Poulomi Sannigrahi

Curriculum Vitae


Education

Research Experience

Teaching Experience

Awards & Honors

Professional Societies

Publications

Educational Background

Ph.D. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences 2005 Georgia Institute of Technology
M.Sc. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences 2000 University of Alberta, Canada
M.Sc. Applied Geology 1998 Indian Institute of Technology, India
B.Sc. Geology and Geophysics (Honors) 1996 Indian Institute of Technology, India

Research Experience

Post-doctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology: January 2006 to present

Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology: August 2000 to December 2005

  • Optimized the 13C and 31P NMR spectroscopic analytical technique on a large variety of natural organic material.
  • Collaborated with Dr. R.J. Weber's research group to characterize water-soluble organic carbon extracted from ambient aerosols collected in the Atlanta region, using solution 1H and solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy.
  • Participated in the National School on Neutron and X-ray scattering workshop at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
  • Conducted research aboard R/V Cape Hatteras to the Bermuda Atlantic Times-series Study (BATS) site.

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alberta: August 1998 to July 2000

  • Carried out Re-Os isotopic analyses on black shales at different levels of hydrocarbon maturity, using negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry.


Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Earth Processes: Fall 2003 through Fall 2004
  • How to Build a Habitable Planet: Spring 2002

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta

  • Mineralogy I: Fall 1998, 1999
  • Metamorphic Petrology: Spring 1999, 2000

Awards and Honors

  • Research Excellence Award, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2006
  • Invited participant at Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography (DISCO XIX), Waikoloa, HI, May 2005.
  • Best oral presentation award, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Student Symposium, October 2003.

Professional Societies

  • American Geophysical Union
  • The Geochemical Society