Director

Eric Steig

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Stable Isotope Laboratory/Glaciology


Faculty
| Staff | Emeritus Faculty | QRC Alumni

Name

Department

Interests

Atwater, Brian

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences
USGS

Quaternary Geology
Paleoseismology

Booth, Derek

Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies (GeoMapNW)
Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences
Dept of Civil Engineering
Dept. of Landscape Architecture
Dept. of Forest Resources

Geomorphology
Quaternary Research
Seattle Geological Mapping Project

Bourgeois, Jody

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Sedimentation in tectonically active areas
Paleoseismology and neotectonics, esp. tsunami and Paleotsunami studies;
interpretation of sedimentary structures

Close, Angela E.

Dept. of Anthropology

North African Stone Age
Journal of World Prehistory

Fitzhugh, Ben

Dept. of Anthropology

Kuril Paleobiology and Biogeography Project
Kodiak Cultural Evolution

Gillespie, Alan

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Remote Sensing

Grayson, Donald K.

Dept. of Anthropology
Environmental Archaeology, Curator, Burke Museum

Human Paleoecology

Hallet, Bernard

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Field, Theoretical, and Laboratory Studies of Processes that shap Alpine and Arctic Landscapes

Heath, Ross

Dept. of Oceanography

Isotopic and Chemical Signatures of Marine Sediments

Montgomery, David

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Geomorphology

Nittrouer, Charles

Dept. of Oceanography

Sediment Strata

Putkonen, Jaakko

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Geomorphology

Quay, Paul D.

Dept. of Oceanography

Radioisotope

Roe, Gerard

Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences

Atmospheric and Climate Dynamics

Richey, Jeffrey

Dept. of Oceanography

Biochemistry

Shreve, Ron

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Geomorphology
Quaternary Geology
Glaciology
Geological Physics

Sletten, Ronald S.

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Chemical Processes in Soils

Steig, Eric

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Paleoclimatology
Glaciology
Isotope Geochemistry

Stein, Julie

Dept. of Anthropology
Archeology, Curator, Burke Museum

Geoarchaeology
Coastal Adaptions

Stone, John

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Isotope Geochemistry

Swanson, Terry

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Geology

Waddington, Ed

Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Paleo-climatology

Warren, Stephen

Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences

Climatology

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Faculty | Staff | Emeritus Faculty | QRC Alumni

Name

Department

Interests

Barton, Bax R. Quaternary Research Center
Curator, QRC Special Collections Resource Center
Associate Editor & Book Review Editor, Quaternary Research
QRC Special Collections Resource Center
Quaternary Research Editor
Quaternary palaeoecology
Pleistocene megafauna and extinctions
Geoarchaeology
Terrestrial/aquatic molluscs
Greenberg, Harvey Quaternary Research Center GIS
Programming Support
Sheikh, Amir Quaternary Research Center GIS Analyst, Research Support
Stewart-Perry, Karin Quaternary Research Center Program Coordinator
Managing Editor Quaternary Research
Laura Gilson
Quaternary Research Center Administrative Support

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Faculty | Staff | Emeritus Faculty| QRC Alumni

Name

Department

Interests

Anderson, Patricia Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Palynology
Paleoecology
Brubaker, Linda B. Dept. of Forest Resources Dendrochronology
Palynology
Kohn, Alan Department of Botany Paleobiology
Leopold, Estella Dept. of Botany (Biology) Reconstructioning past climates, vegetation, and associated earth processes.
Porter, Stephen C. Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Glacial and Quaternary Geology
Raymond, Charles F. Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Glaciology and ice sheet dynamics
Stuiver, Minze Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Isotope Geology
UW Quaternary Isotope Laboratory
Tsukada, Matsuo Department of Botany Late Quaternary Ecology; Paleoclimatology
Washburn, A. L. Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Quaternary Geology

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Faculty | Staff | Emeritus Faculty |QRC Alumni

Name

Location

Information

Aalto, Rolf Dept. of Geography, University of Exeter Geomorphology, Sedimentary Processes
Amerson, Byron Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Apostle, Peter

Anders, Alison Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Anderson, Robert and Suzanne UC Santa Cruz Geomorphology and Earth Surface Processes
Balco, Greg Department of Earth and Space Sciences Cosmogenic isotope geochronology
Bierman, Paul University of Vermont Geomorphologist
Brown, Tom Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Center for Accelerator mass Spectrometry Climate Change
Brummer, Chris Department of Earth and Space Sciences Fluvial Geomorphology
Bunn, Jeremy Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Catania, Ginny Department of Earth and Space Sciences Scar features surrounding ice streams
Clark, Doug Western Washington University Paleoclimatic significance of alpine and lacustrine deposits
Collins, Brian Department of Earth and Space Sciences Puget Sound River History Project
Cuffey, Kurt UC Berkeley Environmental Changes
Dethier, David Williams College Geosciences
Dietrich, William UC Berkeley Geomorphology
Finnegan, Noah Department of Earth and Space Sciences Controls on channel width in bedrock rivers
Gendaszek, Andrew Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Gran, Karen Department of Earth and Space Sciences Fluvial Recovery
Harbor, John Purdue University Glacial Geomorphology, Applied geomorphology/hydrology, Environmental education
Hawley, Bob

Henck, Amanda Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Heuser, Heather Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Higman, (Hig) Bretwood Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Hoppe, Kathryn Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Isotope Paleoecology, Geobiology
Humphrey, Neil University of Wyoming Himalayan Erosion
Kay, Jennifer Department of Earth and Space Sciences Lidar, Radiosonde, Radiometer data for cirrus cloud formation and evolution
Koppes, Michele Department of Earth and Space Sciences Ice dynamics and glacial geomorphology
Kuharic, Matthew Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Garrison-Laney, Carrie
Department of Earth and Space Sciences Young subsidence events in Puget Sound
McCrumb, Daniel

Merrand, Yann

Mertes, Leal UC Santa Barbara Fluvial geomorphology
Mitchell, Sara Department of Earth and Space Sciences Cascade Mountain Range
Neumann, Tom

O'Neal, Michael Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies
Reimer, Paula CAMS-Lawrence Livermore National Laoratory Soil carbon sequestration and turnover times in California marine terraces
Rupper, Summer

Sherrod, Brian US Geologic Survey Puget Sound Fault Zones
Smith, Meg

Spooner, Alecia M. Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Stolar, Drew Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Troost, Kathy Pacific Northwest Center for Geologic Mapping Studies


Whipple, Kelin
MIT Tectonic Geomorphology, Processes of River Incision into Bedrock, Dynamic Interactions between Climate and Tectonics, Topography and Structural Evolution of Orogenic Belt
Zehfuss, Paul Department of Earth and Space Sciences

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