The University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences

Dr. Neil R. Banerjee

Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science

Assistant Professor

Office: BGS 0166
Phone: 519 661-3727
Fax: 519 661-3198
Email: neil.banerjee@uwo.ca

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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

Simon Auclair, M.Sc. candidate
Nathan Bridge, M.Sc. candidate
Dusa Vukosavljevic, M.Sc. candidate
Tamara Sredojevic, M.Sc. candidate

Melissa Battler, PhD candidate
Matthew Izawa, PhD candidate
Haley Sapers, PhD 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.

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