Emily Zawacki

My research interests center around: geological and environmental context of hominin evolution, use of cosmogenic radionuclides and low-temperature thermochronology to reconstruct paleoerosion rates, tetonic geomorphology, geologic hazards.

My dissertation research is a part of the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP). I am working to reconstruct Plio-Pleistocene paleoerosion rates and sediment provenance at HSPDP localities along the East African Rift System to investigate tectonic and climatic influences on early hominin landscapes.

For my secondary project, I am working with Amanda Clarke to reconstruct one of the youngest explosive basaltic eruptions at the Pinacate volcanic field (Sonora, Mexico).