Contact Information:

Manika Prasad, Assoicate Professor

Petroleum Engineering Department

Center for Rock Abuse

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO 80401

USA

Phone: (303) 273-3457

Fax: (303) 273-3189

email: mprasad@mines.edu

Education:

• B.S. (major: Geology, minor: Chemistry) from St. Xavier's College, Bombay
• M.S. (major: Geology, minor: Geophysics and Marine Geology) from University of Kiel, Germany
• Ph.D. (major: Geophysics, minor: Marine Geology) from University of Kiel, Germany

Research Projects:

• Nanophase earth materials
• Organic-rich shales
• Heavy oils
• Acoustic and Atomic Force Acoustic Imaging

Teaching Interests:

• Rock physics and rock mechanics
• Formation Evaluation and Well log analysis
• Laboratory Methods in Earth Sciences