Dr. Caroline Seyler

Biography

Caroline Seyler is an Assistant Professor in Earth Sciences at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from McGill University in 2021 and holds a B.S. in Geological Sciences from Brown University, which she completed in 2015. Additionally, she was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities from 2022 to 2023 and has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Texas at Austin from 2021 to 2022. Dr. Seyler conducts research that investigates the rheology of fault shear zones through a combination of fieldwork, experimental approaches, and microanalytical techniques. Her work aims to determine the processes affecting deformation at the grain scale and how these processes influence the strength of the lithosphere, which is crucial for understanding large-scale tectonics and the earthquake cycle. She has published several articles in esteemed journals, contributing significantly to the field of structural geology and experimental rock deformation.

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