Joshua C. Spinler

Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Gould-Simpson Building, Tucson, AZ 85721

Lab: (520) 626-9200, Cell: (307) 399-5387

Email: jspinler@email.arizona.edu


PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

2012 (est)

2008

2006

Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D), concentration in Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Masters of Science (M.S.), concentration in Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Department of Geology/Geophysics, Department of Geography, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applications of GPS and geodetic techniques to problems in active tectonics, especially those related to plate boundary interactions along the southern San Andreas fault system and eastern California shear zone, southern California.

PROFESSIONAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2006-2008   GPS Campaigns, Joshua Tree National Park, University of Arizona
Advisor: Dr. Richard Bennett, rab@geo.arizona.edu, assistant professor
2005   University of Wyoming Geology Field Camp, University of Wyoming
Instructor: Dr. Erin Cambell-Stone, erincs@uwyo.edu, lecturer
2004-2005   Biogeochemical Lab Assistant, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Carrick Eggleston, carrick@uwyo.edu, professor
2003   University of Minnesota NSF-REU, Minneapolis, MN
Advisor: Dr. Peter Hudleston, hudle001@umn.edu, associate dean
2001-2002   Gamma Ray Burst Research Team Assistant, University of Wyoming
Advisor: Dr. Ron Canterna, canterna@uwyo.edu, associate professor


AWARDS AND HONORS

2006 - Geosciences Department Fellowship, University of Arizona

2006 - Outstanding Senior, Department of Geology, University of Wyoming

2001-2006 - Western Heritage Scholarship, University of Wyoming


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2002-Present -- Geological Society of America (GSA)

2006-Present -- American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2002-2007 -- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

 

PUBLICATIONS RELATIVE TO PROPOSED RESEARCH

Spinler, J.C., R.A. Bennett, M.L. Anderson, S. Hreinsdottir, and S.F. McGill, 2008, Improving present-day loading rate estimates for the southernmost San Andreas fault using the Joshua Tree and San Bernardino GPS Networks, 2008 SCEC Annual Meeting, Poster 2-019

Fay, N. P., R. A. Bennett, J. C. Spinler, and E. D. Humphreys (2008), Small-scale upper mantle convection and crustal dynamics in southern California, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q08006, doi:10.1029/2008GC001988.

Fay, N., R. Bennett and J. Spinler, 2007, Active mantle flow and crustal dynamics in southern California, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13G-06

Bennett, R.A., M.L. Anderson, S. Hreinsdottir, G. Buble, J. Spinler, and S. Thompson, 2006, GPS constraints on crustal deformation in the eastern Transverse Ranges Province, southern California, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G43B-0994