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Member Since 1988
Mark M. Baskaran
Professor and Chair, Wayne State University
Mark Baskaran: tenured Full Professor & Chair, Department of Environmental Science & Geology, Wayne State Univ., (Detroit, MI); Ph.D. in Nuclear Geophysics from Physical Research Lab., (PRL, India), India; Postdoc at PRL & University of Alaska-Fairbanks; Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at TAMU-G; Wayne State: since 1999. Total peer-reviewed articles: >150; Google Sch.: >8500; h-index: 57. Senior Fulbright Fellow in Turkey; Inagural chair -Devendra Lal Memorial Medal selection committee (2017-).
Professional Experience
Wayne State University
Professor and Chair
1999 - Present
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Research Scientist
1988 - 1999
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Postdoctoral Fellow
1988 - 1988
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Education
Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad India
Doctorate
1985
Madurai Kamaraj University
Masters
1979
Current Roles
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
Publications
Climate Change Impacts to the Arctic Ocean Revealed From High Resolution GEOTRACES 210Po‐210Pb‐226Ra...

Climate change is transforming the Arctic Ocean in unprecedented ways which can be most directly observed in the systematic decline in se...

April 27, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Twentieth century extreme precipitation recorded in coastal lake sediments from California
LACUSTRINE RECORDS OF PALEOHYDROCLIMATE FROM THE PLEISTOCENE TO PRESENT II POSTER
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 13 december 2023
Clarke Knight, Mark M. Baskaran, Marie Champagne, ...
Flood-producing extreme precipitation is one of the most significant natural hazards worldwide. In recent decades, atmospheric rivers (ARs) have been ...
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Impact of NORM resulting from Oil and Gas Activities on Human Health in Southern Pennsylvania
EMISSIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS FROM OIL, GAS, AND COAL OPERATIONS II POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2021
Paul Manion, Tammy Murphy, Justin Nobel, Marsha Ha...
The Marcellus Shale Formation is known to contain high levels of radioactivity, with 8 53 ppm of uranium and pockets of ancient seawater containing u...
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Novel Fe and Mn oxide catchbasin filter media to improve the quality of runoff water and its application to extract isotopic tracers
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE OCCURRENCE, FATE, TRANSPORT, TRANSFORMATION, AND REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINANTS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS III POSTERS
hydrology | 10 december 2020
Chandra M. Tummala, Mark M. Baskaran, Timothy Ditt...
Urbanization has not only increased the quantity of stormwater runoff entering storm drains but also deteriorate its quality. Catch basin filters or i...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2022 - 2023
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2020 - 2021
Chair
Devendra Lal Medal Committee
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