Earth Sciences welcomes new Neukom Fellow – Akshay Mehra, PhD

Dartmouth Earth Sciences welcomes a new Neukom Postdoctoral Fellow – Akshay Mehra, PhD. to start September 1, 2019.

Earth Sciences and Mathematics; Mentors - Justin Strauss, C. Brenhin Keller and Anne Gelb (Ph.D. expected 2019)

Akshay Mehra research centers on discovering spatial relationships that reveal form, architecture, and organization to illuminate function at multiple scales. At Princeton, he has largely focused on using serial grinding and machine learning to produce and analyze three-dimensional models of the earliest biomineralizing (shell-building) animals. As a Neukom Fellow, Akshay will study ancient microbial constructions to understand how environment and biological processes lead to the varied morphologies that are preserved in the rock record. Prior to starting his graduate studies, Akshay was a researcher at Situ Studio, where he primarily worked on projects involving human rights violations. Akshay holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University.

The Neukom Fellows Program and the Neukom Institute are made possible by a generous gift from Mr. William H. Neukom