About

Eric Kirby

Professor

Department of Geological Sciences
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
104 South Road, CB #3315
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315

Office: 211 Dept. of Geological Sciences
Phone:
Email: ekirby@unc.edu

Curriculum Vitae: Eric Kirby CV

Education

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geology 2001
M.S. University of New Mexico (with distinction), Geology 1994
B.A. Hamilton College (with honors, Magna Cum Laude), Geology 1992

Professional Experience

2020 – present: Professor, UNC
2017 – 2020:  Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
2013 – 2020:  R.S. Yeats Chair in Earthquake Geology and Active Tectonics, Oregon State University
2017 – 2020:  Professor – Oregon State University
2013 – 2017:  Associate Professor – Oregon State University
2008 – 2013:  Associate Professor – The Pennsylvania State University
2002 – 2008:  Assistant Professor – The Pennsylvania State University
2001 – 2002:  NSF Postdoctoral Fellow – UCSB (Dr. Douglas W. Burbank)

Visiting Academic Appointments

2016 – present: Adjunct Faculty – Dalhousie University
2014 – present: Guest Professor – China Earthquake Administration, Beijing
2010 – 2011:     Humboldt Fellow – University of Potsdam, Germany

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

2014: Fellow, Geological Society of America
2010: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
2010: Scholar in Residence, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, PSU
1992: Sigma Xi
1992: Phi Beta Kappa

Selected Professional Service

Editorial:

Editor, Lithosphere (2012-2015)
Associate Editor, Geology (2002-2005; 2009-2011)
Associate Editor, Geologic Society of America Bulletin (2007-2011; 2012-2014)
Associate Editor, Tectonics (2004-2011; 2018-2019)

Advisory Groups and Committees:

SZ4D working group on surface process hazards in subduction zones (2020 – present)
GSA International Interest Group, Chair (2019 – present)
GSA Education Committee, Graduate Education Representative (2018 – present)
National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) Steering Committee (2017-present)

IRIS Grand Challenge Science Committee, Co-Chair, Interactions among climate, hydrology, surface processes and tectonics (2014-2016)
AGU Tectonophysics Jason Morgan Award Committee (2016-2018)
NSF GeoEarthscope Working Group on Geochronology (2006-2007)
Terrestrial Working Group of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (2007-2010)
AGU Tectonophysics Program Committee (2009–2010)