Luc L Lavier
Morgan J. Davis Centennial Chair in Geosciences (Fellow)
Mailcode: R2200
Luc's research focuses on large scale, tectonic questions, specifically the dynamic structural and geodynamical evolution of continental and oceanic rifts as well as collisional environments. To address these questions, he has used and developed numerical techniques to model tectonic processes on crustal and lithospheric scales. Luc uses a variety of geophysical and geological data to constrain and quantify tectonic processes. These different studies led to the development of parametrizations to understand such phenomena as the localization of deformation and the initiation of subduction.
Areas of Expertise
Tectonics; the structural and geodynamical evolution of continental and oceanic rifts, as well as collisional environments; numerical techniques to model tectonic processes on crustal and lithospheric scales; deformation; subduction
Evgueni Burov Medal - International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (Intl Lithosphere Program) (2019)
Postdocs
Chase J Shyu
Chase J. Shyu specializes in geodynamics, thermochronology, and tectonics. He focuses on developing and applying numerical models to study sedimentary basin interactions and crustal rifting processes. Key contributions include enhancing DynEarthSol (DES) with functions for sediment accumulation, node-element processing, and depth-dependent sedimentation, as well as implementing GPU parallelization using OpenACC. Work in 2024 involves simulating crustal rifting and extracting heat...
Graduate Students
Nicholas J Montiel (Supervisor)
Simone Puel, Ph.D., 2023
(Supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Gabriel Tagliaro, Ph.D., 2020
(Co-supervisor)
University of Texas at Austin
James Biemiller, Ph.D., 2020
(Co-supervisor)
Jackson School of Geosciences
Xinyue Tong, Ph.D., 2019 (Supervisor)
Baiyuan Gao, Ph.D., 2018 (Committee Member)
Emily Cooperdock, Ph.D., 2017 (Committee Member)
Joshua Davis, Ph.D., 2017 (Supervisor)
Guangliang Wu, Ph.D., 2016 (Supervisor)
Nikki Seymour, M.S., 2015 (Committee Member)
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 110T | Geosci Math Tutorial |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 110T | Geosci Physics Tutorial |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 383P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 193 | Technical Lecture Series |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 110T | Geosci Math Tutorial |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 110T | Geosci Physics Tutorial |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 383P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2022 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2020 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2020 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 365P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2019 | Spring | GEO 383P | Potential Fld Appl In Geophys |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2018 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2017 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2017 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2017 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 325J | Programming In Fortran/Matlab |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 391 | Intro Geoscience Computation |
| 2017 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 366M | Mathematical Meths In Geophys |
| 2016 | Fall | GEO 380J | Math Mthds In Geophys |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 325J | Programming In Fortran/Matlab |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 391 | Intro Geoscience Computation |
| 2016 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geodynamics |
| 2015 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geological Sciences |
| 2015 | Spring | GEO 325J | Programming In Fortran/Matlab |
| 2015 | Spring | GEO 391 | Intro Geoscience Computation |
| 2015 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geodynamics |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geodynamics |
| 2014 | Fall | GEO 271T | Geoscience Through Lens Of Art |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 325J | Programming In Fortran/Matlab |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 391 | Intro Geoscience Computation |
| 2014 | Spring | GEO 394 | Rsch In Geodynamics |