Ajay Kumar
Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
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Top SchoolAjay Kumar is an assistant professor and geophysicist with nine years of research experience probing crust and mantle structure using potential field data and passive seismology methods. He completed a PhD in Geophysics at Universitat de Barcelona and has held research roles at GFZ Potsdam and CSIC, including a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher position focused on subduction processes. His work spans seismological techniques—from novel teleseismic stacking and transdimensional Bayesian inversion to rupture back-projection and tomography—applied to regions like the Himalaya. Now based in Pune at IISER, he combines teaching with active research, translating advanced inversion methods into classroom and field projects. Colleagues value his ability to bridge deep-mantle processes with surface observables and to develop alternative approaches when standard techniques (e.g., receiver functions) face limitations.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Science, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Science at JNV Bilaspur, (H.P.), INDIABSMS, BSMS at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), KolkataMaster's degree, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Master's degree, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research KolkataDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics at Universitat de Barcelona
English, Hindi, Spanish
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Github Skills (17)
python-scripts9
depth9
modeling-tool7
mantle7
chemical-engineering7
climate-science7
geodesy7
geophysics6
hydrodynamics6
materials-informatics6
receiver-functions5
python5
bayesian3
crossword1
ord1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ajay6763/earthquake_bp_obspy
Apr 2022 - Feb 2026
Contributions:1 review, 8 PRs, 28 pushes in 3 years 10 months
ajay6763/V2RhoT_gibbs
Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
Python scripts to converting seismic velocities to temperature and density based on Gibbs free energy minimization from Perple_X
Contributions:3 releases, 29 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 3 months
python-scripts
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