I am interested in how we can integrate field observations of faults with geophysical studies in order to better understand faults and fault related deformation over time scales from single earthquakes (seconds) to millions of years. My research thus bridges traditional fields of structural geology, geophysics, and geomechanics.

Deformation associated with normal faulting in the western Grand Canyon (Photo: Frog Fault and Lone Mountain monocline)

Inverting for coseismic slip using non-planar, triangulated fault surfaces (Image slip inversion for 1999 Hector Mine earthquake, California)

Imaging subsurface fault geometry for the 1995 Kozani-Grevena earthquake, Greece by integrating high-precision aftershock locations and geodetic inversion