Thanks for visiting my site. I’m a geologist working mainly on rock rheology, microstructures, and the tectonics of convergent margins.
Current position:
Associate Professor of Geology,
The City College of New York
Ph.D. 2011:
Caltech
Research projects
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Recent publications
Stress history and recrystallized grain size
2016, Kidder, Hirth, et al.
Journal of Structural Geology
View a full list of articles:
Geo-blog
Not-quite-fit-to-publish geology stuff. Comments and discussion welcomed.
Kidder lab members
Jhardel Dasent
Thesis: Microstructural Evolution of Alpine Fault Mylonites
B.S. student
Hamid Soleymani
Thesis: Decoding the Stress History of the Alpine Fault using Rock Deformation Experiments and Numerical Modeling
Ph.D. student
Emily Lubicich
Thesis: Microstructural Evolution of Peridotite Xenoliths near the Alpine Fault, New Zealand
M.S. student