Education:
· Ph.D. (Geological Sciences) University of Rochester, USA, 2006
· M.Sc. (Applied Geology) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2001
· B.Sc. (Geology Honors), Presidency College, Calcutta University, India, 1999
Appointments:
2023 (October) - present: Professor, Center for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2017 (October) - 2023 (October): Associate Professor, Center for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2015 (April) - present: Associate Faculty: Interdisciplinary Center for Water Research (ICWaR)
2011 (September) - 2017 (October): Assistant Professor, Center for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2010 (July) – 2011 (September): Research Associate, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
2007 (January) – 2010 (June): Origins of Life Initiative Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University
2003 (August) – 2006 (December): Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
2002 (August) – 2003 (July): Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
2001 (August) – 2002 (July): Graduate Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester
Honors and Awards:
2018, SwarnaJayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India
2010, T. C. Chamberlin Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago, USA, (declined)
2008, Sarat Lal Biswas Memorial Medal, Asiatic Society, Calcutta, India
2007, Origins of Life Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, USA
2006, Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America, National Science Foundation, USA
2003, GSA student research grant, Geological Society of America, USA
2001, Smt. Nirja Sahay Medal (for academic excellence), Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India
2001, Institute Silver Medal (first position in M.Sc. class in Applied Geology), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2001, Proficiency Award (best Master’s thesis work in the graduating class), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2001, Prof. K. L. Chopra Award (best Master’s thesis in the graduating class among all the science disciplines), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2001, Prof. P. K. Bhattacharya Memorial Prize (for the best all-round performance among in the graduating class), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Some Recent Presentations:
2023, March: Colloquium of the Division of Mechanical Sciences, IISc
2022, November, Univ. St. Andrews, UK
2021, December, IISER Pune
2021, November, IUCAA, Pune
2018, October, Invited Speaker "Sr (87Sr/86Sr) and Ca isotopic (d44/40Ca) variability in the Bay of Bengal" NIO, Goa
2016, June, Invited Speaker "We are what we eat: Paleohabitat and paleoclimate reconstruction using geochemical and isotopic proxies" PRL, Ahmedabad
2015, March, Invited Speaker "Geochemical and isotopic composition of cherts: what can be inferred and what should be inferred" BSIP, Lucknow (1st Dr. M. N. Bose Memorial Lecture)
2014, June, Invited Speaker " Composition of Venus and its comparison with other inner Solar System objects" ISRO, Bangalore
2014, April, Invited Speaker "Non-traditional stable isotopes: applications from cosmos to benthos" IIT Kanpur
2014, March, Invited Speaker "Understanding early Solar System processes using isotope geochemistry" Dept. of Physics, IISc, Bangalore
2014, March, Invited Speaker "Non-traditional stable isotopes: applications from cosmos to benthos", IISER Kolkata
2013, December, Invited Speaker "Interpreting the isotopic composition of seawater through time" Center for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore.
2012, November, Invited Speaker "Planetary collisions and the evolution of our Solar System" Dept. of Mechanical Engg. IISc, Bangalore.