Academic Training
2004-date Assistant Professor Geochemistry, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, Texas
2002-2004 Post-doctoral Fellow Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz, Germany
1998-2002 Ph.D. in (Isotope) Geochemistry Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1994-1996 Senior Research Fellow Mining and Mineralogy, Regional Research Lab., India
1992-1994 M.Sc., Geology Andhra University, India
 

Refereed Publications
· Mohapatra, B.K., D. Paul, and R.K. Sahoo, 1996. REE distribution in ferromanganese oxide ores from Iron Ore Group, Western Koira Valley, Orissa, India, J. Min. Pet. Econ. Geol., 91(7), 265–274.

· Turcotte, D.L., D. Paul, and W.M. White, 2001. Thorium–Uranium systematics require layered mantle convection, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (B3), 4265–4276.

· Paul, D., W.M. White, and D.L. Turcotte, 2002. Modeling the isotopic evolution of the Earth, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 360, 2433–2474.

· Paul, D., W.M. White, and D.L. Turcotte, 2003. Constraints on the 232Th/238U ratio (k) of the continental crust, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4 (12), 10.1029/2002GC000497.

· Paul, D., W.M. White, and J. Blichert-Toft, 2005. Geochemistry of Mauritius and the origin of rejuvenescent volcanism on ocean island volcanoes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6 (6), doi:10.1029/2004GC000883.

· Paul D., G. Skrzypek, 2006. Flushing Time and Storage Effects on the Accuracy and Precision of Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Sample using the Gasbench II Technique, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 20 (13), 2033-2040, DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2559.

• Skrzypek, G., and D. Paul, 2006. ¹³C Analyses of Calcium Carbonate: Comparison between the GasBench and Elemental Analyzer Techniques, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 20, 2915–2920, DOI: 10.1002/rcm.2688.

• Paul D., G. Skrzypek, 2007. Assessment of carbonate-phosphoric acid analytical technique performed using GasBench II in continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 262(3), 180-186.

• Paul, D., V. S. Kamenetsky, A. W. Hofmann, and A. Stracke, 2007. Compositional Diversity among Primitive Lavas of Mauritius, Indian Ocean: Implications for Mantle Sources, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 164, 76–94.

• Paul D., G. Skrzypek, and F. Istvan, 2007. Normalization of measured stable isotopic compositions to isotope reference scales - a review, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 21, 3006–3014, DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3185.

• Menezes, L. A., and D. Paul, and W. P. Silveira, 2007. Major and Trace element Geochemistry of the tholeiitic mafic metavolcanic rocks from the Riacho de Santana Greenstone belt, Bahia, Brazil. (Submitted to Precambrian Research)

• Menezes, L. A., D. Paul, and J. C. Cunha, 2007. Geochemistry of contaminated Komatiites from the Umburanas Greenstone Belt, Bahia State, Brazil. (In Review: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Brazil)

• Skrzypek, G. and D. Paul, and B Wojtun, 2007. Stable Isotope Composition of Peat and Plants from Iceland. (In Review: Plant and Soil Journal)

• Jezierski A., G. Skrzypek, P. Jezierski, D. Paul, M.O. Jedrysek, 2007, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and stable isotope records of paleoenvironmental conditions during peat formation. (In Review: Spectrochemica Acta Part B)

Ph.D. Thesis
· Modeling the isotopic evolution in the Earth & Geochemistry of Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean, Cornell University, 217 pp., 2002.

Paper Presentations
Presentations in International Scientific Meetings
· Paul, D., and White, W.M. (1999), Open system models of lead-isotopic evolution of the Earth, 9Th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Aug 22–27, 1999, abstract no. 7511.

· Paul, D., Turcotte, D.L., and White, W.M. (1999), Thorium-uranium-lead systematics, heat flow and the second lead paradox, AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13–17, 1999, abstract no. V41E-06.

· White, W.M., and Paul, D. (1999), Lead isotopic evolution of the Earth, AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 13–17, 1999, abstract no. V41E-05.

· Turcotte, D.L., Paul, D., and White, W.M. (2001), Isotope systematics require layered mantle convection, EUG XI meeting, Strasbourg, France, Apr 8–12, 2001.

· Paul, D., White, W.M., and Turcotte, D.L. (2001), Constraints on the Th/U ratio of the crust, 11Th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Hot Springs, Virginia, May 20–24, 1999, abstract no. 3574.

· White, W.M., and Paul, D. (2002), Constraints on the 232Th/238U in the crust from Pb isotopes and heat flow. 12Th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, Aug 18–23, 2002.

· Paul, D., and White, W.M. (2002), Geochemistry and volcanic evolution of Mauritius, AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 06–10, 2002, abstract no. S11A-1131.

· Paul, D., and White, W.M. (2003), Geochemistry and volcanic evolution of Mauritius, EUG XI meeting, Nice, France, Apr 6–11, 2003, Abstract no. EAE03-A-03689.

· Paul, D., Kamenetsky, V., and Hofmann, A.W. (2004), Extreme compositional variability of the mantle plume related magmas from Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean, 14th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5–11, 2004.

· Paul, D. (2005), Teaching Geochemistry at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Pre-conference workshop on “Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century”, 15th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2005, Muscow, Idaho, May 18–20, 2005.

· Thomas, S., Paul. D., and K.E. Murray (2005), Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic evolution of groundwater in the Edwards and Trinity aquifer system, south-central Texas, GSA Annual Meeting 2005, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Oct 16-19, 2005, Abstract no. 95874.

· Thomas, S., Paul. D., and K.E. Murray (2005), Evolution of Oxygen and Hydrogen Stable Isotopic Composition in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, South-Central Texas, AGU Fall 2005 Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 5-9, 2005, Abstract no. 2793.

• Paul D., and Skrzypek, G. (2006), Accuracy and Precision of Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Ratio of Sample using Gasbench II Technique in continuous flow mass spectrometry, Workshop on CF-IRMS in Victoria, Canada, June 11-14, 2006.

• Skrzypek, G., and Paul, D. (2006), Comparison of 13C of calcium carbonate analyses in continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer coupled with GasBench and Elemental Analyzer, Workshop on CF-IRMS in Victoria, Canada, June 11-14, 2006.

• Menezes, L. A., and Paul, D. (2006), Geochemistry and origin of the tholeiitic mafic metavolcanic rocks from the Riacho de Santana Greenstone belt, Bahia, Brazil, GSA Annual Meeting 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct 22-25, 2006, Abstract no. 112078.

• Jezierski A., Skrzypek G., Jezierski P., Paul D., and Jedrysek M.O., 2007, Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and stable isotope records of paleoenvironmental conditions during peat formation, 10th EMARDIS, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Electron Magnetic Resonance of Disordered Systems, Sophia, Bulgaria, June 7-14, 2007.

• Menezes, L. A., Paul, D., and J. C. Cunha, 2007, Geochemistry of contaminated Komatiites from the Umburanas Greenstone Belt, Bahia State, Brazil, GSA Annual Meeting 2007, Denver, Colorado, Oct 28-31, 2007, Abstract no. 127761.
 

Laboratory Experience
· Set up a state of the art Stable Isotope Ratio Mass-Spectrometry facility (installing a brand new ThermoFinnigan DeltaPlus XP IRMS) at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, UTSA to obtain high precision, automated measurements of dD, d¹⁸O, d¹³C, and d¹⁵N of a variety of geological and biological materials. This is the first of its kind analytical facility for stable isotope ratio measurements on campus at UTSA.

Professional Service
· Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (“G3”; published by the AGU and the Geochemical Society), Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), and United States National Science Foundation.

• Member of Editorial Board for Research Journal of Applied Sciences (quarterly publication) and Online Journal of Earth Sciences (quarterly publication), published by Medwell Online.

· Chairperson, Department Scholarship Selection Committee, UTSA, 2004-2005.

· Representative of College of Science in the Faculty Senate at UTSA, 2005-2007.

• Member of the Faculty Senate University Curriculum Committee at UTSA, 2005-2007.

• Served as a member in the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Grading at UTSA, 2005-2006.

· Member of the Geochemical Society, American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Honors and Awards
2006- 61st (2007) Edition of MARQUIS WHO’S WHO  IN AMERICA
2004- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
2001–02 Cornell University: NSF (award no. EAR-0079975) Graduate Research Assistantship
1998–99 Cornell University: Long fellowship
1994 Andhra University: Gold Medal for securing First Class First in the University

On-Going Theses and Dissertations Supervision
Advisor (and Dissertation Committee member) for Graduate Students
• M. Juckett (MS in EES, UTSA) - Thesis defended in Nov. 2006
• L. White (1st yr MS, UTSA)
• S. Thomas (3nd yr PhD., UTSA)
• V. Demir (3rd yr PhD., UTSA)

Research Mentoring
· Dr. Grzegorz Skrzypek- Postdoctoral Fellow at UTSA (Sept 2005 - 2007)

• Dr. Angela Beatriz Leal- Visiting Faculty of University Federal of Bahia, Brazil (March 2006- March 2007)

· Undergraduate in Geology, UTSA: Zaneta Martinez, Jessica Auguste, Sonya Alcocer, Kristi Salazar, Melissa Quiñones, Onochie Okonkwo

Collaborators and other Affiliations
PhD. Dissertation Advisor: William M. White (Cornell University)

Recent Collaborators:
· A.W. Hofmann, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz, Germany
· A. Stracke, Max-Planck-Institut fur Chemie, Mainz, Germany
· S.J. Birnbaum, EES, UTSA
· W. Hammond, EES, UTSA
· Dr. Stephen Crowley, University of Liverpool, UK
· Dr. Raymond Mauldin, Center for Archeological  Research, UTSA

Courses Taught at UTSA:
Undergraduate courses
• Introduction to Earth Systems (Geo 1103, Spring 2007)

• Geochemistry (GEO 3374), every Fall Semester

• Principles of Environmental Geology (GEO 4063), every Spring semester

• Petrology (GEO 3043), every Spring semester

• Petrology Laboratory (GEO 3052) , Fall 2006

• Independent Studies

Graduate courses
• Isotope Geology (GEO 6304), Fall 2007