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2016 GSA Fellows
C. Page Chamberlain (Stanford University): Page is at the avant-
garde of research on tectonic/climate processes. He has trans-
formed understanding of landscape development (particularly
surface elevation) in relation to tectonics, sediment dispersal, and recognized stratigrapher; 35 publications on research and educa-
climate, and has trained and mentored a large number of under-
graduate and graduate students in the use of innovative analytical
techniques. —Christian Teyssier
Anne Chin (University of Colorado at Denver): Chin’s research
focuses on river process and form, including the geometry of
step-pool bedforms in mountain rivers and river adjustments
to urbanization. As part of her interest in how rivers respond to
natural and human induced disturbances, she has developed
conceptual models that represent innovative contributions to
understanding coupled human landscape dynamics.
—Ellen Wohl
Marin K. Clark (University of Michigan): Marin is nominated for
her research on how continental topography, as expressed by the
evolution of rivers and other landforms, relates to lithospheric
deformation. She has demonstrated that these systems are a sensi-
tive record of vertical surface movement, caused by deformation
deep in the Earth’s crust or uppermost mantle. —John Geissman
Maurice Colpron (Yukon Geological Survey): For outstanding
contributions to our understanding of orogenic belt evolution,
particularly the tectonic, magmatic, paleogeographic, and
metallogenic evolution of the North American Cordillera.
—Stephen Piercey
GSA TODAY | JULY 2016 Carol B. de Wet (Franklin & Marshall College): For major contri-
butions to the profession through publication of high quality
research, as an inspiring teacher and role model, effective mentor
and a passionate spokesperson calling for changes to the system to
allow women to fully participate in the pursuit of career and
family. —Gail M. Ashley
Mihai N. Ducea (University of Arizona): Dr. Ducea has made
fundamental contributions to understanding the relationships
among magmatic arcs, subduction zones, retroarc orogenic
belts, and upper mantle processes. —Peter G. DeCelles
Andrea Dutton (University of Florida): Andrea displays enthu-
siasm and energy, as well as an encyclopedic knowledge of
geology. She quotes the primary geoscience literature at will both
historic as well as modern. This plus her creativity to isolate
the basic mechanisms of sea level change is a rare and unbeatable
combination. —Benjamin Horton
“He has always shared his experience
and expertise willingly and freely with any students
who sought his advice.”
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James R. Ebert (State University of New York–Oneonta): Acclaimed
professor, researcher, and administrator. Distinguished Teaching
Professor, dedicated to training earth scientists. Internationally
tion; ~half coauthored with students; 65 meeting abstracts; 82%
for GSA. Cofounder and editor of Northeastern Geoscience online
journal. Moderates four listservs in science education with >6000
subscribers nationwide. —Arthur N. Palmer
Howard R. Feldman (Touro College): Howard is a top expert on
Mesozoic brachiopods, and an authority on the Mesozoic fossil
faunas and facies of the Middle East. He has also published many
studies of the Ordovician and Silurian in the Hudson Valley of
New York, and has contributed to geoarchaeology in Israel.
—Mark A. Wilson
Mark P. Fischer (Northern Illinois University): Dr. Fischer is
Professor and Chair of the Department of Geology and
Environmental Geoscience at Northern Illinois University.
Mark’s research interests are fracture mechanics, clastic injectites,
fluid-rock systems, and fault-related folding. The results of his
research have provided new understandings of the origin of fractures
and veins. —David Malone
Derek C. Ford (McMaster University): Ford is nominated for his
decades of leadership in research in karst, in particular for
geochronological and paleoclimatological investigations of cave
deposits, with some of the first research done in the alpine and
subarctic regions of North America. —Gareth J. Davies
Lydia K. Fox (University of the Pacific): Lydia is an inspirational,
innovative educator of undergraduate geoscience students.
As department chair, she skillfully addressed both facilities relo-
cation and curricular changes. As a champion of undergraduate
research, she established an Undergraduate Research & Creativity
Conference at Pacific and has directed its success for the past
sixteen years. —Eugene F. Pearson
Baohua Gu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory): Dr. Gu’s seminal
work on elucidating key molecular scale mechanisms that govern
biogeochemical cycling of contaminants, trace metals, and
natural organic matter have made significant contributions to
our understanding of soil organic and metal cycling in terrestrial
ecosystems and remediation of contaminated sites.
—Joel D. Blum
Peter J. Haeussler (U.S. Geological Survey): Peter is a research
geologist with the USGS. The breadth, depth, and impact of his
work are demonstrated by widely cited publications on Alaskan
tectonic history, regional geology, metallogeny, neotectonics,
and earthquakes, and tsunami hazards. Peter makes frequent
media appearances as an expert on Alaskan geology and hazards.
—Dwight C. Bradley
Arjun M. Heimsath (Arizona State University): Arjun is an
accomplished geoscientist whose pioneering work on the rates and
processes of the conversion of rock into colluvial soil (or “mobile
regolith”) and subsequent downslope transport and mixing has