I am a coastal geologist with research interests in barrier morphodynamics and stratigraphy, origin and evolution of coastal dunefields, event sedimentology, geological legacy of paleo-channels, and applications of high-resolution geophysical methods in coastal research. Aside from active research along the coast of New England and U.S. Atlantic Seaboard, I am involved in projects along the Baltic Sea coast, Black Sea (with GSO-IAO), and Brazil. Much of my work aims at distinguishing the role of natural forcings from anthropogenic impacts on coastal landforms and ecosystems in order to assess the environmental issues facing residents and managers in coastal regions.

Biography

Associate Professor
Undergraduate Advisor – Geology
Temple University
2022 Fulbright U.S. Scholar – Estonia

• Post-Doctoral (2001-2003) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• PhD, Geology (2001) Boston University
• BA, Geology, Magna Cum Laude (1994) Boston University
• Dipl Program, Marine Geology (1989-91) Odessa University, Ukraine

COASTAL AND MARINE GEOLOGY
• Event sedimentology and geomorphology*
• Morphodynamics and evolution of coastal barriers*
• Peleoecology and taphonomy of indicative mollusks
• Coastal geoarchaeology and geoforensics*
• Geological legacy of paleo-channels*
• Estuarine bedload transport

AEOLIAN RESEARCH
• Dune processes and geomorphology
• Aeolian lithological anomalies*
• Dunefield evolution*

ICHNOLOGY AND ZOOGEOMORPHOLOGY
• Field and experimental neoichnology
• Ichno-imaging (GPR, ROV, low-field MS)*
• Vertebrate ichnotaphonomy*
• Zoogeomorphology*
• Predation traces

APPLIED HIGH-RESOLUTION GEOPHYSICS
*areas of research with georadar (GPR) applications