Contact information: Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks 903 Koyukuk Drive, P.O.Box 757320 Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, USA office 307B Elvey bld.  (907)-474-7460 (office);  (907)-474-7290 e-mail: utpal@giseis.alaska.edu

Who am I:

Academic background:

Research Position:

In 1991, after submitting my Ph. D thesis, I worked as a Research Fellow in  Center of Georesources, University of Delhi South Campus for one year (1991-1992) in the Department of Science and Technology project on Seismicity around Delhi and adjoining areas. There only I got my first experience on Observational Seismology. The center was equipped with strong motion digital recorder (SSA of Kinemetrics), analogue recorder (PS2 of Kinemetrics). I was involved with data analysis  and interpretation.
 

Teaching Position:

In 1992, I joined  the Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar as a Lecturer ( Asst. Professor  level) in Geophysics. I taught the courses on  Geophysical Data Inversion, Seismic Data Processing, Potential field theory to the graduate students of Geophysics.
 

Current research projects:

• Site response studies in Anchorage basin:
• Estimation of Source Parameters from earthquakes in southcentral Alaska region
• Studies of Shear-wave attenuation in the crust and upper mantle part of southcentral Alaska region
• Estimation of Shear wave velocity from the analysis of Microtremor data in Anchorage, Alaska
• Delineation of spatial variation of shear wave velocity with high frequency Rayleigh waves
• 3D imaging of shear wave velocity in uppermost 30m soil coloumn in Anchorage, Alaska
• Stochastic simulation of ground motion

Past studies:

• Analysis of aeromagnetic anomalies in Narmada-Son lineament, India.
• Seismicity of Delhi and its surrounding region.