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PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
College/University Major Degree & Year
Jadavpur University, India Geology B.Sc, 2006
Jadavpur University, India Applied Geology M.Sc, 2008
Rice University, TX Earth Science PhD, 2014
APPOINTMENTS
2020- present: Assistant Professor (The RealReal Inc. Endowed Chair in Gem Science), Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2019-2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate, DEEPS, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
2016-2018: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Bayersiches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany
2015-2016: Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Bayerisches Geoinstutut, Bayreuth, GermanyShow Less
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Courses
- PGPetrology of Gems
- IGMIntroduction to Gems and Minerals
- PPetrology
Grants
- Understanding Magmatic Volatile Loss and its Effect on the Prevalence of Effusive vs. Explosive Styles of Volcanism on the Moon
Co-Investigator (COI)
2023
$133.6K
Active - Collaborative Research: Tracking Nitrogen In Mlange Matrix From Fore-Arc To Sub-Arc Depths With Implications For Deep Nitrogen Cycling: A Combined Field And Experimental Approach
Principal Investigator (PI)
2022
$329.0K
Active
News
- College of Science Lecture Series returns in person to delve into the mineral world
2022
Publications (66)
Recent
- Nitrogen subduction efficiency via metabasic rocks: case study from a tectonic mélange in Central Tibet
2023
- Multiple episodes of rock-melt reaction at the slab-mantle interface: Formation of high silica primary magmas in intermediate to hot subduction zones
2023
- Distribution and role of deep mantle volatiles on Earth evolution
2023
- Rapid and precise measurement of carbonate clumped isotopes using laser spectroscopy
2022
- Nitrogen Behavior in Metabasic Rocks from a Low-Angle Subduction Zone: Insights From Amphibolite and Epidote-Blueschists from the Qiantang Metamorphic Belt, Central Tibet
2022
- Controls of fO2-Based COH Degassing and Diffusive Bubble Growth on Explosive Volcanic Eruptions on the Moon
2022
- Constraining bulk water of the Moon: the effect of hydrogen partitioning on lunar magma ocean crystallization
2022
- Partition Coefficients of Heat Producing Elements during Lunar Magma Ocean Crystallization and their Influence on the Present-Day Selenotherm
2022
- Carbonate Platforms Subducted into the Upper Mantle
2022
- Multiple episodes of melt-rock reaction at the slab-mantle interface: Formation of high silica primary magmas in intermediate to hot subduction zones
2022
- Diapirism of Carbonate Platforms Subducted into the Upper Mantle.
2022
- Phase Equilibria of Ultramafic-Rich and Sediment-Rich Mélange Lithologies in Cold to Hot Subduction Zones–Implications for Deep Nitrogen Cycling
2022
- Investigating the Composition of Magmas Produced during Partial Melting of Arclogite
2022
- Diamonds as windows to deep Earth
2022
- Diapirism of carbonate platforms subducted into the upper mantle
2022
- Controls on determining the bulk water content of the Moon
2022
- Effects of COH degassing and bubble growth on the explosivity of lunar volcanic eruptions
2022
- Tracking the evolution of magmas from heterogeneous mantle sources to eruption
2021
- The Unresolved Problem with Deriving a Lunar Temperature Profile from Heat Producing Elements
2021
- The Importance of Hydrogen Partitioning during Lunar Magma Ocean Crystallization: Implications for Constraining the Water Content of the Bulk Silicate Moon
2021
- Crystallization sequence of a Basal Magma Ocean in light of geophysical and geochemical constraints
2021
- Tracing garnet clinopyroxenite formation and recycling using arc magma geochemistry: an example from the modern Andean continental arc
2021
- Exploring the Sensitivity of Lunar Interior Structure from Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints
2021
- The Unresolved Problem with Deriving Lunar Thermal Profiles When Including Heat Producing Elements
2021
- Multiple episodes of melt-rock reaction at the slab-mantle interface: Formation of high silica primary magmas in intermediate to hot subduction zones.
2020
- Reactive Crystallization of the Basal Magma Ocean on Terrestrial Planets
2020
- Controls of Hydrogen Partitioning on the Formation of ‘Wet’ Reservoirs During Lunar Magma Ocean Crystallization
2020
- Intraplate Volcanism and Deep Volatile Cycling: Insights into the Dynamic Processes in the Solid Earth I
2020
- The initial condition for the long-term evolution of terrestrial planets as determined by Reactive Freezing of the Basal Magma Ocean
2020
- The Initial Condition for Long-Term Mantle Evolution of Rocky Planets
2020
- Reactive Freezing of the Basal Magma Ocean on Earth and other Terrestrial Planets
2019
- Constraining Present-Day Internal Structure of the Moon with Implications for Its Formation Using Thermoelastic Equations of State Modeling
2019
- Distribution of trace elements between low-Ca pyroxene and basaltic melts with applications to pyroxenite-derived melt and peridotite interaction in a lithologically …
2019
- A petrologic study on the effect of mantle overturn: Implications for evolution of the lunar interior
2019
- Constraining heterogeneity in the upper mantle using Ocean Island Basalts
2019
- CO2-rich melts in Earth
2019
- Overturn of the Mantle and its Consequence on Evolution of the Lunar Interior: Insights from Experiments
2019
- Multi-disciplinary approach to constraining present-day internal structure of the Moon with implications for the evolution of the lunar interior
2018
- Constraining the Recycling Efficiency of Nitrogen in Modern-day Subduction Zones: Implications for Evolution of the Mantle and Atmosphere
2018
- Temperature and Compositional Dependence of High Field Strength Elements Partitioning between Pyroxenes and Basaltic Liquids
2018
- Nitrogen evolution within the Earth's atmosphere–mantle system assessed by recycling in subduction zones
2018
- The Effect of Fe-Ti-rich Cumulate Overturn on Evolution of the Lunar Interior
2017
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Mantle Melting and Volcanism II
2017
- Thermal Profile of the Lunar Interior Constrained by Revised Estimates of Concentrations of Heat Producing Elements
2017
- Effects of water, depth and temperature on partial melting of mantle-wedge fluxed by hydrous sediment-melt in subduction zones
2016
- Constraints on Lunar Structure from Combined Geochemical, Mineralogical, and Geophysical modeling
2016
- Heterogeneity in the Earth's Interior: The Ongoing Processes of Differentiation I
2015
- Origin and Constraints on Ilmenite-rich Partial Melt in the Lunar Lower Mantle
2015
- Oceanic lavas sampling the high-<sup>3</sup>He/<sup>4</sup>He mantle reservoir: Primitive, depleted, or re-enriched?
2015
- Partial melting of fertile peridotite fluxed by hydrous rhyolitic melt at 2–3 GPa: implications for mantle wedge hybridization by sediment melt and generation of ultrapotassic magmas in convergent margins
2015
- Oceanic lavas sampling the high-3He/4He mantle reservoir: Primitive, depleted, or re-enriched?
2015
- Effect of Mantle Wedge Hybridization by Sediment Melt on Geochemistry of Arc Magma and Arc Mantle Source-Insights from Laboratory Experiments at High Pressures and Temperatures
2015
- Partial melting of fertile peridotite fluxed by hydrous rhyolitic melt at 2–3 GPa: implications for mantle wedge hybridization by sediment melt and generation of ultrapotassic …
2015
- Consequences and Resolution of Lunar Lower Mantle Partial Melt
2014
- Effect of Bulk Water Concentration on Mantle Wedge Hybridization by Rhyolitic Sediment Melt-Implications for Generation of K-rich Basalts to Andesites in Subduction Zones
2014
- Experimental investigation of crust-mantle hybridization in the Earth’s shallow upper mantle
2014
- Effect of variable CO<inf>2</inf> on eclogite-derived andesite and lherzolite reaction at 3 GPa - Implications for mantle source characteristics of alkalic ocean island basalts
2014
- Partial reactive crystallization of variable CO2-bearing siliceous MORB-eclogite-derived melt in fertile peridotite and genesis of alkalic basalts with signatures of …
2013
- Reactive Infiltration of MORB-Eclogite-Derived Carbonated Silicate Melt into Fertile Peridotite at 3 GPa and Genesis of Alkalic Magmas
2013
- Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth's upper mantle
2013
- Reaction between Metapelite-derived Hydrous Partial Melt and Subsolidus Fertile Peridotite at 2-3 GPa-Generation of High-K Magmas in Subduction Zones
2013
- Reaction between MORB-eclogite derived melts and fertile peridotite and generation of ocean island basalts
2012
- The effect of CO2 on partial reactive crystallization of MORB- eclogite-derived basaltic andesite in peridotite and generation of silica-undersaturated basalts.
2012
- Genesis of alkaline magmas by reaction of MORB-eclogite derived carbonated melt with lherzolite.
2012
- Generation of mantle heterogeneity via reaction between MORB-pyroxenite derived partial melts and peridotite
2011
- Reaction between MORB-Pyroxenite-derived Partial Melts and Subsolidus Peridotite at 3 GPa and Generation of Alkalic Ocean Island Basalts
2010