Dr. Biraj Borgohain
Researcher
Education
Ph.D. Earth Sciences – Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2014-2020)
MTech. Petroleum Geology, Dibrugarh University, India 2012
M.Sc., Geology, Gauhati University, India 2010
B.Sc., Geology, Gauhati University, India 2008
Research Interests
Climate-Tectonic Interaction
Mineral-Microbe-Water Interaction
Computer programming to build tools for the geoscience community
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2020-2022)
Biography
Dr. Biraj Borgohain is a Researcher at Prayoga, specializing in Earth Sciences with a focus on the interactions between climate and tectonic processes that affect the habitability and sustainability of life. His research emphasizes quantifying the interplay between climate and tectonics in shaping the Earth’s surface and paleoenvironment through methods such as geochronology (including low-temperature thermochronology and optically stimulated luminescence dating), remote sensing data, and a multidisciplinary approach incorporating sedimentology, tectonics, and geomorphology, along with statistical and numerical modeling. Dr. Borgohain has conducted field expeditions in the Arunachal Pradesh Himalaya (particularly in the Siang, Dibang, and Lohit River valleys), the Shillong plateau, and the Belt of Schuppen, focusing on the southeastern boundary of the Assam Valley and the western part of Nagaland.
Ongoing Research Projects
Exploring physics-informed machine learning (PIML) methods to enable effective modeling of complex Earth systems involving multiple physical processes, scale lengths, and phases. (Earth Sciences)
Exploring (1) Atomic to pore scale geochemical processes, (2) Biogeochemical transformation of minerals and transportation of chemical components at different temporal and spatial scales, and (3) Models of ecological and biogeochemical systems that can be used to assess the impacts of mineral-microbe-water interactions in a geoengineering method. (Earth Sciences)
Representative Publication
Rai, P. Borgohain, B. Mathew, G. J, Amal Dev. Tomson, J. K. 2024. Eastern Himalayan river captures and upper Assam uplift: Paleo-drainage evolution of the Brahmaputra River. Gondwana Research.133, 148-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.06.004
Borgohain, B., Mathew, G., Chauhan, N., Jain, V., Singhvi, A.K., 2020. Evidence of episodically accelerated denudation on the Namche Barwa massif (Eastern Himalayan syntaxis) by megafloods. Quaternary Science Reviews. 245, 106410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106410
Salvi, D., Mathew, G., Kohn, B., Pande, K., Borgohain, B., 2020. Thermochronological insights into the thermotectonic evolution of Mishmi hills across the Dibang Valley, NE Himalayan Syntaxis. Journal of Asian Earth Science. 104158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.104158
Rai, P., Borgohain, B., Chettri, N., Mathew, G., 2020. A Comparative Heavy Mineral Study of the Cenozoic Sediments of Assam and Siwalik Foreland Basins, Northeast Himalaya. Journal of the Geological Society India 96, 475–484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-020-1585-y
Awards/Honours/Affiliation/Membership
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