My Curriculum Vitae
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Schooling
Class X (AISSE): 90% [Ramkrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Viveknagar]
Class XII (AISSCE): 85.6% [Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Viveknagar]
College (Integrated MS, Geoscience major)
CGPA: 8.00
Awards and recognitions
1. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
2. Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS)
3. NET JRF, AIR-34
Publications (journal)
1. DAS, Shibajyoti, CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, CHATTOPADHYAY, Debarati, 2015. The effect of hunger on drilling behaviour of Natica tigrina: An experimental assessment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 429, 57-61. (pdf)
Publications (abstracts)
1. DAS, Shibajyoti and CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, 2014. Effect of hunger on drilling predation by Naticid gastropods. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, Session 133, p: 331
2. CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, DUTTA, Saurav, DAS, Shibajyoti, and CHATTOPADHYAY, Debarati, 2014. Effect of climatic shift on biodiversity of bivalves: a case study from lower Miocene of Kutch, India. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, Session 217, p: 539
Conference attended and Poster presentations
1. GSA-2014, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2. "Convergence-2015" Departmnt day and geoscience seminar on 14th March, 2015. Won Best poster award in the poster presentation. Poster title: Miocene molluscan paleoecology from Kutch, India
3. "Convergence-2014" Departmnt day and geoscience seminar on 15th March, 2014. Won Second prize in poster presentation.
Poster title: Effect of hunger on drilling predation by Naticid gastropods.
3. Frontiers in modern biology (FIMB)conducted jointly by IISER Kolkata and DST.
Test scores
GRE: 317 (Q:166, V:151)
TOEFL: 104 (R:29, L:26, S:24, W:25)
Skills
Programming Language: Python and C
Operating System: Linus and Windows
Technical software: Matlab, Past, R, ImageJ
Instruments and techniques: Micro-mill sampling system, Invertebrate fossil preparation, IRMS, ICP-MS, AES
Field trips attended
1. Structural geology field at Galudih, India; December, 2012.
2. Sedimentology field at Kangra, India; December, 2013.
3. Paleontology field: Fossil collection and stratigraphy reconstruction at Kutch, India; Dec, 2013 and 2014.
4. Paleobiology field at Chandipur beach, India; May-July, 2014.
Courses studied
Geoscience courses studied:
1. Planetary Earth and Environmental Science
2. Earth System Processes
3. Geophysics (Theory & Practical)
4. Structural Geology (Theory and practical)
5. Mineralogy(Theory and practical)
6. Geochemistry
7. Paleontology (Theory & Practical)
8. Igneous and metamorphic petrology (Theory and practical)
9. Geodynamics and geomorphology
10. Sedimentology(Theory and practical)
11. Bioremediation of contaminated soil and water
Other courses studied:
1. Classical mechanics
2. Chemistry of Elements
3. Electronics
4. Cell Biology
5. Single Variable Analysis
6. Energetics and Dynamics of Chemical Reactions
7. Thermodynamics
8. Genetics
9. Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations
10. Electricity and Magnetism
11. Spectroscopy and Other Physical Methods for Molecules and Solids
12. Synthesis and Chromatography
13. Biochemistry
14. Complex Variables and Applications
15. Quantum Mechanics I
16. Experimental Physics III Quantum and Atomic Physics
17. Bonding Structure and Symmetry
18. Physical Chemistry Experiments
19. Evolutionary Biology
20. Probablity and Statistics
21. Waves and Optics
22. Organic Synthesis
23. Polymer and Theoretical Chemistry
24. Physical Organic and Organic Chemistry
25. Synthesis of Typical Inorganic Compounds and Their Characterization