Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, WA

I use dendrochronology, dendroecology, geochronology, and sedimentology  to describe and analyze past landscapes, extreme events, and climate. I am interested in regional climate dynamics, and how knowledge of the past can inform our understanding of current global change and future hazards.

Now at US Geological Survey

This fall 2019 I started a position with the US Geological Survey as a Research Geologist at the Earthquake Science Center Seattle Field Office. I will be working on using high-resolution geochronology (tree-rings) to date co-seismic subsidence and drowning/burial of ancient forests. This work will answer previously unanswered questions about the spatial and temporal characteristics…

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