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NEERAJA CHINCHALKAR<\/h1>\n
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Impact cratering, ejecta emplacement, shock metamorphism<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Geology and Planetary Science<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • M.S. Geology:<\/strong>?? Auburn University, August 201<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Thesis Title:<\/strong>??Provenance of a boulder-bearing impact breccia from surface outcrops and a drill-core from the Wetumpka Impact Structure, Elmore County, Alabama.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    • M.Sc. Geology:<\/strong>??Savitribai Phule Pune University (Formerly University of Pune), May 2017<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Thesis Title:<\/em><\/strong>??Characterization of ejecta and products of shock metamorphism from Lonar Crater, India.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    • B.Sc. Geology:??<\/strong>Fergusson College, May 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Shock metamorphism in impact glass from the West Clearwater impact structure<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • GSA On to The Future Travel Grant for OTF Alumni for the 2020 Regional Meeting NE\/SE section<\/span><\/li>\n
        • GSA Pathways Travel Grant for OTF Alumni for the GSA Annual Meeting, Arizona, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Research Grant, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Barringer Crater Company travel grant for 81st Meteoritical Society Meeting, Moscow,2018<\/span><\/li>\n
        • NASA travel grant for 81st Meteoritical Society Meeting, Moscow, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Geosciences Advisory Board Research and Travel Grants, Auburn University, 2018, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
        • GSA On to The Future Travel Grant for the GSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
        • College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM) Travel Grant, Auburn University, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          • *Chinchalkar N.S.<\/strong>, Osinski G.R., Tolometti G.D. and??Jaimes Bermudez J.P.??<\/strong>2022. Textural investigation of impact melt along a vertical transect at Discovery Hill, Mistastin Lake impact structure, Canada (abstract #2667).??53rd<\/sup>??Lunar and Planetary Science Conference<\/em>. Woodlands, Texas, March 2022 (iPoster).<\/span><\/li>\n
          • *Chinchalkar N.S.??<\/strong>and Osinski G.R. 2021. Shock metamorphism in zircon from West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Quebec, Canada.??Geological Association of Canada ??? Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting<\/em>. London, Canada, November 2021 (poster).<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Chinchalkar N. S.<\/strong>, and Osinski G. R. 2020. Microtextural and geochemical investigation of zircons from the Gow Lake Structure, Saskatchewan Province (abstract #1784). 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.<\/span><\/li>\n
          • Montalvo, P.E.,??Chinchalkar, N.S.<\/strong>??and King, D.T. Jr. 2019. Field Survey of Enigmatic Boulders Within Interior Diamicton at The Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama (USA),??Large Meteorite Impacts VI.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Kring, D.A., Angotti,L., Bouchard, M., Byron, B.,??Chinchalkar,N.S.<\/strong>, De Graff, S., D??hais, T., Glaspie,L., Hedgepeth, J., Hughes, M., Kaskes, P., MacArthur, J., McGregor, M., Ross, C., Stacey, K., Suarez, S., Verhagen, C., Erickson, T.M. 2019. Traces of Fallback Breccia On the Rim of Barringer Meteorite Crater (A.K.A. Meteor Crater), Arizona.??50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Chinchalkar N.S.<\/strong>??and King D.T. Jr. 2018. Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama: Large Oriented Boulders in an interior diamiction,??The Geological Society of America 130th Annual Meeting.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Chinchalkar N.S.<\/strong>, Hames W.E. and King D.T. Jr. 2018. Shock Effects in Mica and Rutile from Impact Breccia Matrix, Wetumpka Impact Crater, Alabama,??81st annual meeting of the Meteoritical Society.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Chinchalkar N.S.<\/strong>??and Duraiswami R.A. 2018. Quenched morphologies in impact glass from Lonar crater, India: role of water???49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
          • King D.T., Petruny L.W., DeMarchi L.,??Chinchalkar N.S.<\/strong>??and Adams M.C. 2018. Sub-crater breccias, Flynn Creek impact structure, Tennessee,??49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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