Sanjeev Gupta (geologist) explained

Sanjeev Gupta
Nationality:	British
Professor of Earth Science, Imperial College London

Sanjeev Gupta is professor of Earth Science at Imperial College London.

Research

Along with Professor Jenny Collier, Gupta is attributed to discovering how the Strait of Dover, the gap between England and France, was created by catastrophic floods 425,000 years ago.^{[1] [2]}

More recently, Gupta is part of the science team of three rover missions. He contributes extensively to NASA's Mars Science Laboratory's rover mission, Curiosity, which is currently exploring Gale Crater.^[3] Gupta is working alongside NASA's Mars 2020 rover mission, Perseverance, exploring a delta in Jezero crater.^[4] Gupta is also part of the PanCam instrument science team from the European Space Agency's planned Mars rover, Rosalind Franklin, which is set to land on Mars by the end of the 2020s.^[5]

External links

• British Library: Voices of Science

Notes and References

1. News: Geologists reveal how violent 'Brexit 1.0' separated Britain from Europe. The Guardian. 4 April 2017 . 5 December 2023 . Davis . Nicola .
2. Gupta . Sanjeev . Collier . Jenny S. . Palmer-Felgate . Andy . Potter . Graeme . Catastrophic Flooding Origin of Shelf Valley Systems in the English Channel . . 448 . 2007 . 10.1038/nature06018 . 17637667 . 7151 . 342–5 . 2007Natur.448..342G . 4408290 .
3. Web site: Research - Professor Sanjeev Gupta. www.imperial.ac.uk. 8 December 2017.
4. Web site: Mastcam-Z - Professor Sanjeev Gupta. mastcamz.asu.edu. 27 November 2023.
5. Web site: PanCam Science Team. www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl. 20 September 2022 . 27 November 2023.