Associate Professor Undergraduate Advisor – Geology 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Geology (Estonia)
Post-Doctoral (2001-2003) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
PhD, Geology (2001) Boston University
BA, Geology, Magna Cum Laude (1994) Boston University
Dipl Program, Marine Geology (1989-1991) Odesa University, Ukraine
RESEARCH INTERESTS
COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY
- Event sedimentology and geomorphology*
- Morphodynamics and evolution of coastal barriers*
- Peleoecology and taphonomy of indicative mollusks
- Coastal geoarchaeology and geoforensics*
- Geological legacy of paleo-channels*
- Estuarine bedload transport
AEOLIAN RESEARCH
- Dune morphodynamics
- Aeolian lithological anomalies*
- Dunefield evolution*
- Event dendrochronology
- Dendrogeomorphology
ICHNOLOGY AND ZOOGEOMORPHOLOGY
- Field and experimental neoichnology
- Ichno-imaging (GPR, ROV, low-field MS)*
- Vertebrate ichnotaphonomy*
- Zoogeomorphology*
- Predation traces
APPLIED HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOPHYSICS
*areas of research with georadar (GPR) applications
TEACHING
EES2001 Physical Geology
EES2021 Sedimentary Environments
EES2097 (WI) Process Geomorphology
EES3042/5042 Coastal Processes & Geomorphoogy
