Jaganmoy Jodder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Biography
For his postdoctoral fellowship, Jaganmoy is working on the group-level behaviour of ancient microfossils. Jaganmoy completed his PhD on the Palaeoarchaean rock record of the Singhbhum Craton, India. Prior to academia, Jaganmoy served the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) for 4 years as a Well-site geologist and Micropaleontologist in India.
Disciplines
Archaean Geology, Geobiology, Geochronology, Isotope Geochemistry, Sedimentology, Micropaleontology, Astrobiology.
Fields of study
Paleontological evidence for cooperation in Precambrian microfossils, Early Earth surface processes, Metallome study in ancient microbes, Recognition of metabolic pathways through in-situ study of microfossils and understanding the geochemical evolution of essential elements through microbe-mineral interactions.
