Bio

I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in General Geology and Natural Hazards, Earth Surface Processes (Geomorphology), and Field Geology (aka Field Camp). Students in my group conduct research around the world, including in Mongolia, Greece, the Pacific Northwest, and of course in North Carolina. Typical student research projects include a combination of field-based studies that are paired with geospatial analysis and modeling.

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Area(s) of Expertise

My research interests include the intersections of the fields of geomorphology, active tectonics, paleoseismology, paleoclimatology, biogeomorphology, and geoarchaeology.

Publications

• A storm‐sculpted landscape—Observations from post‐Helene lidar in the Hickory Nut Gorge, North Carolina , Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2026)
• Alluvial fans in an extreme continental-interior basin: Interplay of climate-cyclicity, tectonics, and watershed dynamics in western Mongolia , Quaternary Science Reviews (2026)
• Defining the timing and controls of alluvial fan aggradation in an extreme continental-interior setting in the Basin of Great Lakes, western Mongolia , (2026)
• Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and Their Long-Term Impacts on Himalayan Landscapes , (2026)
• Landslide Volume, Mobility, and Recurrence on Grand Mesa, Colorado: Insights from a 781-Event Inventory , Research Square (2026)
• Supplemental Data - Beavers Preferentially Select Floodplain Habitat in Urbanized Watersheds V1.0 , Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2026)
• A Late Holocene sedimentary record of earthquakes and hydroclimate from Ozette Lake, Washington, USA , Quaternary Research (2025)
• Drivers of late Quaternary lake level fluctuations of Khyargas Nuur, western Mongolia - glacial meltwater discharge or atmospheric moisture supply? , Quaternary Science Reviews (2025)
• Event-based mapping and spatial pattern analysis of landslides in parts of central Vietnam , Natural Hazards (2025)
• InSAR characterization of short-term deformation in a Late Quaternary landslide complex in the lower Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico, U.S.A. , Scientific Reports (2025)