2015, PhD, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Göttingen, and Clausthal University of Technology (TUC), Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
2008, M.Sc. Geology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, UP, India
2005, B.Sc. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana (Kurukshetra University), India
Specialisation:
Planetary geology and evolution
Planetary remote sesning
Reflectance spectroscopy and planetary surface mineralogy
Small bodies (largest asteroids Ceres and Vesta) and meteorites in early Solar System
Geochemical evolution model of asteroid Vesta and terrestrial planets
Awards:
Asteroid (11806) Thangjam (formerly known as 1981 EF14) named by the International Astronomical Union (2017)
NASA Group Achievement award, 2016, Framing Camera team, NASA Dawn mission
Publications:
Thangjam G., Nathues A., Platz T., Hoffmann M., Cloutis E. A., Mengel K., Izawa M. R. M., Applin D. M. (2018). Spectral properties and geology of bright and dark materials on dwarf planet Ceres. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 53, 9, 1961-1982.
Thangjam G., Hoffmann M., Nathues A., Li J.-Y., Platz T. (2016). Haze at Occator crater on Ceres. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 833, L25.
Thangjam G., Nathues A., Mengel K., Hoffmann M., Schäfer M., Reddy V., Cloutis E.A., Christensen U., Sierks H., Le Corre L., Vincent J.-B., Russell C. T., (2014). Olivine-rich exposures at Bellicia and Arruntia craters on (4) Vesta from Dawn FC. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 49, 10, 1831-1850.
Pieters C.M., Nathues A., Thangjam G., Hoffmann M., Platz T., De Sanctis M. C., Ammannito E., Tosi F., Zambon Pasckert F, J. H., Hiesinger H., Schröder S. E., Jaumann R., Matz K-D., CastilloRogez J. C., Ruesch O., McFadden L. A., O’Brien D. P, Sykes M., Raymond C. A., Russell C. T. (2018). Geologic context of unusual organic-rich areas on Ceres, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 53, 9, 1983-1998.
Nathues A., Hoffmann M., Schaefer M, Le Corre L., Reddy V., Platz T., Cloutis E. A., Christensen U., Kneissl T., Li J.-Y., Mengel K., Schmedemann N., Schaefer T., Russell C. T., Applin D. M., Buczkowski D. L., Izawa M. R. M., Keller H. U., O’Brien D. P., Pieters C. M., Raymond C. A., Ripken J., Schenk P. M., Schmidt B. E., Sierks H., Sykes M. V., Thangjam G. S., Vincent J.-B., (2015). Sublimation in bright spots on Ceres. Nature, 528, 237-240.
Platz T., Nathues A., Schorghofer N., Preusker F., Mazarico E., Schröder S. E., Byrne S., Kneissl T., Schmedemann N., Combe J.-P., Schäfer M., Thangjam G. S., Hoffmann M., Gutierrez-Marques P., Landis M. E., Dietrich W., Ripken J., Matz K.-D. & Russell C.T., (2016). Surface water-ice deposits in the northern shadowed regions of Ceres. Nature Astronomy, 1, 0007.
Research:
Feb, 2019 - present, Asst. Professor, SEPS / NISER, Bhubaneswar; Geologic evolution of planetary bodies during early Solar System formation
Sept, 2016 – Feb, 2019, PDF, MPS, Goettingen, Germany; Geology of largest asteroid Ceres using NASA Dawn spacecraft data
Feb 2012 – Sept 2015, PhD, MPS, Goettingen, and TUC, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany; Geology of 2nd largest asteroid Vesta using NASA Dawn spacecraft data
Nov 2009 - Jan 2012, JRF, SAC/ISRO, Ahmedabad; Lunar geology using Chandrayaan-I spacecraft data
March 2009- Nov 2009, JRF, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi; Landslide and neotectonics
Contacts:
School of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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