Tathagata Ghosh

Dr. Tathagata Ghosh serves as Department Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, where he has progressed from Assistant Professor since joining in 2013. His expertise spans computational fluid dynamics, mineral processing, and advanced separation technologies, supported by his educational background including a PhD from the University of Kentucky, an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from AGH University of Krakow, and a BS in Mining Engineering from IIEST Shibpur. His research portfolio encompasses diverse areas including dry separation techniques, advanced physical processing, comminution, population balance modeling, and process simulation and control, with particular emphasis on coal preparation and fine particle processing. His work has garnered significant attention in the field, with over 500 citations of his research publications focusing on rare-earth elements extraction, selenium contamination in Alaska, and innovative separation technologies. Prior to his academic career, he gained valuable industry experience at Tega Industries Limited and conducted research at the University of Kentucky as a Graduate Research Fellow, where his doctoral work focused on CFD simulation of air-based density separators