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, Germany
Ananya Mallik, a geoscientist from the University of Arizona, has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to study the fate of carbonate platforms that have been pushed into the Earth during subduction. The project aims to understand how much carbon is returned to the Earth's surface from volcanic outgassing and how much stays in the mantle. Mallik's team will analyze geochemical fingerprints of subducted marbles and volcanic products in the Carpathian region and conduct lab experiments to model what happens to the carbon in the Earth's mantle.
- The study will test whether subducted marbles are the source of volcanic rocks in the Carpathian region.
- Lab experiments will model the behavior of carbonate in the Earth's mantle and the possible formation of magma.
- The team will produce a mini documentary on carbon's journey from the Earth's surface to its interior and back, promoting it through social media and local organizations.
- The research will improve our understanding of carbon cycling between the Earth's surface and interior and its implications for the global carbon budget.