Veleda Muller
I did my undergraduate studies and master's degree in the Federal University of Parana in Brazil. My research applied structural geology and petrology to unravel tectonic processes and pressure-temperature-time conditions during collisional and subduction-related mountain building events in the Brazilian Orogen and the Southern Patagonian Andes.
I did my PhD in the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, in collaboration with the University of Grenoble-Alps, France, applying numerical thermodynamic modeling and low-temperature thermochronology to understand interactions between climate in tectonics, mostly in the Patagonian Andes.
Currently in my postdoc in the University of Arizona I use numerical models to understand the subduction dynamics in the Central Andes and processes related with crustal thickening, and low-temperature thermochronology to unravel the relationship between climate and tectonics in the fold-and-thrust belts of the Eastern Cordillera of the Central Andes.I applied these methods to study a broad range of topics such as: formation and exhumation of accretionary wedges, fold-and-thrust belts and foreland basins, subduction and mantle dynamics forcing rock uplift and exhumation, glacial-fluvial erosion control on the topography, and glacial isostatic adjustment. Recently, I've been interested in Biogeosciences and the topographic control on biodiversity.
My research is focused in the Patagonian, Southern and Central Andes, and I aim to study diverse mountain belts of the world linking classic and modern Geosciences. Moreinfo about my research can be found at https://veledamuller.wixsite.com/veledamuller.
In my free time I do activities related to adventure climbing and mountaineering, and you can find my content in the blog:https://veledamuller.blogspot.com/
Research Interests:
I am a geologist interested in orogenic processes from the mantle to the surface. I integrate field work, laboratory techniques focused in geo-thermochronology, and numerical modeling to understand the deformation and exhumation of mountain ranges, magmatism and metamorphism and the interaction of these deep Earth processes with surface processes. My studies have been focused on subduction-type orogens such as the Central Andes, Patagonian Andes, and the North Cascades, but I am also interested in collisional orogens such as the Alps and the Grenville Belts.
My research has been showing that erosional processes related with orography and glacial erosion have a crucial role on the exhumation of fold-and-thrust belts and location of volcanic arcs.
Awards and Recognition:
- Title of Doctor Europaeus
- CIRTL Postdoc Pathway Program