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JAHNAVI PUNEKAR (Principal Investigator)
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I am a natural history enthusiast fascinated by the evolution of life and biodiversity on Earth. Fossils and the science of reconstructing past environments have captivated my interest since high-school. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Geology (St. Xavier's College, Mumbai) and a Master's degree in Applied Geology (IIT Bombay). My doctoral degree at Princeton University was based on the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary mass extinction ~66 million years ago (the one where dinosaurs, ammonites and many other groups went extinct). My specific interests lie in exploring the applications of micropalaeontology in biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment/ palaeoclimate reconstructions.
CURRENT STUDENTS
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Doctoral Candidates
Shweta Gupta
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Mid-Cretaceous foraminifera
Southern India
Biostratigraphy and Palaeoenvironment
Brijesh Singh
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Late Cretaceous Planktonic foraminifera
Diagenetic effects and overprinting
Biotratigraphy and
Palaeoenvironment
Sooraj C P
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Mid-Cretaceous
foraminifera
Central India
Biotratigraphy and
Palaeoenvironment
Kebenle Kesen
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Cretaceous foraminifera
Inferred ecological behavior
Stressed Palaeoenvironments
Subham Patra
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End Cretaceous foraminifera
Geochemical proxies
Ocean Acidification
MTech Project Students
Anmol Mishra
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Petroleum Geosciences
2020-21
Dibyajyoti Nath
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Petroleum Geosciences
2020-21
Past Students
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Akansha Keshariya, MTech Project Dissertation, IIT Bomay, 2019-20
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Prateek Fulkar, MSc Project Dissertation, IIT Bombay, 2019-20
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Manish Kumar Yadav, MTech Project Dissertation, IIT Bombay, 2018-19
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Prafful Agrawal, MSc Project Dissertation, IIT Bombay, 2018-19
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Shubham Verma, MSc Project Dissertation, IIT Bombay, 2018-19
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Sneha Manda, BS-MS Project Dissertation, IISER Pune, 2018-19
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Shraddha Bhurkunde, BS-MS Project Dissertation, IISER Pune, 2018-19