About Our Faculty & Staff
Geosciences Department

Expertise:

• Groundwater and subsurface modeling
• Field measurement design
• Science communication
• Data worth analysis

Education

• PhD University of Arizona, Hydrology 2019
• Graduate Certificate, University of Arizona, College Teaching 2019
• Graduate Certificate, University of Arizona, Connecting Environmental Science and Decision-Making 2019
• MS University of Arizona, Soil Water and Environmental Science 2016
• BS Fort Lewis College, Environmental Geology 2011

Expertise:

• Climatic vs. intrinsic controls on sedimentation in icehouse conditions
• Sequence stratigraphy for aquifer and reservoir characterization and prediction
• Tectonics and sedimentation in the southwestern U.S.

Education:

• Ph.D., Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1995
• Master of Science, Geology, University of Wisconsin, 1990
• Bachelor of Arts, Geology, Colorado College, 1983

Expertise

• Geologic hazard evaluation and mitigation 
• Landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, and avalanches 
• Snow hydrology 

Education

• B.A., Geology with Honors with a minor in Environmental Science and Forestry, University of Vermont, 1987
• M.S., Earth Science, Montana State University, 1996
• Doctoral Studies, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 2001- 2006

Expertise:

• Geochronology 

• Geochemistry 

• Geologic systems of the earth 

• Hydrothermal ore systems 

• Igneous and metamorphic rocks 

• Petrology 

• Structural geology problems to tectonics, metallogeny and environmental studies 

• Tectonics 

Education:

• Ph.D., Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, University of Kansas, 1997 
• Master of Science, Geology, Northern Arizona University, 1988 
• Bachelor of Science, Geology, Fort Lewis College, 1982

Expertise 

• Geomorphology 
• Neotectonics 
• Landscape evolution 
• Meteorology and hydrology of the western US 
• Remote sensing and GIS applied to geomorphic and environmental change 

 Education 

• Ph.D., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015 
• M.S., Geology, Utah State University, 2009 
• B.S., Geography/Meteorology, Ohio University, 2007 

Education

• Ph.D., Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, 2015
• M.S., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2010
• B.S., Geology and Geophysics, Boston College, 2008

Expertise

• GIS and remote sensing
• River geomorphology and sediment transport
• Watershed restoration
• Impacts of dams on rivers
• Eco-hydraulics and eco-geomorphology
• Hydraulic modeling

Expertise

• Surface water hydrology
• Hydrology and water resources of the western US
• Human impacts on river systems
• GIS and GPS

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 2001
• M.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1997
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989

Expertise

• Cartography
• Geographic information systems
• Geographic visualization
• Regional geography
• Remote sensing
• Surface hydrologic modeling
• Terrain modeling
• Weather and climate

Education

• Ph.D., Geography, University of Utah, 2001
• M.S., Geology, Texas Christian University, 1991
• B.S., Geology, Tennessee Technological University, 1987