Arkaprava Mukhopadhyay (Ph.D.)

• Mass extinctions, their selectivity and macroevolutionary importance
• Long-term morphological changes of marine invertebrates
• Predator-prey interaction among marine invertebrates (fossil and recent)
• Long-term changes in paleoecological and paleobiogeographic configuration of marine invertebrates

Postdoctoral Research, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg:

• Assessing trait-based extinction selectivity of Roadian–Bajocian bivalves during hyperthermal and background intervals within a multivariate framework (DFG Project No. 587187384)

Postdoctoral Research, University of Vienna:

• Analysis of the marine predator-prey dynamics during late Quaternary climate oscillations in the Northern Adriatic Sea
• Evaluation of temporal change in the molluscan body size during late Quaternary climate oscillations in the Northern Adriatic Sea

PhD Research, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

• Analysis of the long-term patterns of body size evolution of the Late Cretaceous bivalves from Ariyalur
• Evaluation of prey-predator interaction using the Late Cretaceous molluscan fossils from Ariyalur
• Assessment of paleobiogeographic affinities of the Albian–Maastrichtian bivalves from Ariyalur
• Paleoecological studies of the Turonian–Maastrichtian bivalve community from Ariyalur, with analyzing the adaptive strategies of the fauna in changing substrate conditions
• Analysis of the selectivity patterns of the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction on a global scale using XGBoost models and logistic regression

Master’s Research, Presidency University, Kolkata

• Taxonomic identification and revision of the Bathonian–Oxfordian nautiloids of Kutch
• Analysis of hydrostatic and hydrodynamic properties of Kutch nautiloids from suture and shape
• Evaluation of temporal change in the habitat and its influence on the morphology of the Kutch nautiloids

ORCID ID // peer-reviewing activity for Ichnos

Published / accepted (peer-review)

• Poddar, A., Paul, S., Mukherjee, D.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., Chattopadhyay, D., & Das, S. (2026). Reappraisal of the Maastrichtian brachiopods from the Kallankurichchi Formation, Cauvery Basin, India. Cretaceous Research, 184, Article 106360.
• Mukhopadhyay, A., Paul, S., Bera, M. K., Mahato, A., Poddar, A., & Chattopadhyay, D. (2025). The role of substrate in determining the dominance of immobile, epifaunal bivalves in the Late Cretaceous. Palaeontology, 68, Article e70015.
• Chattopadhyay, D.  Mukhopadhyay, A., Paul, S., & Poddar, A. (2025). A revision of the Maastrichtian Exogyrinae subfamily from the Kallankurichchi Formation, Ariyalur Sub-basin, India – taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 101, 300–315.
• Saha, R., Paul, S., Das, S.S., Sarkar, D., Poddar, A.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., Chattopadhyay, D., & Bardhan, S. (2025). Body size evolution of the Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous bivalves of Kutch, India. Historical Biology, 37, 240–254.
• Chattopadhyay, D., Paul, S., Saha, R., Poddar, A.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., & Basak, R. (2024). Quantifying the temporal pattern of shape change in Trigoniids through the Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of Kutch: a Geometric morphometric approach. Journal of Earth System Science, 133, Article 224.
• Mukhopadhyay, A., Chattopadhyay, D., Poddar, A., Saha, R., Patil, S., Sonkar, T., Das, S., Basak, R., Paul, S., & Roy, A. (2024). Records of gastropod drilling predation on molluscan prey from the Anaipadi Member (Garudamangalam Formation; Upper Cretaceous, Coniacian) of the Ariyalur Sub-basin, India. Cretaceous Research, 154, Article 105721.
• Mukhopadhyay, A., Paul, S., & Poddar, A. (2023). Quantitative paleobiogeography of the Albian– Maastrichtian bivalves of Ariyalur, south India: Impact of the northward movement of the Indian Plate. Journal of Earth System Science, 132, Article 116.
• Mukhopadhyay, A., Paul, S., Poddar, A., Chattopadhyay, D., Saha, R., Basak, R., & Prasad, S. (2023). Body size evolution of the Late Cretaceous bivalves from Ariyalur, southern India. Cretaceous Research, 149, Article 105570.
• Poddar, A., Paul, S.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., Chattopadhyay, D., Mukherjee, D., Bardhan, S., Prasad, S., & Mathews, F.D. (2022). Records of drill holes and repair scars on Rectithyris subdepressa (Brachiopoda) from the Maastrichtian Kallankurichchi Formation, India. Cretaceous Research, 140, Article 105360.

Book Chapters

• Mukhopadhyay, A., Chattopadhyay, D., Paul, S., & Poddar, A. (2025). The northward movement of the Indian Plate and paleobiogeography of the Late Cretaceous Ariyalur invertebrate fauna. In S. Jain & N. Chakraborty (Eds.), Geology of the Cauvery Basin in South India (pp. 182–207). CRC Press.

• Analytical Paleobiology Workshop, June 2024, IISER Pune; Poster on “Long-term paleoecological changes of the Late Cretaceous bivalves from Ariyalur, India”
• Morphometrics and its Applications in Palaeontology, March 2018, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
• HiPeR International Symposium, January, 2018, Hiroshima University, Japan; Poster on “Functional Morphologic Analysis of Post-Triassic Nautiloids”

• Saha, R., Paul, S., Das, S. S., Bardhan, S., Sarkar, D., Chattopadhyay, D., Mukhopadhyay, A., Poddar, A., Char, A., Basak, R., & Mahata, A. (2025, April 27–May 2). Interaction between depositional environment and associated taphonomic conservation of the Upper Jurassic bivalves of Kutch, Gujarat, India. EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, EGU25-1076.
• Chattopadhyay, D., Poddar, A., Mukhopadhyay, A., & Paul, S. (2024, December 9–13). A revision of Exogyrinae subfamily from the Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Ariyalur Sub-Basin, India: insights into taxonomy and palaeobiogeography. The Palaeontological Association 68th Annual Meeting, Erlangen, Germany.
• Poddar, A., Mahata, A., Paul, S., Mukherjee, D., Mukhopadhyay, A., & Chattopadhyay, D. (2024, December 9–13). Long-term patterns of the prey-predator interaction in the Late Cretaceous brachiopods of Ariyalur, India. The Palaeontological Association 68th Annual Meeting, Erlangen, Germany.
• Mukhopadhyay, A.*, Paul, S., Poddar, A., Chattopadhyay, D., & Saha, R. (2024, April 14–19). Long-term palaeoecological trends of the Late Cretaceous bivalves from Ariyalur, India. EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, EGU24-248.
• Mukhopadhyay, A.*, Paul, S., & Reddy, P. (2023, October 15–18). Unveiling the selectivity patterns of bivalves at the K-Pg mass extinction event: a machine learning approach. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 55, No. 6, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Poddar, A., Jena, S., Paul, S., Mukherjee, D., Chattopadhyay, D.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., & Saha, R., (2023, October 15–18). Ornamentation in brachiopods: a journey among threats in the Phanerozoic. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 55, No. 6, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Basak, R., Paul, S.,  Mukhopadhyay, A., Poddar, A., & Chattopadhyay, D. (2023, October 15–18). Inoceramids from the Maastrichtian Kallankurichchi Formation, Ariyalur, India. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 55, No. 6, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Chattopadhyay, D., Paul, S., Saha, R., Poddar, A., &  Mukhopadhyay, A. (2023, October 15–18). Evolutionary insights into the body shape of Mesozoic Trigoniida bivalves from Kutch, India: a geometric morphometrics study. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 55, No. 6, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• Saha, R., Paul, S., Bardhan, S., Poddar, A., Mukhopadhyay, A., & Chattopadhyay, D. (2023, September 5–8). Body size evolution of the Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous bivalves of Kutch Gujarat, India. Bivalves – where are we going? University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

• October 2026 ff: FAU
• November 2025 – September 2026: University of Vienna Vienna, Austria, PostDoc Position Institut für Paläontologie
• September 2019 – October 2024: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, India Department of Geology & Geophysics / Ph.D. in Geology: Long-term Paleobiological Patterns of the Late Cretaceous Bivalves from Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu
• August 2016 – August 2018: Presidency University, Kolkata Kolkata, India, Master of Science, Applied Geology
• July 2013 – July 2016: Presidency University, Kolkata Kolkata, India, Bachelor of Science Geology

• Principal Investigator, “A multivariate assessment of bivalve extinction selectivity across ancient hyperthermal events”: DFG Project No. 587187384 (2026–2028).
• Awarded with Ernst Mach Grant Worldwide by OeAD-GmbH (Austria ́s Agency for Education and Internationalization) for 9 months to pursue postdoctoral research.
• Awarded with National Post Doctoral Fellowship by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (erstwhile SERB), Govt. of India for 24 months to purs00ue postdoctoral research (Declined).
• Awarded with INSPIRE Fellowship by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India for 5 years (2019-2024) to pursue doctoral research.
• Awarded with INSPIRE Scholarship by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. Of India for 5 years (2013-2018).
• Awarded with the Scheme of Scholarship for College & University Student reg. of Govt. of India by West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education in 2013 (Declined).

• Teaching assistant in the Paleontology Practical course for 5-year Integrated M. Tech. at Department of Geology & Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur (Autumn semesters, 2019–2024).
• Teaching assistant in the Paleobiology & Paleoecology course for 2-year M.Sc. at Department of Geology & Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur (Autumn semesters, 2019–2024).
• Teaching assistant in the Geology for engineers course for 4-year B. Tech. at Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (Autumn semesters, 2019–2021)
• Mentored 3 Master’s dissertation thesis (2020, 2022, 2023) at IIT Kharagpur

• Geological Society of India (Lifetime Member)
• European Geosciences Union (2023–present)
• CPN (Conservation Paleobiology Network)
• Geological Institute, Presidency University, Kolkata