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With over seven years of academic experience in seismology research, I specialize in both forward and inverse modeling, bridging the gap between theoretical concepts and practical applications. My expertise includes developing complex scientific software, such as a parallelized physics engine in Fortran leveraging High-Performance Computing, fluid diffusion modeling in C++, stress change analysis in MATLAB, and optimization algorithms in Python for signal peak detection. I've led numerous simulated fluid injection experiments to evaluate the earthquake risks associated with such activities, demonstrating a deep commitment to environmental safety. Proficient in a wide array of programming languages and tools including Python, MATLAB, Fortran, C++, C, SAC, ObsPy, QGIS, and GMT, I bring a versatile skill set to tackle diverse challenges in geosciences.

Education

University of Toronto, Mississauga2019-Current PhD candidate in Earth Sciences

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata2014-2019 Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s of Science in Earth Sciences

Skills

Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB, Fortran, C++, C, R, HTML, CSS, JS, ReactJS
High-Performance Computing (HPC): Parallel programming and optimization; Experience with MPI, OpenMP & SLURM; Scaling and deploying machine learning models in distributed environments.
Data & Analysis Tools and libraries: Vertex AI, BigQuery, AutoML, Tensorflow, Pandas, SciKitLearn, OpenCV, Excel, Tableau, Seaborn

Research Experience

University of Toronto2019 – Current Effects of injection parameters on fault slip
  • Planned and designed an injection model to emulate fluid injection near a fault under the guidance of Dr. Semechah Lui.
  • Instituted an algorithm to simulate a parameter space with a size of ~2500 points, each point simulating ~2000 years of slip on a fault, being the first one of this scale leveraging the powerful computational capabilities of parallelization on the Niagara supercomputer cluster
  • Spatial variability of injection with a focus on the 2016 Pawnee earthquake
  • Established an analytical solution for pore pressure diffusion to be implemented into a boundary integral solver for fault slip which is then implemented by using high performance computing concepts on the Niagara supercomputer cluster.
  • Devised a full-fledged realistic model of the Pawnee earthquake geological region and injection wells to observe the effects of injection to compare and contrast the effects of pore pressure triggered slip versus aseismically triggered seismic slip.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata2016 - 2019 Back projection of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
  • Explored the seismotectonics of the Himalayan region under the supervision of Prof. Supriyo Mitra
  • Used Back Projection analysis outlined by Ishii et al. (2005) and developed an optimization algorithm to track the spatiotemporal properties of the rupture for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Coulomb stress change induced by the 2015 Nepal earthquake
  • Investigated the Coulomb stress changes that took place across the fault during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake mainshock and the subsequent aftershocks to understand whether there is a clear correlation between the regions of stress accumulation and locations of the aftershock fault planes.
Source properties of the 2018 Bengal basin earthquake
  • Produced and analysed the focal mechanism using body wave inversion of the 28th August 2018 Bengal Basin Earthquake which gave an insight about the active basement faults beneath the surface.
Source properties of the 2018 Assam Earthquake
  • Produced and analysed the focal mechanism of the 12th September 2018 Assam Earthquake (Mw 5.4) using full waveform body wave inversion to connect it to the underlying tectonics of the region
Master’s Thesis Project – Seismotectonics of the Bay of Bengal
  • Studied moderate to large (Mw > 5.5) intraplate earthquakes of the Bengal basin using full waveform body wave inversion to understand the underlying tectonics of the region and find the causes of these earthquakes.
  • Evaluated the underplating of the Bay of Bengal region under the Burma plate and how this convergence is being accommodated.
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology May 2015 - June 2015 Effects of initial conditions on chaotic systems involved in numerical weather prediction Worked on “Numeric Weather Prediction” under the supervisor, Dr. Govindan Kutty Analysed the effects of a chaotic system of equations on predictability. Solved the Lorenz system of equations and analyzed how changing the initial conditions on the system affected the state of the system at a later time.

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Phone: +1 437-228-4989
E-mail: riddhi.mandal@mail.utoronto.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/riddhi-mandal