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SURYA PACHHAI

Research Assistant Professor

Geology & Geophysics

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  • Research Assistant Professor
    Geology & 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 Professor
    Geology & Geophysics1 Jul 2023 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Lecturer
    Birendra Multiple Campus, Trivhuwan University, Department of Physics, Chitwan, Nepal1 Sep 2007 - 3 Aug 2009
  • Lecturer
    Oxford College of Engineering and Management affiliated to Pokhara University, Department of Science, Gaindakot, Nepal1 Oct 2007 - 3 Aug 2009

DEGREES

  • PhD, Earth Sciences
    The Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, Australia
  • Diploma, Earth System Physics Section
    The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
  • BS, Physics
    Tribhuvan University, Chitwan, Nepal
  • MS, Physics
    Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate
    University of Cambridge and ICTP, Earth Sciences
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics