RAHUL SAHAJPAL

RAHUL SAHAJPAL
Visiting Research Scientist, Stony Brook University, USA.

Biography

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Geosciences) Postdoctoral Associate 01/05/15-01/17 Responsible for refining and developing techniques using ASTM procedures for sequestration of Technetium and Iodine using waste forms at the Hanford site of Department of Energy (DOE). Columbia University (LDEO) 06/01/14-12/31/2014 Research Staff Assistant Measured major and trace elements in whole rock samples to estimate continental erosion during the Pleistocene. Stony Brook University 08/2013-Present Visiting Research Scientist Responsible for maintaining quadrupole ICP-MS (Aglient 7300) and ICP-OES (Thermo Fisher) and ICP-OES (Perkin Elmer 5300 DV and 8300 DV). 2 The Graduate Center, City University of New York 2008-2013 Developed a geochemical model for predicting lake water chemistry and mineral saturation in Mono Basin for the late Pleistocene (10-67 ka) using PHREEQC and Geochemist Workbench. 2011- 2013 Developed salinity proxies for Mono Lake basin, CA. 2008- 2011.