Planetary geologist, writer, artist, dancer
Hi! I’m Debarati. I’m a postdoctoral research fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. I study geochemical processes on Earth, Mars, and a few other planetary thingamabobs. I specialize in spectroscopy and love thinking about planetary evolution and how we can optimize data collection + interpretation on our friendly neighboring (or not so neighboring) planetary bodies. I also dabble in theoretical modeling of planetary processes and study terrestrial analogs to understand more about extraterrestrial processes.
I am a National Geographic Explorer and have studied the past aqueous activity in Gale crater Mars as a NASA Mars Science Laboratory team member.
I am passionate about science outreach, storytelling, art and artistic expression through dance and movement. I write about it all! I hope you enjoy the stories.