KAUSHIK MITRA
LABORATORY FOR EXPERIMENTAL & AQUEOUS PLANETOLOGY (LEAP)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & LEAP PI
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO
About me
I am a low-temperature experimentalist and interested in surface process geochemistry of planetary bodies. I study the formation, evolution, and destruction of geological materials at planetary surface and shallow subsurface conditions.
I received my Integrated B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degree in Applied Geology in 2015 from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in India. I have worked with the Indian Space Agency (ISRO). I received my Ph.D. from the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Washington University in Saint Louis in 2021 and was then a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University.
I am an aqueous geochemist and conduct laboratory experiments and computer simulations to explore and investigate the complex chemistry and geology of planets. If you seek to learn more about my recent works
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My interests...
PLANETARY GEOCHEMISTRY
Investigating (Sub)surface Weathering on Mars with Chemical and Isotopic Analysis using Laboratory Experiments
ASTROBIOLOGY
Organic Matter Degradation by Oxyhalogen Species on the Martian Surface
ELECTRO-GEOCHEMISTRY
Determining Dissolution and Oxidation Rate Kinetics of Redox Sensitive Minerals
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
Galileo Galilei