Education

  • BS Purdue Univ West Lafayette, 5/2017
  • Oregon State University
  • MS Calif St Univ Northridge
  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    I am interested in the coevolution of the biosphere and the physical planet, which I look at through the lens of sedimentology, stable isotope geochemistry, and radionuclide geochemistry. I am currently working on whether the evolution of trees in the Devonian Period (~400 Ma) altered the sensitivity of terrestrial silicate weathering and caused a drawdown in atmospheric carbon dioxide. I am also investigating erosional fluxes during the Ice Age extinction (~13,500 years ago) in Southern California to better understand the drivers of this event, particularly the hypothesized role of humans.

    Research Specialties

    Geobiology, Bio-geomorphology, Stable isotope and cosmogenic Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Biomarkers

  • Journal Article

    • Ghosh, A., Varadachari, C. (2014). Theoretical Derivations of a Direct Band Gap Semiconductor of SiC Doped with Ge. Journal of Electronic Materials.