Dan McGrath, an assistant professor of Geosciences, specializes in glacier dynamics and hazards, seasonal snow hydrology and climate change impacts. His research uncovers how glaciers respond to climate shifts and investigates the implications for water resources. Using fieldwork and remote …
Geosciences Professor Derek Schutt focuses his work on geophysics and seismology, mainly examining the temperature of the Earth’s plates to understand the forces that create mountains and the strengths that resist deformation. Schutt has spent a great deal of his …
Ellen Wohl, a university distinguished professor, focuses on the actions of mountain rivers that form bedrock canyons and other channels. Her current research projects study the effects of logjams and beaver dams on channel complexity, productivity of the river ecosystems, …
Sara Rathburn studies rivers and how they shape the landscape, especially after disturbances like fires, floods and mass movements, and how vegetation influences river processes. Her current research focuses on the effects of streamside vegetation on the flow of water …
Geosciences Professor Rick Aster focuses on geophysics, seismological imaging of the deep Earth and Earth processes encompassing earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, oceans and geology. His research has drawn from significant seismological field studies in western North America, Italy and Antarctica. Aster …
