I am a structural geologist and marine geophysicist. I am interested in accretionary wedges at subduction zones—specifically, their evolution, faulting, and ability to host coseismic slip—and the resulting hazards to coastal communities. I bridge using geophysical methods like marine active-source seismology and field-based approaches like geological mapping, to investigate these issues from a variety of timescales, spatial scales, and perspectives. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Washington's Fault Structure, Stress, & Tectonics group under the supervision of Harold Tobin. I am currently a Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Fellow.
Research interests
Coseismic processes in accretionary wedges
I use seismic reflection data, bathymetry, and other datasets to reveal how accretionary wedges deform and evolve, in between and during megathrust earthquakes.
Exhumed subduction complexes
I apply structural geology and petrology to reveal how subduction processes are imprinted in the rock record.