Sankha Subhra Mahanti
I am a PhD candidate (5th year) in the Geoscience department at the University of Arizona. I am working with Dr. Eric Kiser in the Global Seismology and Tectonics (GSAT) group. Originally, I am from India and started my PhD journey from Fall 2021 after completing my bachelor’s and master’s degree (BS-MS) in Physics from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India (2016-2021).
In terms of research, I primarily work on computational seismology to understand crustal seismicity and crustal structure in the Andes mountains in South America. My work focuses on earthquake detection with deep learning, seismic tomography, and imaging of crustal reflective layers with autocorrelation methods.
Research Interests
Seismology, Tectonics, Machine Learning, Seismic Tomography
Awards and Recognitions
- Best Geophysics Talk | Annual symposium of UAGeosciences 2025
- Invited Speaker at TEDx University of Arizona. 2024
- Winner of University of Arizona GradSlam (Best 3-minutes research presentation) 2024
- Best Geophysics Talk | Annual symposium of UAGeosciences 2023
- Best Geophysics Talk | Annual symposium of UAGeosciences 2022
- Selected in Sakura Science Exchange Program | Japan Science and Technology (JST) 2019
Grants and Fellowships
- Peter Coney Fellowship 2025 from the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Scholarship for academic year 2024-2025.
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Scholarship for academic year 2022-2023.