Prachi Kar
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Mail code: 6004Campus: Tempe
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Student Information
Graduate StudentGeological Sciences
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Prachi is a PhD candidate, working with Dr. Mingming Li. She uses numerical modeling to investigate the dynamic processes that shape the interiors of Earth and other rocky planets over geologic time. Her research interests involve the structure, dynamics, and long-term evolution of Earth's deep mantle, with a particular focus on Large Low-Velocity Provinces (LLVPs). She also explore the Moon's interior to understand its thermal and compositional evolution and how these processes have influenced the differences we observe on its surface today.
- M.Sc. Applied Geology, Jadavpur University, 2022
- B.Sc. Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, 2020
Geodynamics | Mantle Convection | Planetary Interiors
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Long-term survival of large low velocity provinces (LLVPs) due to internal layering
Kar, P., & Li, M. (2025) · Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 107452 DOI
ACTIVE PROJECTS
- Long-term survival of large low-velocity provinces (LLVPs)
- Role of core-derived lighter oxides in mantle dynamics
- Hemispheric thermal dichotomy in the lunar mantle
PAST PROJECTS
- Coupled storage for hydrogen and nitrogen in coesite in Earth's mantle
Travel support, Interior of the Earth: Gordon Research Conference (GRC)
USD 700 · June 2025
ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Travel Grant
USD 1,200 · April 2025
SESE Exploration Graduate (SEG) Award
USD 10,000 · January 2025
Travel support by Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG), 2024 Ada Lovelace Workshop
USD 1,500 · September 2024
Travel Scholarship, 2023 GAGE/SAGE Community Science Workshop
USD 1,000 · April 2023
DST INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education, Govt. of India
INR 300,000 · 2017 – 2022
Co-chair of Arizona Collaborative Consortium for Earth and Space Science (ACCESS)
2024 - present
Co-chair of Geophysics Cookie Hour at the School of Earth and Space Exploration, ASU
2024 - 2025
Blogger & Illustrator at European Geosciences Union - Geodynamics Division
2022 - present
President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Jadavpur University Student Chapter
2021 - 2022
Secretary at Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Jadavpur University Student Chapter
2020 - 2021