Vivek Krishnan

Dr. Vivek Krishnan

Project Scientist I, Solid Earth Research Group (SERG)

Email : vivek[dot]krishnan[at]ncess[dot]in

Phone(Off) :

Mobile : +91 9400553276

Education:

Ph.D. : 2025, Planetary Geology, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad.
Title : A Study of Volcanism, Tectonics and Mass Wasting Features in the Tharsis Region, Mars: Implications for Late Amazonian Geological Processes and Recent Seismo-tectonic Activity.
M.Sc. : 2018, Geology, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu.
B.Sc. (Hons.) : 2016, Geology, University of Calicut, Kerala.

Area of Specialization & Interest:

Planetary Geology, Geology of Mars, Geology of Moon.

Professional Career:

2025 - Present Project Scientist I, ESSO National Centre for Earth Science Studies.
2021 - 2024 Senior Research Fellow, CSIR National Geophysical Research Institute.
2019 - 2021 Junior Research Fellow, CSIR National Geophysical Research Institute.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Recognitions :

  1. CSIR RA Fellowship, 2025.
  2. LPI Career Development Award, 2023, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX.
  3. DST Inspire Fellowship, 2019, Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India.
  4. University First Rank holder, 2018, University of Madras.

Publications :

  1. Krishnan, V., & Kumar, P. S. (2023). Long-lived and continual volcanic eruptions, tectonic activity, pit chains formation, and boulder avalanches in northern Tharsis region: Implications for Late Amazonian geodynamics and seismo-tectonic processes on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, e2022JE007511. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007511.
  2. Krishnan, V., & Kumar, P. S. (2025). Late Amazonian continual volcanic eruption, contemporaneous tectonics and pit chain formation in the central Tharsis region, Mars: Implications for long-lived magmatism and mantle plume. Icarus,116667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116667.
  3. Mohanty, R., Kumar, P.S., Prasanna, K.J., Krishnan, V., Mishra, A., & Sai, G.S. (2023). Evidence for train forming ejecta boulder falls around fresh simple impact craters at the lunar Orientale multi-ring basin and implications for ballistic ejecta sedimentation on the Moon. Icarus, 405(July), 115723.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115723.
  4. Kumar, P.S., Mishra, A., Krishnan, V., Pillai, N.S., Pathak, S., Bhiravarasu, S., Narendranath, S., Lakshmi, K.J.P. and S. Bhattacharya, (2024). Crustal origin for olivine in the lunar Shioli crater ejecta boulders: Insights from the geological setting of Theophilus crater and Nectaris basin. Icarus, 116239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116239.

Conferences/Seminars/Symposia:

  1. Krishnan, V. and Kumar, P.S., 2021, March. Evidence for Long-Lived Middle to Late Amazonian Volcanism, Tectonics, and Recent Boulder Fall Activities in the Northern Tharsis region, Mars. In 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (No. 2548, p. 1855).
  2. Krishnan, V. and Senthil Kumar, P., 2023, March. Late Amazonian Volcanism, Tectonics and Boulder Avalanches in the Central Tharsis Region, Mars: Implications For Geodynamics. In 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 2806, p. 1971).

Google Scholar Links:

  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ti5k4uAAAAAJ&hl=en .

ORCID:

  • https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3930-7990.