Hello Everyone!
I am Tanmay Keluskar from India. I enrolled as a doctoral student at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Science in October 2020. I will be working under the guidance of Dr. Hab. Monika Kusiak and Dr. Daniel Dunkley on the project “Tracing Archean crust in the North Atlantic Craton (NAC) of Northern Labrador.”
I was born in Mumbai, India, a city situated at the western margin of Deccan Volcanic Province, one of the world’s largest Large Igneous Province. Right from my childhood, while traveling and trekking, I’ve always wondered about the formation of such giant rocks. This curiosity dragged me into the field of Geology for my Bachelor’s studies. Dr. Raymond Duraiswami from the University of Pune, India, introduced me to the Deccan Volcanic Province and its evolution during fieldwork, which was a triggering point for me as a student, and I start developing an interest in Volcanology.
During my Master’s studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, I got a chance to work under Dr. Hetu Sheth’s guidance. He encouraged me to pursue my research in the field of Volcanology. While working with him, I started developing an interest in Geochemistry along with Volcanology. I was selected as a Sakura Science Research Intern awarded by the Japanese Government. During this internship, I worked with Prof. Maeno Fukashi on morphologies and geochemistry of lava flows at Izu Oshima Island, Japan. This internship helped me to develop critical thinking and instrumentation experience essential for my research career. During my Master’s thesis work under Dr. Hetu Sheth’s guidance, I worked on Ignimbrite deposits from North-western Deccan Volcanic Province. As a result of our team’s hard work and consistency, we could publish our research work in a couple of reputed Geoscience journals while 3rd publication is under process.
After completing my Master’s studies, I decided to expand my research scope and work on subjects other than Volcanology. During this period, I found an opening for admission at the International Environmental Doctoral School, University of Silesia. I found the project posted by Dr.Hab. Monika Kusiak regarding Geochronology and Geochemistry. While reading research publications of Dr. Hab. Monika Kusiak and other literature related to the project I found that this project has extensive applicability in future Geoscience research. Fortunately, I was successful in securing admission and enrolled in the Institute. In this project, we will work on Geochemistry and Geochronology of Archean rocks of North Atlantic Cration. This project aims to understand continental crust’s evolutionary trend and constrain the geological events in a given time frame using Geochronological techniques. Our research focuses on the U-Th-Pb geochronology of Zircon crystal and deciphering the isotopic trends to better understand early continental crust evolution.
It has been a couple of months since I am working under the guidance of Dr.Hab. Monika Kusiak and Dr. Daniel Dunkley. The virtual meetings with my supervisors and colleagues have made me believe that I am on the right path in my research career. Every doctoral student requires an experienced and understanding supervisor and colleagues to achieve his or her research goal during doctoral studies. I am fortunate to have Dr.Hab. Kusiak and Dr. Dunkly to guide me as well as colleagues like Mr. Marcin Mieszczak and Mr. Piotr Król to accompany me during this journey. IGF PAN staff support me a lot during my Visa and admission procedures. I feel proud to be a part of such a prestigious institute. I am committed to the Institute and would work hard to maintain research standards set by Institute.
