My Research Interests

• Magnetic Fields of the Early Solar System from Paleomagnetic and
  Rock Magnetic Studies of Chondrules from Chondritic Meteorites
• True Polar Wander
• Interactions Between the Geomagnetic Field, Climate Change, and Orbital Variations
• Geomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Record from the NW Atlantic
  • ODP Leg 172
  • IODP Expedition 306
• Apparent Polar Wander of India Since the Cretaceous
• Paleomagnetism and Tectonics in Central Afar, Africa
• FORC analyses for determining rock magnetic properties
• Paleointensity determinations using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM)
• Cariaco Basin Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Record
• Skewness of Marine Magnetic Anomalies Applied to Geomagnetism and Apparent Polar Wander
• Paleolatitude of the Caribbean Plate Since the Late Cretaceous
• Apparent Polar Wander of Australia in the Cenozoic
• Composite Depth Sections from Ocean Drilling

My Background

• Associate Research Scientist at the University of California, Davis
  
  
• Formerly Manager of the Paleomagnetism Lab at the University of California, Davis (now I only assist with lab maintenance)
  
  
• Formerly a Staff Scientist/Cruise Project Manager at the Ocean Drilling Program
  • ODP cruises on which I have sailed:
    • Leg 165: Caribbean Ocean History and the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Event
      • Location map
      • Leg 165 Publications
    • Leg 172: NW Atlantic Sediment Drifts: Drilling along the Blake-Bahama Outer Ridge, the Carolina Rise, and the Bermuda Rise.
      • Location Map
      • Leg 172 Publications
    • Leg 178: Antarctic Peninsula: Antarctic Glacial History and Sea-level Change
      • Ship Track Map
      • Location Map
      • Leg 178 Publications
    • Leg 186: West Pacific Seismic Network
      • Location Map
      • Leg 186 Publications
    • Leg 200: Drilling at the Hawaii-2 Observatory (H20) and the Nuuanu Landslide
      • Location Map
      • Leg 200 Publications
    • Leg 206: An In Situ Section of Upper Oceanic Crust Formed by Superfast Seafloor Spreading
      • Location map
      • 3-d Location map
      • Leg 206 Publications
  
  
  
• Honorary Research Fellow (formerly a Lecturer) in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia
  
  
• Formerly the Caswell Silver Research Professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico
  
  
• Ph.D. from the Department of Geosciences at Northwestern University. Visit the former graduate students' homepage and read their impressions.