All our results in geology are tainted by the tacit assumption of simplicity that does not exist. | G.K. Gilbert 

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Howdy!

I am a geomorphologist interested in quantifying modern and past rates of landscape evolution. I employ modern field techniques in concert with topographic analyses, remote sensing, soil science, numerical models, and isotope geochemistry to investigate active surface processes and past surface processes preserved in the stratigraphic record. In particular, I am an expert in the application of cosmogenic nuclide (e.g., Be-10, Al-26, Ne-21) geochemistry for both geochronology and the quantification of millenial scale erosion rates. A primary motivation in quantifying the rates of surface processes over geologic time scales is to define background rates of landscape evolution driven by tectonics, climate, and internal sedimentary system dynamics for comparison to rates of surface processes driven by human-induced landscape change.
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I'm currently an Assistant Professor at Denison University (starting academic year 2016-2017).