Jeremy Nelson Syiem has been awarded PhD in Zoology by Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia, on the topic ‘A Study on the Potential of Chironomus larvae as Indicators of the presence of Coliforms and other Pathogenic Bacteria in Fresh Water bodies of Meghalaya’, which he completed under the supervision of Dr. Jane W. Shanpliang, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia, and Dr. Herbert G. Lyngdoh, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong. He is the son of Heletson Nongkhlaw and Lucetta Jeane Syiem.