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Kelin X.
Whipple
Professor
School
of Earth and Space Exploration
Email:
kxw@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-638
Phone:
(480) 965-9508
Address:
PO Box 871404
Tempe, AZ 85287
Curriculum
Vitae
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| Graduate
Students |
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Byron
Adams
Ph.D.
Candidate
M.S.
in Geology, University of Cincinnati, 2007
B.S.
in Geology, Ball
State University, 2005
Advisors:
Kelin Whipple and Kip Hodges
Email:
Byron.A.Adams@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-210
Phone:
(480) 965-4110
Web:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~badams4
Research
Interests:
My primary interests lie within the broad spectrum of
surface processes and tectonics, as well as their interactions with
climate. My specific pursuits include utilizing and developing
quantitative techniques (thermochronology and terrestrial cosmogenic
nuclide dating) to better understand geologic processes specific to
geomorphology and tectonics (e.g. erosion, exhumation, uplift,
incision). My previous and current research ventures have focused on
the Greater Himalaya of northern India and Bhutan. My research relies
heavily on fieldwork and the processing of samples gathered in the
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Roman
DiBiase
Ph.D.
Candidate
B.A.
in Geophysics,
University of California, 2005
Advisor:
Kelin Whipple
Email:
roman.dibiase@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-210
Phone:
(480) 965-4110
Web:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~radibias
Research
Interests: I
am generally interested in how landscapes respond to changes in
climate, tectonics and land use. Specifically, how hillslopes and
channels adjust to these changes, and whether we can use the current
topography to infer past conditions. I use a combination of field
surveys, digital elevation models, and cosmogenic radionuclides to
infer process, quantify topography, and measure long term erosion
rates. I am currently working in the San Gabriel mountains in southern
California. |
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Jeni
McDermott
Ph.D.
Candidate
M.S.
in Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2006
B.A.
in Behavioral
Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2002
Advisors:
Kelin Whipple and Kip Hodges
Email:
jenimcd@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-209
Phone:
(480) 727-0342
Research
Interests: While
at California State, Monterey Bay, Jeni worked with Dr. Douglas Smith,
monitoring active geomorphic features such as gullies and landslides as
well as completing a paired watershed comparison and establishing
annual sediment budgets for impaired streams. In June, 2006, she
completed her Master's degree at the University of California, Santa
Barbara with Dr. Jordan Clark. For her thesis, she used multiple
tracers to examine ground water travel times at an artificial recharge
facility. Jeni began her PhD work with Kelin and Kip in August, 2006;
she is working on the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, using
low-temperature thermochronology and process geomorphology to establish
rates of erosion, ages of neotectonic faults, and constraints on
minimum ages of major Transhimalayan river gorges. |
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Matthew
Rossi
Ph.D.
Candidate
B.S.
in Geology, The
College of William and Mary, 2003
Advisor:
Kelin Whipple
Email:
mwrossi@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-210
Phone:
(480) 965-4110
Web:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~mwrossi
Research
Interests: Broadly,
I am interested in landscape evolution over a wide range of spatial
and temporal scales. This includes improving our
understanding of the details of fluvial incision mechanics, natural
hazard prediction and mitigation, modern climate change and other
anthropogenic effects on surface processes, and dynamic feedbacks among
climate, tectonics, and erosion. My dissertation research
focuses on quantifying climatic controls on erosion rates in
mountainous settings. To do this, we collect river sands from
a diverse suite of climate regimes and determine erosion rates by
measuring cosmogenically produced radionuclides.
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Phairot
Chatanantavet
Post-doctoral
Research Associate
Ph.D.
in Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis,
2007
M.E.
in Water Resources, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2001
B.E.
in Civil Engineering, Chiangmai University, Thailand, 1999
Ph.D.
Advisor: Gary Parker
Email:
pchatana@mainex1.asu.edu
Office:
ISTB2-Experimental
Geomorphology Lab
Web:
https://sites.google.com/a/asu.edu/phairot/home
Research
Interests:
I am interested in the processes that shape the Earth's surface
occurring over various spatial and temporal scales. I mostly focus on
fluvial systems or rivers, which are part of the landscape and affected
by other physical, chemical, and biological processes. I use many
methodologies including theoretical analysis, numerical modeling,
physical experiments, and field work. I am currently
conducting a number of experiments at the ASU Flume Lab. |
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Xavier
Robert
Junior
Fellow - Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research
Ph.D.
in Earth Sciences at Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble,
France, 2008
M.S.
in Earth Sciences at Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble,
France, 2004
Agrégation
in Earth and Life Sciences, École Normal Supérieure
de Lyon, France 2003
Ph.D.
Advisors: Peter van der Beek and Jean-Luis Mugnier
Email:
xavier.robert01@gmail.com
Office:
PSF-210
Phone:
(514) 987-3000 (1718)
Web:
http://www2.cifar.ca/research/earth-system-evolution-program/program-members-earth-system/?i=331
Research
Interests: Xavier
Robert is a CIFAR Junior Fellow working under the joint supervision
of Alessandro Forte in the Département des sciences de la
terre et de l’atmosphère at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Kelin
Whipple in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State
University, and Peter Reiners in the Department of Geosciences,
University of Arizona.
Xavier’s
research to date has focused on the evolution of mountain belts. He has
devoted much of his work to exploring the links between erosion, other
processes that shape landscapes, and active tectonic movement within
mountain belts. Xavier uses a variety of techniques to study this
evolution across multiple scales of space and time, including field
experiments, computational modeling, and especially low-temperature
thermochronology – the study of the correlation between time and rock
temperature. During his Junior Fellowship, he plans to extend his
research to larger space-time scales by focusing on how the evolution
of major structural variations in the deep earth has influenced the
shape of the Earth’s surface on regional scales. This work will
integrate the techniques mentioned above with studies of the
evolutionary formation of rivers and plateaus. |
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Michael
Zoldak
GIS
Analyst
M.A.
in Geography at University of New Mexico, 2000
B.A.
in History at Cleveland State University, 1993
Email:
Michael.Zoldak@asu.edu
Office:
PSF-210
Phone:
(480) 965-4110
Research
Interests: Michael
has twelve years of experience working the field of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) in both private and academic
settings.
His primary expertise lay in the development of
spatial-analytical tools and the extension of existing tools to the
geophysical sciences. He has also done work in the realms of
3D
visualization, GIS instruction and training, GIS for resource
management, and remote sensing analysis.
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| Past
Graduate Students |
| Simon Brocklehurst |
Ph.D.
2002 |
Glacial
Erosion and Relief Production: Implications
for coupling between climate and tectonics |
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Lecturer at
University of Manchester, UK |
| Katrina Cornell |
M.Sc.
2007 |
Experimental
Investigation of Suspended Load Abrasion in Bedrock Rivers |
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River guide in
western U.S. and Peru/Chile |
| Ben
Crosby |
Ph.D.
2006 |
Knickpoint
Migration: Rates and Processes |
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Assistant
Professor at Idaho State University |
| Joel Johnson |
Ph.D.
2007 |
Physics
of River Incision Processes: Field and Experimental Study |
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Assistant
Professor at University of Texas-Austin |
| Eric Kirby |
Ph.D.
2000 |
Structural
, Thermal, and Geomorphic Evolution of the Min Shan Range: Implications
for the processes of continental deformation, Tibetan Plateau |
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Associate
Professor at Pennsylvania State University |
| Stephen Lancaster |
Ph.D.
1998 |
River
Meandering |
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Associate
Professor at Oregon State University |
| Will
Ouimet |
Ph.D.
2007 |
Large
Landslides and the Transient Response of Bedrock Channel on the Eastern
Tibetan Plateau |
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Visiting
Assistant Professor at Amherst College |
| Kristen Paris |
M.Sc.
2008 |
Canyon
Systems of Athabasc Valles, Mars |
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Research
Associate, LROC Mission, Arizona State University |
| Taylor Schildgen |
Ph.D.
2007 |
Surface Uplift, Fluvial
Itncision, and Geodynamics of Plateau Evolution, from the Western
Margin of the Central Andean Plateau |
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Postdoctoral
researcher at Potsdam University, Germany |
| Melinda
Shimizu |
M.Sc.
2008 |
Controls
on Glacial Hanging Valley Height |
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Ph.D. Student
in Geography, Arizona State University |
| Noah
Snyder |
Ph.D.
2001 |
Landscape response to Tectonic
and Eustatic Forcing, King Range, California |
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Assistant
Professor at Boston College |
| Katerina
Spyropoulou |
M.Sc.
2003 |
Interpretation
of Tectonics from Digital Elevation Data in the San Gabriel Mountains,
CA |
| Kelli Wakefield |
M.Sc.
2009 |
Alluvial
Fans on Mars: Implications for climate and water budget |
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Geology
Faculty at Mesa Community College |
| Leah
Windhorst |
M.Sc.
2004 |
Tributary
Junctions and Longitudinal Profile Form i Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial
Channels |
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K-12 Teacher,
Minnesota |
| Cam Wobus |
Ph.D.
2005 |
Geomorphic
and Thermochronologic Study of Active Thrust Systems of the Central
Nepalese Himalaya |
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Senior
Scientist at Stratus Consulting |
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