Member Since 1998
Bijaya B. Karki
Professor, Louisiana State University
Member, Mineral and Rock Physics Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
Louisiana State University
Professor
2003 - Present
Education
University of Edinburgh
Doctorate
1997
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2022
Citation
For seminal contributions to our understanding of material properties under deep Earth conditions through innovative first-principles approaches
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Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2015
Publications
Anomalous Behavior of Viscosity and Electrical Conductivity of MgSiO3 Melt at Mantle Conditions

Silicate melts have served as transport agents in the chemical and thermal evolution of Earth. Molecular dynamics simulations based on a deep neura...

July 02, 2021
AGU Abstracts
Deep neural network potentials for molecular dynamics simulations of complex melt systems
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND DATA ANALYTICS I POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 10 december 2024
Bijaya B. Karki, Abin Shakya
We explore the application of deep neural network potentials in molecular dynamics simulations of complex melt systems at varying conditions of pressu...
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A comparative study of nitrogen speciation in metallic, silicate, and bulk earth melts at high pressure using first principles simulations
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND DATA ANALYTICS I POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 10 december 2024
Bijaya B. Karki, Abin Shakya, Dipta B. Ghosh, Ekan...
Nitrogen is an important volatile and siderophile element which besides being dominantly present in the atmosphere is expected to exist underneath the...
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Light elements in the planetary cores using the thermoelastic properties of iron alloys
OF CORES WE CAN: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES OF EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 12 december 2023
Suraj K. Bajgain, Mainak Mookherjee, Rajdeep Dasgu...
Geophysical evidence indicates the presence of a liquid core in the Earths interior and on other terrestrial planets and moons. Owing to the density d...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Fellows Committee
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