Research Group
Current Research Group
Tara Lonsdorf
Graduate Student
Paleoelevation and Eocene Extension of the northern and central Basin and Range
Kevin Ortiz
Graduate Student
Paleoelevation and paleoclimate of the Basin and Range
Past Group Members
PhD 2019
Continental Deformation: New Tools and New Constraints on Convergent and Collisional Tectonic Systems from the Greater Caucasus
Assistant Professor at Dixie State University
PhD 2018
Assessing Rio Grande Rift Development and Exhumation in the Southern Rocky Mountains Using Techniques in Low-temperature Thermochronometry
Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach
Post-doc 2016-2018
Development of monazite thermochronology and deep-time applications of zircon helium thermochronometry
Assistant Professor at Idaho State University
Post-doc 2016-2017
Erosion rates in the California Coast Ranges constrained by cosmogenic nuclide studies
Assistant Professor at Eastern Michigan University
Post-doc 2015 - 2017
Paleoseismicity and neotectonics of the Sevier Desert region and eastern Basin and Range
Senior Lecturer at University of Canterbury
Post-doc 2013 - 2015
Stable isotopes, clumped isotope thermometry and paleoelevation of the Basin and Range
Assistant Professor at Kansas State University
PhD 2014
The tectonic evolution of the Hoh Xil Basin and Kunlun Shan: Implications for the uplift history of the northern Tibetan Plateau
Research Geologist, United States Geological Survey
PhD 2011
The Cenozoic Paleoelevation and Paleogeographic History of the Southwestern US Cordillera: a combined Sedimentologic and Isotopic Approach.
Associate Professor at Pacific Lutheran University
PhD 2011
Tectonics of the Greater Caucasus and the Arabia-Eurasia Orogen.
Undergraduate Honors Theses Advised
Christian Banner BS 2015
Thermochronology analysis of the Caucasus.
Currently a chemical engineer at Faurecia, Fraser, MI
Megan Mueller BS 2013
Assessing the role of the San Andreas fault in controlling the spatial distribution of erosion rates in the Transverse Ranges, Southern California. Link to thesis
Currently a PhD student in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
Nattavadee Srisutthiyakorn BS 2010
Slip Rate on the Low-Angle Sevier Desert Detachment Constrained by Geodesy and Pluvial Shoreline Deformation. Link to thesis
Currently a PhD student in the Department of Geophysics, Stanford University
Daniel LaLonde BS 2008
Effects of Time Varying Landslide Rates on Cosmogenic Nuclide Erosion Rates using a Numerical Simulation.
Medical Doctor at Independent Emergency Physicians, Royal Oak, Michigan