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Work History
Education
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Jyothirmayi Palaparthi

Coastal Geologist
Boca Raton,FL

Summary

Strong Coastal Geologist expertise in national beach nourishment database, data analysis and statistics. Knowledgeable in Coastal Resiliency and Coastal Management projects. Confident public speaker good at communicating complex methodologies. Self-motivated and possesses strong work ethics.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Project Fellow

Indian Institute Of Technology
Roorkee, Uttarakhand
08.2016 - 05.2017
  • I worked as a project fellow in helping the supervisor with the project titled “Collision of the Singhbhum Craton with the Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt: testimony of an Early Paleozoic (?) Accretionary orogeny in the Indian subcontinent” by data analyzing and preparing the samples for microscopic analysis.

Project Fellow

Indian Institute Of Technology
Kharagpur, West Bengal
08.2015 - 08.2016
  • This project aims at the study and measurement of radioactivity of Bheeemunipatnam and Prospecting for economic REE deposits using thorium measurements along beach placers, eastern coast of India. A paper is published on the work in Arabian Journal of Geosciences.

Master Thesis

Indian Institute Of Technology-ISM
Dhanbad, Jharkhand
08.2013 - 08.2015
  • The research work involves geochemistry & origin of Singhbhum granite around Rajnagar Kuyali Tact; implications for crustal evolution. It also includes study of TTG granite in the Singhbhum area (Rajnagar Kuyali Tact) and worked on petrology, study of thin sections which also included study of geo chemistry of TTG suits.

Education

Ph.D. - Geosciences

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
08.2019 - Current

Master of Science - Geosciences

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton
08.2017 - 05.2019

Master of Science And Technology - Applied Geology

Indian Institute of Technology-ISM
Dhanbad, Jharkhand
10.2010 - 08.2015

Skills

Arc map GIS, Geodatabase (SQL and QGIS)undefined

Additional Information

  • HONORS AND AWARDS , American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). Myrtle Beach, SC Nicholas Kraus Coastal Scholar Award October 2019 Awarded the award and worked as an intern for ASBPA Science and Technology Committee for one year. American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). Galveston, TX Student Educational Award November 2018 Awarded for my paper published on “Economically viable rare earth element deposits along beach placers of Andhra Pradesh, eastern coast of India”. Indian Institute of Technology-Indian School of Mines. Dhanbad, Jharkhand Smt. Renuka Rajhans Memorial Gold Medal May 2015 Awarded as best girl student of 5-year Integrated program of the Indian School of Mines for session 2014-2015.

Internships and Training

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)                                             Mumbai, Maharashtra
Industrial Training                                                                                                       May 2014
Training Purpose: The training involves theoretical and practical aspects of Hydrocarbon                                      exploration, seismic interpretation and production and acquainted basic                                   knowledge on software like GRAPHER and SEIS WORKS.
Vedanta (Pb-Zn mines)                                                                                    Udaipur, Rajasthan
Industrial Training                                                                                                        May 2013
Training Purpose: The training helped to get a firsthand knowledge on surface exploration,                                   diamond drilling, core logging, sampling, ore reserve estimation,                                   underground mapping, mine planning and mining methods.
National Institute of ocean Technology (NIOT)                                         Chennai, Tamilnadu
Internship                                                                                                                           May 2012
Training Purpose: The internship is on Reservoir characterization by using gas hydrate                                   reservoir modeling software Computer Modeling Group (CMG).
Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)                                Kothagudem, Telangana
Industrial Training                                                                                                              May 2012

Training Purpose: I was acquainted with the software: SIDEX, CEMPGEODOC and                                   MINEX used for various purposes like plotting of graphical litho-logs,                                   seam structures, geological modeling, mine designing etc. 

Publications

Palaparthi, J., & Briggs, T.R., 2023. Influences on national beach nourishment trends. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments 2023 International Conference, 160-168. 

Palaparthi, J., Briggs, T. R., & Kawana, T., 2022. Exploring the relationship between sedimentology and beach substrate temperature on sea turtle nesting, hatching, and emergence success. FSBPA April 2022 Shoreline newsletter.
Palaparthi, J., Briggs, T. R., Kali, P. K., & Comas, X. (2022). Evaluating offshore sediment resources for non-traditional coastal restoration projects. Ocean and Coastal Management, 220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2022.106074.
Palaparthi, J., Chakrabarti, R., Banerjee, S., Guin, R., Ghosal, S., Agrahari, S., & Sengupta, D. (2017). Economically viable rare earth element deposits along beach placers of Andhra Pradesh, eastern coast of India. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-017-2973-5

Timeline

Ph.D. - Geosciences

Florida Atlantic University
08.2019 - Current

Master of Science - Geosciences

Florida Atlantic University
08.2017 - 05.2019

Project Fellow

Indian Institute Of Technology
08.2016 - 05.2017

Project Fellow

Indian Institute Of Technology
08.2015 - 08.2016

Master Thesis

Indian Institute Of Technology-ISM
08.2013 - 08.2015

Master of Science And Technology - Applied Geology

Indian Institute of Technology-ISM
10.2010 - 08.2015
Jyothirmayi PalaparthiCoastal Geologist