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Ritika Kaushal
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
IISER, Berhampur
Selected Publications
2. Ritika Kaushal, Yu-HsinHsueh,Chi-LingChen, Yi-PingLan, Ping-Yu Wu, Yi-Chun Chen, Mao-Chang Liang (2022) . Isotopic assessment of soil N2O emission from a sub-tropical agricultural soil under varying N-inputs. Science of the Total Environment, 827, 154311.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154311​
1. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh, IIya N Bindeman (2025). Triple oxygen isotopes of rice (Oryza sativa L.) phytoliths as a quantitative proxy for relative humidity. Chemical Geology, 687, 122823.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122823​
​4. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh and Anil K. Pokharia (2019). Stable isotopic signature in rice grains marking a rapid hydroclimatic shift during the structural transformation of Harappan civilization. Quaternary International, 512, 144-154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2019.04.017
3. Ritika Kaushal, Chao-Chen Lai, Fuh-Kwo Shiah, Mao-Chang Liang (2021). Utilization of D17O method for nitrate dynamics in a subtropical water reservoir. Science of the Total Environment, 753, 141836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141836
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5. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh (2018). Stable oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains as recorder of relative humidity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, 423-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004245
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6. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh (2018). Oxygen isotope enrichment in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain organic matter captures signature of relative humidity. Plant Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.05.022
8. Arpita Biswas, Ritika Kaushal & Prosenjit Ghosh (2019). Assessing the effect of charring on carbon isotopic composition in rice grain organic matter and morphological transformation. Current Science, ​118, 7
Conference presentations
1. Ritika Kaushal, Chao-Chen Lai, Fu-Kuo Shiah, Mao-Chang Liang. Assessing nitrate dynamics in freshwater using Δ17O tracer. Goldschmidt 2021Virtual Conference. (Keynote speaker in session: Isotope geochemistry in Environmental Health Assessment and Remediation). https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Session/2528
​2. Thamizharasan Sakthivel, Aniket Dhar, Ritika Kaushal, Rahul Peethambaran, Prosenjit Ghosh. Record of atmospheric inversions trapping signature of CO2 emission from sugarcane industry around urban setup; a case study using high-resolution Delta-Ray IR Spectrometer. Goldschmidt Meeting, Barcelona, 18th -23rd August 2019 (Poster presentation).
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4. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh, Anil K. Pokharia. “Reconstructing palaeo-hydroclimate using rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains”. Goldschmidt Meeting, Paris, 13th -18th August 2017 (Oral presentation).
​3. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh, Yue-Ie Hsing."Assessing the accuracy of relative humidity prediction using an empirical relationship based on rice (Oryza sativa L.)".Goldschmidt Meeting, Boston, USA, 12th -17th August 2018 (Oral presentation).
​5. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh. “Fingerprint of seasonal relative humidity in rice (Oryza sativa L.): potential for paleoclimate archive”. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14th – 18th December 2015. (Poster presentation
​6.Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh. “Stable isotope composition of rice grain organic matter: an indicator of growing season stress”. Goldschmidt Meeting, Prague, 16th -21st August 2015 (Poster presentation).
​7. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh. “Determination of fractionation of oxygen isotopes between rice grain and environmental water”. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 9th to 13th December, 2013 (Poster presentation).
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8. Ritika Kaushal, Prosenjit Ghosh, Willi A. Brand, Heike Geilmann. “Rainfall induced isotope effects in rice (Oryza Sativa L.) grain organics: a palaeo perspective”. Goldschmidt Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 24th – 29th June, 2012 (Oral presentation).
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