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Professor
Geology and Geophysics
Ph.D., 2006, University of Kentucky, USA; Postdoctoral, 2006-08, University of Texas at Austin; Physical Hydrogeologist, 2008-10, Alberta Geological Survey, Canada; Faculty, 2010-till, IIT Kharagpur
I work in groundwater exploration for suitable and sustainable drinking water sources in different parts of the world, specifically India.These study areas suffer from poor groundwater quality or groundwater insufficiency. With my specialization in regional hydrogeology and groundwater contaminant transport, my students and I are engaged in understanding decadal-scale groundwater storage changes over Indian subcontinent, groundwater-river-seawater interactions, groundwater quality evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, Numerical and AI simulations of groundwater. I have also recently initiated a project on application of artificial intelligence techniques in predicting future groundwater availability and pollution in different parts of India.My regularly collaborators include internationally acclaimed scientists from?NASA, U.S. Geological Survey, British Geological Survey, MIT, Columbia University, KTH Sweden, University College London, Manchester University?etc.
My researches on groundwater have been funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, DST, Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of West Bengal, GSA etc. I have developed the first regional groundwater flow model of the western Bengal basin and explored arsenic-safe aquifers in extensive parts of the Gangetic plains and delta. The findings have influenced the groundwater usage policy by Government of India. I received the first Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2020 in groundwater and selected?by DST as one of 50 Indian scientists below 50 years age
Research Areas
Solute chemistry and fate of arsenic in the aquifers between the Himalayan foothills and Indian craton: Influence of geology and geomorphology by Mukherjee, A.*, Scanlon, B.R., Fryar, A.E.,D, Ghosh, A., Chaudhari, S., Mishra, R. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 90 283-302 (2012)
Deeper groundwater chemistry and geochemical modeling of the arsenic affected western Bengal basin, West Bengal, India by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E. Applied Geochemistry 23 863-892 (2008)
Hydrogeochemical comparison and effects of overlapping redox zones on groundwater arsenic near the western (Bhagirathi sub-basin, India) and eastern (Meghna sub-basin, Bangladesh) of the Bengal basin by Mukherjee, A.*, von Brömssen, M, Scanlon, B.R., Bhattacharya, P., Fryar, A.E., Hasan, M.A., Ahmed, K.M., Jacks, G. Chatterjee, D., Sracek, O. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 99 31-48 (2008)
Regional hydrostratigraphy and groundwater flow modeling of the arsenic contam by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E., and Howell, P Hydrogeology Journal 15 1397-1418 (2007)
Regional scale stable isotopic signature and recharge of the deep water of the arsenic affected areas of West Bengal, India by Mukherjee, A.*, Fryar, A.E., and Rowe, H.D. Journal of Hydrology 334 151-161 (2007)
Drinking water availability in the climate change vulnerable Sunderbans, West Bengal, India Public Health Engineering Directorate
Study of Field-scale Transport of Arsenic from Point-source to Drinking Water Wells WATER and SANITATION SUPPORT ORGANISATION (WSSO)
Study of Sanitation, Health and Social Impacts in West Bengal for Nirmal Bangla Mission WATER and SANITATION SUPPORT ORGANISATION (WSSO)
Demonstration of Sustainable Mitigation of Groundwater Arsenic in Arsenic-Polluted Gangetic River Aquifers of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, India Department of Science and Technology
Demonstration of Sustainable Mitigation of Groundwater Arsenicin Arsenic-Polluted Gangetic River Aquifers of Bihar, UttarPradesh and West Bengal, India Department of Science and Technology
Resilience of Groundwater Physico-Chemical Evolution in River Ganga Deltaic Aquifers to Changing Hydrologic Regime Ministry of Earth Sciences
Resilience of Groundwater Physico-Chemical Evolution in River Ganga Deltaic Aquifers to Changing Hydrologic Regime Ministry of Earth Sciences
Paleoclimatic Evolution of the Indian Subcontinet as Recorded in Continental Archives During the Holocene Ministry of Earth Sciences
Aditya Choubey Centre for Re-Water Research Mr. Aneesh Reddy and Mr. Anant Choubey
Integrated Urban Water Management for Enhanced Water Security Apex Committee of SPARC
Soumyajit Sarkar
Area of Research: Environmental hydrology
Poulomee Coomar
Area of Research: Geological control on hydrology
Adya Aiswarya Dash
Area of Research: Sedimentology and Basin Analysis
David Anand Aind
Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality
Anwesha Mukhopadhyay
Area of Research: Groundwater and surface water quality
Tridip Bhowmik
Area of Research: Groundwater quality and remediation
Ankit Dipta Dutta
Area of Research: Subsurface Geophysics
Subroto Vyas
Area of Research: AI application on drinking water
Don Chatterjee
Area of Research: Groundwater Processes
Samarpita Sarkar
Area of Research: Groundwater River water Interactions
Basudev Pradhan
Area of Research: Hydrogeology
Supta Naskar
Area of Research: Study of Fluvial and/or lacustrine environments
Yachna Verma
Area of Research: Paleoclimatology and Continental Deposits
Sreemoyee Bhattacherjee
Area of Research: Groundwater Pollution
Prakrity Majumder
Area of Research: Groundwater evolution
Nilasree Raychowdhury
Area of Research: Groundwater Pollution
Sreedipta Chattopadhyay
Area of Research: Groundwater quantity and quality
Somdipta Sen
Area of Research: coastal hydrology
