Jyotirmoy Paul

Postdoktor

Centre for Planetary Habitability, University of Oslo.

Research interests

Geodynamics

Appointments

2024 - Present University of Oslo

2021-2024 University of Bayreuth

2021 Jul - Oct IISc, Bangalore

Education

2015 - 2021 IISc, Bangalore

2013-2015 Jadavpur University

2010-2013 Jadavpur University

Grants received

2023-2027 • Marie Sklodowska–Curie fellowship

Amount: €210,911.04

2022 • University of Bayreuth Independent Research Travel Grant

Amount: €1500

2021 • American Geophysical Union student travel grant

Amount: $ 1000

• Selected for Roland Schlich travel grant for early career scientists by European Geoscience Union

(Carried forward to vEGU21 registration wavier)

2020 • Support Under Special Registration Program (SRSP) in the 36 th International Geological Congress, New Delhi

Amount: $350

2019 • American Geophysical Union student travel grant

Amount: $1000

• Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

Amount $150 USD

• Tata Trust Grant to attend American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco

Amount: $2000

2018 • Roland Schlich travel grant for early career scientists by European Geoscience Union

Amount: €700

• American Geophysical Union student travel grant

Amount:$1000

2017-2020 • Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2015-2017 • Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2014 • Best poster presentation, 3 rd Young Earth Scientists (YES) Congress, Dar Es Salaam

• Travel grant from International Association of Mathematical Geosciences

Amount: $1000

• YES Network conference grant

Amount: $500

2010-2015 • INSPIRE Scholarship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for being top 1% students in high school board exam

Amount $4200

Academic Achievements

• Institute medal for the best PhD thesis, Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 2025

• Obtained highest grade in PhD course work (7.1/8) at Centre for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, 2015 academic year

• Obtained second highest marks in Postgraduate batch (82.25%) at Department of Geological sciences, Jadavpur University, 2013- 2015 academic year

• Obtained third highest marks in Undergraduate Batch (81.7%) at Department of Geological sciences, Jadavpur University, 2010- 2013

• Gold medalist for securing highest marks in undergraduate 1 st and 2 nd year (2010 - 2012), Jadavpur University

• Qualified for National Eligibility Test (NET) for pursing doctoral degree in India: Rank-18 in 2015, Rank 99 in 2014.

• Qualified for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for pursuing MTech or higher eduction. (2015), AIR-212, Score- 607/1000

• Stood first in the presidency college Geology undergraduate admission test, 2010

Reviewer

• Nature Geoscience • Nature Communications: Earth and Environment • Geophysical Research Letters • Tectonophysics • Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors • Geophysical Journal International • National Science Foundation (USA) • Lithosphere

Teaching

2025 Electrical Resistivity Tomography at Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Syllabus: Introduction to electrical methods, electrical arrays and survey techniques, Electrical sounding and profiling, inversion of electrical data using pyGIMLi, constructing ERT and interpretation

2020 Computational Geodynamics II at Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc

Syllabus: Introduction to scientific modelling, governing principles of mantle convection models, advanced plotting techniques in GMT, plate reconstruction techniques in GPlates.

2018-19 Computational Geodynamics I at Centre for Earth Sciences, IISc

Syllabus: Geophysical quantities, solving differential equation using Euler method and finite distance method, solution of heat conduction equation in 2D, basic plotting techniques in GMT

Student mentoring

2023 EGU Wan-Lin Hu, PhD candidate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2024 AGU Sewar Jennifer Almasalha, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Synergistic Activities

• Outstanding Student Poster/Pico Presentation contest coordinator for European Geoscience Union Geodynamics division: 2023-current

• Social media co-ordinator: European Geoscience Union, Geodynamics Division: 2019-2021

• Blog Editor: European Geoscience Union, Geodynamics Division: 2020-2021

• Membership: European Geoscience Union, American Geophysical Union

• Conference organisation: Session chair at American Geophysical Union: 2019, 2022

• Student volunteer: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: 2018

• Guest-photographer & official instagram handle: American Geophysical Union: 2018-2019

Academic visits

2022 June Research stay: ETH Zürich

2014 summer Industrial experience: Schlumberger, Mumbai

2012/13 Summer Research Stay: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Invited Talks

2024 [13] Durgapur Government College, Durgapur [Virtual]

[12] Arizona State University, Tempe [Virtual]

[11] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

[10] Structural Geology and Tectonic Studies Group of India’s Monthly Lecture, April [Virtual]

[9] Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

[8] Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata

2023 [7] Keynote Speaker, German Swiss Geodynamics workshop, Haltern am See

[6] Invited Speaker, American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco

[5] Sabarmati Young Researcher Seminar, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

2022 [4] Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo

[3] Department of Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata

2021 [2] Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth

2020 [1] Invited speaker at Geogle’20 Jadavpur University Geological Society, Kolkata

Publications

Peer reviewed journals

[8] J.Paul, A. Spang, A. Piccolo. Hydration weakening and destruction of the North China Craton, 2025. Tectonophysics, 98, 230756 [doi][Open access]

[7] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2024. Insignificant effect of bridgmanite-ferropericlase grain size evolution on Earth’s lower mantle viscosity, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 11 (64), [doi] [Open access].

[6] J.Paul, C.P. Conrad, T.W. Becker, A. Ghosh, 2023. Convective craton self-compression and its role for stabilization of old lithosphere, 50, e2022GL101842 [doi] [Open access].

[5] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2022. Could the Reunion plume have thinned the Indian craton?, Geology, v. 50, p. 346–350 [doi].

[4] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2020. Evolution of cratons through the ages: A time-dependent study, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, 115962 [doi].

[3] J. Paul, S. Mondal, R. Kayal, D. Sarkar, 2019. Burrow morphology of the ocypodid crab Ocypode ceratophthalma at Chandipur Coast, Eastern India and its implications. Current Science, 117(4), 699-705 [link] [Open access].

[2] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, C.P. Conrad, 2019. Traction and strain-rate at the base of the lithosphere: An insight into cratonic survival. Geophysical Journal International, 217(2), 1024-1033 [doi].

[1] A.S. Baidya, J. Paul, D.C. Pal, and D. Upadhyay, 2017. Mode of occurrence and geochemistry of amphibole in the Kolihan-Chandmari copper deposits, Rajasthan, India: Insight into the ore-forming process. Ore Geology Reviews, 80, 1092-1110 [doi].

Conference Abstracts

[30] J. Paul, C.P. Conrad, 2025. Craton Thickening Controls the Frequency of Kimberlite Volcanism, GeoMOD2025, Lisbon.

[29] J. Paul, C.P. Conrad, 2025. Slow Thickening of Cratons Has Increased Kimberlite Frequency Over Time, EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

[28] A. Piccolo, J. Paul, A. Spang, 2025. Importance of hydration weakening in the North China Craton destruction, EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

[27] G. Golabek, J. Paul, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2025. Importance of grain size-dependent viscosity for the early and present-day Earth, EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

[26] J. Paul, A. Spang, A. Piccolo, 2024. Importance of hydration weakening in the North China Craton destruction, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington Dc.

[25] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2024. How does bridgmanite- ferropericlase grain size affect the average lower mantle viscosity? AGU Fall Meeting, Washington Dc.

[24] J. Paul^, A. Spang, A. Piccolo, A. Ghosh, 2023. Craton Weakening and Destruction: A Comparative Analysis of North China and Indian Craton, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

[23] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2023. Negligible Effect of Bridgmanite-ferropericlase Grain Growth in the Lower Mantle Dynamics, AGU Fall Meeting, San Fransisco.

[22] J. Paul^, A. Ghosh, C. P. Conrad, T. W. Becker, A. Spang, A. Piccolo, 2023Unraveling the Stability and Longevity of Cratons: Traction Patterns, Weakening Processes, and Evolutionary Dynamics, German-Swiss Geodynamics Workshop, Haltern am see.

[21] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2023. Insignificant Effect of Grain Size Evolution in the Lower Mantle Dynamics, German-Swiss Geodynamics Workshop, Haltern am see.

[20] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2023. Effect of grain-size evolution on the lower mantle dynamics. EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

[19] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2022. Modeling Earth’s mantle evolution using olivine and bridgmanite grain growth parameters. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago.

[18] J. Paul, C. P. Conrad, T. W. Becker, A. Ghosh, 2022. Self-induced craton compression: Po- tential implications for craton stability. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago.

[17] J. Paul, G. Golabek, A. Rozel, P. Tackley, T. Katsura, H. Fei, 2022. Effect of heterogeneous grain-growth in Earth’s mantle. Ada Lovelace Workshop, H´ev´ız , Hungary.

[16] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2021. Thinning of the Indian craton due to Reunion plume eruption. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans (virtual).

[15] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2021. Effect of the reunion plume eruption on the Indian craton thickness. 6th Rock deformation and structures, virtual mode.

[14] J. Paul, A. hosh, 2021. Interaction of the Indian craton with the Reunion plume. EGU General Assembly, Viena

[13] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2020. Understanding deformation of cratons in presence of mid-lithospheric discontinuity. EGU General Assembly, Viena.

[12] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2020. On survival of cratonic lithosphere. 36th International Geological Congress, Delhi.

[11] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2019. Evolution of cratons in time-dependent mantle convection models. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco

[10] A. Ghosh, J. Paul, 2019. Effect of Weak Mid-lithospheric Discontinuities on the Survival of Cratons. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

[9] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2019. Time dependent 3-D numerical modeling of the cratonic evolution. Ada Lovelace Workshop, Siena, Italy. [Displayed by Grace Shephard in my absence due to visa issue.]

[8] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2019. Evolution and survival potential of cratons: A numerical study. IUGG General Assembly, Montreal.

[7] J. Paul, A. Ghosh, 2018. Stability of cratons since early Phanerozoic. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC.

[6] A. Ghosh, J. Paul, C.P. Conrad, 2018. The Relation between Tractions and Strain Rate at the Base of the Lithosphere: Key to Understanding Cratonic Stability AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC.

[5] Paul J, Ghosh A., 2018. Variation of traction and strain rate with lithospheric thickness: An insight into understanding cratonic stability, EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

[4] J. Paul, A.S. Baidya, D.C. Pal, 2015. Origin of alternate amphibole and quartz rich bands in amphibole bearing quartzite from North Khetri Copper Belt, Rajasthan, India, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

[3] A.S. Baidya, J. Paul. and D. C. Pal, 2014. Multiple stages of Amphibole formation in the Chandmari Cu-deposit, Khetri copper belt, Rajasthan: implications for changing fluid compo- sition vis-`a-vis sulfide mineralization, National Conference on Making of the Indian Continent, Presidency University, Kolkata.

[2] J. Paul, 2014. Diversity of Indian climate and its effect on Indian music, 3 rd YES Congress Abstract Volume.

[1] J. Paul, S. Mondal, 2013. Ecological significance of Ocypode crab burrows: A case study from Chandipur, Eastern Coast of India, National Conference on Earth Science in India: Challenges and Emerging Trends, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Abstract volume.

Book Contributions

[5] Paul J., 2020. How Did the Oldest Part of the Earth still Survive Today?. In: AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories: By the Scientists for the people, Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

[4] Paul J., 2015. Tightly folded quartz vein in dolomitic host rock, Central Indian Suture Zone. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed) Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier.

[3] Paul J., 2015. Doubly plunging round hinge isoclinals fold in calc-silicate. Central Indian Suture Zone. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed) Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier.

[2] Paul J, 2015. Folded quartz vein in dolomitic rock showing different geometries of hinge region. Central Indian Suture Zone. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed) Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier.

[1] Paul, J., 2015. Z-type of buckle fold of amphibole rich layer in metamorphosed granitic host rock. Chhotonagpur Gneissic Complex, Maithon, West Bengal, India. In: Mukherjee, S. (Ed) Atlas of Structural Geology, Elsevier.

Science Communications

[9] Continental drift in academia, 2022. European Geoscience Union, Geoscience division blog. [Link]

[8] Geophysics resource tools for students: Self internship, 2021. Geoscience education. [Link]

[7] Time before plate-tectnics, 2021. Geoscience Education. [Link]

[6] Why many geology students quit their jobs and return to academia? 2021. Geoscience education. [Link]

[5] Cratons! Why are you still here?, 2021. American Geophysical Union, Eos. [Link]

[4] 2021: 100th Year of the craton concept and beyond, 2021. European Geoscience Union, Geody- namics division blog. [Link]

[3] Geoscience in the third world, 2020. European Geoscience Union, Geoscience division blog. [Link]

[2] Experience of a first time attendee, 2018. European Geoscience Union, Geodynamics division blog. [Link]

[1] Deformation Pattern as indicator of structural evolution: Ghatsila-Galudih-Tentuldanga fold belt, Tentuldanga, Jharkhand, Eastern India, Eastern India, 2014. Earth Science India, PI VII(IV) P. 1-8.