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'''M. Santosh''' is an Indian [[Geologist|geoscientist]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shujuan |first=Lin |last2=Yingqi |first2=Cheng |title=Attraction of the great outdoors - USA - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201302/05/WS5a2f75f0a3108bc8c672474f.html |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=global.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> and researcher in [[petrology]], [[geochemistry]], [[geochronology]], [[metallogeny]] and [[Tectonics|supercontinent tectonics]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nandakumar |first=T. |date=2013-11-12 |title=Ancient microcontinent discovered in Coorg block |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ancient-microcontinent-discovered-in-coorg-block/article5339660.ece |access-date=2026-04-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He is foreign expert and professor at the [[China University of Geosciences (Beijing)]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peng |first=Dannie |date=2024-07-14 |title=The Chinese science detectives hard on the trail of academic misconduct |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3268242/study-ethics-chinese-science-detectives-hard-trail-academic-misconduct |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> and emeritus professor at [[Kōchi University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Japan Santosh M Honorary Professor At The University Of Adelaide Australia Foreign Expert And Professor At The China University Of Geosciences Beijing China And Emeritus Professor At The Faculty Of Science Kochi University – författare |url=https://www.akademibokhandeln.se/forfattare/japan-santosh-m-honorary-professor-at-the-university-of-adelaide-australia-foreign-expert-and-professor-at-the-china-university-of-geosciences-beijing-china-and-emeritus-professor-at-the-faculty-of-science-kochi-university?srsltid=AfmBOoq7q8u8c1ZuG8hUn_sfVyI_XxpnhiHiLNT5XQGTFzw9R4pnO4qD |website=Akademibokhandeln}}</ref> He is also a distinguished scholar at [[Yonsei University]].

== Early life and education ==
Santosh was born in [[Kerala, India]].<ref name=":0" /> He obtained a B.Sc. in Geology from the [[University of Kerala]] in 1979, and an M.Sc. in Applied Geology from the [[IIT Roorkee|Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee]] in 1981. He earned a Ph.D. in Petrology from the [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1986 and a D.Sc. in Petrology from the [[Osaka City University]] in 1990.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Palin |first=Richard |title=M. Santosh Institution: China University of Geosciences Beijing China |url=http://www.geosciencefrontiers.com/news/413 |website=Geoscience Frontiers}}</ref> He was awarded the degree of D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by the [[University of Pretoria]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Berrick |date= |title=Miss South Africa, provincial education leader and 81-year-old British Knight receive degrees from the University of Pretoria {{!}} University Of Pretoria |url=https://www.up.ac.za/news/miss-south-africa-provincial-education-leader-and-81-year-old-british-knight-receive-degrees |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.up.ac.za |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Santosh began his research career at the [[National Centre for Earth Science Studies|Centre for Earth Science Studies]], serving as a Research Fellow from 1981 to 1983 and subsequently as a Scientist and Senior Scientist from 1983 to 2000.<ref name=":2" />

From 2000 to 2012, he was Professor at [[Kōchi University|Kōchi University, Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Years of research, thought lead geologist to propose new supercontinent Columbia |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/794402 |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=EurekAlert! |language=en}}</ref> Since 2012, he has served as Foreign Expert and Professor at [[China University of Geosciences (Beijing)]]<ref name=":0" />, while continuing as Emeritus Professor at [[Kōchi University|Kōchi University, Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=複合領域科学部門主催 M.Santosh名誉教授の受賞記念講演会 - 高知大学 |trans-title=Commemorative lecture by Professor Emeritus M. Santosh, hosted by the Department of Interdisciplinary Sciences. |url=https://d1uzrjg1nysubm.cloudfront.net/events/2017041200014/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=Kochi University |language=en}}</ref> He also held the position of Professorial Fellow at the [[University of Adelaide]], Australia, from 2016 to 2024.

Santosh is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the international geoscience journal ''[[Gondwana Research]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof M. Santosh awarded in China’s 1000 Talent Award program |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/gondwana-research/about/news/prof-m-santosh-awarded-in-chinas-1000-talent-award-program |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> and serves as Executive Advisor of ''Habitable Planet'' and Editorial Advisor of ''Geoscience Frontiers''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editorial board - Geoscience Frontiers {{!}} ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/geoscience-frontiers/about/editorial-board |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> He has also served as Editorial Advisor of ''Geosystems and Geoenvironment'' and as Associate Editor of ''Ore Geology Reviews'' and ''[[Geological Journal]]''.<ref name=":2" />

He is the founding Secretary-General of the International Association for Gondwana Research.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yoshida |first=M. |title=Officials elected for the term January 2026 to December 2028 |url=https://iagrglobal.org/officials-elected-for-the-term-january-2026-to-december-2028/ |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=IAGR Global |language=en-US}}</ref> He has acted as co-leader of an international research project under the framework of [[UNESCO]] on [[East Gondwana]], and has led research projects on the geological evolution of [[South India|Southern India]] and [[Gondwana (India)|Gondwana]] supported by the [[Japanese Ministry of Education]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Santosh |first=M. |last2=Tanaka |first2=Kitaru |last3=Yoshimura |first3=Yasutaka |date=2005-01-22 |title=Carbonic fluid inclusions in ultrahigh-temperature granitoids from southern India |url=https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/geoscience/articles/10.1016/j.crte.2004.12.003/ |journal=Comptes Rendus. Géoscience |language=en |volume=337 |issue=3 |pages=327–335 |doi=10.1016/j.crte.2004.12.003 |issn=1778-7025}}</ref>

== Research and scholarly works ==
Santosh’s research focuses on [[petrology]], [[mineralogy]] and [[geochemistry]], [[Isotope geochemistry|isotope geology]] and [[geochronology]], crust–mantle evolution, [[metallogeny]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holm |first=Daniel K. |last2=Widanagamage |first2=Inoka |last3=Dunbar |first3=Nelia |last4=Heizler |first4=Matthew |date=2025 |title=Long duration ∼600–500 Ma high-T metamorphism ended with early Ordovician rapid intermediate-T cooling and stabilization of Sri Lanka in central Gondwana |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/long-duration-600500-ma-hight-metamorphism-ended-with-early-ordovician-rapid-intermediatet-cooling-and-stabilization-of-sri-lanka-in-central-gondwana/2C7EBCD6A7D56059711ED74A6BE31A3B |journal=Geological Magazine |language=en |volume=162 |pages=e11 |doi=10.1017/S0016756825000044 |issn=0016-7568}}</ref>, [[Supercontinent|supercontinent assembly]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Veeraswamy |first=K |title=Antarctica crust similar to South India, Mozambique: study |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/370929/antarctica-crust-similar-south-india.html |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> and breakup, [[environmental geology]], [[Geological hazard|geohazards]] and early life evolution.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Maruyama |first=Shigenori |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Earth_System_and_Evolution_of_Life.html?id=NKcPRAAACAAJ |title=The Earth System and Evolution of Life |last2=Santosh |first2=Madhava Warrier |date=2016-05-23 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-90-481-9047-8 |language=en}}</ref> His work integrates field geology, mineral chemistry, [[isotope geochemistry]] and [[Tectonics|tectonic]] reconstruction to understand the long-term evolution of continents, oceans and mineral systems, as well as topics on habitability and sustainability and his research papers have gained over 0.1 million citations.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Antarctica crust similar to South India, Mozambique: study |url=http://www.business-standard.com:80/article/pti-stories/antarctica-crust-similar-to-south-india-mozambique-study-113112500139_1.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140316025334/http://www.business-standard.com:80/article/pti-stories/antarctica-crust-similar-to-south-india-mozambique-study-113112500139_1.html |archive-date=2014-03-16 |access-date=2026-04-30}}</ref>

In 2013 Santosh and his team identified a 3.2-billion-year-old [[microcontinent]], the Coorg block<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Santosh |first=M. |last2=Yang |first2=Qiong-Yan |last3=Shaji |first3=E. |last4=Tsunogae |first4=T. |last5=Mohan |first5=M. Ram |last6=Satyanarayanan |first6=M. |date=2015-01-01 |title=An exotic Mesoarchean microcontinent: The Coorg Block, southern India |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X13003493 |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=165–195 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2013.10.005 |issn=1342-937X}}</ref>, within [[South India|peninsular India]], with findings published in ''Gondwana Research''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yingqi |first=Cheng |title=Ancient microcontinent discovered {{!}}Sci-Tech {{!}}chinadaily.com.cn |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-11/15/content_17109004.htm |access-date=2026-04-30 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}</ref> The study indicates that continental formation began earlier than previously estimated (3.2–3.8 billion years ago) and documents rocks up to 3.8 billion years old.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Collins |first=Alan S. |last2=Clark |first2=Chris |last3=Plavsa |first3=Diana |date=2014-01-01 |title=Peninsular India in Gondwana: The tectonothermal evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrain and its Gondwanan counterparts |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X13000105 |journal=Gondwana Research |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=190–203 |doi=10.1016/j.gr.2013.01.002 |issn=1342-937X}}</ref>

He is also a co-author of the book ''Continents and Supercontinents'', published by Oxford University Press, which synthesises geological, geophysical and geochemical evidence for the evolution of Earth’s supercontinents.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=John J. W. |url=https://books.google.com.cy/books?id=RHs8DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover |title=Continents and Supercontinents |last2=Santosh |first2=M. |date=2004-09-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-516589-0 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Gondwana Research]]
*[[Columbia (supercontinent)]]

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