I investigate the processes that build and modify Earth's crust, from mountain belts to sedimentary basins, and their relevance to natural resources and the energy transition.

My work integrates stratigraphy, structural geology, thermochronology, geochronology, geochemistry, seismic data, and geodynamic interpretation.

Professional and academic path

• Research Associate, University of Göttingen, Germany

• PRIME Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

• Humboldt Fellow, University of Göttingen, Germany

• ESKAS Fellow,  University of Bern, Switzerland

• M.S. and Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Research themes

• Orogenic evolution and continental collision

Mountain building, crustal shortening, deformation, and collision timing.

• Foreland basin evolution and sediment routing

Basin architecture, sediment provenance, source-to-sink systems, and landscape evolution.

• Thermochronology, exhumation, and deep-Earth dynamics

Cooling histories, rock exhumation, slab processes, uplift, and subsidence.

• Applied tectonics and subsurface resources

Hydrocarbon systems, mineral resources, geothermal energy, geologic hydrogen, and subsurface storage.

I welcome academic and industry collaborations, as well as media inquiries, related to orogenic processes, sedimentary basin evolution, hydrocarbon systems, mineral resources, ophiolites, geologic hydrogen, geothermal energy, and subsurface characterization.