About
I am currently a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, working on active faults in Puerto Rico. I combine traditional field mapping and paleoseismology methods with modeling of fault slip and stress change. My graduate research focused on upper crustal faults on Vancouver Island,  British Columbia, in the northern forearc of the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ - PhD in Earth Sciences, October 2023
Boston University, Boston, MA - PhD work in Earth Science, 2016-2019
​Smith College, Northampton, MA - BA Mathematics, 2015 (Minor: Geosciences)
Contact
elynch (at) usgs.gov
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