Jon Lewis in TaiwanProfessor

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Education

  • BS, University of Vermont; Geology
  • MS, University of Tennessee; Geology
  • PhD, University of Connecticut; Geology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Davis; Neotectonics

Courses Taught

  • GEOS 101/102 Dynamic Earth
  • GEOS 111 Earth and Environmental Systems
  • GEOS 156 Geology of Natural Disasters
  • GEOS/ENVE 200 Foundations of Geology
  • GEOS 302 Structural Geology
  • GEOS 303 Field Geology
  • GEOS 310 Environmental Geology
  • GEOS 362 Plate Tectonics
  • GEOS 470 Research Methods in the Geosciences

Professional Interests

Structural geology, earthquake geology, plate boundary deformation, neotectonics

Professional Development

Featured in article on dual-career couples, Preparing for an Academic Career

Research Themes

  • Taiwan — the neotectonics of arc-continent collision constrained by modeling outcrop-scale faults and earthquakes (NSF Award #1650157)
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  • Costa Rica — contemporary crustal deformation constrained by tectonic geomorphology, geochronology, and earthquake modeling
  • SW Japan — controls on Great Earthquakes: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NantroSEIZE) (IUP Magazine Article)