I have two open grad student opportunities for students entering in Fall 2025! Projects will use paleoseismology or tectonic geomorphology methods to investigate subduction zone dynamics in field areas in Cascadia, Alaska or Costa Rica. Email kmorell@ucsb.edu for more details.

Education

PhD, 2011, Pennsylvania State University

MSc, 2006, Pennsylvania State University

BA with honors, 2004, Wellesley College 

Academic Positions

2021- Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

2017-2021        Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

2014-2017         Assistant Professor, University of Victoria,  Victoria, BC, Canada

2011-2013         Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria,                                           Australia

Contact

University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Earth Science
1006 Webb Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
kmorell@ucsb.edu

CV

Link to CV