Tectonic growth of the Andean Precordillera
This project combines low-temperature thermochronometry and cosmogenic radionuclide dating to evaluate erosion rates at different spatial and temporal scales in the fold-thrust belt of the Andean Pre-cordillera (D. Granger, D. Shuster).
Low-temperature thermochronometry method development
These project  involves understanding age resetting in low-T thermochronometers and focuses on the idea that radiation damage healing and diffusion kinetics differ for each method (C. Willett, K. Gallagher,  D. Shuster), stable isotope measurements to detect rock-fluid interactions (S. Kim, N. Randolph-flagg, D. Shuster), and best-practices for thermal history modeling (K. Murray, A. Steven-Goddard, M. Wildman).
Paleo-topography and Paleo-altimetry: Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
​​Cessation of compressional tectonics, preserved paleo-surfaces, and less than 1-2 km of exhumation recorded since the early Cenozoic implies the the Rockies are an ancient landscape. On the other hand, increasing relief, maintained high elevations, and active river incision suggest this landscape is much younger and still developing. I am working to uncover the history of the Arkansas River and paleo-topography in the southern Rockies (N. Niemi, G. Gehrels, A. Tye and K. Townsend, H. Fricke).
Continental Rifting: Rio Grande rift and beyond
During my PhD I worked on solving the Rio Grande rift debate (synchronous vs propagating rift) with research using low-temperature thermochronometry and spatiotemporal analysis of magmatism (N. Niemi). Can we go even farther and ask: What controls the success or failure of a continental rift?  (B. van der Pluijm, N. Niemi).
Southern Rocky Mountains, CO
Multidisciplinary work from my PhD revealed differential exhumation in the southern Rockies, during the Laramide Orogeny, insights into paleo-topography during the early Cenozoic, formation of the regional Eocene erosion surface, and evidence for top-down resetting of low-temperature thermochronometers.