Debajyoti Basu Sarkar

I am a physical scientist that is driven my deterministic principles, and intrigued by stochastic tools. Fundamental and applied problems I am interested in fall mainly within the purview of earth, environmental, and planetary sciences. Six key words or phrases: geophysics, solid planet, climate and sustainable environment, energy, data analytics/science, and systems science.

Theme ONE: Heat loss mechanisms within planetary interiors and planetary climate. Employs the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics, constrained by the empirical evidences derived from geological field studies, geophysical data, laboratory studies including geochemical experiments, as well as remote sensing and in situ observations. It aims to identify and understand the basic geophysical processes—and their geological consequences—associated with the efficiency, or rather inefficiency, of buoyancy-driven convection within the solid interior of a planet over geologic time. One important goal here is to contribute to a predictive understanding of the divergent tectonic and climate outcomes for terrestrial planets within the solar system and beyond—including Venus, Earth, Mars, and terrestrial exoplanets. Simply put, I want to know: What physical processes are responsible for a habitable Earth and an inhabitable Venus or Mars?

Theme TWO: Sustainable environment that is compatible with a civilization supporting 8+ billion humans, including technology development and fundamental science contributions. Read more here.

Theme THREE: Energy inlcuding applied sciences (e.g., petroleum geology) and relevant technologies (e.g., vertical/horizontal drilling).

Theme FOUR: Data analytics and science. I am purusing my M.S. in data science (part time because of my full-time employment) at the University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.

I received my Ph.D. in planetary science in 2021 from the Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA. My dissertation research was supported by The Living, Breathing Planet team, a founding member of NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) research coordination network. Also, I was a graduate research assistant at the National Institute of Aerospace. In 2019, I received my M.S. in planetary science from Hampton University. I got my first master’s degree in geology from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. As an undergraduate student, I studied geology at the University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. My high school years were split between Mymensingh Zilla School, Mymensingh, and Notre Dame College, Dhaka, both in Bangladesh.

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• Manuscripts in preparation
  
• (P1) Basu Sarkar, D.; Moore, W. B. (2022). Influence of planetary surface temperature on the tectonic transition from heat pipes. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100987. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100987 [PDF || Citation || Metrics]
  

• (A4) Basu Sarkar, D.; Bhatta, S. Investigating PM_2.5 Pollution in the Kathmandu Valley Using Data Predicted by Machine Learning Models, Abstract A44B-07 presented at 2023 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 11-15 Dec. [Talk | Read the abstract here]
  
• (A3) Basu Sarkar, D.; Moore, W. B. Climatic evolution and habitability of terrestrial planets: perspectives from coupled atmosphere-mantle systems, Abstract P41B-2079 presented at 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 12-16 Dec. [Poster | Read the abstract here]
  
• (A2) Basu Sarkar, D.; Elwood Madden, M. Rheology and thermal state of Titan’s crust: potential role of methane clathrate, Abstract P42B-07 presented at 2014 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 15-19 Dec. [Talk | Read the abstract here]
  
• (A1) Basu Sarkar, D.; Elwood Madden, M. Clathrate hydrate stability models for Titan: implications for a global subsurface ocean, Abstract P41E-1973 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec. [Poster]
  

• (D1) Basu Sarkar, D. Tectonic transitions out of heat pipes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Hampton University, 2021
  
  • Advisor: Dr. William B. Moore
    

• (T2) Basu Sarkar, D. Lithospheric stress regimes on heat-pipe planets. Master’s Thesis, Hampton University, 2019
  
  • Advisor: Dr. William B. Moore
    
• (T1) Basu Sarkar, D. Rheology and thermal state of Titan’s crust: potential role of methane clathrate. Master’s Thesis, The University of Oklahoma, 2014
  
  • Advisor: Dr. Megan E. Elwood Madden