Education

Ph. D. (Isotope Geochemistry) : Physical Research Laboratory, India; Mohanlal Sukhadia University, India.

M. Sc. (Physics): Berhampur University, Odisha, India.

B. Sc. (Physics Honors): Berhampur University, Odisha, India.

Experience

timelapse June, 2026- Present: Professor (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India).

timelapse Oct., 2020- June, 2026: Associate Professor (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India).

timelapse Dec., 2014- Oct., 2020: Assistant Professor (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India).

timelapse Apr., 2014- Dec., 2014 : Assistant Professor (National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India).

timelapse Apr., 2012-Mar., 2014: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Colorado State University, USA).

timelapse Nov., 2011- Apr., 2013: Scientist Fellow (CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India).

timelapse Jan., 2011- Oct., 2011: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India).

Administrative Role

timelapse Chairperson, Centre for Water Research, IISER Pune (August, 2026- Present).

timelapse Chairperson, Committee for Climate Action and Sustainable Policy, IISER Pune (Sept., 2023- July, 2026).

timelapse Chairperson, Dept of Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune (Aug., 2022- July, 2025).

timelapse Deputy Chairperson, Dept of Earth and Climate Science, IISER Pune (Nov., 2020- July, 2022).

Awards and Recognition

stars INSA Young Scientist Award, 2015.

stars Young Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2015.

stars DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 2013.

Extramural Grants

stars Tracing Archean oceanic conditions using chemistry of Banded iron formations. Funded by SERB, India (2022-2025).

stars Geochemical society Capacity building grant to organize workshop on Trace elements in Aqueous systems. 2021.

stars Investigation of Indian monsoon: variability and drivers on decadal to centennial time scales (as Co-PI). Funded by DST, India (2017-2020)

stars Biogeochemical cycling of major and trace elements in brackish-water lagoon system. Funded by SERB, India (2017-2020).