Curriculum Vitae

2002 - 2006 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY: B.A. with Honors in Geology. Thesis: "Geobarometry of the Everett Schist in the Bash-Bish USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle, Massachusetts" (Adviser: Dr. Jeff Walker)

2011 - 2013 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Master’s in Geology. Thesis: “Understanding plutons in the vertical realm: field and geochemical relations on the southeast face of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California” (Adviser: Dr. Allen Glazner)

• Phi Theta Kappa Faculty of the Year: Truckee Meadows Community College, 2023

• Rose Award for Excellence in Service to the Department of Math and Physical Sciences: Truckee Meadows Community College, 2023

• Part-Time Faculty of the Year: Merced Community College, 2017

• Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Reference Work Award: American Geosciences Institute, 2015

• Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching: UNC-Chapel Hill, 2012

• Excellence in Service Award: National Park Service, 2006, 2007, 2010

• Erminnie A. Smith Memorial Prize for Excellence in the Study of Geology: Vassar College, 2006

• Honors Undergraduate Thesis: Vassar College, 2006

Putnam, R.L., and Musiyenko, V., 2022, High Sierra Climbing: Technical Climbs on Rock and Ice, Volume 1: Bishop, California, Kevin Daniels Publishing, 368p.

Putnam, R.L., and Musiyenko, V., 2023, High Sierra Climbing: Technical Climbs on Rock and Ice, Volume 2: Bishop, California, Kevin Daniels Publishing, 416p.

Putnam, R.L., and Musiyenko, V., 2023, High Sierra Climbing: Technical Climbs on Rock and Ice, Volume 3: Bishop, California, Kevin Daniels Publishing, 384p.

Putnam, R.L., and Sloan, E., 2014, Yosemite Bigwalls: The Complete Guide: Boulder, Colorado, Yosemite Bigwall, 376p.

Putnam, R., Glazner, A.F., Coleman, D.S., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Pavelsky, T., and Abbot, M.I., 2015, Plutonism in three dimensions: Field and geochemical relations on the southeast face of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California: Geosphere, v. 11, no. 4, p. 1–25, doi: 10 .1130 /GES01133 .1 .

Putnam, R.L., Glazner, A.F., Law, B.S., Stock, G.M., 2014, Geologic map of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, CA: Geological Society of America’s Map and Chart Series MCH106, 1 sheet. Winner of the Mary B. Ansari Best Geoscience Reference Work: American Geosciences Institute, 2015.

Putnam, R.L., Stock, G.M., Glazner, A.F., Bartley, J.M., and Coleman, D.S., 2013, Granite, glaciers, and rockfall in Yosemite Valley, California: Putirka, K., ed: Geological Society of America Field Guide 32, p. 1–52, doi:10.1130/2013.0032(02).

Putnam, R.L., 2023, Big Wall Petrology: Vassar College Colloquium, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Putnam, R.L., 2018, Mapping the walls of Yosemite with remote sensing, petrology, & big-wall rock climbing: Pomona College Colloquium, Pomona, California.

Putnam, R.L., 2018, Mapping the walls of Yosemite with remote sensing, petrology, & big-wall rock climbing: Coast Geological Society Monthly Meeting, Ventura, California.

Putnam, R.L. 2014, Remote sensing applications to bedrock geology on El Capitan, Yosemite National Park: Foothill GIS Usergroup Annual Meeting, Sonora, California.

Putnam, R.L., 2013, Mapping a volcano's roots in 3D: field and geochemical relations on El Capitan: Yosemite Forum Keynote Speaker, Yosemite Valley, California.

Putnam, R.L. and Glazner, A.F., 2023, Imaging and Interpreting the High Sierra Among Aviators, Mountaineers, and Other Adventurers: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Laskoski, A.F., Zilkowski, A.J., and Putnam, R.L., 2023, Possible Bedrock Lithology and Fracture Pattern Controls on Geomorphology of the Golden Valley Hills, Reno, NV: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Rens, M.L., Parkyn, R.M., and Putnam, R.L., 2023, Effects of Lithology on Plant Communities in the Western Santa Monica Mountains: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Reno, Nevada.

Putnam, R.L., Stock, G.M., Glazner, A.F., Bartley, J.M., 2018, A geologist-climber’s perspective on the many faces of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, CA: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Glazner, A.F., Bartley, J.M., Putnam, R.L., Stock, G.M., 2018, The shape of Half Dome: 3D studies of morphology and diking: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Bartley, J.M., Glazner, A.F., Putnam, R.L., Stock, G.M., 2018, Why is Half Dome there? Topographic effect of lithologic variation in the Half Dome Granodiorite, Yosemite National Park, California: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Putnam, R.L., and Stock, G.M., 2014, Interpreting an icon: igneous petrology, rock climbing, and geoscience communication in Yosemite National Park: Geological Society of America annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Putnam, R.L., Stock, G.M., Matasci, B.G., Glazner, A.F., 2014, Using three dimensional mapping to understand bedrock controls on the morphology of El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California: Geological Society of America annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Matasci, B.G., A., Putnam, R.L., Stock, G. M., Jaboyedoff, M., Glazner., A.F., 2014,  Three dimensional geological mapping of the vertical rock face  of El Capitan, Yosemite (California, USA), with field work, gigapixel photography, and terrestrial laser scanning: Vertical Geology Conference 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Glazner, A., Bartley, J., Putnam, R., Coleman, D., Hildreth, W., Law, B., and Stock, G., 2014, Silicic magmatism: plutonism in Yosemite National Park and volcanism in Long Valley caldera: guidebook for field trip associated with the 2014 Goldschmidt Meeting, 40 p.

Matasci, B., Carrea, D., Jaboyedoff, M., Stock, G. M., Collins, B. D., Putnam, R. L., 2013, Fracturing mapping and rockfall susceptibility assessment in Yosemite Valley (California, USA): AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Putnam, R.L., Glazner, A.F., Law, B., 2013, Understanding plutonism in the vertical: field and geochemical relations on the southeast face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Fresno, California.

Matasci, B., Carreal, D., Metzger, R., Jaboyedoff, M., Stock, G.M., Putnam, R., 2013, Rock face stability analysis and 3D geological mapping in Yosemite Valley (California): new remote sensing methods: European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

Goldman, V., Putnam, R.L., Acree, M., 2010, Preventing introduction of non-native weeds and resource damage during construction in Yosemite National Park: SERCAL Annual Conference, Mammoth Lakes, California

Putnam, R.L., 2020, Brandon Adams and Roger Putnam Shatter “Mescalito” Speed Record on El Cap: Rock and Ice, https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/brandon-adams-and-roger-putnam-shatter-mescalito-speed-record-on-el-cap

Putnam, R.L., 2019, El Cap’s New Trash (OpEd): Rock and Ice, v. 258, p. 24-25.

Brandon Adams and Roger Putnam - New Mescalito Speed Record: The Cutting Edge Podcast, The American Alpine Club, 2020

Gutman, R., 2017, Will Climate Change Make Rockslides Worse?: The Atlantic, Interview

Yosemite, PBS episode about Yosemite National Park by Joe Pontecorvo, USA, 2017

Yosemite National Park’s Granite Interpretive Website: https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/granite.htm

The Waltz of the Continents: North America, television episode about Yosemite National Park by La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse, France, 2014