Julie Fosdick

Dr. Julie Fosdick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She directs the Basin Analysis and Helium Thermochronology Laboratory and serves as Undergraduate Research Coordinator.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD and MS in Geological & Environmental Sciences (Stanford University)
• BS in Geological Sciences (UC Santa Barbara, high honors)

She completed an NSF Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Arizona.

Fosdick's research reconstructs:mountain-building and erosion processes through:

• Detrital thermochronology of orogenic systems
• Sedimentary basin analysis
• Tectonic-sedimentation interactions
• Paleotopography evolution

Her NSF CAREER Award supports studies of sediment recycling in Argentina's Sierras Pampeanas.

Current investigations examine:

• Post-glacial landscape evolution in Arctic Canada
• Andean hinterland tectonic development
• San Andreas Fault dynamics through Neogene deposits
• Greenland paleoclimate from subglacial sediments

Her lab employs multi-method geochronology and thermal history modeling.

Fieldwork spans global locations including:

• Argentine Andes
• Alaskan Range
• Greenland ice sheet
• California fault systems

She maintains active collaborations across geoscience disciplines.