Dr. Neil R. Banerjee
Associate Professor
Office: BGS 0166
Phone: 519 661-2111 x.83727
Fax: 519 661-3198
Email: neil.banerjee@uwo.ca
Research Interests
Stable
isotope biogeochemistry; Microbial alteration of modern and ancient
oceanic crust; Evidence for early life on Earth; Formation and evolution
of oceanic crust; Geochemical cycling at mid-ocean ridges; Formation
of massive sulfide deposits at mid-ocean ridges; The origin and
emplacement of ophiolites; Astrobiology.
Selected Publications
Wilson, D. S., Teagle, D. A.
H., Alt, J. C., Banerjee, N.R., Umino, S., Miyashita, S., Acton, G.
D., and 45 others, 2006, Drilling to Gabbro in Intact Ocean Crust,
Science, v. 312, p. 1016-1020.
Banerjee,
N.R., Furnes, H., Muehlenbachs, K., Staudigel, H., and de Wit, M.,
2006, Preservation of biosignatures in 3.5 Ga pillow lavas from the
Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, Earth and Planetary Science
Letters, v. 241, p. 707-722.
Furnes,
H. , Banerjee, N.R. , Muehlenbachs, K., Staudigel, H., and de Wit, M.,
2004, Early life recorded in Archean pillow lavas, Science, v. 304, p.
578-581. ( contributed equally)
Banerjee,
N. R. and Muehlenbachs, K., 2003, Tuff life: bioalteration in
volcaniclastic rocks from the Ontong Java Plateau, Geochem. Geophys.
Geosyst., 4(4), 1037, doi:10.1029/2002GC000470.
Bach,
W., Banerjee, N.R., Dick, H.J.B. and Baker, E.T., 2002, Discovery of
ancient and active hydrothermal systems along the ultra-slow spreading
Southwest Indian Ridge 10¡Ð16¡E, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 3(7),
doi:10.1029/2001GC000279.
Courses Taught
Earth Sciences 2230b: Introduction to Geochemistry
Earth Sciences 3313a: Igneous Petrology
Students
Jared Shivak, M.Sc. candidate
Tamara Sredojevic, M.Sc. candidate
Melissa Battler, Ph.D. candidate
Matthew Izawa, Ph.D. candidate
Haley Sapers, Ph.D. candidate
Dr. Banerjee currently has openings for M.Sc. and Ph.D.
students interested in studying hydrothermal alteration processes in
oceanic crust, biogeochemical evidence for early life on Earth
preserved in ancient greenstone belts, and studies of Earth environments
as Mars analogues. Interested students should contact Dr. Banerjee
for more information.
