Emily Zawacki

emily.zawacki@asu.edu

Long Bio

Emily Zawacki is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the School of Earth and Space Exploration working with OpenTopography and UNAVCO on outreach and communications.

Zawacki has a primary research focus in the intersection between geomorphology, tectonics/structural geology, sedimentary geology, and paleoanthropology. She is a member of the Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP). Additionally, she also has a secondary research focus in the field of volcanology, working with Amanda Clarke.

Please be sure to also check out her educational geology blog, It's Sedimentary!

Education

B.A. Geology and Spanish | Lawrence University | 2015

M.S. Geological Sciences | Arizona State University | 2018

Ph.D. Geological Sciences | Arizona State University | 2021

Curriculum Vitae

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Research Website URL

http://itssedimentary.com

Research Interests

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).

Research Group

Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology and Geomorphology

Teaching Website URL

http://itssedimentary.com

Professional Associations

Geological Society of America

Expertise Areas

Continental Tectonics

Earth Surface Processes

Volcanology