Education:
PhD
(Geology), University
of Minnesota, USA, June 2006
MSc (Applied Geology), Jadavpur
University, India, July 2000
BSc (Honours in Geological Sciences), Jadavpur
University, India, July 1998
PhD
Thesis - Experimental Investigation of Mantle Melting in the
Presence of Carbonates. Advisor: Marc
Hirschmann
MSc Thesis - Petrochemistry of the Chimakurthy
mafic-ultramafic complex and the associated mafic dykes, Prakasam district,
Andhra Pradesh, India. Advisor: Somnath
Dasgupta
Professional Appointments:
•
07/08-present: Assistant Professor – Department of Earth Science,
Rice University
•
09/06-06/08: Postdoctoral Fellow – Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
(LDEO), Columbia University
• 06/05-05/06: Postdoctoral
Research Scientist – Department of Geology & Geophysics,
University of Minnesota
• 06/05-05/06: Research
Assistant – Department of Geology & Geophysics, University
of Minnesota
• 09/04-05/05: Doctoral
Dissertation Fellow – Graduate School, University of Minnesota
• 06/03-08/04: Research
Assistant – Department of Geology & Geophysics, University
of Minnesota
• 09/02-05/03: Graduate
Fellow – Department of Geology & Geophysics, University
of Minnesota
• 09/01-08/02: Teaching/Research
Assistant –- Department of Geology & Geophysics, University
of Minnesota
• 09/00-08/01: CSIR-UGC
Junior Research Fellow – Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University
Other Positions Held:
•
07/08-present: Adjunct Associate Research Scientist – Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University
•
03/08-present: Visiting Scientist – Lunar and Planetary Institute,
Universities Space Research Association
Selected Awards and Honors:
•
2006: Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory Post-doctoral Fellowship
•
2004: Doctoral
Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
•
2002: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Geology &
Geophysics, University of Minnesota
•
2000: University Gold Medal, Jadavpur University – FIRST position
at MSc in Applied Geology
•
1998: University Gold Medal, Jadavpur University – FIRST position
at the BSc Examination with honours in Geology
Professional Service:
• Co-convener – "Volatiles in the Earth - From past to present" - a special session in the 2009 AGU Fall Meeting
• Co-convener – "Primary Melt Generation and Dynamics of Magma Transport and Storage" - a special session at the Goldschmidt 2008 Conference
• Co-convener – "Volatiles and Melts in the Earth's Interior" - a special session in the 2007 AGU Fall Meeting
• Co-chair – "Earth's Carbon Cycle: Sources, Recycling Pathways, and Geochemical Evolution" - a special session in AGU Joint Assembly 2006
• Solicited journal reviews – Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, G-cubed, Geology, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of the Geological Society, Journal of Geophysical Research-Planet, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, Journal of Petrology, Lithos, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
Memberships in Professional Society:
•
American Geophysical
Union (since 2001)
•
Mineralogical Society
of America (since 2002)
•
Geochemical Society
(since 2002)
as of September 08, 2009