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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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Posts

A New Community-Focused Course for the Geosciences

Improving Atmospheric River Forecasting

Leaking Landfills

Spring 2026 DELTA Express Grants Recipients Announced

2025-26 University Faculty Scholars Named

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Paleoclimate and landscape evolution in an extreme continental interior – Interplay between aeolian, fluvial, and lacustrine systems in the Basin of the Great Lakes, Western Mongolia , (2025)
• Quantitative assessment of landslide hazard and risk at regional-scale: a case study from central Vietnam , Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2025)
• The characteristics and timing of multiphase major landslides along the Blue Ridge Escarpment of the southern Appalachians revealed by combined cosmogenic nuclide dating and Schmidt hammer rebound measurements , Geomorphology (2025)

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