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Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, Maharashtra, India.

Supervisor: Prof. Suryendu Dutta, IIT Bombay

Research themes

Molecular taphonomy is the process by which organic molecules pass from the biosphere to the geosphere and transform to geopolymers by insitu-polymerization. The study of these diagenetically altered biomacromolecules preserved in fossils is the primary objective of the ongoing research work.

Detailed addressal of the effect of diagenesis on the preservation of these biomacromolecules in the fossils by the use of comprehensive analysis using various techniques is expected to provide a more accurate picture.
In a nutshell, the chemistry of molecular fossils will efficiently reconstruct the past life and their dwellings by tracing their diagenetic history through these geochemical archives.

My skills

Instruments

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Py-GC-MS)

Pyrolysis-two dimensional Gas Chromatography-time of flight Mass Spectrometry (Py-GC×GC-TOFMS)

Gas Chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS)

Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (ssNMR)

Software

ChromaTOF

Chemstation

Inkscape

Corel Draw

Chem Draw

Mass Hunter

TopSpin

Petrel

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint