Dr. Amaldev. T graduated from the University of Mysore with master's degree in geology. He passed the UGC-CSIR lectureship national eligibility test. He received his M.Phil in Geology from the University of Kerala. He received his doctorate in geology from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He specialises in metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, and regional tectonics. Visited the United States of America, Japan and France for conference presentations.  To continue his research, he was awarded the Cochin University Post-doctoral fellowship, which he held till his current post as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics at Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Environmental Geology, Metamorphic Petrology, Tectonics

Paleo-Mesoarchean crustal evolution in the Coorg Block, southern India: Insights from magmatic and metamorphic records in mafic granulites, Precambrian Research, Elsevier Vol. 370, 2022

Mesoarchean (ultra)-high temperature and high-pressure metamorphism along a microblock suture: Evidence from Earth's oldest khondalites in southern India, Gondwana Research, Elsevier Vol. 91, 2021

Mesoarchean convergent margin processes and crustal evolution: Petrologic, geochemical and zircon U–Pb and Lu–Hf data from the Mercara Suture Zone, southern India, Gondwana Research, Elsevier Vol. 37, 2016

High pressure mafic granulites from the Mercara Suture Zone, southern India : Implications for deep subduction and subsequent exhumation, Annual Fall Meeting 2017, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, 2017

Petrological, geochemical and geochronological insights to the stature of Mercara Suture Zone in the Southern Peninsular India and its role in Gondwana, Joint meeting of Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union, Tokyo, Japan, 2017

High grade Metamorphism and subduction related arc-magmatism in the Mercara Shear Zone, southern India, National conference on “Shear Zones and Crustal Blocks of Southern India” held at University of Kerala, Vol. 3 , 0, 2016

Convergent margin magmatism in the Mercara Shear Zone: terrane boundary between the Coorg block and the Western Dharwar Craton, southern India, 28th Kerala Science Congress, held at University of Calicut, 2016

Junior Research Fellowship from UGC - RGNF, in the year 2014

Senior Research Fellowship from UGC -RGNF, in the year 2016

Post-doctoral Fellowship from Cochin University of Science and Technology, in the year 2019

Conference grant to attend the Goldschmidt conference, 2016, Yokohama, Japan from Geochemical society, USA, in the year 2016

International travel grant to attend Joint Meeting of JpGU and AGU, 2017 at Tokyo, Japan from DST-SERB, Govt of India, in the year 2017

Student Scholarship Award to attend annual conference 2017 of IAGR at Thailand, Bangkok from Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand, in the year 2017

International travel grant to attend annual Fall meeting of AGU 2017 at Louisiana, USA from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India, in the year 2017

General Student conference grant to attend annual Fall meeting 2017 of AGU at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. from American Geophysical Union, USA, in the year 2017

Startup Project for new faculty- SMNRI from Cochin University of Science and Technology, in the year 2021

DST Major Project under EMEQ Scheme from DST-SERB, Govt of India, in the year 2022

National Eligibility Test for Lectureship from UGC-CSIR, in the year 2011

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) from Indian Institute of Technology, in the year 2012

RESEARCH PROJECTS

"Growth, structure and evolution of Coorg-Nilgiri blocks and associated suture zones, southern India; an integrated approach using geological and geophysical data" (Cochin University of Science and Technology- 2021 -2023 , Total outlay Rs.170000)

"High-pressure granulites in the Archean crustal blocks of Southern Granulite Terrain, southern India" (DST-SERB, Govt of India- 2022 -2025 , Total outlay Rs.4713764)