1995 Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics), Johns Hopkins University
1991 M.A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
1989 B.A., Geology, Whitman College

Modeling geophysical processes in terrestrial volcanism and planetary geology and geophysics, specifically:

• Lava flow and cooling with analytic and computational fluid dynamics approaches
• Hydrovolcanism--morphology of landforms and eruption modeling
• Topographic expression and emplacement of volcanic and impact landforms