My research is primarily exploring the earth using seismic waves. During my career I have focused largely on mountain belts and investigating how they form by creating detailed images of the subsurface seismic structure.

Research: My research is focused on solid earth geophysics with a particular emphasis on regional-scale seismology.  I am interested in the structure of the shallow and deep earth and in the physical processes that drive plate tectonics.  In order to understand the different stages and driving forces of continent-continent collision, I have studied the collision of continental plates in eastern Turkey (early stage) and Tibet (later stage).