Education:

Area of Specialization & Interest:

• Research Scholar with a passionate interest in sedimentary Geochemistry using proxies such as Elemental, stable isotope and Organic geochemistry (Biomarkers). Skilled in IRMS and ICPMS instrumentation with a strong focus on reconstructing Paleoclimate and environmental variability. Eager to contribute to multidisciplinary projects in palaeoclimatology and biogeochemical cycles.

Professional Career:

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

1. ECR grant for attending 15th International Conference on Palaeoceanography (ICP15), 2025 at IISC, Bengaluru.
2. Qualified the State Eligibility Test (SET) of Tamil Nadu in 2016.

SCI Publications :

1. Duraimaran, P., Mani, D., Yadav, R. et al. Biogeochemical evidence of the Oligocene and late Miocene–Pleistocene climatic variability from two deep sediment cores of the South China Sea. J Earth Syst Sci 133, 166 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-024-02372-6.
2. Duraimaran, P., Mani, D., Pandey, D.K. et al. Oligocene and Late Miocene-Pleistocene Elemental Records of Sedimentary Provenance, Basin Evolution, Chemical Weathering and Depositional Environment from the Northern South China Sea. Aquat Geochem 31, 3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10498-024-09437-4 .
3. P. Duraimaran, Devleena Mani,* KM Mudiyam, (2025), Biomarker records of Oligocene-Pleistocene climatic variability from sediment cores of the Northern South China Sea (Under Review at Journal of Organic Geochemistry).

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia:

1. “Long-term (Oligocene-Pleistocene) climatic variability and depositional environments from sediment cores of Northern South China Sea” at GOLDSCHMIDT CONFERENCE held at HAWAII, July 2022 (remotely presented). https://doi.org/10.46427/gold2022.11894 Authors: P. Duraimaran, Devleena M. Tiwari*, R.Yadav.
2. “Long-term (Oligocene-Pleistocene) climatic variability and depositional environments from sediment cores of Northern South China Sea”. A one-day event on Oil and Gas Exploration, October 20th 2022 at CEOAS, UOH (Poster Presentation). Authors: P. Duraimaran, Devleena M. Tiwari*, R.Yadav, P.B.Ramamurthy, and E.V.S.S.K.Babu
3. Reconstruction of long-term climatic variability and depositional environments from the sediment cores of the South China Sea: Preliminary results. Seminar on Tectonics of the evolving Earth at CEOAS, UoH March 2019 (Poster Presentation). Authors: Devleena Mani, P. Duraimaran, R.Yadav, P.B.Ramamurthy and EVSSK Babu
4. Participated in ‘AGE’ 2016, a National seminar conducted by the Department of Geology, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India.
5. Participated in the 101st Indian Science Congress held at the University of Jammu from February 3 to 7, 2016.
6. Participated in the 102nd Indian Science Congress held at the University of Bombay from January 3 to 7, 2015.

Popular Articles:

• Duraimaran, P., Mani, D., Pandey, D.K. et al. Oligocene and Late Miocene-Pleistocene Elemental Records of Sedimentary Provenance, Basin Evolution, Chemical Weathering and Depositional Environment from the Northern South China Sea. Aquat Geochem 31, 3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10498-024-09437-4

Google Scholar Links:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b5s9T1UAAAAJ&hl=en

Other Professional Activities (Professional Training/Committees/Editorial Services):

• Co-Author and part of the field work of an in situ natural gamma radiation survey using a car-borne NaI(Tl) scintillation spectrometer in a high background natural radiation area. And collected soil and food crops to study the transfer factor of radionuclides from soil to food crops and Rocks from Kanniyakumari, India, under the guidance of Dr.Kazumasa Inoue Sensei at National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan.
• Summer Internship and a mini project sponsored by Pondicherry University titled “Checking Laboratory Standards for Calcite and Limestone in IRMS” under Dr.Shreyas Managave, Assistant Professor of Pondicherry University, India.
• Summer Internship sponsored by the TANMAG (Tamil Nadu Magnesite Mines), for a 1-month program. Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.