Current Students:
Note to Prospective Students: If you are interested in potential graduate programs, please see current project descriptions on the Research page, and recent publications on the CV page.
Aubrey LaPlante
Status: PhD Student
Project: Structural and Geophysical controls on shallow seismogenic slip
Past Affiliations: MS NAU 2022; BS Geology, Physics Minor, Western Washington University, 2015
Interests: Tectonic geomorphology, neotectonics, geophysics, hazard mitigation, climbing, hiking, roller skating
Previous Research: Timing and kinematics of late Holocene earthquake ruptures in Panamint Valley, California (NAU MS); Seismic monitoring of post-wildfire debris flows, Flagstaff, AZ
Website: https://aubreylaplante.weebly.com
Anneke Avery
Status: Geology MS Student
Project: Paleoseismic History of the Needles Fault, Arizona
Past Affiliations: B.S. Physics, B.A. Geology, Mathematics minor, Calvin University, 2023; GeoCorps Intern, Daniel Boone National Forest, 2022; IRIS Undergraduate Intern, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2021
Interests: tectonics, geomorphology, public lands, hiking, climbing, biking
Previous Research: Cataloging Subsurface Ownership in the Daniel Boone National Forest (GeoCorps, 2022); Array Processing of Receiver Functions Across the Southern Alaska Cordillera Using 400 Nodal Seismometers (IRIS Internship at SDSMT, 2021); Using MESA to test Contact Binary Star Evolution (Calvin University, 2020)
Rebecca Bertel
Status: Geology MS Student
Project: Trishear modeling to constrain the geometry of the Needles Fault, AZ
Past Affiliations: B.S. Environmental Science, Temple University, 2022; Data Analysis Intern, USGS GCMRC, 2022-2023.
Interests: Tectonic geomorphology, hazard monitoring, climbing, hiking, fiber arts
Previous Research:  Agrivoltaics in Utility Scale Solar Farms in Minnesota (Temple University, 2022); White-tail deer as an agent of zoogeomorphic change (Temple University, 2022)

Past students, field assistants, & paper co-authors:
Graduate Students:
Emerson Lynch
Degree Completed: PhD NAU 2023
Current Affiliation: USGS Mendenhall, Denver, CO
Project: Investigating the relationships between forearc faulting and plate boundary deformation: a case study on the Beaufort Range fault, Vancouver Island, Canada
Past Affiliations: BA Mathematics, Smith College;  Intern, University of Athens, Greece
Interests: Tectonics, Cascadia, and knitting socks
Previous Research: Short- and Long-term Uplift in Coastal Washington, Investigating the Influence of Slow Slip Events on Interseismic Coupling on the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Website: https://emersonmlynch.weebly.com/
Emily Schottenfels
Degree Completed: PhD NAU 2022
Current Affiliation: Newmont Mining, Denver CO
Project: Structural and geomorphic analysis of the shallow Japan trench margin
Past Affiliations: BS with Honors, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sustainability Minor, University of Michigan, 2015; Student Conservation Association, Resource Management intern, Southeast Arizona National Parks Service, 2015-2016
Interests: Structural geology, plate tectonics, earthquakes, drone surveys, structure from motion, skiing, hiking
Previous Research: A Paleomagnetic Exploration of the Sierra Madre Oriental, University of Michigan Senior Honors Thesis
Amani Alabri - (PhD Advisor: Fagherazzi) Quantifying the geomorphic response of landscapes to tectonic and climatic changes: Case study in Northeast and Southeast coasts of Oman

Undergraduate Students:

Rhyleigh Abel
Degrees: BS Geology, Northern Arizona University, 2023; Graduate Certificate in Science Communication, 2024
Project: Kinematic modelling of the frontal thrust, Nankai subduction zone, Japan
Interests: Lithospheric deformation, sediment transport and flow, fluvial geomorphology, rock and mineral physics, accessible science communication, reading, snowboarding, hiking, rugby.
Experience: GeoCorps Cave Guide, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, 2024; REU in Rock Deformation, University of Minnesotta, 2023;
Podcast:  Point of Geological Interest
Noah Richter
Degree Program: BS Geology, Northern Arizona University
Project: Mapping surface ruptures along the Lake Mary fault, AZ
Sebastian Galvez
Degree: BS Geology, Northern Arizona University, 2023
Project: Geomorphic expression of the the Bill Williams fault, AZ
Hannah Kenyon
Degree Program: BS Geography, Northern Arizona University
Project: Geomorphic expression of the Oak Creek fault, AZ
Letty Rodriguez
Degree: BS Geology, Anthropology minor, Northern Arizona University, 2022;
Project: Analyzing the geomorphology of the Japan and Aleutian Trenches 
Interests:  Geomorphology, geoarchaeology, anthropology, hiking, and video games
Amanda Binkley
Current Status:  Graduate Student, Southern Illinois University
Degree: BS Geology, Northern Arizona University, 2020; NASA Space Grant Intern, Northern Arizona University
Interests:  Planetary Geology, Remote Sensing, training Pokémon 
Project: Drone-based structure from motion DEM generation and offset analysis for the Ash Hill fault, California
Previous research: Coding in Python for the Flagstaff Robotic Survey Telescope project
Kim Hughes
Degree:  Earth and Environmental Sciences Major, minor Biology, Boston U.
Interests:  ethology, evolution, soil ecology, and subjecting pets to the music I've written
Project:  XRD analysis of fault rocks from Vancouver Island
Previous experience:  Internship with State Rep. Thomas P. Murt, proposed legislation, high school internship on PROSPECT reactor neutrino experiment at Temple University
Carina Terry
Degree:  Earth and Environmental Sciences Major, minor Biology, Boston U.
Project: Coulomb modeling of stress changes on faults in Northern Cascadia
Previous experience: Intern in Prof. Duncan Fitzgerald’s Sedimentology lab, learning assistant for Introductory Earth Science
Interests: Ecology, animal behavior, hiking, climbing trees
Johanna Fischi 
Major:  Earth and Environmental Science, BU
Project:  Investigating records of recent earthquakes on the Beaufort Range fault
Now at: Geologist at TRC

Nicole Kulikowski - topographic analyses of the Beaufort Range

Matthew Elliott - sample preparation and data analysis for basin averaged erosion rates
Kaveesh Nair
Status: Graduate of Boston University, BA Geophysics, 2017
Interests: Oil and gas, analyzing geophysical data, geo-puns.  "Don't expect perfection from geophysicist/geologist; they all have their faults"
Project: Frontal prism structure at the Japan Trench
Previous experience:  Summer conference with PETRONAS
Hannah Pangrcic
Status:  Graduate of Boston University, BA Earth Science, 2017
Interests: Earthquakes, volcanoes, geodynamics, and road trips
Project:  Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill fault
Phillip Purvis
Status: Graduate of Boston University, BA Earth Science, 2017
Project: Pegmatites, Pegmatites, Pegmatites!
Thesis advisor: Lawford Anderson
Emily Rogalski
Status: Graduate of Boston University, BA Earth Science, 2016
Interests: Earthquakes, geomorphology, hiking, and cool minerals
Project: Characterization of the earthquake potential of the Leech River fault, British Columbia
Previous experience: Lehigh Field camp 2016
Na Hyung Choi (MS, Oregon State University 2016, now at National Energy Technology Lab)
Soaking in the Panamint Valley.
Nick Harrichhausen (MS, McGill University 2016, now at UC Santa Barbara, PhD)
Measuring some sweet chert folds, Marin Headlands.
Jyotsana Singh (BS, McGill University)
Rockin' a Brunton, Marin Headlands
Stephanie Taylor (BS, Geology Penn State, now at  UC Santa Cruz)
Surveying fluvial terraces and radish fields in northern Honshu, Japan.
Alyssa Young (BS, Geology Penn State)
Standing on a fault scarp, Panamint Shark for scale.

Graduate Student Committees:

Valeria Cortés-Rivas, PhD NAU
Kevin Getty, MS NAU
Naya Deykes, MS NAU
Emma Palko, MS 2023, NAU
Joshua Burstein, MS 2023, NAU
Jacob Clarke, MS 2022, NAU
Tim Brickey, MS 2022, NAU
Holly Gregorich, MS 2021, NAU
Rhys Park, MS 2020, NAU
Amani Alabri, PhD, Boston University
Andrew Christ, PhD 2019, Boston University
Chloe Anderson, PhD 2019, Boston University
Rohan Kundargi, PhD 2016, Boston University
Esther James, PhD 2015, Boston University