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Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Koushik Dutta

Large Lakes Observatory

University of Minnesota, Duluth

Research Laboratory Building 109

2205 East 5th Street

Duluth, MN 55812-2496, USA

 

Phone: +1-(218) 726 6055 (Office); FAX: +1-(218) 726 6979

E-mail: kdutta @ d.umn.edu

URL: http://umn.edu/~kdutta;  http://www.researcherid.com/rid/F-9371-2010

 

Primary areas of research:

·   Applications of radiocarbon in earth sciences (carbon cycle, oceanography, palaeoclimate) and archaeology

·   Palaeoclimate studies for the past variations of Asian monsoon and influence of solar variability on climate

·   Stable isotope and organic biogeochemistry applied to limnology

 

 

Professional experience:

·   Research Associate (Feb 2009 – till date) Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota – Duluth

Research topics: Isotopic and biogeochemical studies in lake ecosystems; carbon cycle and reservoir 14C-age in the Lake Superior; stable isotope and organic geochemistry; mass spectrometry

 

·   Scientific Officer – “D” (Chemist) (Nov 2005 – Feb 2009) Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India

Research topics: Multidisciplinary applications of radiocarbon (14C) in earth sciences, archaeology and medical sciences using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS); oceanographic applications of 87Sr

 

·   Postdoctoral Research Associate (Mar 2003 – Nov 2005) University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Research topic: “Potential carbon release from permafrost soils of Northeastern Siberia”

[CO2 release and carbon isotopic studies in laboratory incubated permafrost soils from Siberia; influence climate change on permafrost carbon stock, and identify the sources of carbon vulnerable to decomposition]

 

·   Postdoctoral Fellow (Dec 2001 – Feb 2003) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Research topic: “Isotopic and Geochemical studies of Northern Indian Ocean corals”

[Trace element and 14C studies in corals to reconstruct past changes in monsoon and ocean circulation]

 

·   Research Scholar (Aug 1995 – Oct 2001) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Ph.D. thesis title: “Study of Marine processes in the Northern Indian Ocean using Radiocarbon”

 

 

Academic qualifications:

·   Ph.D. in Geology (submitted October 2001), Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India

Degree of “Doctor of Philosophy in Geology” awarded in February 2003, by The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India

 

·   M.Sc. in Applied Geology (1995), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India

Specialization: Sedimentology, stable isotope geochemistry and palaeoclimatology from Gondwana sediments of eastern India

 

·    B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology (1993), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Geology (major), Physics and Mathematics (minor); Ranked 1st in class

 



List of publications(in reverse chronological order):

Total number of citations of peer reviewed publications (as of August 11 2011): 302; H-index: 8

Papers in refereed journals (latest numbers of citations are given in parentheses ‘[ ]’):

1.      Dutta K, Bhushan R. Radiocarbon in the northern Indian Ocean two decades after GEOSECS: Sink or source of CO2 (under review Global Biogeochemical Cycles).

 

2.      Agrawal S, Sanyal P, Sarkar A, Jaiswal M, Dutta K. Variability of Indian monsoonal rainfall over the past 100 ka and its implication vegetational change. Quaternary Research (in press).

 

3.      Chakraborty S, Goswami BN, Dutta K. Pacific coral oxygen isotope and the tropospheric temperature gradient over Asian monsoon region: a tool to reconstruct past Indian summer monsoon rainfall. Journal of Quaternary Science (in press).

 

4.      Soon W, Dutta K, Legates DR, Velasco V, Zhang W (2011) Variation in surface air temperature of China during the 20th Century. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.007 (in press).

 

5.      Agnihotri R, Dutta K, Soon W (2011) Temporal derivative of total solar irradiance and anomalous Indian summer monsoon. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 73, 1980-1987, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.06.006.

 

6.      Dahanayake K, Kulasena N, Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K, Ray DK (2011) Sedimentological and 14C dating studies of past tsunami events in Southern Sri Lanka. Natural Hazards, DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9824-6 (in press).

 

7.      Dutta K, Ravi Prasad GV, Ray DK, Raghav S (2010) Decadal changes of radiocarbon in the surface Bay of Bengal: Three decades after GEOSECS and one decade after WOCE. Radiocarbon, 52(3), 1191-1196.

 

8.      Rautray T, Dutta K, Das SL, Rautray AC (2010) In situ analyses of gallstone inner layers by external PIXE. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 268, 2773-2776, DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.06.008. [2]

 

9.      Babu CP, Pattan JN, Dutta K, Basavaiah N, Ravi Prasad GV, Ray DK, Govil P (2010) Shift in detrital sedimentation in the eastern Bay of Bengal during the late Quaternary. Journal of Earth System Science, 119(3), 285-295, DOI: 10.1007/s12040-010-0022-9.

 

10.  Kanungo AK, Misra VN, Dutta K, Ravi Prasad GV, Yadava MG, Hodgins GWL (2009) The radiocarbon chronology of Kopia, an early glass manufacturing centre in India. Archaeometry, 52(5), 899-918, DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00497.x.

 

11.  Cherian PJ, Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K, Ray DK, Selvakumar V, Shajan KP (2009) Chronology of Pattanam: An early historic Indo-Roman port on the southwest coast of India. Current Science, 97(2), 236-249. [2]

 

12.  Reddy DV, Nagabhushanam P, Kumar D, Sukhija BS, Thomas PJ, Pandey AK, Sahoo RN, Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K (2009) The great 1950 Assam earthquake revisited: Field evidences of liquefaction and search for palaeoseismic events. Tectonophysics, 474, 463-472. [2]

 

13.  Dutta K (2008) Marine 14C reservoir ages and Suess effect in the Indian Ocean. Earth Science India, 1(IV), 243-257.

 

14.  Chakraborty S, Dutta K, Bhattacharyya A, Nigam M, Schuur EAG, Shah SK (2008) Atmospheric 14C variability recorded in tree rings from peninsular India: Implications for fossil fuel CO2 emission and atmospheric transport. Radiocarbon, 50(3), 321-330.

 

15.  Rajendran K, Rajendran CP, Earnest A, Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K, Ray DK, Anu R, Jeyabaskaran R (2008) Age estimates of coastal terraces in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and their tectonic implications. Tectonophysics, 455(1-4), 53-60, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.004. [14]

 

16.  Bhushan R, Dutta K, Somayajulu BLK (2008) Estimates of upwelling rates in the Arabian Sea and the equatorial Indian Ocean based on bomb radiocarbon. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99, 1566-1571, DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.006.

 

17.  Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K, Ray DK (2008) Radiocarbon AMS at IOP: system improvements and dating of groundwater from Bhadrak district, Orissa. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 266(8), 1833-1836, DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.11.060. [2]

 

18.  Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2007) Rapid vertical mixing rates in deep waters of the Andaman Basin. Science of Total Environment, 384(1-3), 401-408, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.04.041. [3]

 

19.  Behera PK, Ray DK, Dutta K, Ravi Prasad GV, Routray TR, Choudhury RK (2007) Radiocarbon dates from the Middle Mahanadi Valley, Orissa. Man and Environment, XXXII (2), 41-46.

 

20.  Zimov SA, Davydov SP, Zimova GM, Davydova AI, Schuur EAG, Dutta K, Chapin III FS (2006) Permafrost carbon: Stock and decomposability of a globally significant carbon pool. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L20502, DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027484. [29]

 

21.  Dutta K, Schuur EAG, Neff JC, Zimov SE (2006) Potential carbon release from permafrost soils of Northeastern Siberia. Global Change Biology, 12(12), 2336-2351, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01259.x. [59]

 

22.  Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK, Rastogi N (2006) Interannual variation in atmospheric D14C over the Northern Indian Ocean. Atmospheric Environment, 40, 4501-4512, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.013. [2]

 

23.  Kane ES, Valentine DW, Schuur EAG, Dutta K (2005) Soil carbon stabilization along climate and stand productivity gradients in black spruce forests of interior Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 35, 2118-2129. [27]

 

24.  Mahapatra DP, Behera AK, Gopalan K, Chakraborty S, Dutta K, Somayajulu BLK (2004) AMS at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 223-224, 26-30, DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.009. [2]

 

25.  Bhushan R, Dutta K, Mulsow S, Povinec PP, Somayajulu BLK (2003) Distribution of natural and man-made radionuclides during reoccupation of GEOSECS stations 413 and 416 in the Arabian Sea: Temporal changes. Deep Sea Research-II, 50, 2777-2784, DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00147-4. [7]

 

26.  Agnihotri R, Dutta K (2003) Centennial scale variations in monsoonal rainfall (Indian, east equatorial and Chinese monsoons): Manifestations of solar variability. Current Science, 85, 459-463. [17]

 

27.  Dutta K (2002) Coherence of tropospheric 14CO2 with El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(20), 48(1-4), DOI: 10.1029/2002GL014753. [2]

 

28.  Agnihotri R, Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2002) Evidence for solar forcing on the Indian monsoon during the last millennium. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 198, 521-527, DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00530-7. [74]

 

29.  Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2001) D-R correction values for the Northern Indian Ocean. Radiocarbon, 43(2a), 483-488. [33]

 

30.  Bhushan R, Dutta K, Somayajulu BLK (2001) Concentrations and burial fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon on the eastern margins of the Arabian Sea. Marine Geology, 178, 95-113, DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00179-7. [24]

 

Ph.D. Thesis dissertation:

Dutta K (2001) Study of Marine Processes in the Northern Indian Ocean. The Maharaja Sayaji Rao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India, 168pp. [8]

Articles published in books and in conference proceedings:

1.      Dutta K, (2009) Marine 14C reservoir ages and Suess effect in the Indian Ocean. In: (Tripathi SC, Tandon SK, Bhattacharya AR, eds.) Advances in Earth Sciences, Vol. 1, Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi, India, 290pp.

 

2.      Schuur EAG, Vogel JG, Crummer KG, Dutta K, Lee H, Trucco C, Sickman J (2007) Using radiocarbon to detect change in ecosystem carbon cycling in response to permafrost thawing. In: Proceedings of the Central Alaska Park Science Symposium, 6, 34-36.

 

3.      Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2001) 14CO2 in maritime air over the Northern Indian Ocean. In: Proceedings of 3rd IAEA Conference on “The Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques”, April 23-27 2001, Vienna, Austria.

 

4.      Bhushan R, Dutta K, Somayajulu BLK, Krishnaswami S (1999) Bomb radiocarbon in the Arabian Sea: Estimates of the rates of air-sea CO2 exchange and upwelling. In: (Nojiri Y, ed.) Proceedings of “2nd International Symposium on CO2 in the Oceans”, Jan 18-22 1999, Tsukuba, Japan, 231-234pp. (Center for Global Environmental Research, Tsukuba, 1999).

 

5.      Somayajulu BLK, Agnihotri R, Dixit M, Dutta K, Sharma C (1998) Arabian Sea Sediments and Palaeoclimate. In: (Subbaraya, Rao, Desai, and Manikiam, eds.) Global Climate Changes Scientific Results from ISRO-GBP. ISRO, Bangalore, India, 207-221pp.

 

 

List of conference abstracts:

1.       Agnihotri R, Dutta K, Soon W (2011) How Total solar irradiance forcing manifests itself in the inter-decadal variability of Indian Monsoon: Evidences from the recent past. In abstracts of: “7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology”, October 11-14 2011, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India.

 

2.       Das SS, Rai AK, Akaram V, Dutta K (2011) Late Quaternary clay mineral assemblages in the southeastern Arabian Sea: reconstruction of monsoonal oscillations. In abstracts of: “7th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology”, October 11-14 2011, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India.

 

3.       Dutta K, Ravi Prasad GV, Ray DK, Raghav S (2009) Decadal changes of radiocarbon in the surface Bay of Bengal: Three decades after GEOSECS and one decade after WOCE. In abstracts of: “20th International Radiocarbon Conference”, May 31-June 5 2009, Big Island, Hawaii, USA.

 

4.       Dutta K (2008) Quantification methods in archaeological 14C dating in the Indian context. In: Proceedings of “National Seminar on Use of Quantitative Method in Indian Archaeology”, November 5-7 2008, Centre for Archaeological Science and Training Eastern India, Kolkata, India.

 

5.       Dutta K, Singh SK, Raghav S (2008) Dissolved [Sr] and 87Sr/86Sr in the Ganges estuary. In: Proceedings of “International Conference on Terrestrial Planets: Evolution through Time”, January 22-25 2008, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.

 

6.       Ray DK, Dutta K, Ravi Prasad GV (2007) 14C AMS facility at Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. In: Abstracts of “Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, October 5 2007, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India.

 

7.       Dutta K, Somayajulu BLK (2007) First measurements of 10Be in the Northern Indian Ocean seawater column. In: Abstracts of “Workshop on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, October 5 2007, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India.

 

8.       Ravi Prasad GV, Ray DK, Dutta K (2007) Accelerator Mass Spectrometry programme at IOP. In: Abstracts of “18th International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis”, September 23-28 2007, Hyderabad, India.

 

9.       Schuur EAG, Vogel JG, Dutta K, Crummer KG, Lee H (2007) The contribution of old carbon to respiration from arctic tundra following permafrost thaw. In: Abstracts of “ESA/SER Joint Meeting – Ecological Restoration in a Changing World”, August 5-10 2007, San Jose, California, USA.

 

10.    Pandey AK, Pandey P, Singh GD, Ravi Prasad GV, Dutta K, Ray DK, Milki M (2007) Rupture characteristics and deformation partitioning in the Himalayan front of NW Himalaya: evidence from a post AD 1335 earthquake. In: Abstracts of “IUGG XXIV Conference – Section: Non-instrumental seismometry – Global and regional parameters of palaeoseismology; implications for fault scaling and future earthquake hazard”, July 2-13 2007, Perugia, Italy.

 

11.    Schuur EAG, Vogel JG, Dutta K (2006) The carbon balance and age of respiration from Alaskan tundra following permafrost thaw. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract C51A-0384.

 

12.    Schuur EAG, Vogel JG, Crummer KG, Dutta K, Lee H, Trucco C, Sickman J (2006) Using radiocarbon to detect change in ecosystem carbon cycling in response to permafrost thawing. In: Abstracts of “2006 Alaska Park Science Symposium”, September 12-14 2006, Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

 

13.    Chakraborty S, Bhattacharya A, Dutta K, Schuur EAG, Nigam M (2006) Anomalously low bomb peak radiocarbon values observed in tree rings from central India. In: Abstracts of “19th International Radiocarbon Conference”, April 3-7 2006, Oxford, UK.

 

14.    Dutta K, Zimov SA, Schuur EAG (2004) The age and amount of carbon released from incubations of permafrost soil from northeastern Siberia. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B13C-0240.

 

15.    Schuur EAG, Dutta K, Vogel JG (2004) Permafrost melting and the age of carbon respired from Arctic Tundra. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B23A-0957.

 

16.    Kane ES, Valentine DW, Schuur EAG, Dutta K (2004) Soil carbon stabilization along climate and stand productivity gradients in Black Spruce forests of interior Alaska. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract B23A-0944.

 

17.    Kane ES, Valentine DW, Schuur EAG, Dutta K (2004) Soil carbon stabilization along productivity gradients in interior Alaska. In: Abstracts of “12th Annual International Boreal Forest Research Association (IBFRA) Conference”, May 3-6 2004, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

 

18.    Chakraborty S, Dutta K (2004) Coral derived surface water radiocarbon activities in the Northern Indian Ocean: Implications to carbon cycling. In: Abstracts of “INDOCLIM: International Workshop on Role of Indian Ocean Climate Variability over India”, February 23-27 2004, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.

 

19.    Mahapatra DP, Choudhury RK, Behera AK, Dutta K, Rajagopalan G, Somayajulu BLK (2003) 14C measurements using AMS at IOP, Bhubaneswar. In: Abstracts of “Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS) Silver Jubilee Symposium–2003”, January 27-31 2003, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India.

 

20.    Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2001) 14CO2 in maritime air over the Northern Indian Ocean. In: Abstracts of “3rd IAEA Conference on The Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques”, April 23-27 2001, Vienna, Austria.

 

21.    Dutta K (2001) Influence of El Niño/Southern Oscillation on tropospheric 14CO2. In: Abstracts of “6th International CO2 Conference”, October 1-5 2001, Sendai, Japan.

 

22.    Agnihotri R, Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2001) Multi-decadal variability of South Asian monsoon: Proxy and instrumental records. In: Abstracts of “1st ARTS Open Sciences Meeting”, November 4-7 2001, Nouméa, New Caledonia.

 

23.    Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2000) Anthropogenic radiocarbon in the Bay of Bengal: Two decades after GEOSECS. In: Abstracts of “17th International Radiocarbon Conference”, June 18-23 2000, Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

24.    Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2000) 14C in archived marine shells from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. In: Abstracts of “17th International Radiocarbon Conference”, June 18-23 2000, Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel.

 

25.  Dutta K, Bhushan R, Somayajulu BLK (2000) Air-sea exchange rate of carbon dioxide over the Northern Indian Ocean. In: Abstracts of “TROPMET-2000, National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology”, February 1-4 2000, Cochin, India.



Other academic activities:

Conferences attended:

International:

·   International Conference on “Evolution of Terrestrial Planets”, January 22-25 2008, Ahmedabad, India

·   GEOTRACES “Indian Ocean Planning Workshop”, October 24-26 2007, Dona Paula, Goa, India

·   2004 AGU Fall meeting, December 13-17 2004, San Francisco, USA

·   1st ARTS (Annual Resolution Tropical Systems) Open Sciences Meeting, Nov 4-7 2001, Nouméa, New Caledonia

·   6th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, October 1-5 2001, Sendai, Japan

·   17th International Radiocarbon Conference, June 18-23 2000, Judean Hills, Jerusalem, Israel

·   International Conference on “Isotopes in the Solar System”, November 11-14 1997, Ahmedabad, India

National:

·   National Seminar on “Use of Quantitative Method in Indian Archaeology”, November 5-7 2008, Kolkata, India

·   TROPMET-2000, National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology, February 1-4 2000, Cochin, India

 

Talks and lectures delivered:

·   “Quantification methods in archaeological 14C dating in the Indian context” (invited talk), National Seminar on “Use of Quantitative Method in Indian Archaeology”, Centre for Archaeological Science and Training (Eastern India), Kolkata, November 7 2008

 

·   “Variability of 70~50 year cycles of the South Asian monsoon during the last 5 millennia”, Seminar series on “Climate Change”, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, October 10 2008

 

·   “87Sr/86Sr in the Ganges estuary”, International Conference on “Evolution of Terrestrial Planets”, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, January 23 2008

 

·   “Factors influencing distributions of 14C, 10Be and 87Sr in the Northern Indian Ocean”, GEOTRACES “Indian Ocean Planning Workshop”, Dona Paula, Goa, October 25 2007

 

·   “First measurements of 10Be in the Northern Indian Ocean seawater column”, Workshop on “Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, October 5 2007

 

·   “14C AMS facility at Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar”, Workshop on “Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, October 5 2007

 

·   “14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry with 3MV pelletron at IOP: Applications to Antarctic Science”, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vasco-da-Gama, Goa, December 22 2006

 

·   “14C Accelerator Mass Spectrometry with 3MV pelletron at IOP: Applications to Oceanography”, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, December 21 2006

 

·   “Multi-decadal variability of South Asian monsoon: Proxy and instrumental records”, 1st ARTS (Annual Resolution Tropical Systems) Open Sciences Meeting, Nouméa, New Caledonia, November 5 2001

 

·   “Influence of El Niño/Southern Oscillation on tropospheric 14CO2”, 6th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Sendai, Japan, October 4 2001

 

·   “Anthropogenic radiocarbon in the Bay of Bengal: Two decades after GEOSECS”, 17th International Radiocarbon Conference, Judean Hills, Israel, June 22 2000

 

·   “14C in archived marine shells from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal”, 17th International Radiocarbon Conference, Judean Hills, Israel, June 22 2000

 

·   “Air-sea exchange rate of carbon dioxide over the Northern Indian Ocean”, TROPMET-2000, National Symposium on Tropical Meteorology, Cochin, February 2 2000

 

Summer schools and workshops attended:

·   Training on Elemental Analyzer (EA), Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) and Gas Chromatography (GC-IRMS), Isomass IRMS Training Centre (Thermo Finnigan), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, Dec 7-16 2009

·   Workshop on “Accelerator Mass Spectrometry”, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India, Oct 5 2007

·   1st short course on “The Use of Radiocarbon in Ecology and Earth System Science”, University of California, Irvine, July 11-17 2004

·   Workshop on “Theory and practice of Inductively-Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)”, Geological Society of India, Bangalore, India, January 1997

·   Summer internship at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, June 1994, Nagpur, India. Analysis of groundwater samples collected from an oil refinery complex for toxic heavy metals and hydrocarbons.

 

 

Peer reviewing activity:

·   Served in the review panels of:

°   U.S. National Science Foundation

°   U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation

 

·   Served as reviewer for the following journals:

°   Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (American Geophysical Union)

°   Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences (American Geophysical Union)

°   Geo-Marine Letters (Springer Publishing)

°   Radiocarbon (University of Arizona)

°   Current Science (Indian Academy of Sciences)

 

 

Fellowships, awards and honors:

·   Merit-cum-means Fellowship of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (1993 to 1995)

·   CSIR travel grant to attend 17th International Radiocarbon Conference, Judean Hills, Israel (June 2000)

·   Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World (2009), Who’s Who in America (2011)

 

Professional memberships:

·   American Geophysical Union, USA (member 2002-2005, and since 2008)

·   The Society of Earth Scientists, India (fellow since 2008)

 

Other memberships:

·   National Geographic Society (member since 2009)

·   The Smithsonian Institution (national associate member since 2009)

 



                                                                                   

Date:   September 1, 2011                                                                             Signature: (Koushik Dutta)

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