SURYA PACHHAIProfile page
Research Assistant Professor
Geology & Geophysics
- Research Assistant ProfessorGeology & Geophysics
BIO
I am an observational and mathematical geophysicist, and I am specilized on the analysis of geophysical observations and development of the geophysical methods to improve our understanding of the Earth internal structure (from subsurface to the inner core) and dynamic processes. I received MSc in Physics from Trivhuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2007, and pre-PhD in geophysics from The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy in 2010, followed by PhD in observational global seismology from The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2015. I worked as a research fellow for a joint project between University of Cambridge and ICTP from 2016-2017, followed by a postdoc fellow at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego from 2017-2019. I joined the University of Utah in 2019 as a Postdoc and continued as a Research Assistant Professor from 2023.
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- Research Assistant ProfessorGeology & Geophysics1 Jul 2023 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant LecturerBirendra Multiple Campus, Trivhuwan University, Department of Physics, Chitwan, Nepal1 Sep 2007 - 3 Aug 2009
- LecturerOxford College of Engineering and Management affiliated to Pokhara University, Department of Science, Gaindakot, Nepal1 Oct 2007 - 3 Aug 2009
DEGREES
- PhD, Earth SciencesThe Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, Australia
- Diploma, Earth System Physics SectionThe Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
- BS, PhysicsTribhuvan University, Chitwan, Nepal
- MS, PhysicsTribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral Fellow/Research AssociateUniversity of Cambridge and ICTP, Earth Sciences
- Postdoctoral Research FellowScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics