Dr. Sohan JHEETA

Dr Jheeta defended his PhD entitled “Experimental studies in prebiotic chemistry” at The Open University, UK in 2010, having been supervised by Professor Nigel J Mason OBE. His initial studies largely comprised of astrochemistry. Dr Jheeta’s writing has now progressed to include topics related to the emergence of life on Earth, astrobiology and astrophysics. To this effect, he has written over forty scientific peered reviewed papers, as well as one invited authorship paper and five book chapters and has been published in twenty-four international journals. Internationally, across forty institutes, he has delivered over one hundred and twenty oral presentations including nineteen keynote speeches and has also given thirty-six poster presentations. In 2013 Dr Jheeta created NoRCEL (the Network of Researchers on the Chemical Emergence of Life), of which he is currently Chairman. The group has now evolved into five projects including Astroscience Exploration Network (ASEN); Blue Earth Project (BEP); Frontiers of Sciences (FoS); Latin America Hub (LatAm Hub) including NoRCEL Sessions (NS); and Microbial World Network - with the focus of these projects being on educational and outreach programmes serving the global south.

Further information can be found at: https://norcel.net/ & https://sohanjheeta.com