Keith Klepeis
Professor
Department of Geography & Geosciences
College of Arts and Sciences
BIO
I am a geoscientist interested in how the methods and principles of geology can be used to understand and solve some of the most pressing challenges facing human societies today. My students and I have a broad range of interests, including the evolution of earthquake-generating fault zones in New Zealand and California, the uplift of mountain ranges in Patagonia and elsewhere, the causes and consequences of large landslides and rockfalls in Vermont, and the spread of PFAS contamination in bedrock aquifers beneath local towns. Most of my work is field-based where I travel to carefully selected sites in Vermont and around the globe to learn as much as I can about the architecture and temporal evolution of geological features and landscapes. I also have expertise in the disciplines of continental tectonics and Earth deformation, and the application of UAS (drone) surveys, photogrammetry, and 3-D digital modeling to geologic problems. Check out the links listed on this page to see some examples.
Awards and Achievements
Dr. Klepeis was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2011 and earned the prestigious Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Vermont in 2015. He has earned multiple Editor’s citations for excellence from a variety of international journals. He also is the recipient of numerous large research grants from the National Science Foundation to support his research in New Zealand, California, and Patagonia. Funding from FEMA, the FAA, and the State of Vermont supports his work on natural hazards and applied geology in Vermont. He has mentored and graduated over 24 graduate students and 47 undergraduate research students at UVM.
Area(s) of expertise
Structural Geology, Tectonics, Landslides and Rockfalls, Faults, Photogrammetry, Drone Surveys, Bedrock Aquifers, Applied Geology
Bio
I am a geoscientist interested in how the methods and principles of geology can be used to understand and solve some of the most pressing challenges facing human societies today. My students and I have a broad range of interests, including the evolution of earthquake-generating fault zones in New Zealand and California, the uplift of mountain ranges in Patagonia and elsewhere, the causes and consequences of large landslides and rockfalls in Vermont, and the spread of PFAS contamination in bedrock aquifers beneath local towns. Most of my work is field-based where I travel to carefully selected sites in Vermont and around the globe to learn as much as I can about the architecture and temporal evolution of geological features and landscapes. I also have expertise in the disciplines of continental tectonics and Earth deformation, and the application of UAS (drone) surveys, photogrammetry, and 3-D digital modeling to geologic problems. Check out the links listed on this page to see some examples.
Awards and Achievements
Dr. Klepeis was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America in 2011 and earned the prestigious Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of Vermont in 2015. He has earned multiple Editor’s citations for excellence from a variety of international journals. He also is the recipient of numerous large research grants from the National Science Foundation to support his research in New Zealand, California, and Patagonia. Funding from FEMA, the FAA, and the State of Vermont supports his work on natural hazards and applied geology in Vermont. He has mentored and graduated over 24 graduate students and 47 undergraduate research students at UVM.
Areas of Expertise
Structural Geology, Tectonics, Landslides and Rockfalls, Faults, Photogrammetry, Drone Surveys, Bedrock Aquifers, Applied Geology