Alyssa Abbey

Graduate Advisor, and Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2018
  • B.S., Geosciences, University of Arizona, 2012
  • B.A., French, University of Arizona, 2012

Research Interests

  • Tectonics
  • Crustal Deformation
  • Surface Processes
  • Thermochronology
  • Geoscience Education

Research Projects

  • Paleotopography in the southern Rockies
  • Fault growth in the Andean Precordillera, Argentina
  • Tectonic and Climatic interactions in the Basin and range
  • Thermochronometric Modelling methods
  • Field experience impact on student interests, skills, and workforce readiness