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:
• 07/15-present: Full Professor – Department of Earth Science, Rice University
Past Appointments
• 07/13-06/15: Associate Professor – Department of Earth Science,
Rice University
• 07/08-06/13: 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:
• 02/13-present: Associate Editor – Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• 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:
• 2014: Fellow – American Geophysical Union
• 2014: James B. Macelwane Medal – American Geophysical Union
• 2013: CAREER Award – National Science Foundation
• 2012: Hisashi Kuno Award – Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology Section, American Geophysical Union
• 2011: F. W. Clarke Medal – Geochemical Society
• 2010: Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering – The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
• 2006: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Post-doctoral Fellowship – Columbia University
• 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
• 1998: University Gold Medal – Jadavpur University
Professional Service:
• Co-convener – "Mantle Reservoirs and their Creation" - a special session at the Goldschmidt 2010 Conference
• Co-convener – "Volatiles in Earth and Planetary Interiors" - a special session at the Goldschmidt 2010 Conference
• 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 – American Mineralogist, Chemical Geology, 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, Nature, Nature Geoscience, Nature Materials, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Science.
Memberships in Professional Society:
• American Geophysical Union (since 2001)
• Mineralogical Society of America (since 2002)
• Geochemical Society (since 2002)
• Geological Society of America (since 2013)
as of July 15, 2015