Research Interests
I work on the mechanics of crustal deformation, particularly on convergent plate boundaries and in collisional orogens. Research methods include mechanical analysis of large-scale dynamic systems such as thrust belts and collisional plateaux, map-scale to microscale structural analysis, thermobarometry and geochronology to define pressure-temperature-time paths of rocks, paleomagnetism to determine the rotational history, and microstructural analysis of deformational mechanisms in rocks and their implications for rock rheology. I work in collaboration with scientists from many other disciplines, particularly geophysicists, petrologists, geochronologists, sedimentologists, and stratigraphers.
Experience
Professor, University of Southern California, 2004 - present
Yates-Goldsmid Professor, University College London, 1995 - 2004
Tutorial Fellow, St. Anne's College, Oxford, 1979 - 1994
University Lecturer, Oxford University, 1979 - 1994
University Lecturer, City University of Amsterdam, 1975 - 1979
Education
Ph.D., Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara 1973
B.A. (Hons, Geology, Oxford University 1969
Honors & Awards
Nuffield Science Research Fellowship 1984 - 1985
Wollaston Fund, Geological Society of London 1998
Best Paper Award in Structural Geology and Tectonics, Geological Society of America 1989
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