Curriculum Vitae

DR. ARINDAM CHAKRABORTY

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Geology
    Faculty of Science
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  • 0379674232
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BIOGRAPHY

Dr Arindam was born and raised in Kolkata (India) and he did his B.Sc. with Biotechnology (Jiwaji University, India) and M.Sc. in Marine Biology at the Pondicherry University (India). For his Doctoral degree in Marine micropalaeontology at the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), India / University of Burdwan he worked on the Neogene microfossils and palaeoclimate of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He had the opportunity to travel internationally (UK, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Thailand, Poland, Taiwan, France, Scotland) and nationally to attend conferences and collaborated research work.

His postdoctoral experience in India as a National Post-doctoral fellow (NPDF, 2017-2019) and Birbal Sahni Research Associate (BSRA, 2019-2022) at BSIP (India) was to understand the Neogene climate of northern Indian Ocean. During April, 2022 he joined the Stable Isotope laboratory at Institute of Earth Sciences (IES), Academia Sinica (Taiwan) as a Postdoctoral Researcher and worked on triple oxygen isotopes and silicon isotopes from diatoms.

He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at the DEpartment of Geology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia since March, 2023. Other than the teaching responsibilities his research is focused on the palaeoclimatic variability during the geological history. He use microfossils (mainly siliceous microfossils and calacreous nannofossils) and their chemistry to determine patterns of global climatic conditions and ecology. He is also currently working on samples from International Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 342 (North Atlantic), Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 378 (South Pacific) and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 391 (South Indian). He is also the Supervisor of the Geology Museum, Universiti Malaya.

Dr Arindam is the Membership Secretary of The Micropalaeontological Society (UK) and also nominated member of Risk-KAN 'Past4future' Working group. 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • SUSTAINABILITY AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
    Microplastics
  • ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
    Stable isotopes
  • BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
    Biostratigraphy
  • MICROPALAEONTOLOGY
    PALAEOCLIMATE, PALAEOECOLOGY, PALAEOCEANOGRAPHY, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, DIATOM, NANNOFOSSIL

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD (Botany), (Botany)
    University of Burdwan
  • M.SC (MARINE BIOLOGY), (Marine Biology)
    Pondicherry University
  • B.Sc(Biotechnology), (Biotechnology)
    Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Visibility and Internationalization Committee
    01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2026 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Supervisor
    08 Jun 2023 - 27 Mar 2025 (Department)
  • MEMBER OF THE PROMOTION & MARKETING COMMITTEE OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
    01 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (University Malaya)
  • Lead of Promotion and Website Committee, 37 National Geoscience Conference (NGC 2024)
    01 Feb 2024 - 03 Oct 2024 (National)
  • Organizing Committee under the Bureau of Activity for the Science Open Day: Organized by the Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya
    14 May 2024 - 16 May 2024 (Department of Geology, Faculty of Science)
  • Committee Members
    05 May 2023 - 05 Oct 2023 (Department)
  • MARKS CHECKER AND EXAMINATION ANSWER SCRIPT FOR SEMESTER 2, SESSION 2022/2023
    11 Jul 2023 - 21 Jul 2023 (Department)
  • PETRONAS-University Malaya JCA Steering Committee Meeting
    19 Jun 2023 - 19 Jun 2023 (Department)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • YOUNG SCIENTISTS NETWORK-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MALAYSIA (YSN-ASM) AFFILIATE MEMBER, FELLOW
    Since 2024 (National)
  • ASSOCIATED MEMBER, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (National)
  • ELECTED CO-LEAD, KNOWLEDGE-ACTION NETWORK ON EMERGENT RISKS AND EXTREME EVENTS (RISK KAN) WORKING GROUP PAST4FUTURE , FUTURE EARTH, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (International)
  • LIFE FELLOW OF THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA, FELLOW
    Since 2019 (International)
  • LIFE MEMBER, THE PALAEOBOTANICAL SOCIETY, MEMBER
    Since 2015 (International)
  • SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, ADVISORY BOARD
    2022 to 2024 (International)
  • FULL MEMBER, THE MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY (TMSOC), MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (International)
  • MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, THE MICROPALAEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY (TMS), BOARD MEMBER
    2023 to 2023 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • EXCELLENCE SERVICE AWARD
    University of Malaya, 2024 (University)
  • Mani Shanker Shukla Gold Medal 2023
    The Palaeontological Society of India, 2024 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Chatterjee, Subham; Das, Supriyo Kumar; Behera, Pravat Kumar; Ghosh, Devanita; Chakraborty, Arindam; Patel, Priyank Pravin; Ikehara, Minoru (2023). Short-chain n-alkanes in benthic mats and mosses from the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica, ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY. 179. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2023.104587
  2. Dey, Rikee; Basso, Daniela; Chakraborty, Arindam; Roy, Lopamudra; Bhaumik, Ajoy Kumar; Ghosh, Amit K. (2023). Rhodolith-forming coralline red algae in the CaCO3 biofactory - A case study from the Serravallian of tropical northeastern Indian Ocean, COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL. 22(26), 541-567. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a26
  3. McCartney, Kevin; Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K.; Soeding, Emanuel; Rout, Vishwadeep (2023). Diversity and evolution of late Eocene to late Oligocene silicoflagellates from IODP Expedition 378 Holes U1553A and U1553B, southwest Pacific Ocean, MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 179. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2023.102215
  4. Dey, Rikee; Ghosh, Amit K.; Roy, Lopamudra; Chakraborty, Arindam; Bhaumik, Ajoy Kumar; Saxena, Stuti (2022). Burdigalian-Serravallian (Miocene) radiolarians from Havelock Island, Northeast Indian Ocean and their paleoecological significance, MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 68(4), 345-374. doi:10.47894/mpal.68.4.01
  5. Kapur, Vivesh V.; Kumar, Kamlesh; Pandya, Pranav J.; Ghosh, Amit K.; Chakraborty, Arindam; Sharma, Anupam; Chauhan, Gaurav; Thakkar, M. G. (2022). Oldest Asian Record of Snapping Shrimps (Malacostraca: Alpheidae) from the Kutch Basin, Western India and Associated Biota: Biostratigraphic, Paleoenvironmental and Paleoecological Significance, ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION. 96(6), 1867-1883. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.14951
  6. Roy, Lopamudra; Ghosh, Amit K.; Bhaumik, Ajoy Kumar; Chakraborty, Arindam; Sensarma, Sarajit; Dey, Rikee; Saxena, Stuti (2022). Diatom assemblages from the Tortonian of northeast Indian Ocean (NGHP-01-17A): correlation with significant radiolarian and calcareous nannofossil events, MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 68(1), 51-84. doi:10.47894/mpal.68.1.03
  7. Saxena, Stuti; Chakraborty, Arindam; Galovic, Ines; Roy, Lopamudra; Ghosh, Amit K. (2022). New insights into the earliest occurrence, possible evolutionary lineage, palaeogeography and palaeoclimatic implications of Nicklithus amplificus: Evidence from the Adriatic Sea, Indian Ocean and Paratethys, MARINE MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 172. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102111
  8. Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K. (2021). Early Pliocene Low Primary Productivity: Evidence from Car Nicobar Island, Northern Indian Ocean, JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA. 97(8), 893-899. doi:10.1007/s12594-021-1788-x
  9. Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K.; Mccartney, Kevin; Saxena, Stuti; Dey, Rikee; Roy, Lopamudra (2021). Early Pliocene calcareous and siliceous microfossils of the Sawai Bay Formation, Car Nicobar Island, northern Indian Ocean, ACTA GEOLOGICA POLONICA. 71(2), 175-198. doi:10.24425/agp.2020.134554
  10. Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K.; Saxena, Stuti (2021). Neogene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the northern Indian Ocean: Implications for palaeoceanography and palaeoecology, PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY. 579. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110583
  11. Dey, Rikee; Ghosh, Amit K.; Bhaumik, Ajoy Kumar; Chakraborty, Arindam; Saxena, Stuti; Roy, Lopamudra (2021). LATE PLIOCENE TO EARLY PLEISTOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA FROM NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN (ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS): INTERPRETATION ON COOLING EVENT AND OCEAN UPWELLING, JOURNAL OF FORAMINIFERAL RESEARCH. 51(3), 115-138
  12. Saxena, S.; Chakraborty, A.; Ghosh, A. K.; Dey, R.; Roy, L.; Keshri, J. P. (2021). Burdigalian to Early Serravallian Diatom Biostratigraphy from Havelock Island, Northern Indian Ocean, STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION. 29(2), 241-262. doi:10.1134/S0869593821020064
  13. Chakraborty, Arindam; Chosh, Amit K.; Agrawal, Shailesh (2020). First record of Ditrupa gracillima (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the late Pliocene of Andaman and Nicobar Basin: insights on the ultrastructure, stable isotopic signature and distribution pattern, MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 66(6), 491-501. doi:10.47894/mpal.66.6.02
  14. Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K.; Dey, Rikee; Saxena, Stuti; Mazumder, Abhijit (2019). Record of the Miocene Climate Optimum in the northeast Indian Ocean: evidence from the microfossils, PALAEOBIODIVERSITY AND PALAEOENVIRONMENTS. 99(2), 159-175. doi:10.1007/s12549-018-0342-3
  15. Ghosh, Amit K.; Kar, Ratan; Chatterjee, Reshmi; Chakraborty, Arindam; Banerji, Jayasri (2018). TWO NEW CONIFERS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF THE RAJMAHAL BASIN, INDIA: IMPLICATIONS ON PALAEOECOLOGY AND PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, AMEGHINIANA. 55(4), 437-450. doi:10.5710/AMGH.17.02.2018.3124
  16. van Hardenbroek, M.; Chakraborty, A.; Davies, K. L.; Harding, P.; Heiri, O.; Henderson, A. C. G.; Holmes, J. A.; Lasher, G. E.; Leng, M. J.; Panizzo, V. N.; Roberts, L.; Schilder, J.; Trueman, C. N.; Wooller, M. J. (2018). The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: Current understanding, challenges, and future directions, QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 196, 154-176. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.003
  17. Chakraborty, Arindam; Ghosh, Amit K.; Mazumder, Abhijit (2017). Facies analysis of Pleistocene limestones from Neil West Coast Formation, Neil Island, Ritchie's archipelago of South Andaman, India, JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA. 90(4), 428-436. doi:10.1007/s12594-017-0736-2
  18. Ghosh, Amit K.; Chakraborty, Arindam; Mazumder, Abhijit (2017). Halimeda bioherms from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) of Little Andaman Island, India, MICROPALEONTOLOGY. 63(1), 67-75
  19. Keshri, J. P.; Ghosh, A. K.; Ghosh, S.; Roy, S.; Chakraborty, A. (2017). Fresh water planktonic algae from oligotrophic habitat of West Bengal with special remarks on taxonomy and ecology, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY. 38(6), 1441-1447. doi:10.22438/jeb/38/6/MRN-570
Scopus
  1. Saini L., Upadhyay H., Chakraborty A. (2024). Application of microphytes for soil reclamation, Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils: Soil Health Conservation for Improved Ecology and Food Security. , 591-610. doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-13993-2.00026-8
  2. Dey R., Basso D., Chakraborty A., Roy L., Bhaumik A.K., Ghosh A.K. (2023). Rhodolith-forming coralline red algae in the CaCO3 biofactory - A case study from the Serravallian of tropical northeastern Indian Ocean, Comptes Rendus - Palevol. 22(26), 541-567. doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a26
Others
  1. Chakraborty, A. (2024). Geology Museum Open Day 2024: Bridging the gap with society. Warta Geologi, 50(2), 148-151.
  2. Chakraborty, A. (2024). Silicate weathering versus reverse weathering across geological time. Warta Geologi, 50(2), 135.
  3. Dey R., Chakraborty A., Ghosh A.K., Saxena S. and Roy L. (2020) Marine benthic flora and associated faunal remains from the Palaeocene of Karasur Formation (Puducherry) of Cauvery Basin, southern India and their significance in deciphering palaeoecology. Journal of the Botanical Society of Bengal, 74(1), 68-78.
  4. Chakraborty, A. and Pramanik, S. (2018) The changing scenario of morpho-taxonomic research and an accelerated demand of morphotaxonomists in bio-systematics. Geophytology, 48(2), 157- 160.
  5. Chakraborty, A. and Ghosh, A.K. (2016) Ocean upwelling and intense monsoonal activity based on late Miocene diatom assemblages from Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Marine Micropaleontology, 127, 26-41.
  6. Chakraborty, A. and Ghosh, A.K. (2015) Acrobotrys disolenia Haeckel from the late Miocene of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Current Science, 108(11), 1990-1993.
  7. Chakraborty, A., Padmavati, G. and Ghosh, A.K. (2015) Tidal variation of phytoplankton in the coastal waters of South Andaman, India. Journal of Environmental Biology, 36(1), 207-214.
Chapter in Books
  1. Saini, L., Upadhyay, H., Chakraborty, A. (2024). Application of microphytes for soil reclamation. In Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils (pp. 591-610). Elsevier.
  2. Chakraborty, A., Ghosh, A. K., Saxena, S., Dey, R., Roy, L. (2023). Neogene biostratigraphy and paleoceanography of Andaman and Nicobar Basin: A reappraisal. In. Montenari, M. (Ed.), Stratigraphy of Geo- and Biodynamic Processes, vol. 8, Academic Press (Elsevier), pp. 121-187.
  3. Chakraborty, A., Singh, J., & Upadhyay, H. (2021). Fungal diversity and ecology: major challenges for crop production in present climate scenario. Recent Trends in Mycological Research: Volume 1: Agricultural and Medical Perspective, 89-107.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2024 - 2027, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Palaeozoic To Cenozoic Palaeoenvironment And Palaeoclimate Variability In West Sarawak, Malaysia: An Integrated Stratigraphic And Geochemical Approach ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2023 - 2025, Bantuan Khas Penyelidikan (BKP Special)
    Assessment of Potential Ecological Risk of Microplastics in the Coastal Sediments of Bagan Lalang, Peninsular Malaysia: A Meta-Analysis ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2023 - 2024, UM International Collaboration Grant
    Enhancing the generation of electricity from polluted sediment by combining microalgae with bio-electrochemical systems ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2021 - 2022, NCPOR- IODP Fund
    Diatom and silicoflagellate biostratigraphy and their implications on palaeoclimate from early Paleocene to Oligocene of Site U1553, South Pacific Ocean (IODP Expedition 378) ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2023 - 2024, International Funding
    Enhancing the generation of electricity from polluted sediment by combining microalgae with bio-electrochemical systems, Universitas Airlangga ( Co-Researcher)

SUPERVISION

Under Graduate Students
  1. (2024) Microplastics in the marine environment of Penang Island: Implications for human health and conservation
  2. (2024) Microplastics as vectors of heavy metal contamination in mangrove sediments of western Peninsular Malaysia
  3. (2024) EVALUATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN BEACH SEDIMENTS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
  4. (2024) EOCENE TO OLIGOCENE DIATOM BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATIC CONDITION FROM IODP EXPEDITION 378, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN
  5. (2024) Digitisation of UM Geology museum exhibits
  6. (2024) Industrial Training, NURUL AIN HAZIQAH BINTI MUHAMAD SIDIK
  7. (2023) Industrial Training, Malavika Meganathan
Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2023) Impact of Zinc and Boron foliar application on Growth and Yield in Primed Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L.), Lalit Saini (Agriculture & Technical University, Pantnagar)
Master
  1. (2024) ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL ECOLOGICAL RISK OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE COASTAL SEDIMENTS OF BAGAN LALANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: A META-ANAYSIS, FATIN DAMIA BINTI FAIDZAL
  2. (2024) Application of Sequence Biostratigraphy and Biofacies in Miocene Deep Marine Toe Thrust Zone, Offshore Sabah, Malaysia: A Case Study of Bestari Field, SOON MUN CHIN

TEACHING

Doctor Of Philosophy
  1. (2024) SVX8001 - Research Methodology in Science
  2. (2023) SVX8001 - Research Methodology in Science
Master
  1. (2024) SMX7001 - Research Methodology in Science
  2. (2023) SQD7014 - Applied Sedimentology and Sequence Stratigraphy
  3. (2023) SMX7001 - Research Methodology in Science
Bachelor
  1. (2024) SIX1010 - Earths Ecosystem
  2. (2024) SIG1002 - Earth Surface Processes
  3. (2024) SII1002 - Earth Surface Processes
  4. (2024) GQS0045 - Geosphere
  5. (2024) SII2013 - Marine Geology
  6. (2024) SII1006 - Safety and Geology Code of Practice
  7. (2024) SIG3006 - Stratigraphic Methods
  8. (2024) SII3016 - Stratigraphic Methods
  9. (2023) SIG3014 - Advanced Paleontology
  10. (2023) SIG2006 - Basic Palaeontology
  11. (2023) SIG1002 - Earth Surface Processes
  12. (2023) SII1002 - Earth Surface Processes
  13. (2023) SIG3001 - Geology Malaysia
  14. (2023) SII3011 - Geology of Malaysia
  15. (2023) SII2006 - Palaeontology
  16. (2023) SIG3006 - Stratigraphic Methods
  17. (2023) SII3016 - Stratigraphic Methods

COURSE ATTENDED

Internal / External Course
INTERNAL COURSE- ORGANIZED BY PTJ
  1. EMERALD TEACHING AND LEARNING 2023, Universiti Malaya (07 Aug 2023 - 11 Aug 2023)
  2. EMERALD RESEARCH AND SUPERVISION 2023, Universiti Malaya (15 Aug 2023 - 17 Aug 2023)
  3. WORKSHOP RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH, The Cube, Level 4, Research Management & Innovation Complex (Rmic), Universiti Malaya (01 Dec 2023 - 01 Dec 2023)
  4. SPECTRUM: ALTERNATIVE VIEWS SETUP GUIDE TO YOUR COURSE NAVIGATION, Teams (19 Jan 2024 - 19 Jan 2024)
  5. E-LEARNING SEMINAR: MC AND ODL , Wyndham Grand Bangsar (25 Apr 2024 - 25 Apr 2024)
CONFERENCE
  1. TMS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Krakow, Poland (04 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024)