Mainak Mookherjee

Research reveals ‘fundamental finding’ about Earth’s outer core

Published: December 20, 2018 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers used cutting-edge supercomputing techniques to make a critical discovery about the chemical composition of the Earth's outer core. Credit: Argonne National Labs

The Earth’s core is an exceptionally difficult place to study. Its depths descend a staggering 2,900 kilometers — about the distance from New York City to Denver — and its extreme, otherworldly conditions are extraordinarily challenging to simulate in the lab. For scientists like Florida State University Assistant Professor Mainak Mookherjee and his postdoctoral scholar […]

FSU researchers net record number of prestigious NSF awards

Published: May 21, 2018 | 1:33 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University's NSF Career Award winners, 2018. (From left) Back row: Daniel Hallinan and Mainak Mookherjee. Front row: Justin Kennemur, Chen Huang and Ken Hanson.

A record number of Florida State University faculty members have received the National Science Foundation’s prestigious CAREER award this year for researchers in the early stages of their careers. Five Florida State University assistant professors have received the award that carries funding for their lab as well as the opportunity to work closely with the […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: September 2017

Published: September 20, 2017 | 10:43 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Woody G. Kim (Hospitality Management) received the John Wiley & Sons Lifetime Research Achievement award at the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education’s annual summer conference held in Baltimore, Md., in July. Lydia Hanks, Ph.D. (Hospitality) will return to Penn State, her alma mater, on Oct. 11 to receive the […]

FSU researcher targeting mysteries of deep Earth

Published: November 21, 2016 | 3:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Mainak Mookherjee, assistant professor of geology at FSU

Water covers about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but scientists also want to know how much lies inside the planet. A mineral called brucite may hold part of that answer, according to a Florida State University researcher. In a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, FSU Assistant […]

FSU geologist explores minerals below Earth’s surface

Published: October 13, 2016 | 9:07 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Mainak Mookherjee, assistant professor of geology

A Florida State University geology researcher is going deep below the Earth’s surface to understand how some of the most abundant minerals that comprise the Earth’s crust change under pressure. In a paper published today in Scientific Reports, Assistant Professor of Geology Mainak Mookherjee explores how feldspar, one of the most important minerals in the […]