Introduction
Education:
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
M.Sc., Pune University, India
B.Sc., St. Xavier's College, Mumbai University, India
In brief:
I am an enthusiastic educator with a passion for sharing geologic knowledge with my students. I joined the Geology Department at SUNY New Paltz in Fall 2013 where my job responsibilities include:
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Lead and teach multi-day Spring semester field excursion courses to various locations in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, and New Mexico focused on regional tectonics and geologic history.
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Assist with organizing and coordinating the weekly Field Geology capstone course focused on the structural geology of the Hudson Valley fold-thrust belt, and the Fall semester weekend field excursion to Acadia National Park, Maine.
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Teach lecture and laboratory sections of the introductory level Physical Geology course.
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Teach laboratory sections of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Historical Geology.
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Actively engaged in undergraduate summer research projects focused on magmatic processes using fieldwork, petrography, SEM analyses, and geophysical modelling.
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Assist with organizing and coordinating other one-day field trips for Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Mineralogy, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, Geomorphology, Paleontology, Petrology, and the multi-day weekend field course to Acadia National Park, ME.
