Welcome to my website. I am visitng assistant professor of geology at Skidmore College. I love doing science and teaching. Some of my research interests are the formation and evolution of planets including Earth, deep volatile cycling of life essential elements, magma mobility, volatiles, and volcanic eruption. I employ atomistic simulations to study material properties at high pressure and temperature conditions of deep planetary interior to mimic the deep interior of present-day Earth as well as during the early stages of planet formation, i.e., magma ocean.
I received my Ph.D. in 2016 from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University. For my dissertation, I studied the magma with basaltic composition to understand (a) the effect of dissolved volatiles on the mobility and stability of magma at depth, (b) the effect of Fe and H2O in the atomic structure and density of melt, and (c) transport properties such as viscosity, diffusion, and electrical conductivity of silicate liquids.
After my PhD, I joined the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University as a Postdoctoral Researcher. During my postdoc, I explored the properties of metallic melts with composition of iron/nickel and iron-light elements. This study provided an insight into the planet scale budget of life essential elements such as caron and nitrogen. This is important to understand the habitability of terrestrial planets, role of light element to assist the chemical convection and sustenance of geodynamo.
I joined Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste Marie, MI as King Chávez Parks Visiting Professor of Geology and taught various geology courses with lab sections. At present, I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Geosciences, Skidmore College which is in Saratoga Springs, NY.
I received my Ph.D. in 2016 from the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University. For my dissertation, I studied the magma with basaltic composition to understand (a) the effect of dissolved volatiles on the mobility and stability of magma at depth, (b) the effect of Fe and H2O in the atomic structure and density of melt, and (c) transport properties such as viscosity, diffusion, and electrical conductivity of silicate liquids.
After my PhD, I joined the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University as a Postdoctoral Researcher. During my postdoc, I explored the properties of metallic melts with composition of iron/nickel and iron-light elements. This study provided an insight into the planet scale budget of life essential elements such as caron and nitrogen. This is important to understand the habitability of terrestrial planets, role of light element to assist the chemical convection and sustenance of geodynamo.
I joined Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste Marie, MI as King Chávez Parks Visiting Professor of Geology and taught various geology courses with lab sections. At present, I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Geosciences, Skidmore College which is in Saratoga Springs, NY.