Administrative Secretary administration@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. JOYRAM Maheshwaree Office Management Assistant mbabajee@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. JAUNKEEPERSAD Visham Management Support Officer vjaunkeepersad@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. GOBURDHAN Diasha Management Support Officer dgoburdhan@moi.intnet.mu
Mr. ANGATEEAH Manoj Management Support Officer mangateeah@moi.intnet.mu
Mrs. SUKAI Sarika Front Desk Officer sjogarah@moi.intnet.mu

 

SUPPORTING STAFF

Mr. MUNSAH Dharmanand Driver/Office Attendant  
Mr. COOPEN Velloo Driver/Office Attendant  
Mr. MICHEL Vishwamitra Driver/Office Attendant  
Mr. BEEJAN Avishek Driver/Office Attendant  
Mr. CHAMOO Baboo Beekramsingh Driver/Office Attendant  
Mrs. SUBBAROYAN Savitri Handy Worker