Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Conducting independent and collaborative research on mantle plume–lithosphere interactions and continental rifting.

Research Interests:

• Mantle Plume–lithosphere interactions
• Continental rifting and rift dynamics
• Lithospheric studies using potential field data
• Geodynamic numerical modelling

Career:

• 2026 – present
  Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany
• 2025
  Project Scientist, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, India
• 2024
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

Awards:

• 2025 – Best Poster Award, International Indian Ocean Science Congress (IIOSC)
• 2025 – Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
• 2024 – Seal of Excellence, European Commission (MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships)
• 2023 – ONGC–IGU Best Oral Presentation Award
• 2018 – Anni Talwani Memorial Award for Women Researchers, Indian Geophysical Union