CURRICULUM VITAE
Stuart Nigel Thomson
EDUCATION:
10/88 - 1/93
Ph.D. Geology (January 1993), University College London, U.K.
10/85 - 7/88
B.Sc. (Hons.) Geology, Class: Second (Division 1), University of Durham, U.K.
Includes the John W. Most Fieldwork Award.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
7/07 - present
Associate Research Scientist, Yale University, USA
PI in NSF funded project "Lithospheric weakening, deep crustal flow and the initiation of orogenesis at a noncollisional convergent margin in the Andes".
5/03 - 6/07
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, USA
Lead PI in the NSF funded project “Collaborative Research: Glacial erosion in the Patagonian Andes: Testing the buzzsaw” and employed in the thermochronology section of the project "Retreating-Trench, Extension, and Accretion Tectonics (RETREAT): a Multidisciplinary Study of the Northern Apennines".
1/02 - 4/03
Geological Consultant (low temperature thermochronologic analysis), Bochum, Germany.
9/98 - 12/01
Research Fellow (German Research Foundation Scholarship), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
“Denudation history of the overriding plate in response to the subduction of an active mid-ocean ridge in the region of the Chile Triple Junction (Aysén Province, Chile)”.
11/93 - 8/98
Research Assistant, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Employed in the Projects: “Low temperature thermal history of the tectonic units of Crete (Greece)” and “Cooling and exhumation history of the pre-Neogene nappes of Crete (Greece)”.
1/93 - 11/93
Research Assistant, University College London, U.K.
Sponsored by ELF, France in the project: “Evaluation of projected track length measurements in determining thermal history”.
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED:
2/08 - 1/09: NSF Antarctic Earth Sciences (ANT #0816934): Collaborative Research: SGER: Triple-dating (Pb-FT-He) of Antarctic Detritus and the Origin of the Gamburtsev Mountains, Lead PIs: P. Reiners (University of Arizona), S. Thomson (Yale).
9/07 - 8/09: NSF Tectonics (EAR #0635923): Collaborative Research: Lithospheric weakening, deep crustal flow and the initiation of orogenesis at a noncollisional convergent margin in the Andes, Lead PIs: Keith Klepeis (University of Vermont - lead institution), Stuart Thomson (Yale), thermochronology.
7/06 - 6/07: NSF Continental Dynamics (EAR #0607605): Collaborative Research: Uplift and faulting at the transition from subduction to collision - a field and modeling study of the Calabrian Arc (Lead PI Thermochronology Section). Proposing Institutions: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Yale University, University of Washington, University of California - Berkeley.
8/05 - 7/07: NSF Geomorphology & Land Use Dynamics, Tectonics (EAR #447140): Collaborative Research: Glacial erosion in the Patagonian Andes: Testing the buzzsaw. Lead PIs: Jonathan Tomkin (LSU) and Stuart Thomson (Yale) together with co-PIs Profs. M. Brandon and P. Reiners (Yale).
9/98 - 8/01: German Research Foundation Habilitation Scholarship (Th 573/2-1 and Th 573/2-2). Denudation history of the overriding plate in response to the subduction of an active mid-ocean ridge in the region of the Chile Triple Junction (Aysén Province, Chile).
3/98 - 2/01: German Research Foundation (Sto 196/11-1,2): Fission-track investigations of the denudation and cooling history in the region of the Chile triple junction and the Liquiñe-Ofqui fault (southern Chile). Co-PI with Prof. B. Stöckhert and Dr. M. Brix (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Helium Dating Workshop at the University of Arizona (HeDWaAZ), Instructor together with Peter Reiners, June 2007.
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (in German)
Neotectonics (Lecture Course); An introduction to geological maps (Lecture Course and Practical); Field course in structural geology (Germany); Supervision of masters degree geological mapping (Moine Thrust, Scotland); Supervision of student fieldwork (Geological mapping, Crete, European Alps; Introductory course for geography students, Germany).
University College London, U.K. (in English)
Geodynamics (Lecture course as stand-in); Supervision of final year mapping projects (Moine Thrust, Scotland); Practical and fieldwork supervision (Neotectonics; Geological mapping, Cyprus).
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Low Temperature Thermochronology:
Fission-track Analysis (since 1989). Extensive experience in all aspects, including apatite, zircon and titanite age determination, length measurements, thermal modeling, derivation of time-temperature histories. Fission track annealing experiments on zircon and sphene. Establishment of apatite fission-track facilities at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, maintenance of facilities at Yale University. (U-Th)/He Dating (since 2003). Experience in methods, application, and interpretation of (U-Th)/He thermochronometry.
Regional Tectonics, Structural Geology, and Tectonic Geomorphology:
Investigation of syn- and post-orogenic cooling and exhumation, particularly in subduction, collisional, and transpressional tectonic settings. Determination of the rates and timing of footwall unroofing of large extensional detachment faults. Combining low temperature thermochronology and structural analysis to establish the age and nature of tectonic contacts where kinematic and metamorphic information is lacking or ambiguous.
Interaction between Tectonics, Climate and Erosion:
Investigating the influence, and response times of erosion processes in the shaping of active mountain belts, with particular emphasis on the role of glacial and peri-glacial processes, the impact of orographically enhanced precipitation, and the relative importance of climate and erosional variability and catastrophe.
Sedimentary Provenance Studies:
Combining multiple geochronological techniques (e.g. fission-track, (U-Th)/He, U-Pb) on single detrital mineral grains to establish provenance, stratigraphic and metamorphic ages in sedimentary rocks, as well as constrain the thermal history of the sedimentary source region.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Reviewer of major grants for the NSF, ESF (Europe) NWO (Netherlands), SNF (Switzerland) and FONDECYT (Chile), as well as numerous papers in international geoscience journals including: Journal of Geophysical Research, Geology, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Geological Society of America, Journal of Geology, Terra Nova, Journal of the Geological Society, American Journal of Science, Geological Magazine, European Journal of Mineralogy, Quaternary International, and Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry.
Field and mapping experience includes: Andes (southern Chile), Crete (Greece), Turkey, Apennines (Italy), SW United States, Cyprus, South Shetland Islands (Antarctica), Alps, Caledonides (NW Scotland), Central Europe.
First author and co-authored peer-reviewed publications in internationally recognized geoscience journals including: Geology, Tectonics, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface Journal of the Geological Society London, Tectonophysics, Terra Nova, Journal of Petrology, Mineralogy and Petrology, International Journal of Earth Science, Geological Magazine, Revista Geológica de Chile. Cited over 290 times with H-index of 10 (ISI Web of Science, February 2008).
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:
Scientific committee, FT2008, The 11th International Conference on Thermochronometry, Anchorage, Alaska.
Scientific committee, Geosur 2007 International Geological Congress on the Southern Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile.
Instructor, Helium Dating Workshop at Arizona (HeDWaAZ) together with Peter Reiners, June 2007.
Co-convener of the NSF Continental Dynamics joint CAT/SCAN and RETREAT workshop and field trip, Calabria, Italy, June-July 2004.
Co-convener of session “Tectonic Geomorphology” at DMG-GV-DGG “GEO2003” Joint Annual Meeting, Bochum, Germany, September 2003.
Participant in UNESCO International Geological Correlation Program (IGCP) Project No. 436 - Tectonic Evolution of the Pacific Gondwana Margin - Structure, Assembly and Break-up Events (1999-2003).
Participant in the Instituto Antarctico Chileno (INACH) January 2000 summer field season, King George Island, Antarctica.
Keynote speaker at 17th Latin-America Geoscience Colloquium, Stuttgart, Germany, October 2000 and at the winter meeting of the SFB 267 - Deformation Processes in the Andes, Berlin, Germany, December 1999. Other Invited Presentations: Mainz University, Germany, July 1998; Würzburg University, Germany, January 1999; Potsdam University, Germany, December 1999; University of Glasgow, UK, November 2000; Universidad de Chile, Santiago, December 2000; Giessen University, Germany, September 2001; University of Geneva, Switzerland, November 2002.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Fellow of the Geological Society of London (since 1993)
Member of the Geological Society of America (since 1994)
Member of the American Geophysical Union (since 1994)
COLLABORATORS:
Maria Laura Balestrieri (University of Florence)
Mark Brandon (Yale University)
Manfred Brix (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Helmut Echtler (GFZ, Potsdam)
Mark Fanning (Australian National University)
Giuditta Fellin (ETH, Zürich)
Ricardo Fuenzalida (Sipetrol, Chile)
Johannes Glodny (GFZ, Potsdam)
Sidney Hemming (Columbia University)
Francisco Hervé (Universidad de Chile)
Keith Klepeis (University of Vermont)
Constantino Mpodozis (Antofagasta Minerals, Chile)
Robert Pankhurst (British Geological Survey)
Peter Reiners (University of Arizona)
Jeffrey Rahl (Washington and Lee University)
Uwe Ring (University of Canterbury, NZ)
Michael Steckler (LDEO, Columbia University)
Bernhard Stöckhert (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Jonathan Tomkin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Arne Willner (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Max Zattin (University of Bologna).
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