Research:
I am a paleontologist, specializing in applying geochemical proxies to reconstruct past climatic and environmental conditions from marine micro and macro invertebrate fossils. My research has focused on understanding Earth's paleoclimatic and depositional history from the Cenozoic onwards and its relevance to present-day climate dynamics. In my PhD, I focused on developing reflectance and emittance spectroscopy as potential paleoclimatic tools for the reconstruction of paleo-depositional history in relationship with fossil preservation and taphonomy. I have tried to use a multi-proxy approach on sediment core of the Kachchh Basin, western India, using paleontological (foraminifera and nannoplankton) and geochemical (major-trace-REE geochemistry) proxies for understanding paleoclimatic conditions and depositional history during the major global warming events like Eocene Thermal Maximum-1, 2 (ETM-1, 2), Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum (MECO), and Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO) during Cenozoic. Besides, I have gained experience in several multi-proxy studies (foraminiferal and sedimentological) of core sediments from the Northern Indian Ocean to infer the depositional set-up, paleoceanography and influence of climate over the Quaternary sedimentation in the Indian Ocean.
In my Postdoc at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, I contributed to the study on exploring the biotic relationship between mollusc and foraminifera assemblages for paleoenvironmental and biostratigraphic interpretations during the Cenozoic era.
I now continue my academic journey as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie EUTOPIA SIF Postdoc Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, under the supervision of Professor Philippe Claeys. This exciting project emphasizes on investigating the impact of Eocene global warming on Himalayan larger benthic foraminifera to reconstruct past climate variability and parameterize the future climatic model.
Education
-Ph.D in Paleontology and Sedimentology, from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, India, 2023.
-Master Sc in Applied Geology from Presidency University, Kolkata, India, 2016.
-Bachelor Sc in Geology from Presidency University, Kolkata, India, 2014.
Experience:
- Post-doctoral Research Associate: Paleodepositional and Paleoclimatic interpretation using geochemical proxies at Dwarka Basin, Western India at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, India (2023-2024).
Research Fellow: “Spectral, Geochemical and Paleontological Studies of Fossils and Carbonates: Paleodepositional Environment Reconstruction from the Kachchh Region, NW India”, at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad, India (2017-2023).
DST INSPIRE Summer Trainee: “Micropaleontological Study of Early Eocene Subsurface Beds of Valia Mine, Western India” at Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India (2015).
M.Sc Dissertation: “Geochemical and Paleontological Studies on Eocene sedimentaries from Subathu and Cambay Basins, Reveal Similar Evolutionary Histories” at Presidency University, Kolkata, India (2014-2016).
DST INSPIRE Summer Trainee: “Non-Endemism of Gondwana Vertebrates through Mesozoic Period” at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, India (2014).
