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What do I study?
What do I study?
I study a range of topics in tectonics, geomorphology, and geoscience education.
Tectonics and Geomorphology
Tectonics and Geomorphology
My current research focuses on the tectonic geomorphology of the Río Jemez system in New Mexico. I am interested in differential bedrock incision rates across river systems of the Southern Rockies as proxies for uplift and tectonic drivers of landscape evolution. I also am working on synthesizing differential incision rate studies across the NE margins of the Colorado Plateau in the San Juans and Gunnison system.
Tools I employ and am interested in using include:
Ar/Ar detrital sanidine geochronology, high resolution topography (HRT) data, lidar, photogrammetry, LandLab and TopoToolbox processing, and field based measurements.
Strath terrace cobbles along the Jemez River in northern New Mexico. The Jemez is the axial drainage of the Valles Caldera.
DEM hillshade 3D map view of the Río Salado, Río Guadalupe, Jemez River systems. This area hosts some of the highest incision rates in NM and the Southwest (200-300 m/Ma). Ar/Ar detrital sanidine geochronology will further investigate this.
Travertine caps on top of strath terraces, Río Salado near San Ysidro, NM.
Terraces of the paleo-Colorado River, near Lake Powell with the Henry Mts in the background.
Active ojito geothermal systems in the Río Salado near Hwy 550.
Geoscience Education
Geoscience Education
I am interested in geoscience education research concerning land justice, decolonization, history of geoscience, and environmental literary criticism.
My undergrad thesis has since sprouted into a course I teach in Earth and Planetary Sceinces at UNM yearly since 2022. The course (Geology, Society, and Justice) is offered to both undergraduates and graduates in the department and related departments across the university.
Check out my course here!
I am also actively engaged with developemnt and upkeep of the Trail of Time (ToT) on the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park!
Repairs on the Trail of Time at the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park in 2022.
Markers on the ToT, each meter is marked by a million years with increments of 10 marked with the discs above.
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