Julie Fosdick

Associate Professor

Julie is a geoscientist with expertise in thermochronology, geochronology, and sedimentary basin analysis. Her research focuses on reconstructing ancient and active mountain-building and erosion to understand how tectonics, magmatism, and surface processes interact to shape the Earth’s continental lithosphere. Julie holds a B.S. with high honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in Geological and Environmental Sciences. Julie was a National Science Foundation Earth Science Postdoctoral Fellow through the University of Arizona from 2012-2013. She is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to explore the detrital thermochronologic signals of sediment recycling in orogenic systems, with focus on the Argentine Sierras Pampeanas. At UConn, Julie directs the Basin Analysis and Helium Thermochronology Laboratory service center and serves as the Department of Earth Sciences Undergraduate Research Coordinator.

Education

• Ph.D.: Geological & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University
• M.S.: Geological & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University
• B.S.: Geological Sciences at University of California, Santa Barbara

Courses

• ERTH 2310E: Creating and Sustaining National Parks
• ERTH 4140 / ERTH 5140: Sedimentary Basin Analysis
• ERTH 4440 / ERTH 5440: Dates and Rates in Earth and Environmental Science

Publications

• Google Scholar