Education and Experience:
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2014
M.Sc., Central Washington University, 2003
B.A., Occidental College, 2000
Research & Technical Experience:
2014-2018, National Science Foundation Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
2002-2004, 2006-2009, William Lettis & Associates, Inc., and Fugro William Lettis & Associates, Geotechnical Hazards Consultant, specializing in earthquake hazard.
Research Interests:
Neotectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology . Study of active faults and folds, earthquakes and associated hazards. Earthquake recurrence, fault behavior and rupture characteristics, estimating paleo-earthquake magnitude by relating ovserved deformation and earthquake timing between paleoseismic sites along a fault, fault reactivation, earthquake triggering. Field reconnaissance and mapping after surface rupturing earthquakes. C14 and dendrochroniologic dating techniques.