Hi! I am an Assistant Professor of Structural Geology at Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

My research focuses on active tectonics and earthquake Geology, and involves the integration of field geological observations, structural analyses of mappable deformation in outcrops and geophysical datasets, laboratory geomechanical testing of rock samples, and numerical modelling of deformational processes, all aimed at unravelling:
1) how the earth’s crust and lithosphere breaks up to form new oceanic basins,
2) how ancient faults are 'woken up' by natural tectonic forces in stable continental regions, far away from active tectonic plate boundaries, and
3) how industrial subsurface activities 'wake-up' ancient faults in the crust (i.e. anthropogenically induced earthquakes) in areas of fluid injection.
 
Current research interests are on 1.) strain accommodation during the early phases of continental rifting [Natural Laboratories: East African Rift System, Death Valley], 2.) fault structure and mechanics of their reactivation in areas of natural intraplate seismicity [Natural Laboratory: Eastern U.S., Western & Southern Africa], and anthropogenically-induced seismicity [Natural Laboratory: Central U.S.].

When I'm not working or spending time with family, you'll likely find me biking, at a climbing gym, or outdoor crag bouldering/sport climbing.