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 oceans,
2) how industrial subsurface activities 'wake-up' ancient faults in the crust (i.e. anthropogenically induced earthquakes) in areas of fluid injection, and
3) how ancient faults are 'woken up' by natural tectonic forces in areas far away from active plate tectonic boundaries (i.e. geogenic intraplate earthquakes).
 
Current research interests are on 1.) strain accommodation during the early phases of continental rifting [Natural Laboratories: East African Rift System, Death Valley, Salton Trough], 2.) basement structure and fault reactivation in areas of induced seismicity [Natural Laboratory: Central U.S.], and natural intraplate seismicity [Natural Laboratory: Eastern U.S., Western & Southern Africa].

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.