Dr Indrani Mukherjee

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Dr Indrani Mukherjee

Lecturer

B.Sc (honours) in Geology at the Unievrsity of Delhi (2008-2011)

M.Sc in Geology at the University of Delhi (2011-2013)

PhD in Geology at the University of Tasmania (2014-2017)

Science

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am a geologist and my research questions key concepts, and explores links between early Earth evolution, the origin of complex life and formation of precious mineral deposits.��The approach involves a nuanced understanding of ancient marine environments, via novel and cutting-edge geochemical techniques.��

My research topic was fascinating enough to encourage me to move to Australia from my home country India in 2014 for my PhD at the University of Tasmania. Post-graduation in 2017, I continued as a postdoctoral researcher in Tasmania alongside branching out into fields of public outreach, geoscience communication and diversity initiatives. I also pursued the Roger Deane Fellowship at the University of Toronto before joing UNSW. As a person colour, a migrant and as a woman I am always ready to communicate issues pertaining to intersectionality.

E-mail

indrani.mukherjee@unsw.edu.au

Location

124B, Level 1 - Samuels Buidling (F25)

Book Chapters | 2021

Large RR; Steadman JA; Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Sack P; Ireland TR, 2021, 'Trends in Ocean S-Isotopes May Be Influenced by Major LIP Events', in Large Igneous Provinces: A Driver of Global Environmental and Biotic Changes, pp. 341 - 376,
Journal articles | 2025

Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Gregory D; Large R; Poole AM, 2025, 'A billion years of geological drama – Boring or brilliant?', Gondwana Research, 142, pp. 1 - 19,

Journal articles | 2024

McB Martin D; Mukherjee I; McCoy-West AJ; Howard HM, 2024, 'A proposed chronostratigraphic Archean–Proterozoic boundary: Insights from the Australian stratigraphic record', Precambrian Research, 406,

Journal articles | 2023

Lima MFD; Caxito FA; Large R; Mukherjee I; Uhlein GJ; Hippertt JPTM; Moura SA; Okubo J; Warren L, 2023, 'Trace elements in sedimentary pyrite track redox and nutrient fluctuations in the Ediacaran/Cambrian Bambuí Group, Brazil', Chemical Geology, 635,

Journal articles | 2023

Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Large R; Danyushevsky L, 2023, 'Abiotic and biotic constraints on Earth's ancient colonisers in the Proterozoic', Precambrian Research, 393,

Journal articles | 2022

Large R; Mukherjee I; Danyushevsky L; Gregory D; Steadman J; Corkrey R, 2022, 'Sedimentary pyrite proxy for atmospheric oxygen: evaluation of strengths and limitations', Earth-Science Reviews, 227,

Journal articles | 2022

Large RR; Hazen RM; Morrison SM; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Mukherjee I, 2022, 'Evidence that the GOE was a prolonged event with a peak around 1900 Ma', Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 1,

Journal articles | 2022

Yang L; Wang Q; Large RR; Fougerouse D; Mukherjee I; Zhang Q; Deng J, 2022, 'Texture and geochemistry of pyrite from the Jinya, Nakuang and Gaolong gold deposits in the Youjiang Basin: implications for basin-scale gold mineralization', Mineralium Deposita, 57, pp. 1367 - 1390,

Journal articles | 2021

Stüeken EE; Gregory DD; Mukherjee I; McGoldrick P, 2021, 'Sedimentary exhalative venting of bioavailable nitrogen into the early ocean', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 565,

Journal articles | 2021

Yang L; Wang Q; Large RR; Mukherjee I; Deng J; Li H; Yu H; Wang X, 2021, 'Fluid source and metal precipitation mechanism of sediment-hosted Chang'an orogenic gold deposit, SW China: Constraints from sulfide texture, trace element, S, Pb, and He-Ar isotopes and calcite C-O isotopes', American Mineralogist, 106, pp. 410 - 429,

Journal articles | 2020

Mukherjee I; Deb M; Large RR; Halpin J; Meffre S; Ávila J; Belousov I, 2020, 'Pyrite textures, trace elements and sulfur isotope chemistry of bijaigarh shales, vindhyan basin, India and their implications', Minerals, 10, pp. 1 - 21,

Journal articles | 2020

Mukherjee I; Large RR, 2020, 'Co-evolution of trace elements and life in Precambrian oceans: The pyrite edition', Geology, 48, pp. 1018 - 1022,

Journal articles | 2020

Steadman JA; Large RR; Blamey NJ; Mukherjee I; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV; Maslennikov V; Hollings P; Garven G; Brand U; Lécuyer C, 2020, 'Evidence for elevated and variable atmospheric oxygen in the Precambrian', Precambrian Research, 343,

Journal articles | 2020

Stepanov AS; Danyushevsky LV; Large RR; Mukherjee I; Zhukova IA, 2020, 'Deconvolution of the composition of fine-grained pyrite in sedimentary matrix by regression of time-resolved LA-ICP-MS data', American Mineralogist, 105, pp. 820 - 832,

Journal articles | 2019

Gregory D; Mukherjee I; Olson SL; Large RR; Danyushevsky LV; Stepanov AS; Avila JN; Cliff J; Ireland TR; Raiswell R; Olin PH; Maslennikov VV; Lyons TW, 2019, 'The formation mechanisms of sedimentary pyrite nodules determined by trace element and sulfur isotope microanalysis', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, pp. 53 - 68,

Journal articles | 2019

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Gregory D; Steadman J; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV, 2019, 'Atmosphere oxygen cycling through the proterozoic and phanerozoic', Mineralium Deposita, 54, pp. 485 - 506,

Journal articles | 2019

Mukherjee I; Large RR; Bull S; Gregory DG; Stepanov AS; Ávila J; Ireland TR; Corkrey R, 2019, 'Pyrite trace-element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of paleo-mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin: Proxy for oxidative weathering', American Mineralogist, 104, pp. 1256 - 1272,

Journal articles | 2018

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Zhukova I; Corkrey R; Stepanov A; Danyushevsky LV, 2018, 'Role of upper-most crustal composition in the evolution of the Precambrian ocean–atmosphere system', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 487, pp. 44 - 53,

Journal articles | 2018

Mukherjee I; Large RR; Corkrey R; Danyushevsky LV, 2018, 'The Boring Billion, a slingshot for Complex Life on Earth', Scientific Reports, 8,

Journal articles | 2017

Large RR; Mukherjee I; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Maslennikov VV; Meffre S, 2017, 'Ocean and atmosphere geochemical proxies derived from trace elements in marine pyrite: Implications for ore genesis in sedimentary basins', Economic Geology, 112, pp. 423 - 450,

Journal articles | 2017

Mukherjee I; Large R, 2017, 'Application of pyrite trace element chemistry to exploration for SEDEX style Zn-Pb deposits: McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia', Ore Geology Reviews, 81, pp. 1249 - 1270,

Journal articles | 2016

Mukherjee I; Large RR, 2016, 'Pyrite trace element chemistry of the Velkerri Formation, Roper Group, McArthur Basin: Evidence for atmospheric oxygenation during the Boring Billion', Precambrian Research, 281, pp. 13 - 26,

Journal articles | 2015

Large RR; Gregory DD; Steadman JA; Tomkins AG; Lounejeva E; Danyushevsky LV; Halpin JA; Maslennikov V; Sack PJ; Mukherjee I; Berry R; Hickman A, 2015, 'Gold in the oceans through time', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 428, pp. 139 - 150,

UTAS Science Enhancement Grants (2018, 2021) - $11,100

Ian Potter Foundation (2019-2021) - $125,000

Minerals Industry (2018-2021) - $ 640,000

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Superstars of STEM - Scinece and Technology Australia (2023)
University of Tasmania (UTAS) – Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award (2021)
College of Science and Engineering Early Career Researcher Award, UTAS (2021)
Commendation Award for Research Service Excellence to College of Science and Engineering (CoSE), UTAS (2020)
Royal Society of Tasmania Annual Doctoral Award $1000 (2019)
Awarded third place at the 3 Minute Rapid Fire Presentation competition at the Annual Geoscience Council�� Convention (AGCC) and awarded $1000 (2018)
Awarded the Minerals Travel Award (2018)
Member of the Trace Elements in Past Oceans (TEPO) team that won Australian Museum’s “Eureka Prize” (2016)
Awarded second place at the 3 Minute Thesis competition at UTAS and awarded $1000 research grant (2015)
Awarded Gold medal and Science Meritorious Award from the University of Delhi for ranking first in M.Sc (Masters in Geology) course in University of Delhi (2014)
Qualified the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR-UGC-NET) for lectureship (2013)
Awarded Indian National Science Academy Summer Research Fellowship (2012)��
Obtained Science Meritorious Awards from the University of Delhi (2011, 2012, 2013)
Awarded the Margaret Featherstone Hayde Memorial Scholarship (1998-2008)

Geochemical composition of permineralised fossils - Towards devising a new biogeenity tool
Combined application of trace element and clumped isotope chemistry in the McArthur Basin
Pyrite trace and Pb isotope composition in the Stuart Shelf
Modern ocean chemsitry and its imprints in the sedimentary rock record

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