About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Boston College. My field of research is computational geodynamics, and I develop numerical models of the Earth’s evolution. In the past I have investigated the flexural response of the Pacific plate due to the loading of the Hawaiian islands, and more recently I have become interested in subduction zone processes and the interactions between surface evolution and the deep Earth. Animations from some of my past modeling studies can be seen here.

Software Development

I am a principal developer and maintainer of the open source modeling software ASPECT, and the Geodynamic World Builder.