Function and Responsibilities:

Humboldt Research Fellow,

Section 3.5, Interface Geochemistry

Research Interests:

Carbon cycling in glacier environments

Polar Biogeochemistry

Microbial Ecology

Career:

2019 Scientist D, ESSO-National Centre for Polar & Ocean Research (formerly NCAOR), Goa, India

2015 Scientist C, ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa, India

2011 Scientist B, ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa, India

2008 Research Scientist B, ESSO-National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research, Goa, India

2006 Project Assistant III, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India

Education:

PhD, Goa University, India

Awards:

2021 Humboldt Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

2020 SERB-Women Excellence award by the Science and Engineering Research Board, India

2019 Young Researcher award by the Ministry of Earth Science, India

2017 Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences

2016 Early Career Researcher support by PAGES (Past Global Changes) Office, Switzerland

2014 Certificate of Merit for outstanding contribution in Polar Sciences by Ministry of Earth Sciences, India

2011 SCAR fellowship by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom