Dr Upasana S Banerji

I am seeking a position as research scientist or teaching faculty where my experience, scientific expertise, and teaching abilities on paleoclimate reconstruction will leverage the progress of university or research organization.

• Paleoclimate and Paleoceanography
• Indian monsoon and its teleconnection with global climate system
• Role of natural climate forcing and climate variables during Holocene Epoch
• Geochemical and isotopic proxies in sediments
• Sediment Geochronology

1. Text Analysis: MS Office; Notepad

2. Visual Data and Statistical Analysis: Sigma Plot; Origin; Grapher; Spectrum; Table Curve; Past; Microsoft Excel; CoDaPack; R-Package (BACON)

3. Visualization: Corel Draw; Surfer; Ocean data Viewer

4. Reference manager: Mendeley; Endnote

5. Operating System: Microsoft Windows; Macintosh

1. Best Oral Presentation Award for the paper presented at OSICON-2019 held at Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE), Kochi, between 12 and 15 December 2019.

2. Travel grant of 690 Euros awarded by YES Congress 2019 to be held at Berlin, Germany during 9-13th September 2019

3. DST sponsored International Travel Grant wide no ITS/2058/2017-18 for International Goldschmidt conference 2017, Paris, France

4. Second prize for poster presented at Expert Meet and National Conference on "Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: Records from Poles to Tropics" held on September, 9-10, 2014 organised by Center of Advanced Study in Geology, University of Lucknow.

5. Cleared PhD Entrance Test of MS University of Baroda, Vadodara

6. Judges Appreciation awards for paper presented at Workshop on Satellite Meteorology: 50 Year Journey organized by Indian Meteorological Society Ahmedabad (IMSA) in 2010.

7. Conferred Gold Medal by Gujarat University during 2009 for being university topper in M.Sc.

8. First prize for paper presented at Chandangiri Goswami Memorial Seminar Compeitition-2009 organized by Geology Department, M. G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad.

9. First prize for paper presented at SCIENCE EXCELLENCE-2008 Organized by Gujarat University.

1. FORV Sagar Sampada (SS-300) to Arabian Sea (Kochi-Arabian Sea- Goa): March-April 2012

2. ORV Sagar Kanya (SK-304) to Indian Ocean (Goa- Indonesia -Chennai): February-May 2013

3. Sagar Manjusha (SM-24) to Bay of Bengal Coast (Haldia- Bay of Bengal -Paradip): June 2013

4. Sagar Manjusha (SM-29) to Western Indian Coast (Goa- Arabian Sea- Kochi): October 2013

5. Sagar Manjusha (SAMA-05) Kochi to Lakshadweep: February 2015

6. Islands (Narara, Goose, Boria, Paga, Diu) and Coastal sites (Poshitra, Okha, Dwarka, Jafrabad, Vasoj, Mithiyala) along Gujarat state.

7. Andaman Islands (Rutland, Chidyatapu, Havelock, Elephant Beach)

8. Lakshadweep Islands (Kavaratti, Agatti, Kadmat, Amini, Bangaram)

9. Kerala freshwater lakes (Vellayani and Shahsthamcotta)

2022

Raj H, Bhushan R, Banerji US, Jena PS and Dabhi AJ, 2022. Seasonal variation of surface seawater radiocarbon in the Andaman Sea as recorded in coral. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 255: 107021. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.107021.

Joshi, K. B., Banerji, U.S., Dubey, C.P. and Oliveira, E.P.,2022. Detrital Zircons in Crustal Evolution: A Perspective from the Indian Subcontinent. Lithosphere, GeoScienceWorld 2022 (Special 8): 3099822.

Banerji, U.S., Goswami, V., Joshi, K.B., 2022. Quaternary dating and instrumental development: An overview. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences-X,  10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100091

Shaji, J., *Banerji, US, K, Maya, Joshi, Kumar Batuk, Dabhi, A J, Bharti, Nisha, Bhushan, Ravi, Padmalal, D, 2022. Holocene monsoon and sea-level variability from coastal lowlands of Kerala, SW India. Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.03.005, In press.

Haridas, N.V., *Banerji, US, K, Maya, Padmalal, D., 2022. Paleoclimatic and paleoceanographic records from the Bay of Bengal sediments during the last 30 ka. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 105169. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105169. 

Raj, H., Bhushan, R., Banerji, U.S., Muruganantham, M., Shah, C., Nambiar, R., Dabhi, A.J., 2022. Air-sea CO2 exchange rate in the northern Indian Ocean based on coral radiocarbon records. Applied Geochemistry 137, 105208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105208

Raj, H., Bhushan, R., Kumar, S., Banerji, U.S., Shah, C., Verma, S., 2022. Monsoon signature in corals from the northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems 226, 103664. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103664

2021

Joshi K.B., Banerji, US, Dubey, C. P. and Oliveira, E.P. 2021. Heavy minerals in provenance studies: an overview. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 10.1007/s12517-021-07687-y.

*Banerji, US, Shaji J., Arulbalaji, P., Maya, K., Vishnu Mohan S., Dabhi, A. J., Shivam, A., Bhushan, R. and Padmalal, D. Mid-late Holocene evolutionary history and climate reconstruction of Vellayani lake, south India. Quaternary International. 2021, 566-600, 72-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.018.

Joshi K.B., Goswami V., *Banerji U.S. and Shankar R. Recent Developments in Instrumentation and its application in absolute geochronology : Historical perspective and Overview. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2021.104690.

*Banerji U.S., Bhushan R., Joshi K.B., Shaji J. and Jull A.J.T. Hydroclimate variability during the last two millennia from the mudflats of Diu Island, Western India. Geological Journal, 2021, 10.1002/GJ.4116.

Mohanty B, Das A, Mandal R, Banerji US and Acharyya S. Heavy Metals in Soils and Vegetation from Wastewater Irrigated Croplands Near Ahmedabad, Gujarat : Risk to Human Health. Nature environment and pollution technology, 2021 20: 163–175.

2020

Arulbalaji, P., Banerji, US, Maya, K., Padmalal, D. Signatures of late Quaternary land-sea interactions and landform dynamics along southern Kerala coast, SW India 1–15. Quaternary International, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.05.011.

Shah, C., Banerji, U.S., Chandana, K.R., Bhushan, R., Pb dating of recent sediments from the continental shelf of western India : factors influencing sedimentation rates. Environmental and Monitoring Assessment, 2020, 192, 468

*Banerji, U. S., Arulbalaji, P. and Padmalal, D., Holocene climate variability and Indian summer monsoon – An overview. Holocene, 2020, 30 (5), 744-773.

2019

*Banerji, U.S. Comments on “Geomorphic evidences of tectonic instability during the Late Quaternary Period along southern Saurashtra, western India” by Prizomwala (2018), Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019, 12, 362.

*Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., and Jull, A. J. T., Signatures of global climatic events and forcing factors for the last two millennia on the active mudflats of Rohisa, southern Saurashtra, Gujarat, western India. Quaternary International, 2019, 507, 172-187.

Bhushan, R., Yadava, M. G., Shah, M. S., Banerji, U. S., Raj, H., Shah, C., Dabhi, A. J., First results from the PRL Accelerator Mass Spectrometer. Current Science, 2019, 116, 361–363.

2018

Chandana, K. R., Banerji, U. S., and Bhushan, R., Review on Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) Reconstruction since LGM from Northern Indian Ocean. Earth Science India, 2018, 11, 71–84.

2017

Srivastava, P., Agnihotri, R., Sharma, D., Meena, N., Sundriyal, Y.P., Saxena, A., Bhushan, R., Sawlani, R., Banerji, U.S., Sharma, C., Bisht, P., Rana, N. and Jayangondaperumal, R., 8000-year monsoonal record from Himalaya revealing reinforcement of tropical and global climate systems since mid-Holocene. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7.

*Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., and Jull, A. J. T., Mid-Late Holocene monsoonal records from an partially active mudflat of Diu Island, Southern Saurashtra, Gujarat, Western India. Quaternary International, 2017, 443, 200–210. 

Meena, N. K., Prakasam, M., Bhushan, R., Sarkar, S., Diwate, P., and Banerji, U.S., Last-five-decade heavy metal pollution records from the Rewalsar Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017, 76. 

2016

*Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., and Maurya, D. M., Sedimentary records of paleoredox conditions at relict mudflat of Vasoj, Southern Saurashtra coast, Gujarat. Earth Science India, 2016, 9, 114–125.

Sarkar, S., Prakasam, M., Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., Gaury, P. K., and Meena, N. K., Rapid sedimentation history of Rewalsar Lake, Lesser Himalaya , India during the last fifty years - Estimated using 137 Cs and 210 Pb dating techniques : A comparative study with other North-Western Himalayan Lakes. Himalayan Geology, 2016, 37, 1–7.

2015

*Banerji, U. S., Pandey, S., Bhushan, R., and Juyal, N., Mid-Holocene climate and land-sea interaction along the southern coast of Saurashtra, western India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015, 111, 428–439.

Joshi, D., Banerji, U., and Mankodi, P. C., Delayed recovery in Porites spp. following mass coral bleaching: a case study from the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. Journal of Global Biosciences, 2015, 4, 2326–2331.

2014

Joshi, D., Munjpara, S., Banerji, U., and Parasharya, D., Coral bleaching observations in the Gulf of Kachchh , India – a climate induced stress on the scleractinians. Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2014, 2, 106–113.

*Banerji, U.S., Joshi, K.B., Pandey, L., Dubey, C.P., 2022. An outline of geochemical proxies used on marine sediments deposited during the Quaternary Period. In Michael Montenari (Eds.), Stratigraphy and Timescales (Volume 7). Accepted.

Banerji, U.S., Dubey, C.P., Goswami, V., Joshi, K.B., 2022. Geochemical indicators in provenance estimation. In: John, A.A., Kailasa, P., Verma, S.K. (Eds.), Geochemical Treasures and Petrogenetic Processes. Springer Nature. In press.

*Banerji, US, and Padmalal, D., 2022. Bond Events and Monsoon Variability during Holocene - Evidence from Marine and Continental Archives. In. K.P. N. Kumaran and D. Padmalal (eds.) Holocene Climate Change and Environment, Elsevier,  https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90085-0.00016-4.

*Banerji U.S., 2022. Core samples reveal global climate signatures. NatureVolve Digital Magazine 21.

*Banerji, U.S, 2022. Indian monsoon dynamics and its linkage with the global climate system. Quaternary Chronicles-Happenning in the sub-continent.4 (1), 5. Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR).

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., and D. Padmalal., 2020. Hydroclimate variability during the last two millennia and imprints of forcing factors: A study from western India. Ocean digest: quarterly newsletter of Ocean Society of India (Pune Chapter) 7 (2).

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., Pandey, S., 2019. Evidence of land-sea interaction during mid-late Holocene from sedimentary records, western India. Extended Abstract In, Young Earth Scientist Network German Chapter 2019. DOI: 10.2312/yes19.07

Pandey, C. N., Raval, B. R., Parasharya, D., Munjpara, S., Joshi, D., and Banerji, U. S., Recruitment and Growth Study of Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Kachchh Gujarat Ecological Education and Research Foundation, Gandhinagar, 2010.

Banerji, U.S., Maya K, Padmalal, D., Joshi, K.B., Dabhi, A.J., Sudheer, A.K., Bhushan, R., 2023. Hydroclimate changes during 3-5 ka from the Southern India and its global teleconnection. In, In, Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC- 2023) held at PRL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat during 1-3 February 2023.

*Banerji, U.S. and Padmalal, D., 2021. Interaction of Indian Summer Monsoon with global climatic events during the Holocene epoch: An Overview. In, Frontiers in Geosciences Research Conference (FGRC- 2021) held at PRL, Ahmedabad, Gujarat during 27-28 September, 2021.

*Banerji, U.S., Shaji, Jithu, Maya K, Sudheer, A.K., Bhushan, Ravi and Padmalal, D. 2021 Paleoclimate variability and global teleconnection during Northgrippian-Meghalayan stages from the Southern India. In, OSICON-2021 held at NCPOR, Goa, during 12-14 August 2021.

*Banerji, U.S. and Padmalal, D., 2021. Holocene climate variability and Indian summer monsoon: Linkage to global climatic events. In, National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geoscience research in India organised by Department of Geology, University of Delhi on 1st and 2nd July 2021 on Virtual Mode

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., Padmalal, D., 2019. Hydroclimate variability during the last two millennia and imprints of forcing factors: A study from western India. In, OSICON-2019 held at CMLRE, Kochi, Kerala between 12-14 December 2019.

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., Pandey, S., 2019. Evidence of land-sea interaction during mid-late Holocene from sedimentary records, western India. In, Young Earth Scientist Network German Chapter 2019.

*Banerji, U.S. and D. Padmalal, 2018. Imprints of Holocene climate instability on Indian Summer Monsoon – An overview. In, National Seminar on Effects of Paleo and Anthropogenic Events on Earth System and Annual General Meeting (AGM) Of Geological Society of India.

*Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., and Jull, A. J. T, 2017. Evidences of Roman Warm Period and Dark Ages of Cold Period from the Active Mudflats of the Western Indian Coast: Major Climatic Event of First Millennium. In, OSICON-2017 held at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala between 28-30 August 2017. 

*Banerji, U. S., Bhushan, R., and Jull, A. J. T, 2017. Evidences of global climatic events for last two millennia and their forcing factors from active mudflats of Western India. In, Goldschmidt-2017 held at Paris, France. 

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., Agnihotri, R., Khonde, N., Sawlani, R., Sharma, C., Jull, A.J.T., 2016. Sulphur isotopes as sea level variability proxy along the southern Saurashtra coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, Western India. In, Goldschmidt-2016.

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R., Jull, A.J.T., 2016. Signatures of global climatic event of last two millennia from the active mudflat of Southern Saurashtra Coast, Gujarat, India. In, Quaternary Climate: Recent Findings and Future Challenges, supported by Past Global Changes (PAGES).

*Banerji, U.S., Bhushan, R. and Jull, A. J. T, 2014. Reconstructing the past climatic variability from active mudflat of Saurashtra, Western India: A preliminary investigation. In, Expert Meet and National Conference on Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability: Records from Poles to Tropics. Organized by Lucknow University. Received 2nd Prize.

*Banerji, U.S., Juyal, N., Bhushan, R., 2013. Land-Sea Interaction during last 5.5 ka around Diu Island, Western India. In, International Conference on Recent Developments in Stratigraphy. Organized by Department of Geology, Deccan Education Society, Fergusson College, Pune during 14-16 December, 2013.

*Banerji, U.S., Juyal, N., Bhushan, R., 2013. Paleoenvironment and Land-Sea Interaction around Diu Island, Western India. In, DST-Purse National Conference on Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Defense Studies, Earth System Science and biomedical science.

*Banerji, U.S., 2010. Fluvial response to early Holocene strengthened monsoon in the Alaknanda valley, Central Himalaya, Uttrakahand. In, Inter-Disciplinary Approaches in Environmental Sciences-12th National Conference of Society of Science and Environment 

*Banerji, U.S., 2010. Fluvial response to early Holocene strengthened monsoon in the Alaknanda valley, Central Himalaya, Uttrakahand. In, Workshop on Satellite Meteorology: 50 Year Journey.

*Banerji, U. 2009. Optical Dating of Sediments. In, Chandangiri Goswami Memorial Seminar Compeitition-2009 organized by Geology Department, M. G. Science Institute, Ahmedabad and received 1st Prize.

*Banerji, U. 2008. Carbonate deposition along the coastal Saurashtra, economic significance and environmental consideration. In, UGC Sponsored State Level seminar on “Mineral Exploration Technologies -2008”

*Banerji, U. 2008. Geomorphological and geological evidences for the Origin of Nal Region. In, Science Excellence organized by Gujarat University. Received First prize

*Banerji, U. 2008. Study of Nal Region using Remote Sensing. In, CONTEC organized by Nirma University.

A. Peer Reviewer

1. Nature Communication (Springer Nature)

2. Quaternary Science Review (Elsevier)

3. Journal of Earth System Science (Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences) 

4. Current Science (Current Science Association)

5. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Elsevier)

6. International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier)

7. Journal of Geological Society of India (Springer)

8. Chapter in Elsevier Book titled “Holocene Climate Change and Environment”

9. Frontiers in Earth Science (Frontiers Media SA)

10. Holocene (Sage)

11. Climate Dynamics (Elsevier)

12. Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer)

B. Review Editor

1. Frontiers in Marine Science

2. Frontiers in Earth Science

C. Membership

1. Ocean Society of India (OSI)

2. Young Earth Scientists (YES) Network

3. Association of Quaternary Researchers (AOQR)

D. Guest Editor 

Kalachand Sain, Chandra Prakash Dubey, Upasana S Banerji and Bappa Mukherjee, in the special issue titled ‘AI/ML in Earth System Sciences’ in the Journal of Earth System Science(JESS), Springer.

E. MSc Dissertation Students

Ms. Athira S. from Department of Geology, University College, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

A. Prof. Deepak Maurya

M.S. University of Baroda,

Varodara-390002, Gujarat, India

dmmaurya@yahoo.com 

B. Prof. Ravi Bhushan (Retd. Scientist)

Geosciences Division

Physical Research Laboratory, 

Ahmedabad-380009, Gujarat, India.

rbhushan88@gmail.com

C.  Dr. D Padmalal
Hydrology Group,

National Centre for Earth Science Studies,
Trivandrum-695011, Kerala, India.
drdpadmalal@gmail.com

D.  Dr. Navin Juyal (Retd. Scientist)
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad-380009, Gujarat, India.
navinjuyal@gmail.com

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.