Dr. Sanjeet Kumar Verma

About & Research Interests

Dr. Sanjeet Kumar Verma obtained his Ph.D. in Geochemistry and Igneous Petrology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) between 2009 and 2012, graduating with honors and receiving the Alfonso Caso Medal for his dissertation entitled “New Discrimination and Classification Diagrams for Igneous Rocks and Their Application to Geothermal Fields.” He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Campinas, Brazil, from 2012 to 2015. In 2015, he joined the División de Geociencias Aplicadas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C as an Assistant Professor. He currently serves as Head of Division and holds a position of full Professor. He is also a Level 2 in the National Researchers System (SNII). Additionally, he served as Academic Coordinator from 2019 to 2022. His research focuses on four principal areas within igneous petrology: (i) rock geochemistry (including geochemical modeling and analytical geochemistry), (ii) petrogenesis (the origin and evolution of magmas), (iii) tectonic discrimination using geochemical signatures, and (iv) geochronology (the determination of rock ages). His most significant contributions are related to the San Luis Potosí Volcanic Field (SLPVF), one of the most important regions in Mexico for topaz-bearing rhyolites. These rocks form under highly specialized geochemical conditions that enable the crystallization of topaz, making the SLPVF a key locality for this semi-precious mineral. He has also contributed to the calibration of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) techniques using uncertainty-weighted least-squares linear regression methods. Dr. Verma serves as an Associate Editor of the Elsevier journal Geochemistry (JCR impact factor: 2.6) and has been a Regular Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 2017. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Newton Advanced Fellowship by The Royal Society, United Kingdom. He also received the 2021 Potosino Prize for Scientific and Technological Research in the Young Researcher category. He is the author of 60 publications indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), 5 book chapters with international publishers, and 1 book published by Springer Nature. He has presented more than 17 papers at international conferences, 20 at national conferences, and has authored 7 articles in national scientific magazines. His academic outreach includes over 15 seminars and more than 35 postgraduate-level courses delivered at IPICYT in the fields of igneous petrology and geochemistry. His work has received more than 1,500 citations, and he has an h-index of 22. Dr. Verma has supervised 6 undergraduate theses, 7 master’s theses, 5 doctoral dissertations, and 1 postdoctoral project, with several additional graduate projects currently in progress. He also serves as a reviewer for leading scientific journals, with an average of 19 reviews per year, and has contributed to the organization of international courses and participation in scientific committees for academic conferences.